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I've often wondered what colouring for Marvel would be like and today, as I was taking a bit of a breather to recover from the Bristol Expo, I decided to find out.

What better way to do that than by using the art of my favourite penciler/inker team, Chris Bachalo and my former inking mentor, *TimTownsend

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You can find Tim's vanilla inks here: [link]

And my conclusion? Colouring over art of this standard is both more enjoyable and leads to far better results. I loved every minute of colouring this.
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~DemetriusWar1 Aug 22, 2010
Wow.. Whats it like to talk to Tim Townsend. I so want to meet Chris Bachalo one day!
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*IanDSharman Aug 23, 2010  Professional Digital Artist
Tim's just Tim, you know...he's cool.

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~icemouth Aug 8, 2009
well done
nice throw action xD
i would not want to get that shield in my face :D
keep it up
~icemouth

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~Aceleeon Sep 3, 2008
good stuff. Im a fan of captn when he throws his sheild thats always rock. speaking of, the rock shaped stars is an awesome touch.

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~Aceleeon Sep 3, 2008
annnnd i just said rock shaped stars.....

*star shaped rocks*......

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~Web-head-UK May 13, 2008
Nice job, Ian! Keep up the good work ;)

ps. how did the DC portfolio thing go?
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*IanDSharman May 13, 2008  Professional Digital Artist
Cheers!

The DC portfolio thing was a waste of time. I just got quotes from the book of standard comments that editors who know nothing about inking use.

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Read Alpha Gods! [link]
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~swyattart May 13, 2008
Very nice colouring Ian, the green works particularly well to ';pop' Cap and provide a focal point, good choice for a contrast. The shading on the glove and shield is a nice touch too.

(Maybe your 'Marvel' palette would work better on Slam than your 'DC' one?)

I'm really liking this!

Si

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*IanDSharman May 13, 2008  Professional Digital Artist
Glad you like it, and using the green background to make the red/blue figure pop is fairly basic colour theory, but it's very effective.

Actually, I used the DC palette for this but may rethink how I do Slam in light of this. Perhaps Slam's outfit should be red/blue? I hink I've been guilty of focusing on what colour scheme would work on screen for Slam, rather than what would work best in a comic. It's no coincidence that the vat majority of the biggest comic book stars have red/blue costumes. Superman, Spider-Man, Captain America, Wonder Woman...all essentially red/blue.

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=wytherwing May 12, 2008
very fine color work my friend! :thumbsup:

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