Fun_CanetEars

And since I wouldn't feel right just stopping at Eric Canete's inks, I thought I'd try some monochromatic Copic tones on top of the lines.

This is the kind of piece you just get lost in, it was like 3 or 4 or in the morning, and I'm listening to old MTG Potpourri episodes and thinking about life and everything, working on this quasi-abstract design. What even is?

Anyway, another reason I admire him is because he's also a Copic artist. Inks and Copics with a resistance to digital. How about that.

4/10/16

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Fun_CanetEars_L

A study of an Eric Canete sketch.

He actually inspired this site, you know. My gosh, we just hit the 9th anniversary of this site a few days ago, and a large part of it starting up in earnest was this guy posting such inspirational ink stuff that I'd study to get amped before doing an ink illustration for the Penny Dreadful.

I actually called this site Removal because he called his Discard! Haha. In Magic, removal is my favorite thing you can do, so it fit for multiple reasons--obviously there's more to the name than just that but it was a great jumping-off point.

I remember being so nervous when I finally met him...I got him to review my stuff at Comic-Con once. I was expecting him to shred me apart, but he was actually quite positive...somewhat vexingly, since I didn't really know how to improve from there. But I don't think he was pulling punches, he's certainly not afraid of letting you know what he thinks.

So...we continue floundering.

4/10/16

Reuxben

Fun_Channel

Looks like I skipped a week, so posting the progress for one of my first fudepen pieces, loosely inspired by Avatar characters, I'd say. Trying and failing, yet ever falling for, that Eric Canete monochromatic Copic look.

Hey! That used to be my backyard in Tokyo.

4/20/16

Reuxben

Penny_CowboyBullets

I never got around to posting this old illustration for the Penny Dreadful.

The story was from way back in Volume II, Issue 2.

This is my least favorite Dreadful piece, another rushed job, but it shows how much I'm trying to mimic Eric Canete, especially since I'm still pretty new at inking and he just rocks the inks.

Whenever I've got a Dreadful to do, I always think, how would Canete do it? He's got some insane stuff.

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