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John Byrne
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Description for this one should be fairly self-evident! When I agreed to do this, I asked Jim to make sure the customer wanted Kong as he looked in the original movie, and not just a generic gorilla.11x17 inches, approximately. 
(Anybody know who owns the copyright on the big guy, presently? I'd like to make the appropriate notation, before I send the full-sized image off to Dan, for the Gallery. As usual, reply only if you KNOW, please!)
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Nathan Greno
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RAD!
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William Roberge
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| Posted: 08 January 2012 at 9:26am | IP Logged | 3
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Cool! The perspective is awesome! I'd imagine the use of a grid is essential on a commission like this.
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Wallace Sellars
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I really dig the background and pilot in the lower right corner.
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Brian Floyd
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(Anybody know who owns the copyright on the big guy, presently? I'd like to make the appropriate notation, before I send the full-sized image off to Dan, for the Gallery. As usual, reply only if you KNOW, please!)
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From what I can find, Universal Studios.
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Ryan Maxwell
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Incredible! What reference did you use for the planes, guns, clothes, etc? The details seem perfect.
Now I'm off to sing "High Anxiety".
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 08 January 2012 at 9:39am | IP Logged | 7
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What reference did you use for the planes, guns, clothes, etc?•• The magic that is Google!
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John Byrne
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…Universal Studios…•• Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks, Brian!
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Nice! JB, I see a Kubert influence whenever you draw apes. I saw it with Grunt and it's in this piece too.
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John Byrne
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I see a Kubert influence whenever you draw apes. I saw it with Grunt and it's in this piece too.ªª I think a lot of my "fur technique" comes from Kubert.
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Brian Floyd
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Just found out something:
Universal Studios owns most of the rights to King Kong. Merian C. Cooper's estate owns the publishing rights.
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Kevin Brown
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Now that is a commission I would not have guessed based on the title. Awesome piece!
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Awesome piece, JB. I love the way you drew the gunner in the foreground.
Does this commission mean you are more open to doing characters like Tarzan or Zorro now?
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Adam Hutchinson
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The Eighth Wonder of the World!
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Clint Ludwick
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| Posted: 08 January 2012 at 10:19am | IP Logged | 15
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AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
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Stephen Churay
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That's beautiful. The New York background, Kong, the planes, all
amazing. Congrats to the commissioner!
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Amazing! King kong is a favorite movie of mine and I was excited when Joe told me this piece was a go. Congrats to Joe and well done JB.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 08 January 2012 at 10:34am | IP Logged | 18
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Does this commission mean you are more open to doing characters like Tarzan or Zorro now?•• That's a helluva leap.
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Love it, especially the view of the airplane gunner in the right bottom corner, very cool!!!
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Shaun Barry
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WOW!!! Now that's one I never expected to see! Great angle, too... the pilots & bi-plane in the foreground really adds to the vertigo, and nicely frames the image.
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Robert Cosgrove
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Handsome piece! I think the line weights contribute a lot to the sense of perspective here.
Btw, if a little thread drift can be tolerated, for anyone interested in King Kong (or the early history of aviation and/or movies), I highly recommend the biography, Living Dangerously: The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong.
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Nice!
JB -- why no windows at the top? (Were those windows? Seem like portholes...)
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John Byrne
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I think the line weights contribute a lot to the sense of perspective here.•• With the exception of Kong's fur and the border, which are brush, all the line work in this piece was done with the PITT XS pen, their finest point. I think you can see why I have come to really enjoy working with that particular nib.
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Wilson Mui
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That's a helluva leap.
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What is the distinction between King Kong and other classic characters? Kong was never a book?
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Wilson Mui
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Clint, I'm surprised you never commissioned a Kong drawing.
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