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Vinny Valenti
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Chris also wrote a pretty kick-ass sequel to this story in Uncanny X-Men.
Anyway, this piece was unexpected....I really like the wispy hair you gave her
here...that's the sort of thing I missed when you were experimenting with
inking with a sharpie - hair tended to seem too solid and heavy to me.
Edited by Vinny Valenti on 08 August 2007 at 3:58pm
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John Byrne
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I really like the wispy hair you gave her here...that's the sort of thing I missed when you were experimenting with inking with a sharpie - hair tended to seem too solid and heavy to me. Eye of the beholder, Vinny. The weight of pen point I used on this piece is identical to that found in a Sharpie. One of the things I like about the PITT pens, in fact, is that the non-brush points are very much like Sharpies, in the kinds of line they deliver.
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John Byrne
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I forgot JB actually knows She Hulk instead of just drawing her
Know her? Bitch threw me out a window! But I got better.
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Wallace Sellars
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That's a mean sword!
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Gordon Somers
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Beautiful piece JB and very fine line work. Your recent work just serves to remind us lesser mortals how fine an artist you are.
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Jesus Garcia
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Amazing. One of the best Sonja's ever! Her face is exotic, neither strictly European nor Asian.
Her body is wiry, not Frank Thorne Buxom, which is consistent with speed and power. Her bosom has a gentle downward slope instead of the "flotation device" profile.
The decapitated head is the cherry on the icing (try and find that line anywhere else!).
The line is interesting too. It seems thinner and looser than typical for these commissions. There's a feeling of spontaneity about it.
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Aric Shapiro
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The inking looks different to my eye on this one.
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Joe Smith
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she also looks like she hasn't been staying at a Holiday Inn.
she cleans up REAL well, I'll bet...
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Keith Elder
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difference being that Sonja is a lean, mean fighting machine, not an
anorexic clothes horse. Frank Thorne notwithstanding, I can't imagine
the character having an ounce of fat to spare.
My reference point for the ultimate lean, mean, fighting female is Sarah Connor from Terminator 2. She was thin... I think you could see distinct ribs. But not anorexic in the least. I'd expect Red Sonja to be built similarly. She's younger, so maybe a little more babyfat in spots...
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John Byrne
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The line is interesting too. It seems thinner and looser than typical for these commissions. There's a feeling of spontaneity about it. I felt that as I was drawing it. Perhaps this is my Sword & Sorcery line? I don't have a whole lot of work in that arena.
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Steve Horton
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He'll never be the head of a major corporation!
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George Peter Gatsis
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The line is interesting too. It seems thinner and
looser than typical for these commissions. There's a feeling of
spontaneity about it. I felt that as I was drawing it. Perhaps this is my Sword & Sorcery line? I don't have a whole lot of work in that arena.
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And this is what made me first consider if it was done in pencil...
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