It's a commissioned piece (20x30), Guardian vs. Gamma Flight 8)
Click to see it as his website:
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/f...=1&totPosts=40
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It's a commissioned piece (20x30), Guardian vs. Gamma Flight 8)
Click to see it as his website:
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/f...=1&totPosts=40
That is one excellent image. Brings back the memories of Alpha around that time. Thanks for the heads up SasqFan.
Nice! I think I'm gonna have to take a shot at colouring this bad-boy!
Ben
hate to sound stupid......
but whats a commission?
btw, brings back old memories.
It's basically when you pay an artist to draw, ink or paint a peice for your collection.
Hey, that really was a nice piece! Very enjoyable... what an interesting man Mr. Byrne is... very quirky! Claims to abhor Alpha Flight, yet draws such a nice Guardian... *sigh* I hope he does more...
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Originally Posted by Ben
Yeah, me too..! It's a Beauty.
JC
The next person who tries to convince me that it was a *good* thing that the inker all but redrew Byrne's Superman panels is going to have a hard time reproducing -- I'm short and have fine access to the vitals.
Just...yeah. Byrne-on-Byrne art is the love. *melt*
Suzene
Absolutely wonderful! It's nice to see Bryne doing Alpha again, I know it's just one piece but still, it looks great.
Ben-any chance get a copy of the pic for the site?
I think reproducing the pic on the site could be a problem. John Byrne is very definate in regards to his work. The pics from published works are shown at the discretion of Marvel, while Byrne's commissions are not considered public domain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Weapon Omega
Thats why when I post anything from Byrne robotics it's only as a link, as even the text is considered copyright. Not being a legal eagle, I would consider asking Byrne himself or more prolly the person who commisioned the piece before any reproduction.
Just saying :-)
I would highly recommend against it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Weapon Omega
Dana
How much do you think he charges for a commissioned piece? Reason I ask is I just got my income tax return 8) .
I'm seriously considering a Sasquatch piece if the fee is doable.
Nice commission.
Some very nice Bryne AF artwork here:
http://www.artofjohnbyrne.com/cgi-bi...H=alpha+flight
has more alpha artwork. Some nice pieces. Unused covers etc.
No matter what you think of his net personna, I think most people will agree that no one draws AF like Byrne. They come alive when you see a Byrne rendition IMHO.Quote:
Originally Posted by JackFrostUK
I particularly love how huge he drew Sasquatch, especially in the promo ads - that depiction was one of the things that really grabbed my attention the first time I ever saw them (which was the ad for #12)....
Yah, so I asked on the Byrne forum if I could show this pic on AF.net, the fellow who commisioned it gave his OK, still waiting on JB's ok, but should he have a problem, I'll take it down. Anyway, I just finished colouring this image, and had to put it up. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, there's a lot of detail on the image, so presented it's self as a chalange. The machinery-wall had me stumped for a while, I had to come back to it with a fresh mind before I figured out something I was happy with. anyway, sorry for stretching the heck out of the forum, but I didn't want to resize the image.
http://www.alphaflight.net/byrne_commision_colour.jpg
Ben
that looks amazing with the colour, you should pat yourself on the back. awesome job :D
AWWWW Dammit,
Great job Ben. No point me doing it now!
JC
Awesome job there Ben.
MM :shock:
Sure there is! It's always nice to see different styles on the same piece! Thanks though :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyCanuck
and to Shaman, I'll refrain from any back patting 'till morning when I see it fresh and decide if I'm really happy with it or no ;)
Ben
Good looking colors. It's nice to know there are people out there that like digital coloring. It comes in handy later on for us pencilers who hate doing it. :) Nice work.
wow.
we should make a contest, like how can you draw differently the same pic. I would like to try even if I'm nowhere as good as Ben :P
I tried coloring the pic last night with MS Paint and had no luck. Ben what program did you use? Also any tips?
