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Cover Concept; Graphite on Bristol: Me Myself and I
Kickass Digital Colors: Super-talented Erik Von Lehman

Wishing you all a Very Merry Everything!!!

thanks for looking...
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Comments: 137

DoktorSpankenstein [2013-01-19 17:35:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much for letting us feature your fine work in #SexyXmasParadise group!

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Franchesco In reply to DoktorSpankenstein [2013-01-19 17:37:27 +0000 UTC]

No, no... thank you for asking. I am flattered and honored you like the image!

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jasje19 [2011-09-09 18:15:55 +0000 UTC]

awesome

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ghost0205 [2011-07-16 17:02:05 +0000 UTC]

am i crazy or dose she look like silver sable? great picture

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Franchesco In reply to ghost0205 [2011-07-16 22:04:02 +0000 UTC]

Well, you ARE crazy AND she looks like Silver Sable... well, no... you're not crazy... and yes, she does bear similarities to SS.
Gotta love a badass chica with long flowing white hair!

Thanks for the compliment, GHOST!

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ghost0205 In reply to Franchesco [2011-07-18 02:33:12 +0000 UTC]

lol yup and how did you know im crazy and your welcome

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cp10000 [2011-04-28 03:48:44 +0000 UTC]

Very nice piece! It turn out well. I noticed that the lighting on the woman is not consistent. I mean the lighting on the legs is not consistent with the direction of the light in other places. It gives it a glow effect.

I would suggest to color the same illustration and try to make the lighting direction consistent. It might give the illustration a different effect that is juast as valuable and the glow effect it has now.

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Franchesco In reply to cp10000 [2011-04-28 04:23:27 +0000 UTC]

I totally hear you, CP... thanks for the observation... but I don't know that the way my friend colored her legs is all that bad really. I actually liked it a lot... the whole thing... but that was done what feels like a hundred years ago, not sure I will ever re-visit the piece. He and I did the best we could with what he and I knew at the time.

Hopefully the next piece I post will appeal to you more. Thanks again for the shout-out!

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itSMEneon [2011-03-12 13:14:44 +0000 UTC]

your pine needles are WICKED SICK hellofa pic

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Franchesco In reply to itSMEneon [2011-04-28 04:18:52 +0000 UTC]

thank you, NEON!!

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itSMEneon In reply to Franchesco [2011-04-28 17:13:48 +0000 UTC]

your welcome dangit

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NylonLegLover [2011-01-04 21:02:45 +0000 UTC]

Ooooo love those white tights!!! a great holiday piece (of tail?) and solid art and color coordination. I love the balance of the pose and the inclusionof the branches framing her.

My only advice would be that I'd have proably put the pine boughs above her head behind her cloak vice on top of her since it puts her behind the image where I feel she should be in the forefront.

Still amazing and I'm in love with the frosty beauty!!

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Franchesco In reply to NylonLegLover [2011-01-05 01:19:15 +0000 UTC]

Ah.. okay, I get it, NYLON LEG LOVER... so you're saying you'd like it more if she was on top?

Yeah, good point on having her in front of the branches... not sure why I chose to have us look through them at the time, instead of having them behind her. I know there's a joke in there about Magic Wood coming up behind her... but I just can't think of one. (The story had to do with her going to a Magical Enchanted Forest, and get some ...yeah, you guessed it... Wood.)

Thanks for the compliment on the drawing, Much appreciated!!
(the story was much more innocent, than I just made it sound just now...
some of the pages are sprinkled in my gallery somewhere)

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ayuICHI [2011-01-02 23:41:25 +0000 UTC]

Fabulous and awesome.

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redisoj [2010-12-30 22:37:59 +0000 UTC]

This is a very pretty girl!

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cdmalcolm [2010-12-29 22:25:42 +0000 UTC]

This was done most fantastic.
great coloring:

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newmoon45 [2010-12-28 09:03:14 +0000 UTC]

this is awesome!
You are amazing!

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Dayheart [2010-12-26 18:14:05 +0000 UTC]

amazing colors!! it's a

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Alemanoz [2010-12-25 18:25:30 +0000 UTC]

Very good

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Shaughn54 [2010-12-25 18:14:50 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing, I love the expression, pose and whole concept. The colors are so vibrant and really bring your lines to life, my wife instantly loved this print.

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TULIO19mx [2010-12-25 16:33:50 +0000 UTC]

Merry Christmas too!!!

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Zepeda [2010-12-25 05:47:22 +0000 UTC]

This is my kind of Gift! Merry Christmas my friend! and I hope this coming year will be kind to you!

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Franchesco In reply to Zepeda [2010-12-25 07:15:08 +0000 UTC]

lol
yep... its the gift that keeps on giving.

