marvel’s nyx
recent months has seen my workload explode somewhat. hence why my online endeavours butternutsquash and kukuburi have gone on brief hiatuses. though the latter is back, butternut will return on september 25th.
the two main projects that kept me chained to the drafting table throughout the month of august were STAR WARS: CLONE WARS for Dark Horse Comics and NYX for Marvel Comics.
for the star wars project i pencilled issue 2 of a new series tied to the movie currently in theatres. the issue i believe is slated to come out in october. nyx sees me coming on board with issue 2 as inker on through issue 6. my first issue just hit the stands earlier this week so i feel it okay to share some pages from it. i’ve included kalman andrasofszky’s pencils beside my inks to show a little bit of the process. on an interesting aside this is the first time i’ve inked anyone aside from myself.
cheers.
Wow! Is it common to make that many changes/embellishments when inking someone else’s pencils? Or is it no big deal?
The pencils are obviously that guy’s style but I can see your style of anatomy show through in the inks. It’s as if the penciller is there for layout purposes.
Comment by Lee Cherolis — September 16, 2008 @ 7:58 am
See, we need to see more of these sorts of side by sides to really show what inkers do.
Comment by Chris Howard — September 16, 2008 @ 9:33 am
I’ve been following your online stuff for awhile and am really excited that you’re working on a comic series that I’ve been waiting on for years!
It’s really great work, by the way.
Comment by Rebecca David — September 16, 2008 @ 9:45 pm
Ramon for the SAVE!
I loved your work on this.
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Comment by =s= — September 18, 2008 @ 1:09 pm
Ramon! You have some amazing work! This inking is incredible man. Keep up the great work and I’m chomping at the bit for the return od BNS!
Comment by Spookyco — September 22, 2008 @ 5:50 pm
Great job on the inks man.
Comment by Will Sliney — September 23, 2008 @ 12:24 pm
thanks all for the compliments!
@lee, these days most inkers trace and that’s the end of the story, especially with most pencils being so tight these days. in the old days (the days i prefer) the inker was there to finish the pencillers art. this also meant correcting inacurrate perspective, anatomy and dare i say storytelling.
kalman, was under the gun on issue two so i looked at where i was coming from as an old school inker and made the necessary corrections. these are all judgement calls, and at times the penciller may not like ‘em, but that’s the call i made.
and in the end, the inker gets really no recognition and all the accolades roll to the penciller.
we’re just here to make the main guy look good
Comment by Ramón — September 25, 2008 @ 1:49 pm
Thanks for answering my question Ramon. Your work truly is impressive. thanks for sharing it.
I guess the way to get the glory for yourself is to be able to do both yourself. Then suddenly the inking is noticed.
Comment by Lee Cherolis — September 30, 2008 @ 12:22 pm