And does anyone know how much it would cost me to get Byrne to draw something up for me? I hate to ask again but I'm serious about commisioning him to do an image.
I use Paint Shop Pro, it's like a poor-man's photoshop, but I really like it. As for tips, you gotta learn how to use layers!
Cost is as follows, quoted from an email by his art-rep:
"He is most interested in doing the artwork on 20" x 30" board and charges $3,000-$3,500 for most non-X-Men pieces and $5,000 for X-Men pieces. The actual price will be determined when John agrees to do the piece."
Ben
ouch.
thats alot of money to draw a picture.
Yeah it is. Thanks Ben. I think I'll be drawing it myself.
Another color attempt:
http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/u...ianVsOmega.jpg
Looks amazing! $3-5K for a piece?! I was going to have one done, maybe I won't at that rate. :shock:
This picture makes me sad. :cry:
I wish we had more Byrne Alpha Flight.
Beautiful artwork, beautiful colouring!
- Le Messor
"Envy is a pain of mind that successful men cause their neighbors."
Hey Ben, looks like you may have pissed off the great man. I would think, that like any of the stuff he does he considers it a masterpiece and won't tolerate us mere mortals tampering with it. Prolly wishes he could write, draw, ink, colour and letter anything he does to prevent lesser mortals sullying his greatness :-) :shock: :? :roll:
Bad Ben :!:
http://byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum...90&PN=1&TPN=21
Heh, yah I saw that. What really pissed him off was when someone took two of his pieces and combined them into one, but he seems to have a hate-on for meer mortals colouring his art. If he had such a huge problem with it, then why does he allow that thread on his board to begin with?
Ben
I think there is a certain code of conduct when colouring his work. It has to go in the right thread or somthing, but it's the way he responds to infringements of the rules of his forum that irk me. He'd get a lot more respect if he didn't talk to people who infringed the rules like they were errant schoolkids who needed chastising. Tact and diplomacy don't cost nothing. He wouldn't be ridiculed as much amongst the comics fraternity if he tempered his egocentric responses.
Just my uninformed opinion :-)
I can understand why he'd be annoyed at people chopping up the piece and posting that, but wtf is wrong with people coloring the work? Last time I checked most comics are in color...so is JB just that big a control freak or what. Granted since it's a commissioned piece that may have something to do with it, but I don't really understand either way.
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Originally Posted by DelBubs
But the great man has one fatal flaw in his plan. He's colour blind and can't colour unless it says what colour it is on the bottom of his crayola.
JC
He has been red/green color blind but wrote about a pair of yellow-tined sun glasses which seem to have helped him with that. They belonged to another comic artist I think. Can't remember the details. Still, he doesn't care for his own color work.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyCanuck
The thing about these commissions is that they were not done intended for color and I think that's a bit of his irritation. I like the color versions and am glad that topic is allowed to exist.
Ben, You did a great job coloring the commission piece.
Dana :D
I think it's just sad that Byrne talks to the fans in such a manner. It's our money that puts a roof over his ass.
$2-3,000 for a commision? Byrne, if your reading this, you must be out of your (profanity) mind to think your art is worth that much. I grew up loving your artwork but I'll be damned if I drop one cent on it now considering the way you address the folks who simply wanted to try their hand at coloring one of your original works.
Your not god, your art has been eclipsed by many other artists in the industry, and your bitter. Get off your false throne, lighten the F up, and try, try and be a f*cking human being once in awhile.
Wow. And I thought I had a serious mad-on because of the original "Dark Phoenix" travesty.
:lol: Now your just opening old wounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Garry/Al-Fan
I should take that rant over to his boards but I know for a fact he will be directed here at some point to read it.
If you take the rant over there, let us know how it goes. I can't see the thread lasting long, but meh...
I should also add for everyone, let's not turn this into a bashing thread, Alpha Waves has always been creator friendly, regardless of attitudes expressed elsewhere, we want this to remain a place that many creators feel comfortable visiting and posting on.
Ben