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preview of my 2 issue run on Superman Batman starting with #60 more info can be found in this interview: [link]Related content
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so dude colored this image and is selling the print FYI....[link]
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LOVE IT!!!! What type of inks/markers did you use on this one?
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otra vez te has pasao con la perspectiva
te la comiste leon!
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oh wao this is soo wicked awesome shot i remember seeing it at the #60 and it was awesome such nice shot!!
just wondering man!!! you do use on your digital effects more CS or corel??
i only got CS and corel i always wanted it but its way too expensive!!!
and that background you did it too?? or was like some other guy?? i mean because wao so much details how much time did it took???
you are the man!!!
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I really like this batman pose. Great gallery. Can I color this page? just for fun.
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fantastic. your city-scape details are awesome. so much to look at!
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It's so cool, i like the perspective and Batman of course.
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Awesome! Batman in charge!
The background and ink work is incredible as always. But I really love how you handled the lights from the helicopters and made sure the city's skyline didn't disappear.
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C'est superbe!!
How long did it take on this one?
Oh and thanks, I want to draw now!!
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So is this grey scale marker or like watercolor wash?
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I really love the direction your talking this. It looks like youre having a lot of fun. MORE!!
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thanks Tim! I'm having waaaaay too much fun on these!
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It shows. I think youve turned yet another corner. Youve got a great handle on this style. It just seems natural to you....at least from my side of the page. 
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Thanks, yeah I really feel more in tune with this style. The thing is I dont feel I really change my style, structurally it's all the same. I'm just using a different medium which is opening up new techniques for me that I felt wasn't available to me with just a pencil. The real revelation to me was and this was to my surprise that I was more comfortable with a brush then with nibs or markers. It just feels more free flowing and natural. I'm really excited at prospects of learning new techniques I feel like I just got a new toy!
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If youre anything like me it usually takes someone else to point things out about me stylistically. Structurally, yes, I dont see a big change but your approach, your line, your energy, seems more energetic, less technical (not that you were overly technical), and more spontaneous. Glad to hear youre embracing the brush. Itll definitely open up a whole new world, as youre already discovering. Hope none of this is coming off as condescending. Im just expressing what Im seeing and interpreting. Whatever the case, keep doing it! Im LOVING it!!
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no not condescending at all! I actually totally agree with you! You're absolutely right in that I think the stuff looks more energetic now. I always was dumbfounded how my rough layouts looked cool and energetic..but then I gotta go in and render the heck out of it with my pencils and it looks all stiff. The scary part about inking with a brush though..are long lines..how the heck do you do that!?!? I just take a deep breath and jump in! I feel like Kramer driving a car with the gas tank way bellow the E line... weeeeee!!! And thanks again so much for the the comments they are extremely encouraging and reassure me I'm heading the right way!
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The most energy in a drawing tends to be contained within the fewest lines, usually the first few lines laid down to define the gesture. Everything you add to that shaves off a teeny tiny slive of that "purity". With styles like this youre able to shoot from the hip more. There less erasing and redrawing. Im also going to tak a guess and say that you probably actually do a lot of the drawing in ink, letting the lines and energy fly right from your brush. Am I right? This is a very powerful way of working and something that the old comic masters did on a regular basis. I think its something lacking in modern comics.
As for the long lines, just use your elbow as the pivot point and let it fly. Maybe take a couple of practice strokes if need be. Another little trick is to fix your eye on the point at which you intend the line to end. Your hand will go to that point. Dont watch the brush as you throw the line. Eye on the prize!
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yeah totally! I've been obsessed with Frank Espinosa's Rocketo lately I'm just awed in how much he can show with so little. It really is harder to take away lines than to add some. And yeah earlier on I was penciling semi tightly before I would ink the pages but then realized that the way I would render things with a brush and with the washes differed from how I rendered with a pencil. So now I just rough in the figure work and plan out where my blacks would be and just leave the rest with the brush. Way more fun that way!
And thanks for that tip I'll make sure to try that out! You're totally right, I totally watch the line as it comes out rather than looking at the end point, it's actually more tense that way! I"m all nervous about messing it up.. I'm totally gonna try to use that elbow thing! thanks Tim!
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Love the ink wash, Francis. And great interview at Newsarama...!
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wow...that is a great page 1 u got here. the rest looks equally as awesome!
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yes!!! 8__8!!!....do you get to draw batman without his cowl on? like bruce mode?! i want to see his face in amazing manapul-mode!!!
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I might have to end my comic hiatus to pick this awesomeness up!!!
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Oh yeah, your stuff rocks dude!!
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I used two points..but I mostly eyeballed it which I'm ashamed to admit.heh
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lol, thanks, looks really good
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from the snippets you had been posting i knew that this shit would be awesome, no dissapointments then, man.
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WOW!!! That is great work!!! This is such a dynamic shot, and it is very representing of Batman. The perspective of the city is astounding, and the dynamism of your Batman is arresting.
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wow.... this is how I want to draw Spider-man, MAN! this is so beautiful, i am so glad they are letting you do washes on this issue!=] I promise, these two issues are going to boost your star power=]
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man.... this is so refreshing to look at. i dig it!
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Thanks Jonathan! glad you dig!
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that is so awesome. they should have left it alone man. just used this as is. why mess up a masterpiece.
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Nice, I didn't realize you were starting work on this book. Guess I should have put two and two together. Either way, looks great Francis!
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