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The Dynamic Defenders
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This
detail-intense two-page spread took forever and a day to complete.
Joe uses a lot of blue line underdrawing, which lifts the ink off
after erasing, so I spent a good week on it, spread out over a couple
months. It was such an undertaking, I'd have to work on it around
my more deadline-oriented gigs. I made a reduced photocopy, then referenced
it to touch up all weak spots that faded. Separating the characters
with thicker contour lines was also quite a challenge, but I'm happy
with the result.
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Unpublished
Spider-Girl #76 Cover
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like the use of black/white contrast on this piece. I decided to add
some light splatter for the wall. I used my new Windsor-Newton #1
brush on it. The most important feathering was the rib area and where
the clavicle meets the chest, because if you mess up, the body shape
would be lost and unconvincing. |
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Penciller: Ron Frenz
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JLA Jam
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Wieringo
actually only had time to do a blue-line layout shape with few features,
so I looked at some of his work and aped it to the best of my ability.
The anatomy on the Batman figure was a bit off at the shoulders and
knees, so I tweaked it. Perez was the only one who contributed a whole
figure. Mahnke's Superman was a blast to ink! The client wanted a
Kyle Rayner Green Lantern, so he asked me to add one! We felt it needed
something to tie it all in, thus the squiggly backdrop.
Pencillers: Mike Wieringo, George Perez, Mike Deodato Jr., Doug Mahnke,
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Venom: The Enemy Within
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Although
this is a magnificent cover, it was changed to zoom in on Venom &
Morbius, and the angle was changed so the Demogoblin was holding them
above his head. Recently, the client who bought this unused cover
also commissioned Bob to add Spider-man to the top to help balance
the layout, since there wasn't going to be any logo or price placement.
Bob still draws a great Spidey, doesn't he?
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Beast-Man
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The
first Masters of the Universe character I get to ink looks downright
sinister, with the vulture-like crouch and sunken eyes. 104 quill,
then some thick rapidograph dead-lines where the shadows collect.
Tony pencilled this pretty tight, so I can't take credit for the cool
rendering on the armbands or the forearms. All I did was beef the
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Dr. Strange - Raisin'
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This
drawing of the good doctor is considerably different than Pop's usual
work. I'm noticing that some convention drawings I've inked offer
a more organic and improvisational style, leaving more room for me
to do my thing. I added the black dots on Doc's gloves as Ditko, Paul
Smith and Marshal Rogers did, just to name a few of my favorite Doc
artists. For the spell effect I used an old sharpie, with the tip
chopped up with an X-acto blade for an uneven, sketchy effect to match
the pencilled effect (too light to see here).
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Penciller: Pop Mhan
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The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed
Thing
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This
is one of the most exciting images of Ben Grimm I've seen in a while.
Ben's telling you, in no uncertain terms, to see the Fantastic Four
Movie, then buy it on DVD! "And don't ask about no extras or
Easter eggs or whatchamacalit, just buy it!" I broke out a 22
quill I hadn't used in ten years to give The Thing that craggy effect.
The 22 quill requires one of those holders that resembles a cigarettte
holder that FDR used. |
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