Recently after doing a signing at Excellent Adventures comic shop, I was asked to do a drawing of Spiderman. A family I had met, contacted me about doing a commission, a birthday gift for their big Spiderman fan.
I suggested the most iconic Spiderman image, the cover of Amazing Fantasy 15. Everybody who knows Spiderman knows Amazing Fantasy 15. The client agreed and we set about creating the art.
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Checking in to make sure the likeness was good, and the content worked, when we were good to go, we personalized the dialog.
I had been doing a lot of pencil art lately, but nothing ink on paper. I used a 2 and 6B pencil.
As you can see, I am not a light-handed artist. I like to mess up the paper, lots of erasing. I chose not to use a blue line pencil this time.
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I waited till after the birthday to post anything on the socials, just in case. I don’t do a lot of commissions, so this was a fun challenge to get off the computer and draw some 2D art.
A Happy Birthday to all involved, my own included in March.
Cheers.
Very nice!