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Post by David on Dec 18, 2011 19:40:26 GMT -5
Good stuff. Maybe I'll toss up a couple rough sketches of cover ideas I felt didn't quite make the grade/fit in the meantime. I did a couple for kicks, but the one I settled on is pretty involved, and of course holiday schedules don't leave much drawing time, especially for a family man like myself. :-P Cool! Extras are always a nice holiday surprise! |
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Post by ryokowerx on Dec 19, 2011 6:05:07 GMT -5
Matt, basically what David said. If I could get it by the 21st that'd be great!
And without spoiling anything, we've got some GREAT stories this year!
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Post by ryokowerx on Dec 20, 2011 9:02:49 GMT -5
Folks, today is the deadline! Please try to get your stories in to me today!
If you must, I can stretch things out to tomorrow but I really need everything in to me by midnight tomorrow!
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Post by Matt Erkhart on Dec 20, 2011 22:06:56 GMT -5
Soooo the cover is about halfway done... TRYING to hammer out the rest of it, but I got some major news today in that I got a new job. Kind of a big deal for me, and between that and the holidays I've had precious little time to shoehorn art into.
FYI, IT'S COMING! SOON!!
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Post by joeyjarin on Dec 20, 2011 23:59:15 GMT -5
Soooo the cover is about halfway done... TRYING to hammer out the rest of it, but I got some major news today in that I got a new job. Kind of a big deal for me, and between that and the holidays I've had precious little time to shoehorn art into. FYI, IT'S COMING! SOON!! Congrats, dude! |
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Post by HoM on Dec 21, 2011 12:19:49 GMT -5
I have moved the DC2 Specials board from the Back Issues board into the Earth-One board.
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Post by Matt Erkhart on Dec 21, 2011 23:26:03 GMT -5
If I can get a list of the final contributing authors, I'll add that to the cover. Feels naked as-is!  |
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Post by Matt Erkhart on Dec 21, 2011 23:41:09 GMT -5
Oh! And as promised, a couple rejected designs:  |
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Post by lissilambe on Dec 22, 2011 0:15:32 GMT -5
Fantastic cover, Matt, you did a great job on it. I love the playful look, and the muted colors just somehow make it work better. Don't know why, but...who cares? great job!
And congrats on new job!
Take care
Don
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Post by MemnochZERO on Dec 22, 2011 0:55:29 GMT -5
Might be just me, but I like the "rejected" cover even more.  |
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Post by HoM on Dec 22, 2011 3:25:59 GMT -5
If I can get a list of the final contributing authors, I'll add that to the cover. Feels naked as-is! I'm totally contributor. |
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Post by David on Dec 22, 2011 8:03:12 GMT -5
Ha! Great cover, Matt! I love how the Flash is in line to sit on "Mrs. Claus' " lap!
The "rejects" are great, too! When we had an Art Director, we used to do such fun thngs like having a Christmas banner, and a DC2 Christmas postcard contest... Both of these remind me of the kinds of things we used to do... [wistful sigh for the good ol' days]...
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Post by ryokowerx on Dec 22, 2011 8:27:13 GMT -5
If I can get a list of the final contributing authors, I'll add that to the cover. Feels naked as-is!] Alright. At this point, I'm pretty confident that I've got all I'm going to get. So here is the final list of contributors: Mark Bowers Samantha Chapman David Charlton Insmouth's Shadow James Stubbs Don Walsh House Of Mystery |
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Post by Matt Erkhart on Dec 22, 2011 9:17:14 GMT -5
Sweet. I'll update the pic tonight when I have access to my PC. (Lousy WORK... heh)
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Post by ryokowerx on Dec 22, 2011 17:11:28 GMT -5
Alright, folks, it is up and ready for your reading enjoyment. I'm using Matt's temp cover for now but once he gets me the updated one, I'll replace it.
Merry Christmas! And here's to a productive and destructive 2012!
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Post by lissilambe on Dec 22, 2011 18:48:15 GMT -5
And a big thank you for taking charge of this great present to the DC2 community, James! It's much appreciated, riding herd over the project. And thanks to Sam for suggesting we do another round of this fun And of course, thanks to the other collaborators, but we'll get into that in the letters thread! Take care Don |
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Post by Matt Erkhart on Dec 22, 2011 23:56:39 GMT -5
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Post by Susan Hillwig on Dec 23, 2011 15:22:59 GMT -5
I love your style! Anytime an artist can do pencils with no inks and get away with it, I'm all for it! |
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Post by Matt Erkhart on Dec 23, 2011 23:08:36 GMT -5
I love your style! Anytime an artist can do pencils with no inks and get away with it, I'm all for it! Thanks! Only the line-up/crowd is straight pencils... Wondy, Supes, and that reindeer throne are pencils, almost completely erased, colored in warm & cool grey markers, with inks thrown on at the end. Basically I'm trying all sorts of new techniques lately and I'm really liking the look of this one in particular. :-) Straight pencils is SO much faster for me, though. If I could find a good inker & a colorist I could cover half the books on this site. :-P |
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Post by HoM on Dec 24, 2011 9:59:40 GMT -5
And a big thank you for taking charge of this great present to the DC2 community, James! It's much appreciated, riding herd over the project. And thanks to Sam for suggesting we do another round of this fun And of course, thanks to the other collaborators, but we'll get into that in the letters thread! Take care Don I wanna echo this sentiment, thoroughly enjoyed contributing, enjoyed reading it even more! Thanks James! |
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