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by **Kaligula** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:38 am

I am envious as hell of your skill with a brush, that' s something I could never get a handle on. Top notch business, over here.

by **TheRonin** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:56 pm

More goodies

SO which one did they put on the book? The second one or all of them? (as they should
be) Love those studies and the horror vibe in the last one too.
Great stuff, my friend

(I right clicked and saved earlier

)

Big fan
Francesco

by **Hack** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:01 pm

CosmicPencil: Thanks, Matt. Well, they seemed to like my pin-up over at TMP. Maybe it will lead to more work. I hope. The thought of bringing a whole different style to an established character like Spawn is really intriguing to me. Here's an old Funny Picture Stories cover with The Clock: http://cache.tias.com/stores/metropolis ... n5.40a.jpg He was the first masked character in comics.
Kaligula: Thanks a lot. I only started with a brush (and crowquill pen) about two years ago. I avoided it for the longest time. But once I got over that and actually gave it some serious practice, I found that It wasn't nearly as impossible as I'd built it up to be. So it was just a matter of sticking with it despite some early crappy drawings. And in the end, I think, I found the drawing tool that was most natural to me.
TheRonin: No, I haven't posted the pin-up they used yet... but I will now-

Here's the Spawn #149 pin-up:

by **CosmicPencil** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:15 pm

Sorry Hack, it's a different guy.(The Clock that is)
Although I am getting to the point of realizing that you probably know each and every pulp character out there.
Still like your version of Spawn. I guess it is the "grit" of the image that kinda symbolizes my passion for your version of Spawn. Because Spawn should be dark and gritty, like what Ashley Wood did with Sam and Twitch.
I can only hope that the pin-up will lead to more work...you definately deserve it.

matt

by **em...** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:38 am

I'm not a fan of Spawn as a rule - the only Spawn comics I own are the two Spawn/Batman crossovers (bought because of Frank Miller and Klaus Janson) and a couple of Ashley Wood drawn issues.

I think it's been mainly the art styles that have turned me off from giving it a try (I really don't like MacFarlane's drawing style one bit), but I would definitely buy it if it were drawn like this, Robert.

by **JJ Harrison** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:59 pm

Hack, I am very impressed with your work! Do you photoshop your zipotones or are those done the old-fashioned way? I have been trying to get a handle on it and have had mixed results.

by **TheRonin** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:38 pm

I 'll see if I can get to go to some comicbook store this weekend and pick this copy up,
just because of your beautiful piece, my friend

Francesco

by **Hack** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:22 am

CosmicPencil: Thanks, Matt. Well, I certainly don't know every old comics character but I've been reading Golden Age comics since I was a very young so some of it sticks.
em...: Thanks. And here's the odd thing- my version of Spawn was art directed by McFarlane himself. I was sent scans of print-outs that he touched up with a blue marker showing changes I should make to keep Spawn on model. Some of them were very slight but the finished product turned out pretty well.
JJ Harrison: Thank you. It's all real zipatone done on the actual page.
TheRonin: It printed fairly well, I think. They kept it in black and white so it looks even stranger in a Spawn comic. Thanks, Francesco.

-Hack

Here's a quick Green Lantern that I doodled on the bottom of a letter:

by **em...** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:44 am

Great scott! Great Scott.

Website · by **Carnage** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 5:48 pm

MAD SKILLS! :shock:

You have a sketchbook out there, Hack? You should!

by **TheRonin** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:24 pm

Great Scot, Robert

Doodled on the bootm of a letter, uh? Maybe we should stop emailing each other and
start to send some more old fashioned paper letters

Francesco

by **Denis** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:30 pm

Your brushwork is impressive.

by **Hack** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:38 pm

Big thanks to em..., Carnage, Francesco, & Denis for your kind comments.

Here's yet another scribble from me:

by **Atomic Art 1** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:31 am

These are georgeous Hack. I love your drawings and inks. Dare I say Beautiful?! Yes. Beautiful is the word that seems appropriate here. I look forward to seeing more! :wink:

by **yancyst** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:06 am

Geez louizee....I totally missed this thread.
Hack...you are amazing.
I agreee with the rest...Spawn aint even on my radar...but would be it he looked like this.
Fantastic...how about a Dr. Who comic from you too?
gush.

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