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11X17 in watercolor.

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:icongarouza:
This is an amazing picture in all the aspects. The way of handling a media as hard as watercolor, yet leaving some of the great original pencils to enforce the general feeling of the original traces is excellent.

The perspective and overall backgrounds are astounding, deep and rich.

Perhaps there are only a few points regarding dynamics, movement and graphical expression that we miss:

1) The mountains require a bit more of work or perhaps sharper traces to completely look "credible"
2) A bit more of shadows in the adequate perspective with a more complex light source would give it incredible richness (Here we see 12 o clock sun lighting only).
3) We find a gouache-like use of watercolor, which gives firm and nice looking areas of color, yet misses some of the advantages of the latter. Perhaps letting the media have more freedom over the paper in the closer subjects would give an even more artsy feeling to it.

Well, I am by far not as good as the author, (in fact...I feel poor, lol!) yet I thought these points may be useful. Any way I would pay my monthly wage to purchase this original and hang it at my living room!
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:icondonkay6646:
Hahahaha, that guy on the bottom right is awesome
:iconpowaplaya:
yes that guy make me lmao
:iconexevalon:
The bottom right guys expression is full of win. You make these characters appear very much alive like this.

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""El Señor es mi Pastor, y nada me faltara" Salmo 23:1
:iconballpenman:
super cool! :)

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I will do commissions! :D
:iconmikemayhew:
That's yours truly in a "hitchkockian" appearence.

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Mike Mayhew

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:iconskatora:
This is incredible. Seriously, some of these frames look like a photograph, not an illustration! It's very impressive.

If I can ask, how long does a page like this typically take, from start to finish?

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I like salt...
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-Frank Sinatra Jr.
:icongarouza:
Incredible work, I would like to make works as good as yours in ten years from now... Thanks and keep bringing this awesome stuff!!
:iconsmbhax:
I like the poses and expressions in that last panel.
:iconslaughtermeister:
Do you do these from photos?

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"So I says to Jack Kirby; 'His name's Galactus, he'll be this big guy in a purple suit who eats planets to sustain his life ... kinda like I fucked your wife last night.'"

- Roger, The 'Stan Lee' Experience

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May 8
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