(above) Pencils by Alex Miranda
The 10th commission for my pal Jeff, this one was my 2nd of his 'Fantastic Four' assortment from his collection. Namor, Nita, Invisible Woman & She-hulk is his ideal FF team and while the last one that I inked was rendered by M.C. Wyman, this one was my first job over Alex Miranda. Due to the nature of the pencils I decided to ink it entirely in my markers without any brush at all so the already meticulous art took a little longer to ink than usual. I finished drawing in Namor's left leg & spotted blacks into the background to add contrast so that the busy details would not distract from the overall image itself. As a sidebar observation: I don't know if it was intentional or not but I found it amusing that all around this mostly (& very busty) female cast were various rocky & towering phallic symbols in addition to water draining & splashing everywhere. But maybe it's just me:-) This commission was completed 2/8/04.