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:iconduss005:
this was basically " first contact" when our side encounters the " fantasy/myth realm". they've basically gutted out a dead dragon and made it into some sort of organic space vessel...

i used to really like drawing dragons.
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Mood: Wow! `oibyrd Jan 12, 2008  Hobbyist Digital Artist
VERY impressive work :wow:!!
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!WillCaligan Jan 12, 2008
Did you do the colors on this as well? Stuff is tight.
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*duss005 Jan 12, 2008
yeah, it was the first time i had ever done everything from covers to entire interiors, pencils- colors. a lot of my readers from wildcats, batman, and authority hated it and thought i had just changed my style completely and lost it. comic friends really felt it was the worst decision ever because they already knew it wouldn't sell. at the same time, i was offered batgirl regularly and another top selling dc title, that sold 3-4 times as many issues..that plus they pay more. i went with this anyway because at the time i really felt it was the only chance i'd ever get to really do what i wanted, and break away from just doing pencils. only two poeple had faith in it was my wirter- Scott Lobdell, and my editor Ben Abernathy whom fought to get the book greenlite the entire time.

i took a crash course in photoshop with some coloring buddies, got some notes on production and just dove it. when it came out that summer, everyone was right, it sold like crap and printed really bad since i allso handled a lot of the pre-printing stuff as well (pencils to final colors and covers in 4 weeks moves really fast, plus a book that sold that low has a really tough chance of getting picked up for a second issue by retailers if you are late) . rookie moves all over the place. got the worst reviews ever. like.. more than all my past books combined.

teh upside was that even though everyone in comics hated it, i got attention from companies outside of comics and went from having only dc as a client, to having more toys design, animation, and video game work than i could handle. it was great. plus i also got to do 6 covers that was basically my cover portfolio for DC. right after that, they offered superman batman and let me do anything i wanted.

okay, i got carried away there.sorry long post man.
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!WillCaligan Jan 14, 2008
Well bro the sales might have been crap but that is the industry. You know as well I do that creator owned stuff doesn't sell well unless you have a huge push and it sounds to me like you did not have a lot of support. Which sucks.

Personally I have always worked on my own stuff instead of doing companies products. I just think you get more out of it. Yeah, you get paid decent at DC and Marvel but they tend to abuse their artist. They sure believe that you can be replaced pretty quick. I do think Marvel is worse then DC in that department though. I think DC is a little more loyal then Marvel.

I hope the experience doesn't keep you from doing future creator owned stuff. I would love to see something like that from ya again.
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*duss005 Jan 14, 2008
i cant say anythign about marvel sicne i've never worked for them, but DC is acutally REALLY good to me, so its sorta not anyones deal. i really just think it was something they coudlnt really control, also the state of the industry is sorta always ify.
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!WillCaligan Jan 14, 2008
Ify is an understatement. Who can read it anymore. LOL
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*jhames34 Jan 12, 2008
USED to? The thrill is gone, with drawing dragons?
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*duss005 Jan 12, 2008
i have my phases i guess. one year i'll want to draw nothign but mech.. then next all monsters.. i do always like drawing batman though : )
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*jhames34 Jan 12, 2008
interesting...You know, every time I think of dragons and comics, I think of Walt Simonson. And when I think of Batman, I think of Dick Sprang, usually. And when I think of you, I think of Dusty Rhodes, and my old friend nguyen lee.
This concludes this weeks episode of random word association theatre, tune in next week to see what the words "duck," "Benday," and "glib" make me think of!
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~BTAD Jan 12, 2008
good job!5 star for photoshop...(right??)



*laugh*
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