My homage to Marvel's First Family

[Shadow]

Some of my earliest comic reads were the Fantastic Four. I have the late 70's Pocket Book which reprinted the first 6 issues. I still remember my uncle seeing it in my room circa 1980 and mentioning he had those issues. For a fleeting moment, my hopes rose only to hear the classic refrain "...but my mom threw them out..."

 

So, I did up this latest picture. My attempt was to capture the FF surrounded by key villains/allies in their history in a balanced way. As always, thanks for letting me share!

 

Before adding color...

 

Final product...

[seanfingh]

 

Man, that is so good. My favorite parts are the Resting person_without_enough_empathy Face on Namor, and the slightly less bulky Ben Grimm. They both remind me of Jim Starlin.

[IntoAnother]

 

That is very cool, awesome job!

[fiendish]

Awesome! Love it!

[marvelcollector]

Well done

[01TheDude]

cool

 

how long does it take to draw something like that? pencils, ink, color etc.

[SquareChaos]

Very cool, you're really talented.

 

I have to say this... Galactus reminds me of Hank Hill

[Scrooge]

Out of the park

[jhutton2]

Nicely rendered

[shadroch]

I have a Legion print he did hanging in my bedroom. Great art, and very easy to deal with

[Shadow]

cool

 

how long does it take to draw something like that? pencils, ink, color etc.

 

I rarely time myself but I'd guess about 20+ hours. Naturally I rough it in with pencils then ink it followed by art markers with a brush tip. Watching the marker strokes is a challenge. There's a bit of colored pencil and acrylic paint for stars. It's a great way to relax for me. I'm very much aligned with doing "group" illustrations since 2012. I think I might do a new JLA one next.

[Unca Ben]

Really,really, nice !

The left-right symmetry used in the surrounding villain panels is a neat compositional effect.

I especially like the Surfer / Panther panels - Space and Earth.

 

Awesome!

[PBK78]

So jealous . Amazing talent. Really beautiful piece.

[entalmighty1]

That's incredible man. Really nice job!

[Steviehuv66]

Great tribute to the FF!

[thehumantorch]

Very nice

[jcjames]

 

That is amazing!

 

Incredible composition and detail.

 

Simply stunning.

 

 

[Bird]

Fantastic. I think this is the best "boardie" art I have seen, by far.

 

 

[Senormac]

Outstanding Shadow !!

[tmcneil82]

Dude! This is awesome.