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Michael Arndt
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Great looking, JB.
Not being morbid but love the people in the background covered with bees.
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Joe Hollon
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| Posted: 30 May 2009 at 1:29pm | IP Logged | 2
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That is amazing. What a great drawing! This is my new favorite "monster commission" and possibly the best 11x17 of 2009.
I can't wait to read how those bees were accomplished!
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Brad Brickley
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I like this, very cool commission. Creepy is the right feel.
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Mark Waldman
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Bee-u-tiful.
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Charles Sanders
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| Posted: 30 May 2009 at 1:32pm | IP Logged | 5
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At first I thought the "large" bees were giant bees (thinking back to the big electronic bees in Swarm's debut during JB's run on Champions). Then I soaked in the other bees....and had a moment akin to having one of those "Magic Eye" 3-D images come into focus.
Another great commission piece!
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Clint Ludwick
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| Posted: 30 May 2009 at 1:33pm | IP Logged | 6
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All I can say is....HOLY CRAP! Talk about detail.
It almost looks like he is "walking" on air, instead of floating. Very cool!
JB, I freakn' LOVE this one. THANKS again, Clint.
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Michael Arndt
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| Posted: 30 May 2009 at 1:34pm | IP Logged | 7
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Congrats, Clint. Another masterpiece for ya.
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Joe Hollon
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| Posted: 30 May 2009 at 1:35pm | IP Logged | 8
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Hey! A "bug" and a "swarm" in back-to-back commissions! Cool.
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Wilson Mui
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| Posted: 30 May 2009 at 1:37pm | IP Logged | 9
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If you had to draw this character in a regular series, would you be able to draw him this way? It seems certain characters like your version of Swarm (and the "shiny" Batman) work very well in a large formats like commissions, but would not necessarily translate well in a comic book. I would imagine it would be either be too time-consuming or the details would get lost.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 30 May 2009 at 1:40pm | IP Logged | 10
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If you had to draw this character in a regular series, would you be able to draw him this way? It seems certain characters like your version of Swarm (and the "shiny" Batman) work very well in a large formats like commissions, but would not necessarily translate well in a comic book. I would imagine it would be either be too time-consuming or the details would get lost.•• Swarm is a character about which I care not at all, but I took on Clint's commission request for one reason: finally, after thirty years, I would get to draw the character as I would have if I had inked those CHAMPIONS issues myself. And, yes, I would have used this technique.
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Clint Ludwick
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| Posted: 30 May 2009 at 1:42pm | IP Logged | 11
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I'm guessing...JB puts ink on a piece of cloth or cotton and "dabs" it on?
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 30 May 2009 at 1:43pm | IP Logged | 12
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Oh, and by the way --- I had to pull out the pertinent issues to remind myself whether Swarm could fly/float --- and DAMN YOU CLINT LUDWICK for making me look at that old stuff!! My eyes are STILL bleeding!!
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