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Prince Namor,
The Sub-Mariner
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I
had to look over the pencils countless times over period of weeks,
as if studying the ancient sea scrolls. Gene's pencil art translates
into a series of half-tones that, theoretically, couldn't or shouldn't
be inked. I had just finished inking a page of Captain America I was
happy with, so felt like I was on a roll, and there seemed no better
time to dive in (groan) to Subby. Apparently, the time spent working
out the logistics in my mind worked, because I can say unashamedly
that I think the final result is one of my strongest examples of inking
yet.
Figure inked with a #104 Hunt quill w/Speedball
nib holder. Shark inked with a worn 08 Pigma Micron. Water inked with
an old Raphael # 3 8408, which had split hairs that created a better
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| Penciller: Gene Colan |
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Cable
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This
is why commissioned art is so exciting: You get to see artists draw
characters that they're not usually associated with. Mike Zeck, along
with longtime inker John Beatty had one of the most memorable runs
on Captain America. It was during that time that they reintroduced
the Cable prototype, Deathlok. I surprised myself by inking it in
a Bob McLeod approach, which wasn't deliberate, but an enjoyable result
nonetheless . You can really see my Marvel influences on images like
this one. Zeck and Beatty also did The Punisher's first miniseries,
as well as sales record-breaking Secret Wars.
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Penciller: Mike Zeck
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Tellos
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The
top of this page says Tellos Prelude, page 7, so I'm assuming it's
an unpublished piece from that short-lived, but critically acclaimed
creator-owned series. As you can see on the pencil version, Mike drew
this rather tight, so it was something of a trace job. I don't know
if it was the paper he used at the time, but his pencils gouged a
bit of a groove, so on the erased parts, I had to use white-out to
cover a few stray lines. Also, since it was so tight, I inked 90%
of it with a set of rapidograph pens, using ship curves and other
straight-edge guides. The rest I used my trusty #104 hunt quill with
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| Penciller: Mike Wieringo |
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Captain America vs. The
Red Skull's Cosmic Cube
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This
image was a lot of fun, as I got the opportunity to pull my Raphael
# 1 8404 brush out of the mothballs after some months. The faces were
inked with a quill. Dave's pencils are very light, so I had to tissue
over most of the page and work on it piecemeal, or risk smudging the
faint lines. I had to refer to my pencil photocopy extensively, especially
the faces. Cap's face almost has a manga quality to it. The favorite
aspect of this is the layout, where Dave created the appearance of
sweeping wind that wraps around the frame. Dave Ross is most known
for his run on Avengers West Coast in the early ' 90's.
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Penciller: Dave Ross
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Daredevil
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A
very Joe Quesada-esque action pose! I used my #104 quill on DD and
a ship curve with a .60 rapidograph pen for the billy club cable,
and lotsa white-out for the bends in the cable! Tricky stuff, because
you want to keep the thickness consistent while arcing the line around
and around! I used to hate inking cables on Nightwing, but you gotta
do what you gotta do! Take a bow, Carlo!
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Spider-Girl
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I
used my Raphael #1 brush on the contour lines surrounding the body,
then proceeded with a Hunt #104 quill for the details and webbing.
This is the first time I got to ink webbing Todd McFarlane style,
even though that's been the standard for the past decade. I'd been
a DC inker most of my
career, so the opportunity didn't present itself before. Picking up
the brush again, I added a John Romita feathering flourish to the
knee, legs and forearm areas because I thought felt a classic pose
called for it.
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Penciller: Casey
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Starfire
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I don't often ink pieces
drawn by fans, but I thought this one had a lot of charm. Jim's
a married 8th grade math teacher to whom drawing is just a hobby.
He says he draws mostly to support his superhero role-playing game
hobby. Pretty cool, wouldn't you say?
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