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Joe Hollon
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the infamous "Pine Cone" Thing by Keith Pollard!
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Paul Greer
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Awesome piece, Joe. I think Pollard's pencil work looks great. An inspired choice for the Thing.
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David Ferguson
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…Barry Kitson…
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Yoiks! I got "Pammy Kiroy" out of that signature!
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Er... now that you mention it...
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Philippe Negrin
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| Posted: 26 January 2008 at 6:31am | IP Logged | 4
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I received this today. I know Greg Land is not a favourite on this
board but I like this page. And for a rathe recent page, it has the
lettering...
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Robert Cosgrove
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| Posted: 26 January 2008 at 9:07am | IP Logged | 5
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It is a nice page. Two comments that could be taken as mild critcism,
neither of which relate to the artist's drawing ability. In the top panel, the
perspective sends your eye right to the figure in the rear. Is he important to
the story? Second comment. In the top panel, there's a white line going
around each end figure. The same is true on the bottom panel close-up.
There doesn't seem to be any reason for this beyond a desire to show off the
brush lines (which are, indeed, attractive).
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Michael Huber
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I wasn't drawn to the whistler in the rear, but I can see by the way the panel is laid out in such a way that it should do that. I was drawn to the female on the right in spite of the design layout.
anyway, the art is nice to look at, nice style, but the mechanics are a bit off.
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Philippe Negrin
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| Posted: 26 January 2008 at 9:43am | IP Logged | 7
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This outline line is a new trend and common to this new generation of artists : Coipel, Hughes also use it a lot. It sure can get annoying.
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Joe Hollon
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The "white line" you guys are talking about just looks like the halo effect that separates the figures from the background. I don't think this is anything new or distracting.
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Thanos Kollias
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Joe is right about the halo line, but I think in the last panel it's quite unnecessary.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 26 January 2008 at 9:54am | IP Logged | 10
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I know Greg Land is not a favourite on this board…
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Oh? Why not?
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The "white line" you guys are talking about just looks like the halo effect
that separates the figures from the background. I don't think this is
anything new or distracting.
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I first noticed it in SUPERMAN vs THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. I have been
using it here and there ever since.
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Pat Ditton
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I love Greg Land --- I don't think his story-telling is as good as some, his characters always seem posed, not fluid (in motion) and not always in sync with the other characters, like he draws each character individually and not as part of the same frame -- I loved the SOJOURN series he did, didn't mind the "pose" thing there - it seemed to suit the style of the book.
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Peter Svensson
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Greg Land started off as a decent artist, but has since descended into being a total and complete slave to the lightbox, blatantly stealing most of his work from photo reference. A lot of the reference he uses appears to be pornographic in nature.
Here's an example of his recent work.
And here's his drawing of what I think is Ultimate Crystal...
Edited by Peter Svensson on 26 January 2008 at 12:11pm
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