Just did this for Shannon Denton and Keith Giffen's TB called Grunts. Here's a link to Darby's blog, where I found a photograph of his that inspired the entire drawing. Check out his work, the man knows his way around a camera - and a battlefield!
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Grunts Pin Up
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31 Battle Cries:
Great work! How long work you on that pic?
Sweet man; really dig the zip on the color version; the b&w looks great too, thinner than usual from you, really a different take. Great stuff!
Nice Dan! I saw another piece that Mike O'Hare did and it was stunning as well. I'll have to commend Shannon next time I see him.
Damn that's fine. Love the color version.
Love the color one. Great old school soldier character. Which you know I love
Very nice! The "zip-a-tone" reminds me of the ole war comics... great job!
love the red texture job! Fine Fine work Mr Dan! Great illustration. u Never cease to amaze.....
yeah. the red completes it.
nice inks!
man, zipatone always makes a cool illustration a bit cooler.
BALKANDUDE: Thanks! It took a couple of hours. No BG and the gun takes up most of it! ;)
SURFER MARK: For printed work I usually vary the line thicknesses a bit. I used to go very thin and detailed but these days, why bother? Color does all the highlights, etc.
RYAN: I'll have to check that out. How was Drink and Draw?
DOMINICK/STEVE: Thanks, guys!
CRAIG: Going for that Two Fisted Tales look!
MEL: You're too kind!
BRIAN/CARMAN: Thanks! Glad you dig!
Dan - Drink and Draw is tomorrow, I'll email you when I post the pics and stuff, thanks!
very nice love the zip-a-tone!
Fantastic work!
Fuckin RAD!
Love the ziptone.
WOOT?!?! Crushin' it as usual- the zipatone crosshatched color combo, magic bro-
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Thanks guys! The more I look at it, he kinda looks like Randy Couture than Clint Eastwood! Go Randy!
Powerful work man - colored or B&W! Both look great.
these look pretty sweet. I love the red version.
WOW! WOW! V dramatic and powerful.
Thanks for the comment on my blog bud, ive been looking at yer stuff on and off for a bit and it really rules, im quite honored u liked some of mine :)
Looks great, Dan!
Mike
Your work is really good.. nice blog.. congratulations..
That's a beautiful piece! You have a nice, bold, confident pen line! Nice black spotting as well.
The red version is bold and very striking. Say hello to Shannon for me, ( I worked with him on his last Komikwerks collection ).
Very good work... the red color I believe that it generates a very good visual impact to him... Genius...
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Very , very cool.
Stellar drawing! Love the inks! Very cool treatment. Once again, all cylinders are well-pounded, if you know what I mean.
Hey,
I think your drawing was based on my photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/root-2/542366915/
Just curious what this is for?
Anyway, nice illustration.
- Darby
Hi Darby - it is indeed. That gun angle is incredible! It's right out of a comic book, practically. The face is loosely based on Clint Eastwood's mug!
The piece was for a friend that publishes an indie comic book called "Grunts". It's about WW2 army men that fight...zombies. Seems that everyone has a thing against the undead...!
Hey,
Thanks for letting me know. Glad you like the photo.
Would you mind me re-posting the image on my blog?
Cheers,
- Darby
That would be great! Send me the link and I'll post it here! Thanks Darby!
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