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Soulfire #4by *SquirrelShaver

Cartoons & Comics / Traditional Media / Comics / Pages

Finished pencils for Soulfire #4 cover.

This is a four piece cover I started for Soulfire #4 with Aspen Comics in September 2012 and just finished last week (February 2013). This thing is HUGE--like Gigantor huge. haha. All put together it's 22 inches wide x 34 inches tall (56 cm x 86 cm) and barely fit on my desk. It's even too large for me to store anywhere do I had to break it down to keep it safe.

As a whole I'm mostly satisfied with how it turned out. After scanning it all in and digitally piecing it together I see a few compositional flaws, but they might not be as apparent in the finished cover for production. It was a lot of fun tackling something so different from my norm. This image really pushed me to step outside my comfort zone and explore things that I honestly haven't touched on in a long time. It felt so good to stretch the 'ol creative muscles for a change.

Pencils by: me (Mike DeBalfo)

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Copyright © 2013 Aspen MLT

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~EgoCant May 18, 2013 Student

Beautiful composition!

~ace1729 Apr 17, 2013

Details @_@

~orgnixstudios Mar 29, 2013

Epic

~Wedge-Strifehold Mar 26, 2013

Truly an amazing piece!

~jrscoupe Mar 16, 2013

Love the pencil more than the colours, I think it has more presence

*broken-nib Mar 8, 2013 Professional Traditional Artist

You are becoming the next Michael Turner, wow!

~JustArt27 Mar 4, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

so proud of you mike, lol. now put the pencil down and take a break before your hand stays in that cramped position.

i have to admit that is the darkest Ive ever seen grace. way to embrace the shadow tech to build the facial structure. would have to say she and your dragon are the best parts.