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WhiteHowler7 β Red Sonja issue 8 cover
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For once, it doesnt have a naughty version so I can actually stick them side by side.I was highly flattered to get the chance to do this cover, and it snagged me a lot more cover work from this company. At first I wasnt sold myself on the lines (but i hardly ever am sold myself on anything i do) but I felt the colors made it complete.
Getting this offer was sort of the nail in the coffin of my colorist career.....I'm not content doing just colors anymore, so I have a short list of artists I will still work with, and you can bet "oh but are you still gonna color______'s work!?" is on that list.
the lines are pencil only, darkened a bit in photoshop to look like black ink. colors are PS CS6.
copyright dynamite entertainment and nei ruffino.
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Love this. Red Sonja and Vamperilla were my girls to read growing up, and you total did a fantastic job. Thank-you.
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This is just superb!!! I agree, you have to keep drawing because you can be an accomplished complete artist!!!Β
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The lines look stellar. But the colors fucking killed it! Like I said, I don't consider you a colorist, so much as I say you're a digital painter.
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This is such a great cover, you continue to improve in leaps and bounds.
I ordered this one for my copy of Red Sonja # 8, but someone at either Diamond or my comicshop fucked up and they only got the regular Jenny Frisson cover.
Not that it is a bad cover, mind you, I just really wanted this one.
Well, maybe I can get it the next time I order from milehigh.
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I'd just say Wow! This is one of the best B&W+Color work I've ever seen of you! This is amazing! I love... both! Really!
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It's not a Howard hero or heroine if that person is not fighting a giant snake. Β I always felt sorry for the snakes. Β Very nice sense of peril and action.
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I love seeing your line work budded up against the coloured work. The movement in this is so interesting, and of course, the colours are gorgeous. I love it!
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wonderful like always!!! you are awesome!!!
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Hi,IΒ΄m the interior artist of this series and IΒ΄d like to say that this cover is the best cover of this run!
Congratulations!!!
Β I hope to see more Sonja covers from you
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Woohoo, go Red Sonja.
But too bad, no naughty version!
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Iam highly pleased to see that you were given such an opportunity! your talent shows here and I am sure (because I know you're a hard working woman) that it could only get better.
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I love this.Β Reminds me a lot of Frank Frazetta, one of my favorites.Β
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I freaking love you.r artwork. Whether it's pencils and colors or just colors. That snake is totally epic, by the way.
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I love Red Sonja! I'd rather see a new films with her than a new Conan film with Arnold....
You surely do her credit.Β
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1.Β The saliva ropes are an amazing touch, well done!
2. Her grabbing it's tongue is quite possibly the most bad ass barbarian act I've ever seen. From now on whenever I see monster-slayers I'll have to ask "Yeah, but is He/She grabbing the beasts tongue because it's trying to bite 'em!?"
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and after she lopped off its head, she sliced herself up some anaconda steaks... awesome work Nei!!
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wow that is something to be flattered over, a vintage scene like this really makes a statement on the stand
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Awesome, I love Red Sonja! Her limbs are a little short and tiny here, but the colors and composition in are fantastic.It's great how she's grabbing the monster's tongue like "Open wiiiiide...."
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wow nei! remarkably and fantastically wonderful work!
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Looks fantastic i love how soft your colors look !!
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Fantastic cover. Congrats on the additional work!Β
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GreatΒ pencil work!Β You have such an advantage as an INCREDIBLE colorist so you know what you can easily leave out on your pencil drawing to add in while you are detailing your coloring.Β Your pencils are very stylistic and your color is in my opinion, second to none.
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i try not to leave out anything for coloring, or as little as possible. i used to leave more for photoshop, but felt it was just a crutch and i needed to learn how to do most of it in pencil without needing photoshop to carry the weight.
but i am still learning, so its partially just intention at this point haha.
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There are things in your drawing such as the trees, the water, and the scales in the dragon snake thing that I would probably spend too much time detailing and probably end up overworking it with pencils.Β I think you do a good job of I guess not adding too much detail in certain areas because you know faster more effective ways of filling your space with colorΒ than filling every little detail with a pencil.Β A pencilist who can't color at allΒ may not have the same thought process as to how much they need to draw in.Β
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I love that you are doing this now, especially since Red Sonja is one of my all time favorite characters and inspired my childhood, so having my favorite artist also do these covers just kills me, I love the way you portray Red Sonja a lot of the coveres make her a bit deformed. I'm all for badass and sexy, but more badass less unnecessary twisting. LOL. 
............gah no wonder some people think I'm a guy. LOL! But seriously, I'm in awe. Keep it up! Β
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