This was way harder than I thought it would be ! And, the thing I feared most- inking Kirby's explosions- turned out to be one of the easier tasks. What makes inking Kirby so difficult- at least- for a beginner- is that it is sometimes hard to discern the original INTENT of the pencil marks. Also, the image is so jam-packed with information, one must be cautious to separate foreground/background layers. The finished Nova figure was inked on a graphics tablet using Corel Painter 4; the rest using various width Sharpies on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of blue-lined paper. Joe Sinnot inked the actual cover that saw print & many changes were made, thus:
Nicely done! Your inks stay true to Kirby's lines. The changes were interesting...Kirby's art looks like Nova (is that really Aldo Nova, the guitar player from the 80's-90's? He looks different) is going off on some bad guys with guns, complete with bowling ball helmets. Sinnott's page changes bad guys to cops(?) and gives Aldo legs.
ReplyDeleteWithout having read this particular issue, I'd have summed it up from Kirby's art thusly: Nova subdues men with guns. Police charge men with guns with discharging firearms in city limits. Police charge Nova with destruction of property, 4 counts of demolishing a building without a permit, and eleventeen counts of murder.
I think Ger's blog The Fabuleous Fifties recently had a Kirby pencil page cover from the 40's/50's he challenged people to ink. You should check it out. I'd give it a go myself if I can ever find my derned tablet stylus!!!
http://allthingsger.blogspot.com/2014/03/kirby-challange.html
ReplyDeleteThanx for the link; Ger's blog is on my list but I've been so busy with work & writing lately this post slipped thru my crack. (that sounds... wrong) Yeah Kirby musta misplaced that memo which read: "Nova goes berserk against city & Authorities, Cops forced to manhunt". Just bought a new tablet when my wacom crapped the shitter; they're like 80 bucks on Amazon or eBay. No excuses Mr. Can't Find My Stylus !!
ReplyDeleteExplosive! Very clean and good black/white ratio. Also I like the darker outlines on the closer objects. A++
ReplyDeleteThanx KW it was fun & challenging I have archived some other cool Kirby pencils spanning his career & when I need to escape my own projects plan to try another.
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