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magnusr wrote:
Intrepidxc wrote:Got this Friday at Awesome Con. Jim Calafiore XO head sketch. Very cool guy. We talked quite a bit about Valiant and the VEI relaunch.

Wow! Jim's outdone himself and that says a lot.

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I am very very happy with the sketch. :thumb:

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Intrepidxc wrote:Got this Friday at Awesome Con. Jim Calafiore XO head sketch. Very cool guy. We talked quite a bit about Valiant and the VEI relaunch.

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Great sketch! I've always been a fan of his work.

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Intrepidxc wrote:
magnusr wrote:
Intrepidxc wrote:Got this Friday at Awesome Con. Jim Calafiore XO head sketch. Very cool guy. We talked quite a bit about Valiant and the VEI relaunch.

Wow! Jim's outdone himself and that says a lot.

/Magnus
I am very very happy with the sketch. :thumb:
Very cool sketch cover. I'd love to see him do something more with VEI than the one official cover to date.
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grendeljd wrote:
Intrepidxc wrote:
magnusr wrote:
Intrepidxc wrote:Got this Friday at Awesome Con. Jim Calafiore XO head sketch. Very cool guy. We talked quite a bit about Valiant and the VEI relaunch.

Wow! Jim's outdone himself and that says a lot.

/Magnus
I am very very happy with the sketch. :thumb:
Very cool sketch cover. I'd love to see him do something more with VEI than the one official cover to date.
Based on a conversation I had I think he's looking for work on projects that allow him more creative license. Again, nothing he outright said, but when we were talking about the industry in general he kept referencing the importance of creative license.

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Intrepidxc wrote:
grendeljd wrote:
Intrepidxc wrote:
magnusr wrote:
Intrepidxc wrote:Got this Friday at Awesome Con. Jim Calafiore XO head sketch. Very cool guy. We talked quite a bit about Valiant and the VEI relaunch.

Wow! Jim's outdone himself and that says a lot.

/Magnus
I am very very happy with the sketch. :thumb:
Very cool sketch cover. I'd love to see him do something more with VEI than the one official cover to date.
Based on a conversation I had I think he's looking for work on projects that allow him more creative license. Again, nothing he outright said, but when we were talking about the industry in general he kept referencing the importance of creative license.
Ah. I can understand that - it's probably every comic artist/writers dream to do creator-owned projects. It's the ultimate freedom if you get a chance to do it. I'm glad we are seeing a major trend in that direction for comics in general (Image being the champion publisher in that regard).
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My wife likes to draw stuff too, and she is better than me! [I'm very proud of her]... https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sara-Dec ... ref=stream" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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grendeljd wrote:
Intrepidxc wrote:
grendeljd wrote:
Intrepidxc wrote:
magnusr wrote:
Intrepidxc wrote:Got this Friday at Awesome Con. Jim Calafiore XO head sketch. Very cool guy. We talked quite a bit about Valiant and the VEI relaunch.

Wow! Jim's outdone himself and that says a lot.

/Magnus
I am very very happy with the sketch. :thumb:
Very cool sketch cover. I'd love to see him do something more with VEI than the one official cover to date.
Based on a conversation I had I think he's looking for work on projects that allow him more creative license. Again, nothing he outright said, but when we were talking about the industry in general he kept referencing the importance of creative license.
Ah. I can understand that - it's probably every comic artist/writers dream to do creator-owned projects. It's the ultimate freedom if you get a chance to do it. I'm glad we are seeing a major trend in that direction for comics in general (Image being the champion publisher in that regard).
I would think the ultimate goal would always be to do your own stuff.
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lorddunlow wrote:
grendeljd wrote:
Intrepidxc wrote:
grendeljd wrote:
Intrepidxc wrote:
magnusr wrote:
I am very very happy with the sketch. :thumb:
Very cool sketch cover. I'd love to see him do something more with VEI than the one official cover to date.
Based on a conversation I had I think he's looking for work on projects that allow him more creative license. Again, nothing he outright said, but when we were talking about the industry in general he kept referencing the importance of creative license.
Ah. I can understand that - it's probably every comic artist/writers dream to do creator-owned projects. It's the ultimate freedom if you get a chance to do it. I'm glad we are seeing a major trend in that direction for comics in general (Image being the champion publisher in that regard).
I would think the ultimate goal would always be to do your own stuff.
I think for most, but I think there are some artists happy to just draw big 2 characters their whole careers. What really baffles me is creators like Quesada who've had some success with their own characters and don't do anything with them.
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Rai sketch art cover by Joe St. Pierre
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Super awesome! Hard to display, but super awesome.

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That's very impressive :thumb:

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Hello, I am pretty new around here... This is one of my favorite threads to read, all of these sketches are amazing!
I have just begun to ask for quick sketches at shows too, so far I have met Cary Nord and Matt Kindt. It was very nice meeting both of them.

Here's what I got from Cary:

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And from Matt, notice on the con exclusive the mouth he drew. He remarked a few other books like that also :

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Got this sweeeeet Clayton Henry sketch at Miami Beach Supercon! 8-)

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Great stuff all through. Love the Rai, and the Timewalker sketch is perfection.

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dmezynski wrote:These are the sketches I've picked up this year.

And, before anyone says anything, I can't help it. I like his stuff. And, he was very friendly and willing to talk to fans.

Bloodshot by Liefeld

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Intrepidxc wrote:Got this Friday at Awesome Con. Jim Calafiore XO head sketch. Very cool guy. We talked quite a bit about Valiant and the VEI relaunch.

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Congrats... this is amazing :thumb:

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Great additions to this thread everyone! Of the new ones posted recently, I like the St. Pierre one the best.
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I actually logged in just now to express my excitement about lining up a sketch cover commission from Agnes Garbowska (she did the cute baby Unity #1 cover).

I really like that style and I've had an idea for a cute Bleeding Monk commission for a long time. I'm super stoked that she had a spot left and could do one for me. She does them in full watercolor - her commissions always look awesome (she posts them on Twitter all the time).
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I am new to sketch covers too, and learned the hard way that The Valiant blank cover has the WORST paper to draw on.

I got these three at Heroes Con, two weeks back.

X-O by Cary Nord (he really struggled to sketch on the paper)
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Divinity by Matt Kindt
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Rai by Matt Kindt
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I like that Nord sketch

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bobby97801 wrote:I like that Nord sketch
Thanks!
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I don't have that many but I do have a few

Image By Robert Gill

Image By Brent Peeples

Image By Jacob Chabot

Image By Joe Holley

Image By V Ken Marion

Can't wait to get more in the future
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Bumping to top.

Jacob Chabot was a super nice guy. He doodled on my son's comic for free and also did a quick sketch in the TPB of his creator owned work.
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My Agnes Garbowska commission:Image

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Jfett, the Dr M sketch is amazing.

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By the way, if you can't tell, he's not bleeding blood. He's bleeding syrup and he's sitting on pancakes.
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