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Pencils by Ebas available here [link]This is a cover for a comic series based on Patricia Briggs' "Moon Called". She's one of my favorite authors and I love this series. The main character is a native american VW mechanic named Mercedes who can change into a coyote and was raised by werewolves in Montana. When I saw this peice I just loved it. I'm working on the colors now.
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I didn't know they made/art making a comic based on this series! I can't wait to get my hands on it.
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This is looking pretty good Christina. May i offer a small critique?
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Go for it. I can't guarantee I'll change anything, but I'm always up for a useful critique
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Well Christina let me just start buy saying that you did an awesome job on this. Two things that i see at a quick glance is line weight and line control. What i mean by line weight is tapered thin to thick lines and changing up line width within the same line. In line art one of the ways to depict weight and dimension is to change line width but it is not random changing. Lines tend to get heavier toward the bottom side of curves and thinner where they are stretched out. Take a look at the breast line coming out from the armpit on Eric's original. See how it's thick under the armpit then gets thin then thickens up again toward the bottom of the breast. This creates the illusion of weight in the breast. There are many examples of this through out his drawing. He is a fantastic penciler to ink over as he has already laid out some of those line weights. The second thing i notice is line control. As you are working digital it is easy to end up with a wavy line instead of a smooth one. Unfortunately a wavy line especially on a woman can cast the illusion of negative things like cellulite. One place where that is very noticeable is the line depicting the curve of her butt that comes from her crotch to her boot. I know it is a subtle thing and in a lot of cases once it is shrunk down to comic size it may not be seen but it is something that editors will notice and is worth striving to improve. There are a number of ways in photoshop to help control that.
So all in all those being the two things that i noticed i think you are doing awesome! Keep practicing! I would love to see more comics with your name on them!
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You are quite welcome! 
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Oh I didn't draw this one 
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Oh. I'm still learning how this thing works. But your awesome regardless.
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Yeah he is, and Thank you
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Sweet! I always wondered if guys read this stuff. lol
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It's an awesome series. i'm more of a 'werewolf' person than vampire. if yo look in my gallery, you'll see the character design that jake & i did to be considered for the series. Patricia liked it, but the publisher chose to go with a painted look for the insides.
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Oh nice! I saw it, as much as I like the painted covers I think that would have made a good one as well.
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thanks i was hoping they'd choose us for the interior art, but oh well
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Though you'll have to forgive me if they do go ahead with more serieses and I go for an inker spot.
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Well there's still the second book for Alpha & Omega and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Mercy books. Which could mean another 4 serieses, who knows.
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dynamite doesn't like to use inkers. i've all but given up on it
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Damn, well thank you for the heads up. I'll have to concentrate on the coloring then.
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Nice! Much better than my version, but then again mine's really old. Might have to try my hand at this one again
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Well I'm sure yours was a little harder. I think your still doing traditional pen and ink and I'm doing digital? When did you do yours?
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I did mine like, 2 years ago I think. It was when I first started out inking
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aahhhhh yeah I have a few of those
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