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bearmantooth — Tryout p2 and 3
Published: 2006-10-18 02:58:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 2329; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 405
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I've been working on a submission to ONI Press. I looked at Alex Toth as an example for working with black and white. I like the roughness but also his amazing quality. I can't compare, but it was a great influence.Related content
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Awesome work man, Ive always loved this kind of style.
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Thanks! Me too.... need to do more of it, me thinks.
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usually i can't stand black and white pics like these, but honestly, i love this to death
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Love the high contrast black and white, ive been experimenting with it myself. Looking at the shopping carts reminded me of Frank miller's style, very nice!
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wow this is an amazing display of contrast and i totally am diggin it.
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Thanks! yeah, i looked at Alex Toth for inspiration... need to do more of that actually, I kind of enjoy the high contrast visuals.
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i keep not deleting this from my devwatch box... because i keep coming back to it to look at it... i LOVE what you did with the black and white medium here... the lights and the shadows and the textures are just PERFECT... wow.
i've been speechless every time i've seen this piece ever since you posted it (which must have been at least like 10 times)... which is probably why i havent commented before today
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Thank you very much! I really think this makes me want to do this type of shadow and light imagery with the rest of my work. I really hope I can use this technique a lot, but of course only when the story calls for it. Because with the harsh lighting it really sets a very specific type of mood. It wouldn't work for a more light hearted scene.
It makes me happy to make something that you like so much. I hope I can do it again!
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yeah, i agree, it's not a technique that can be used in every panel, but you do do it very well
i'm very much looking forward to more work from you
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Excellent effects! I have nothing new to add to the comments here... love the composition and the shadows.
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everything about this is great... especially the shopping carts and the broken windshields... sweet.
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thank you! yeah, my favorite part is definitely the shopping carts.
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looks great man, hey, I want to commission a tat from you, gimme a call or something and we'll figure it all out, I'm looking for a quarter sleeve wrist to elbow. I know ur not generally a tat artist, but I've always wanted a piece of ur artwork. I would love to get something in the style of what you have right here, no shading, just black and white..
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hey josh,
yeah man. i'd love to draw up a tattoo for you. let me know what you have in mind. we can grab coffee again or something.
-Mike
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cool, what're you doing this saturday? my fiance' is gunna be w/ her friends all day and it's rare that i get time to myself to go hang out with people.
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Hey Josh,
I can't think of anything for this Saturday. We should meet up in the afternoon at Haggens food court. What do you think?
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possibly, I wrecked my car last month and I'm now dependant on the bus to get around, i might have to take a raincheck ... sorry dude, keep your eye on insideoutboi.com ... my buiddy at work and i are starting an online comic called "Inside Out Boi: The Life and Times of Earl and Brian". it's a black/white comic about a couple of caffeine loving game testers. I've been doing the roughs for it and getting great response from people i show it to, I'll put stuff up as soon as we've got something worthy of uploading. later man.
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Just when u think johnny cant like your stuff more, u go and do a Tothy piece, u were looking for my heart weren't you?
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that's my single driving purpose johnny, to make artwork for your heart.
actually, I lied.
but me likey the alex toth. and I want to take more pointers from his work. helps a lot.
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I love the long shadows...give it much more of an ominous feeling.
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thanks! yeah, the contrast really helps with the mood.
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It's amazin' stuff. I've always lurked through your gallery, but this latest piece really blows me away.
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Wow, my friend. Just wow. You absolutely nailed this one! So graphic. You should do a lot more stuff with this style. It has a postapocalytic, sun bleached kindof feeling
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Thanks Josh, I think I'm gonna explore this style more. I think as far as comics go as a penciller I'd have a lot more control over the scene's lighting, instead of leaving it up to a colorist. but yeah, it really lends itself more to darker stories in tone. wouldn't work for the Care Bears.
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Actually, that's the next challenge I had in mind for you. Let's see some grizzle care bears!
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Oh, no problem.
This is amazing stuff. Try out? This is more like a free pass into Marvel or where ever you want.
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Great stuff. Love the strong use of black and white. Keep at it.
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kickass splash, man. I really need to learn how to make shadows work for me, like this
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I recommend looking at Alex Toth. He really knew how to set a mood and creat depth with shadows.
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woooooo ! man great !
are you plannig to colorize it?
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thanks. i'm not going to color it, well i hadn't planned on it, but maybe some day.
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it's amazing like that ! keep it up
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This is seriously badass. It's got a cleaner Becky Cloonan look going on in places, but it's still Mike Bear. It reminds me of that great scene in Watchmen.
If they pass on you for this, there's no hope for anyone in comics.
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