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        | John Byrne 
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          That thread about going back to Marvel created an itch I needed to scratch.  I asked myself if I could still pencil for someone else to ink.  This was the result.
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 No significance other than scratching that itch.  Not for sale, so don't bug Jim! (NOTE:  Since this turned into more than a couple of pages of "practice", I created a thread with all the "finished" art in sequential order.  It can be found HERE.)
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        | Marc Baptiste Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          BURTOMUS!! (translation: Beautiful)
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        | Laren Farmer Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Looks awesome!
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        | Charles Nelson Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          I think you have your answer, JB. It's been a long wait for my Saturday morning fix. Thanks for sharing it here.
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        | Jason K Fulton Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Uh....any Fantastic Four stuff rattling around that needs to be itched?
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 In terms of process, does the entire drawing start similar to Wolverine's right arm, and then you go from there / "fill things in"? | 
       
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        | Robbie Parry Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Yep, thanks for sharing it here!
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        | Mark McKay Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          There’s a roughness to this that I love, very energetic feeling.
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 I could see Klaus Janson or even Bill Sienkewicz on this.  On the contrary, it would be interesting to see someone with a clean line ink it as well. 
 Edit: spell check turned Klaus into Kilauea! 
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        | Wallace Sellars Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          I wonder what Mark Farmer would do with this.
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 I think Tom Palmer's inks would be fun to see!
 
 [edited to add the "be" that was missing]
 
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        | Doug Centers Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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 |  Well, I hope the answer to yourself was yes. 
 The few examples I've seen of current comic art seems to use the colorist 
 more and more for shading. I prefer inks for my comic book enjoyment.
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        | Mark McKay Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Wallace, I love both of the choices! Farmer would be perfect.
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        | Richard Stevens Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          That's great. So many of the above names could finish this piece beautifully.
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 Cyclops' size and position really help sell the altitude! | 
       
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        | Darren Taylor Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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           | Posted: 16 June 2018 at 8:12am | IP Logged | 12 | post reply |  
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 |  Much appreciation for sharing John! 
 That looks wonderful to me and I am sure to everyone else here.  
 I hope you felt it successful also.  
 (Personally, I really dig how the distance between objects are really clear. The distance between the far away stream and the plane that Cyclops is on & the distance between Scott and Wolverine.) | 
       
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