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Steven Queen Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 15 June 2023 at 8:04pm | IP Logged | 1
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I sketched something simple to practice inking with a dip pen and mapping nib
Someday I'll work up the courage to butcher some of Mr. Byrne's fine pencils with it. I apologize in advance. :)
Edited by Steven Queen on 15 June 2023 at 9:12pm
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Didier Yvon Paul Fayolle Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 19 June 2023 at 2:08am | IP Logged | 2
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Nice inking. It has an old "traditional" flavor from those newspapers back in the early 1900's... Would be really interested in looking what it would look like on JB's pencils...
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Steven Queen Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 19 June 2023 at 12:38pm | IP Logged | 3
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Thank you Didier. That's exactly the look I'm targeting. Something between the early 20th century faux wood-cut look and what folks like Gary Gianni are also doing in ink today.
The key (I think...still learning!) is focusing on contour inking half-tones and partial shadow in B&W without the advantage or regularity of zip-tone or the like.
My fear with tackling JB's work is that it would distort it in a fundamental way as I inevitably would be putting much more ink down to accentuate the lighting, and I'm not sure it would resonate with the super-clean lines he's laid down. Odds are, he (and his fans) would not appreciate the heavy-handedness of it all. He's much, much closer to Neil Adams and the polished photorealism style of the 1960's (which I cannot pull off) than this olde-time, Prince Valiant stuff. It would likely clash.
Dare I say (without offending) that your excellent style and where I am trying to land have more in common?
Edited by Steven Queen on 19 June 2023 at 2:00pm
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Didier Yvon Paul Fayolle Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 June 2023 at 2:36am | IP Logged | 4
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Thank you for the kind words, Steven. I think it could bring something interesting. Maybe you could try something along the line of the Romitas' portrait Joe Rubinstein posted recently on Facebook... Maybe it could be a simplification for the faces that could help you keep some of JB's style...
As for my illustration, well, yeah, I kinda agree with you. I try to see if I can draw more realistic than what I usually do, as I come from a more "Big nose French Belgian " old school of comics. I need to work on some characters...
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Steven Queen Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 June 2023 at 2:34pm | IP Logged | 5
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It sounds like we are in a similar boat.
Here's an attempt to ink a gal --- something I've cowardly avoided for the most part
The original pencil sketch was on a rough mixed-media paper that I bought on sale and am really regretting. I could not get the pencils to resolve beyond a smudgy/blurry mess so I thought I'd try the dip pen. Even then, it then took a lot of digital surgery to fix many features, especially the face. I don't really much like the result (very amateur looking...I shouldn't post it, burning would be better), but in my defense I'm a babe-in-the-woods when it comes to ink and I've done a whole lot worse in the past. So...progress?
My "Kirby Krackle" looks like "coco puffs" or some kind of moth infestation. Oy! Who knew it was so hard to pull off?
I now need to research "Big Nose French Belgian" comics! You aren't talking Moebius, are you? :)
Edited by Steven Queen on 21 June 2023 at 3:29pm
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Parris Mook-Sang-Forbes Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 28 May 2023 Location: Canada Posts: 3
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Posted: 21 June 2023 at 5:52pm | IP Logged | 6
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Some sketches I drew recently, to practice drawing women.
It turns out that spending your teen years exclusively drawing male superheroes can breed bad habits in drawing-- like not being able to draw women properly. Who knew!
Edited by Parris Mook-Sang-Forbes on 21 June 2023 at 5:52pm
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Marc Thompson Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 21 June 2023 at 7:58pm | IP Logged | 7
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Steven Queen Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 22 June 2023 at 1:52am | IP Logged | 8
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Out of frustration over that last piece, I regressed to smudgey-pencil photo-copying. Now I must do penance in ink.
Edited by Steven Queen on 22 June 2023 at 12:05pm
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Steven Queen Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 22 June 2023 at 5:19pm | IP Logged | 9
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Another attempt --- still off. Some artist, when asked what the hardest things to draw replied: "The other eye."
Truth.
Edited by Steven Queen on 23 June 2023 at 12:46am
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Peter Martin Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 22 June 2023 at 6:14pm | IP Logged | 10
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True dat! I have a strong tendency to draw one eye bigger than the other.
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Wesley Wong Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 23 June 2023 at 5:18am | IP Logged | 11
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Agree. Or drawing the other eye in perspective. One of these days, I'll get it right.
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Victor Manuel Fernandez Patiño Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 23 June 2023 at 2:55pm | IP Logged | 12
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For a course of care for pediatric patients with pain
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