John Byrne Beast partially inked sketch from Hakes 1 1

[dspair]

Happy to have won this in the recent Hakes auction!   What do you guys think of the ink job? 🖋  🤔 

 

https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/247466/THE-BEAST-SPECIALTY-ORIGINAL-ART-BY-JOHN-BYRNE

 

[grapeape]

I think the inking is unfinished

But I wouldn’t fool with it. It’s a good historical reference of Byrne pencils.

The Beast looks very 😎 cool.

 

[dspair]

I wasn’t planning on changing it at all.  To me some of the line work looks a bit wobbly so I was wondering if it might have been a more amateur inker making an attempt at it as opposed to Byrne himself (maybe in a rush thus unfinished). 

[vodou]

20 minutes ago, dspair said:

a more amateur inker making an attempt at it as opposed to Byrne himself

That's what I think - not Byrne and lacks confidence so possibly not pro.

[grapeape]

25 minutes ago, dspair said:

I wasn’t planning on changing it at all.  To me some of the line work looks a bit wobbly so I was wondering if it might have been a more amateur inker making an attempt at it as opposed to Byrne himself (maybe in a rush thus unfinished). 

Congrats on winning it. Somebody told me once that they knew someone who (amateur) attempted inking unfinished Byrne or Cockrum pieces they got at a comic show in the eighties. Can't remember if that person was on the boards.

[Bird]

a good person's opinion on this would be @stinkininkin!

well, looking harder I also doubt JB but I wonder what Scott thinks in general?

Edited July 1, 2021 by Bird

[stinkininkin]

5 hours ago, Bird said:

a good person's opinion on this would be @stinkininkin!

well, looking harder I also doubt JB but I wonder what Scott thinks in general?

This inking is...not good. Don't want to denigrate a new piece that a collector is happy to have just won, but the inks are completely amateur, and for the pencils underneath, a bit of a tragedy. That said, the OP said he is happy with his new purchase, so that's all that should matter for him!

Edited July 2, 2021 by stinkininkin

[dspair]

11 hours ago, stinkininkin said:

This inking is...not good. Don't want to denigrate a new piece that a collector is happy to have just won, but the inks are completely amateur, and for the pencils underneath, a bit of a tragedy. That said, the OP said he is happy with his new purchase, so that's all that should matter for him!

Thanks for the comment.  I’m happy that I got it relatively cheaply!  (for an original Byrne pencil sketch of an X-man/Avenger)…I’ll just have to appreciate it from far enough away.  🤣

-Will

[zhamlau]

Does Austin still do commissions? At this point I’d like to see him finish and fix this (as much as possible anyway) since it’s already started.

[jjonahjameson11]

16 minutes ago, zhamlau said:

Does Austin still do commissions? At this point I’d like to see him finish and fix this (as much as possible anyway) since it’s already started.

Austin is retired 

[stinkininkin]

2 hours ago, dspair said:

Thanks for the comment.  I’m happy that I got it relatively cheaply!  (for an original Byrne pencil sketch of an X-man/Avenger)…I’ll just have to appreciate it from far enough away.  🤣

-Will

While I don't follow Byrne sketch prices that closely, I am certain you got it "cheaply" (due to the inks). This piece without inks/raw pencils would be several thousand $$$$, and inked by Byrne or Austin several thousand plus. 

[artdealer]

2 hours ago, zhamlau said:

Does Austin still do commissions? At this point I’d like to see him finish and fix this (as much as possible anyway) since it’s already started.

Yes he does commissions. 
contact Spencer Beck

[vodou]

20 minutes ago, artdealer said:

Yes he does commissions. 
contact Spencer Beck

Thank you for resolving that bit of misinformation MI  

2 hours ago, jjonahjameson11 said:

Austin is retired 

 

[jjonahjameson11]

48 minutes ago, artdealer said:

Yes he does commissions. 
contact Spencer Beck

My bad, thanks for the correction.

[zhamlau]

I honestly think a good inker could work with that and make it uniform and cleaned up. How great would a finished vintage Byrne/Austin piece be? The work I saw from Austin from a few years ago (I believe) was top flight still. 

[Will_K]

Is Byrne still taking time away from commissions to work on his personal projects ??  Maybe try getting on his waiting list and get him to finish it off ?

[vodou]

9 minutes ago, Will_K said:

Maybe try getting on his waiting list and get him to finish it off ?

Bad idea, imo, his Namor-present spatula inks would only make it worse.

[Comixculture]

My Byrne sketch in 81' cost $15. That's what he was charging at his table. I remember a friend who was pretty young got two drawings. One was a Sasquatch. I could see a kid trying to ink these after having them for a few years. https://www.instagram.com/p/BREcXY8D_ol/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[gumbydarnit]

Nice sketch… money well spent!!!

[grapeape]

On 7/7/2021 at 1:38 PM, gumbydarnit said:

Nice sketch… money well spent!!!

+ 1 🇨🇦