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Published: 2007-12-09 01:47:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 4090; Favourites: 87; Downloads: 0
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Description I did this piece for a local fundraiser called Heroes4Heroes that was held on the Friday night of the Wizard-World Texas con. It was in the nice Diamond Club in the Texas Rangers Ballpark.
I was invited to it the day before the show from Fanboy Radio, so I stayed up til 3am that night working on this, and then took it to work to draw on my lunch break. Unfortunately because my art style is so time consuming it wasn't enough of a head-start to get in done by the end of the show. I was disappointed by that, but the show was such an amazing experience for me anyway. I was creating work next to Marc Silvestri, Brian Denham, James O'Barr, Phil Hester, Mitch Breitweiser, Marko Djurdjevic and the fellas at ArtLoveMagic.

You can actually see me working on Hellboy in this short video of the show here: [link]
I'm at the 1:23 mark for a few seconds. I've always wanted to draw Hellboy, so I'm pretty happy with this one. I think it just doesn't feel like Hellboy without it being in Mignola's style, so I tried to blend his style with my own. I'll probably color this at some point.

Here is the work in stages: [link]

Media: 0.5 mechanical pencil, Blending Stumps and a kneaded eraser
Original Size: 13x15
Paper: Canson 70lb drawing paper
Completed on 12-06-07
Background created with Photoshop CS (because I felt the blank white background was too plain.)
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Comments: 63

BlackSparkz [2008-07-13 12:51:37 +0000 UTC]

omg thats amazing!
i luv all your work your so Talented!
i wish i could draw like that

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DaleNorvell In reply to BlackSparkz [2008-07-24 16:05:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I appreciate the kind words!

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maquinafantasma [2008-04-22 21:11:28 +0000 UTC]

Great job,man!!!I'm a Hell Boy fan too!!!

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DaleNorvell In reply to maquinafantasma [2008-04-23 00:48:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank-a-you very much! I can't wait for the new movie.

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LukeHorsman [2008-01-08 12:37:39 +0000 UTC]

Dude those are the best pencils Ive seen in years , great work.

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DaleNorvell In reply to LukeHorsman [2008-01-10 16:47:51 +0000 UTC]

WOW, thank you very much! What a great compliment! I appreciate it.

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LukeHorsman In reply to DaleNorvell [2008-01-10 17:22:49 +0000 UTC]

No worries dude.

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little-faerie-bits [2008-01-08 00:47:33 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic drawing. You really captured the likeness of all the textures.

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DaleNorvell In reply to little-faerie-bits [2008-01-08 05:40:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you VERY much for noticing them! I really tied to capture them as best I could. It was fun!

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little-faerie-bits In reply to DaleNorvell [2008-01-08 17:24:12 +0000 UTC]

Fun? What more can you ask for then! Again very nice job.

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BroHawk [2007-12-17 21:32:55 +0000 UTC]

Damn fine job you did!
It does my heart proud to see artist
doing art for others out of the goodness of there heart.
Your work is truly inspiring my friend....GIVE US MORE!!!!
Thanks for sharing the goodness.

David

AKA

Brohawk

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DaleNorvell In reply to BroHawk [2007-12-18 04:13:11 +0000 UTC]

Awww man, I'm so glad you like it! Means I did something right. I'm trying to color it now but I'm having a hard time balancing the warm/cool colors. Any suggestions on how you would color this would be very helpful.

Yeah, the whole fundraiser was a great experience, I just wish I had more of a head start so that I could finish in time.

Thanks for the compliments! Your work inspires me.

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BroHawk In reply to DaleNorvell [2007-12-18 07:22:40 +0000 UTC]

You should ask Kelsey [link] about the color thing...I suck at coloring
when a guy like him is on the planet.
But if I had any suggestion it would be to keep it simple.
Your rendering already has all the life it needs.
Go bold on Hellboy's skin and softer muted colors on
everything else...Maybe....What the heck do I know??? ? ?
I like it just BW to be honest.
Hope it turns out better than what might
you expect.

D.

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AthenaTT [2007-12-15 00:35:32 +0000 UTC]

What a kick butt interpretation!!! Your ability to draw leather jackets and weaponry never ceases to amaze me I am also always impressed with the fact you must use a full 12 pack of 9B pencils for your backgrounds Awesome work as always my friend

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DaleNorvell In reply to AthenaTT [2007-12-15 00:39:26 +0000 UTC]

Heh heh heh. Thank you very much! I am very pleased with his leather jacket and stone hand. Everyone who has seen it has commented on the jacket too, so that makes me happy. I'm glad you like it!

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AthenaTT In reply to DaleNorvell [2007-12-15 01:24:25 +0000 UTC]

Oh, the Stone is indeed superb, but it's not everyone who can draw leather like you, dude!!! I love it!

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ladyrapid [2007-12-10 23:38:38 +0000 UTC]

It looks great bud but I'm having some problems here with the perspecticals here. It somewhat looks a bit distorted, I mean in a way that doesn't look natural. Hm, hard to explain but there's something that just doens't feel right to it.

Neat piece still! He's lookin pretty badass.

