Here's a piece from ages ago. I met Bill Reinhold briefly at a Chicago Comics Expo some years ago. I have always appreciated his work since he seems to pop up on the radar quite often. This Eisner Tribute (found here on Bill's deviantart site) absolutely blew me away. It was his contribution to the COMIC BOOK ARTIST magazine Special Will Eisner Memorial issue. I just had to do something with it. At the time I was still very green with very little coloring under my belt. I had just started Of Bitter Souls with Norm Breyfogle. I did this piece, distressed the line art and applied it to crumpled paper background. Tried to emulate a ink wash technique. I used it as a desktop but never showed it to anyone. So here is a bit of buried treasure.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Eisner Tribute Color
Here's a piece from ages ago. I met Bill Reinhold briefly at a Chicago Comics Expo some years ago. I have always appreciated his work since he seems to pop up on the radar quite often. This Eisner Tribute (found here on Bill's deviantart site) absolutely blew me away. It was his contribution to the COMIC BOOK ARTIST magazine Special Will Eisner Memorial issue. I just had to do something with it. At the time I was still very green with very little coloring under my belt. I had just started Of Bitter Souls with Norm Breyfogle. I did this piece, distressed the line art and applied it to crumpled paper background. Tried to emulate a ink wash technique. I used it as a desktop but never showed it to anyone. So here is a bit of buried treasure.