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DeclanShalvey — X-Men Issue 35 Homage

Published: 2010-08-26 01:34:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 4076; Favourites: 51; Downloads: 75
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Description This was fun.

I decided to do a 'remake' of the cover of the comic that had a huge effect on me. It was X-Men Issue 35 written by Fabian Nicieza, pencilled by Liam Sharp and inked by Robin Riggs. See it here...
[link]

I thought i might mess around a little with the composition by moving the figure more into the foreground and push Cyclops and Phoenix into a smaller corner; to make them look more trapped. Also, the costumes Liam Sharp came up with just weren' t working for me when i tried to draw them, so i just changed them to the current SHIELD uniforms (In the issue, it was a variation of SHIELD uniforms that were given to them, so it still makes sense story-wise)

Weirdly; i hate purple, but i just used the colour of the fog from the original cover and ran with it. Think it worked out okay
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Comments: 27

Predabot [2011-03-07 03:30:42 +0000 UTC]

Rad stuff. Especially like the powerful use of pure shadow in the foreground-figure.

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DeclanShalvey In reply to Predabot [2011-03-08 18:44:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man

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saturnword [2011-03-03 11:42:58 +0000 UTC]

I really like the changes made to it. Most notably the composition. I think it works really well.

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DeclanShalvey In reply to saturnword [2011-03-08 18:43:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! It doesn't work as well as a cover i think, as a lot of that black space would be covered by text, but without text; i think it came out okay

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saturnword In reply to DeclanShalvey [2011-03-09 10:03:27 +0000 UTC]

yeah, I would have to agree..I wasn't looking at it from the standpoint of it being a cover

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RobinRiggs [2011-03-02 21:03:23 +0000 UTC]

That's really nice.

--Robin Riggs.

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DeclanShalvey In reply to RobinRiggs [2011-03-08 18:42:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you SO much Robin!

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LiamRSharp [2011-03-02 16:54:05 +0000 UTC]

Bloody hell! That's very nice of you mate! Going back a few years...

My costumes were the only time these characters ever dressed that way. They were stupidly, overtly sexy - in fact my Jean Grey had an exposed mid-rift, which they turned into part of the costume (ie. they removed her belly button. LOL!) Would love to draw the XMen again one day. Hard to believe I ever did!

Thanks mate. This made my day.

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DeclanShalvey In reply to LiamRSharp [2011-03-03 02:08:24 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, i remember the costumes were for that issue only. Fury had given them those costumes if i remember correctly. I'm sure a have badly-drawn copies lifted from the issue in an old sketchbook. It was my first 'proper' American comic and it totally got me hooked. Hope you don't mind the homage!

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LiamRSharp In reply to DeclanShalvey [2011-03-03 09:21:48 +0000 UTC]

Not at all! Was delighted mate!

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LiamRSharp In reply to LiamRSharp [2011-03-02 16:57:20 +0000 UTC]

One thing I did do was keep the full cowl. I always thought he'd set his hair on fire otherwise!
Just saw the comments below. Funny!

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DeclanShalvey In reply to LiamRSharp [2011-03-03 02:04:59 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, i always thought the blasts would always trim his fringe for him. I like the cowl; it makes him more iconic, i think.

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LiamRSharp In reply to DeclanShalvey [2011-03-03 09:21:29 +0000 UTC]

Totally agree.

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LiamRSharp In reply to LiamRSharp [2011-03-02 16:58:05 +0000 UTC]

Oh, and I just pimped this on facebook: [link]

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LiamRSharp In reply to LiamRSharp [2011-03-02 17:07:46 +0000 UTC]

Actually looking at my cover I remember now that the costume was nude right up the side, like a mankini... completely, preposterously impractical! Thus raged my young hormones!

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Predabot In reply to LiamRSharp [2011-03-07 03:29:42 +0000 UTC]

I like the cowled look for Cyclops better, but the hopeless nerd in me have to comment on why he might not need it from a safety-standpoint...

Cyclops beam isn't a laser. There's no heat, and hardly any radiation other than the red light, which is just regular light. Most of the energy is pure force, so it's actually more like a giant cross-bow bolt crossed with a wind-tunnel, then a Flash Gordon-style laser-gun.

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LiamRSharp In reply to Predabot [2011-03-09 08:47:38 +0000 UTC]

Ha ha! You see, me a pro of 25 years, plus my childhood reading comics before, and I never knew that!

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incogvito [2010-08-26 04:48:51 +0000 UTC]

Totally remember this cover, Dec! Great homage!

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DeclanShalvey In reply to incogvito [2010-08-26 17:26:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man! Appreciate it

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ChristianDiBari [2010-08-26 02:47:51 +0000 UTC]

Sweet! i'm diggin' it.

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DeclanShalvey In reply to ChristianDiBari [2010-08-26 03:07:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man!

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seangordonmurphy [2010-08-26 02:33:02 +0000 UTC]

You mean you don't like thong-style Cyclops? And i thought I knew you.

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DeclanShalvey In reply to seangordonmurphy [2010-08-26 03:06:37 +0000 UTC]

His Visor is for the blasts from his eyes.

His thing is for the blast from....

...You know where i'm going with this.

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MitchGerads [2010-08-26 02:07:15 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic, Dec! Man I can't wait for your TBolts!

M!TCH

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DeclanShalvey In reply to MitchGerads [2010-08-26 03:07:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Mitch! I can't wait either... i wont believe it til i see the issue in my hands!

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ChrisSamnee [2010-08-26 02:01:39 +0000 UTC]

This is great, Dec! Love your shadowed figure taking up so much of the live space. Certainly seems more imposing that way and really makes the pair feel like they're in some serious danger. Well done, you!

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DeclanShalvey In reply to ChrisSamnee [2010-08-26 03:08:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Chris. To be fair, the above wouldn't really work as there's no space for the logo and whatnot, but as an illustration on it's own, I think it turned out okay.

Thanks again sir

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