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dalgoda7 — Swamp Thing 21 Cover Recreation
Published: 2014-02-07 06:47:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 1592; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 18
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This is something I've been wanting to try for a while - a straight recreation (as opposed to the mash-up cover recreations I've done in the past) of the cover of one of the comics that helped change me into a comic fan as a kid.In this case, Saga of the Swamp Thing #21 - "The Anatomy Lesson". I got a free copy of this comic in 1986 during a subscription promotion to Comics Buyers' Guide... ahh, the 80s. It was my first Alan Moore comic, and blew my mind. I picked up anything he did for years afterwards.
The original cover was created by Tom Yeates, copyright DC Comics.
Here is the original cover: www.hoodedutilitarian.com/wp-c…
EDIT:
Here's 's fantastic coloring job of my recreation! fav.me/d76lszn
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so, is this lightbox, sheer just looking at the cover and re-creating it, scanning the work and then treating it as blue line pencil?
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Kind of halfway in-between. I blow the cover up to 10.2" x 16.75, and use a lightbox to draw all of the logos with a ruler and french curve. If there are a lot of straight lines, I rule them on the lightbox as well. Then, I pencil the contours of all the 'organic' shapes so that everything's placed perfectly.
After that, I ink the contour pencils while literally holding a copy of the comic in my other hand, trying to replicate the inks by eye as closely as possible. It's a great exercise.
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wooooooow!!!!!!
you should vid/w.i.p. (if you could mount cam)
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Maaaan, great job with this one! I did an homage cover using characters of a couple of friends, but you hit the textures on this so dead on...
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Thanks! I lightbox the logos and basic contours, but the rest of it is me trying to replicate the original inks with my brush while I stare at the comic. Some of the feathering skills that the pros have are crazy difficult to try to match!
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That is just brilliance, man!
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Amazing reproduction, Chris, right down to the linework. Incredible.
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Yet another amazing choice, you really do honor these artists, and issues with your work. I love seeing these.
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Yeah, I'd forgotten about this one for a while... but it is definitely one of those seminal 80s comics that reflected on the rest of the industry for decades to come.
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I agree fully. Took a character that had slipped from the fragile perch and made something of him, and that was really cool.
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Now this is a really nice cover, great composition.. good choice!
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Thanks! Yeah, this one is almost *all* composition... hardly any rendering at all!
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Like old film noir with the lighting and shadow. Very dramatic!
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Wonderful! I love the fact that all your cover recreations are from books that hold a special place for you. Most from an era where comics were just plain fun to read. This book was no exception.
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Thanks!
If you look through my cover recreations gallery, you'll see many from the 35-40 cent era (1977-1980).. A lot of comics made a big impression on me for the first time during those years...
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