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Published: 2006-09-28 06:01:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 329; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 1
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While this is just a rough sketch, I thought I'd go ahead and post it.I previously posted the even rougher Velvet Dance picture, and now I actually have a background.
Lyrics to "Tiny Dancer" courtesy of E. John/ B. Taupin.
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Hmm, I'll take that as a compliment! Thanks!
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as long as were talking about his art and not his kooky theories or his critique style...it is!
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Thanks, then! (Hey, I like his theories. Just because they fly in the face of science, well maybe because they fly in the face of science.)
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...and rational...and logic...and hard physics...
i have less of a bone to pick with him than howard chaykin...he once refered to him as that "opinionated fat f@*c!"
i rreally just dont like the handling of his critiques. i flat out refuse to let him critique my work. now ive let will eisner,batton lash ,terry moore ,dave sim ,gerhard ,chaykin.nick cardy, and al williamson all give me a critique. but ive seen him do to much damage to very talented artists...(i.e. bob smith)
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Really? Bob Smith is a great inker! What did Adams say to him?
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the story(from bob smith himself ) i s that niel told him hed never make it as an artist...but he might scrape by as an inker. bobs a hell of an artist and is notorious for fixing 'hack' work. correcting anatomy and such. but hes also a gentle soul and niels critique cut him to the quick. he gave up drawing and stuck to inking. ( hes inked some of my work for bongo btw)
niel is a bit of a bull when he doesnt need to be with young ,impressionable artists. thats fine, but i believe in the more encouraging rapport i got with eisner, etc... theres plenty of room for us all, man!
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Very cool! (Eisner, not NA)
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bob smith even offered to ink some lilly maid for me...but there is no way i could afford him. it would be way cool though! hmmm maybe in a future issue
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I used to love his inks on Colan. In fact next to Tom Palmer, he was one of my favorites.
Colan of course is one of my greatest influences.
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batton wanted to get him to draw the last cover of supernatural law...(colon that is) smith used to be the go to guy at dc. now hes at archie and picks up a job here and there at bongo
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he used to be the best inker on grells warlord too.
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I'd either forgotten that or didn't realize he was the inker.
That'd be a demanding penciller to work for I'd bet. He adds so much crosshatching.
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he was a fill in inker for grell. him and vince colletta. i hated vinces inks on grell
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Yeah, I can imagine. I hated them on Kirby. In fact if it isn't Sinnot on Kirby, I can just about guarantee I won't like it!
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what about thibidough?
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Thibidoux had a good read on the K-man but Sinnot added an earthiness that didn't just replicate his vision, it enhanced it.
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thib was really nice to me and batt at SD... ive never met sinnot though...ill have to ask batt about him...
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Didn't really talk to him. I stood in line for an autograph.
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that sucks, next time your down well have to abuse my connections and get you to meet some of these guys.
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all you have to do is show up here now for comi-con
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lol...during comi-con...
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gerhard offered too...but even in fantasy dollars i couldnt afford him...
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more than i could afford. i didnt dare ask...
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I understand. It could sound like you're lining him up for a job!
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it would sure be cool though...
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Great job on the poses! I love bendy poses that are just physically impossible for about 95% of us. Did you say you got some "that looks painful" comments about that first little pose on the left? I actually think it looks very graceful. I went to see Swan Lake when it came to Portland and that pose looks distinctly familiar. So yeah....painful if say....I tried it, but I saw some six-foot Russian ballerinas do it with ease!
This looks like it'll be a really fun page
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That's actually one I used a photo reference for and yeah, I'd be hospitalized if I tried to Gumby my way into that one!
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Great figure work, emphasis, and intertwining shapes leading the eye across this page. Of course, I suppose it helps when you have a great figure to work with
Nice work as always, Dr.!
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Yep, good models are a boon. Even if I don't draw from them they still inspire me! lol!
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Oh, I was sure you didn't use a model for this... but it's clear with the consistent quality of your figure work when depicting Velvet that you have a pretty good mental model of the be-towered sorceress
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Yeah, when I get her image wrong she starts banging on the inside of my head until I fix it!
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Ahh, you have to love the demands of our wayward creations.
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HA! I knew it! Then again, everything you post on PJ is usually already here...
Eh.
Awesome stuff, always good to see your work.
Corey
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Yeah, I'm the double post master!
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I hate when I double post, my computer lags too much...
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Been there. Way more than I care to admit!
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So this is what you've been leading us up to! Sweet! Can you get that kind of movement out of Tiny Dancer? She seems too active for such a song, but then I suppose you can smile and sweat just as well moving slow.
Excellent page layout, wonderful work of Velvet, even if it's the same as the prior pic, and everything just draws the eye and works well together. (Is that a bust of Elo?) Superb. Really. Mesmerized again.
k
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I thought maybe the bust was E.A. Poe (or Pallas! lol).
Then again, maybe it is Elo. It's the kind of thing he'd give her for Christmas, if he celebrated it, that is!
Damn, I want to share the first five pages so badly but they're only in the roughing out stages. I probably will letter them in the pencil stage and post them prior to inking them.
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Looking Good Bob
Real Good.Those writen Lyrics in the background,I bet that was tedious
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Why...Why...Thats Cheating. lol it looks convincing
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Thanks, I'm a master at covering my @$$!
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