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A fun splash page from The Amazing Spider-Man #555 by Chris Bachalo and myself. Chris and I are having an absolute blast on the book and have been thrilled with the response.
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*rantz Jun 29, 2009
I think I know the answer to this, but the brick work in the back, did you spot all that in with black, and then come back with white ink? I've been trying that too (coming in with white after the fact), but its like a whole different logic - can be frustrating as hell, yet fun, in a challenging kind of way.

I swear, I can stare at your inks over chris, for hours on end and not get tired....in your guys' case - you should bypass the colors....but thats just my opinion....but what do I know, I'm just a hack :D
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`TimTownsend Jul 8, 2009  Professional General Artist
Actually, no. Thats a viable way of doing it, definitely a faster way. But Ive found if you treat everything individually it gives it more of an organic, not-so-precise look. It makes it a little more interesting to the eye. I actually should have made these a little more messy. Theyre still a bit too neat and tidy.

Thanks as always for your kind words. Id LOVE to be printed from black and white. It would be cool if they could publish ashcans for all the books.
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*rantz Jul 8, 2009
way to burst my bubble, Tim....thanks man - ';preciate that... ;P - it may be clean - but it still looks cool.

All the talk of replacing inkers, they should replace colorists....well not all of them, of course, but it IS cheaper to print b/w than it is color....at least that is my story, and I'm stickin' to it.

Thanks for the reply btw....still trying to figure out how you do that square crosshatch thing...love that technique.
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~RCarter Dec 16, 2008
hey i colored this page for practice,take a look and give me some feedback

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`TimTownsend Dec 16, 2008  Professional General Artist
Nice job. I like the flatter colors you used. Im not a fan of overdone shading and texture. The foreground haziness from the snow is a bit much though. It obscures the image a little too much. Nice though! Thanks!
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~RCarter Dec 17, 2008
thanks for the crit, i notice with a lot of pro work theirs either a lot of shading or highlights so im trying to use the inked shading to go off of for color shading. the coloring on the aztec/kabuki guys(in the book) didnt thrill me so i colored them for some more personality. as for the snow i wanted to try something more realistic/original by making the snow gust/or blow around maybe since its a full page i went abit over board, but i tend to do that. knowing often less is more, if the piece is bare in color i feel like i havent done a good job. thanks for ur input and ill continue to adapt/learn and try new things to pull off colors for the awesome inks and lines
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`TimTownsend Dec 18, 2008  Professional General Artist
That aspect of comic coloring is one of the lowest common denominators. My advice would be NOT to emulate it. Its a big reason why so many books look muddy and overdone. Go for claority and follow your instints. From what I can tell, you have good ones.
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~RCarter Dec 18, 2008
thanks, i lean towards stronger realisms cuz ive noticed anywhere in art that sells and attract audiences, but to be honest for coloring comics id like to keep it between golden to bronze age, i enjoy how fantastic four #1/ or hellboy books are very simple in color, but i also like how spidey is colored during mcfarlanes time and how x-men was colored when jim lee started the pencils for the series. i notice often that some modern pro colorists overlay colors ontop of the inks, which to me for the most part is a no no, its kinda like stealing ur thunder. if i took ur shaded areas and dropped a darker color tone overtop is kind of a cop-out. so in taking ur advice to account, im coloring one of ur 7 set pages from amz spidey 555 i got some flats layed in and was thinking of leaving just hints of color to the backgrounds and buildings and will try to retool the shading and coloration of the snowie parts. thanks very much for the replies and words of wisdom, ive always wanted to get into comics and plan to before i die. but who doesn't?
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`TimTownsend Dec 19, 2008  Professional General Artist
Heres the rub. The muddy, over rendered stuff tends to appeal to your "typical fanboys". The untrained eye is more likely to be dazzled by...well...more stuff. Thats not meant to be condescending, its just the way it is. And highly rendered work done by someone who really knows their stuff over line art that can handle it can work beautifully. But, more times than not, in artistic circles, youre going to get a much better reaction from the more simple, less-is-more approach like that of a Matt Hollingsworth. Knowing when to hold back is just as important as knowing when to push....and it typically takes more skill to do more with less.
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~BBLEAH Sep 23, 2008   Traditional Artist
yours ink are great!!!
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