Thank you my friend... I really appreciate that, and I echo that sentiment for you and yours.
all the best

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tombo914 [2010-12-25 05:10:03 +0000 UTC]

Superb piece of work Franchesco! Enjoy the Holidays! Buon Natale!

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Franchesco In reply to tombo914 [2010-12-25 07:12:58 +0000 UTC]

Grazie, TOMBO... hoping yours bring you all the best that the Season represents.

and thank you for the compliment on the drawing-- much appreciated.

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ShadowyZman [2010-12-25 02:14:35 +0000 UTC]

Lovely!!

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Franchesco In reply to ShadowyZman [2010-12-25 07:08:03 +0000 UTC]

thank you, my friend

Hoping the Holidays are good to you this year, SHADOWYZMAN

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ShadowyZman In reply to Franchesco [2010-12-25 07:19:29 +0000 UTC]

anytime you too!

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bujinkomix [2010-12-24 23:49:23 +0000 UTC]

Jolly good!! Cannot decide if I like the black and white or colored more. Both so good.

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Franchesco In reply to bujinkomix [2010-12-25 07:05:09 +0000 UTC]

Right there with you, BUJINKOMIX-- I can't pick just one, so I posted both.

Being a penciler at heart, I generally default to my first love. I always perk up to lineart-- kind of like the DVD extras to a favorite movie. I "see" the various areas in living color while I'm still penciling it. So when I get to actually see all the colors in there... its like, awww yeah! And it fires on all pistons.

The lineart brings me back to that "theater of the mind" place. Where imagination kicks in, to fill-in all the gaps. And it's so rewarding when colors come back even cooler than I could have imagined them. Maybe it's one of the reasons I enjoy collaborating with other artists. Not because I have to, but because I want to.

Thanks for the compliment on the pic... much appreciated.

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alzartz [2010-12-24 22:43:06 +0000 UTC]

Very COOL!! Xcellent work!! Merry Christmas!!!

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Franchesco In reply to alzartz [2010-12-25 02:11:03 +0000 UTC]

I think that it is very cool... that you think its very cool, ALZART!
thank you very much, and right back at you and yours at this special time of the year.

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onemorenoone [2010-12-24 22:41:34 +0000 UTC]

nice b4 and after!!!

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Franchesco In reply to onemorenoone [2010-12-25 02:09:41 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much, ONE MORE NO ONE!!

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onemorenoone In reply to Franchesco [2010-12-27 16:35:41 +0000 UTC]

no problem!

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HenryDiaz [2010-12-24 22:40:26 +0000 UTC]

great

thanks and [link]

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Franchesco In reply to HenryDiaz [2010-12-25 01:40:44 +0000 UTC]

I think its great that you think its great, HENRY!

thank you

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HenryDiaz In reply to Franchesco [2010-12-25 19:28:12 +0000 UTC]

hehehehehehe!!! cool man

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brianrobinson [2010-12-24 21:31:08 +0000 UTC]

Very Nice!..or rather very merry

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Franchesco In reply to brianrobinson [2010-12-25 02:08:08 +0000 UTC]

I thinks its very very, that you think its very very, BRIAN

(thank you very much)

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Atlas0 [2010-12-24 21:10:09 +0000 UTC]

Marvelous

Merry Christmas

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Franchesco In reply to Atlas0 [2010-12-25 02:06:58 +0000 UTC]

thank you, and thank you, TRAINING ARTIST
right back atcha.

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RodrigoDiazAravena [2010-12-24 20:17:21 +0000 UTC]

Great job my friend... Cheers!

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Franchesco In reply to RodrigoDiazAravena [2010-12-25 02:06:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you my friend... and love your choice of icons, ZOMBECO... it actually looks like Santa is drinking a warm Beer... which is probably what a lot of Bad Mall Santa are doing right about now.

oh noes! Kids, don't look!!

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SpiderGuile [2010-12-24 20:15:33 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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Franchesco In reply to SpiderGuile [2010-12-25 02:02:42 +0000 UTC]

Merci, Mon Ami!!

I think its awesome, that you think its awesome, SPIDER-GUILE!

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SpiderGuile In reply to Franchesco [2010-12-26 00:20:02 +0000 UTC]

It defintely is, 'Chesco!

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s-carter [2010-12-24 17:59:30 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

Merry Christmas my friend! "xx"

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Franchesco In reply to s-carter [2010-12-25 02:01:41 +0000 UTC]

thank you my friend, and many more to you and yours...

and thank you for the props on the pic, S-CARTER

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Ziggyman [2010-12-24 17:08:45 +0000 UTC]

Merry Christmasts to you!
An excellent gift for us all.

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