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I added a couple of items to this cool Namor
commission. The pencil art (above)
was scanned instead of copied so that I
could capture all of the tonal aspects of
the art as reference which the copy machine
was not picking up. I scanned it after I added
in Namor's right shoulder on the large Namor
...it originally faded off here with the blacks
transitioning into white similiar to what was
done under his chin & neck and that was
bugging me because it faded right_at_the_
shoulder. And I did away with the halo
between the adjacent shadows on and
around his small head. I also added a little bit
to the trident. I used brush on most of the
work, some marker and a black prismacolor
pencil for the greys. I rubbed in some
Instantex texture to enhance the shadow
edges in the crashing water waves and
spattered in some white paint. And I scraped
in a little bit of razor lines to elaborate on the
reflections from his armor. As many know, I'm
usually reluctant to deviate much from what is
originally drawn but I'd like to think that this
was one of those cases where I brought
something extra to the table to enhance the
art. This commission, my 3rd for Jeff, was
completed 10/5/03.