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DaleNorvell In reply to ladyrapid [2007-12-12 00:49:30 +0000 UTC]

Really? I did blur the background to make him "pop" out for depth... He does have cartoony physical proportions, but that's on purpose. You think maybe that's it?

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ladyrapid In reply to DaleNorvell [2007-12-12 15:55:16 +0000 UTC]

Hmm.. I don't know, there's "something" that's odd, can't' really put my finger on it . Still a neat piece bro so don't lie sleepless at night over me hehe

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yatz [2007-12-10 21:04:26 +0000 UTC]

Totaly insane... in a very good way. Valid point made by Lord Netsua re left hand.

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DaleNorvell In reply to yatz [2007-12-12 00:48:02 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm, interesting, You guys may be right. I'm glad you like it though!

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TonyDennison [2007-12-10 18:55:22 +0000 UTC]

great value range and depth. But 'ol Hellboy looks four feet tall...

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DaleNorvell In reply to TonyDennison [2007-12-12 00:47:32 +0000 UTC]

Heh heh. Well, what do you think gives you that impression? His cartooney proportions?

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TonyDennison In reply to DaleNorvell [2007-12-12 15:21:27 +0000 UTC]

The proportions of his head in relation to the rest of his body...

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MaKo85 [2007-12-10 16:59:17 +0000 UTC]

Wowza...my.....my eyes just imploded....wow!
You know I really wish I could write something more constructive but I'm in such a daze it's hard to think straight after seeing this, awesome!

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DaleNorvell In reply to MaKo85 [2007-12-12 00:46:07 +0000 UTC]

Heh heh heh, well that works too! Thanks!

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TIMISDEATH2ALL [2007-12-10 05:20:35 +0000 UTC]

This is outstanding

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DaleNorvell In reply to TIMISDEATH2ALL [2007-12-12 00:45:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you sir.

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TIMISDEATH2ALL In reply to DaleNorvell [2007-12-12 23:36:57 +0000 UTC]

no prob fam

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lordmylar06 [2007-12-10 04:10:02 +0000 UTC]

You. Never. Cease. To. Amaze. Me. Good. Sir. Seriously, you've got a knack for this. Keep it up man!

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DaleNorvell In reply to lordmylar06 [2007-12-12 00:45:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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venusmantrap [2007-12-09 22:30:14 +0000 UTC]

a wonderful piece for a noteworthy cause

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DaleNorvell In reply to venusmantrap [2007-12-12 00:45:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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EvaMonkey [2007-12-09 17:43:28 +0000 UTC]

There is only one way to describe this...

HELLA GOD-DAMN BAD-ASS!!!

...yes, thats the only way.

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DaleNorvell In reply to EvaMonkey [2007-12-12 00:44:32 +0000 UTC]

Heh heh. Cool. I'm glad you like it. I'm nervous to color it.

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IrishxoxQueen [2007-12-09 13:16:32 +0000 UTC]

Niceeee! Amazing job!!

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DaleNorvell In reply to IrishxoxQueen [2007-12-12 00:43:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank-a-you-very-much!

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IrishxoxQueen In reply to DaleNorvell [2007-12-12 23:04:44 +0000 UTC]

No problemmmmmm! =]

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Pericles [2007-12-09 10:11:50 +0000 UTC]

I never seem to help my self not to be amazed from the craft of you art. the (bloody) leather jacket looks so real, I can feel the leather on my hand! I don't know HOW you do it, but you DO it.

Congratulations.

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DaleNorvell In reply to Pericles [2007-12-12 00:43:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I am quite happy with this one. Everyone seems to like the jacket.

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Glottis78 [2007-12-09 06:41:01 +0000 UTC]

Drawing next to Marko & Brian. Oh, man. Were you nervous?

that video is cool too... man, I think you are great... how you ever have that kind of patience to draw so detailed work... and ... like ... manually

you rule

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DaleNorvell In reply to Glottis78 [2007-12-12 00:42:24 +0000 UTC]

Heck yeah I was nervous! Everyone watching me draw like it should be entertaining or something. My Hellboy got the attention of Top Cow from Image so here's hoping it it goes somewhere!

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Glottis78 In reply to DaleNorvell [2007-12-12 04:28:56 +0000 UTC]

it will, I'm sure.

hey if you have the time go check out my stuff too...

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RedWingsDragon [2007-12-09 03:49:13 +0000 UTC]

Hey cool. Awsome work here

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DaleNorvell In reply to RedWingsDragon [2007-12-12 00:36:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank-a-you-very-much!

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KC-Whitestar [2007-12-09 03:45:41 +0000 UTC]

fantastic work! love the dynamics the shading gives

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DaleNorvell In reply to KC-Whitestar [2007-12-12 00:35:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I'm happy with the shading on this one.

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KC-Whitestar In reply to DaleNorvell [2007-12-12 00:50:12 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. You should be it's fantastic

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storeboughtarmy [2007-12-09 03:38:46 +0000 UTC]

glad to finally see some new stuff
youre amazing!

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DaleNorvell In reply to storeboughtarmy [2007-12-12 00:35:02 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I haven't been creating lately... but that's all gonna change very soon.

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