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John Byrne
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I am surprised by the whole thing though. You'd be the last one I would have guessed would let personal opinion get in the way of doing a job. One of the things I've liked best about your published work over the years is taking a character and making him/her "better". Finding something interesting about a character or something that hasn't been used about a character and making them readable. •• Can't really do that in a commission, tho.
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Michael Thompson
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Wow! I've always enjoyed seeing the process as much if not more than the actual finished work. This commission is no exception. Sorry to hear it will go unfinished (or postponed for an extended period), but I certainly understand when one's heart isn't completely into it. At the very least, JB, you were kind enough to give us a peek. Any chance a full-sized hi-res scan will be added to the gallery? I imagine we'd all get a kick out of it.
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Carmen Bernardo
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I know the feeling. Though it's for different reasons, I've gone about a third (or even a quarter) of the way through something that I start, and I realize that the feeling just isn't there. Because it's not being done as part of a job, I just let it hang there unfinished and hope for something else which inspires me to go further.
Yet even your unfinished work has stuff in it that I'd like. But, yes, I think Norman Osborn is a bit overrated when they tried turning him into Lex Luthor at Marvel.
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David Teller
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Is love to own that piece in that west. Half finished and discarded!
Especially if I was Eric!
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David Teller
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Is? West? Darn autocorrect.
I'd and way.
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Ernest Degollado
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Thanks for the "behind the scenes" look JB. Appreciating your pencils so much its neat to see a commission in mid construction.
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Leigh DJ Hunt
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If I was the commisioner (and I'm not, clearly) then I would love this piece as it is. The combination of pencils and inks, in that very abstract random way makes for a great looking bit of art.
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vishard chandool
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JB was the next step in this final inking or were there still some concepts that you had to work out? (looks great to me by the way.
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Erin Anna Leach
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I feel for you John. The frustration an artist gets when their heart just isn't in the piece. There is no way to force this either, the art would never look good to you. I am so sorry, I hate when this happens to me.
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Gundars Berzins
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Thanks for the curtain peek JB. Just looking forward to viewing the next commission!
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Jovi Neri
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Just wondering, if this hasn't been asked before, why do you sign the piece before it is finished? I always thought the signature came last once the artist is satisfied with the work and is willing to put his name on it and put it to circulation.
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John Byrne
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…why do you sign the piece before it is finished?•• Signing my name inside an ellipse, as became my habit to keep colorists from obscuring it, means it has to be one of the first things I put on the page. It can't be tucked into a corner on the finished drawing, as with a free standing signature.
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