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Description this is a vegas exclusive cover i did for a store thats flying the wonderland team out...cool huh? free vegas trip...u so wish u was me...heh

colors by [link]

from left to right mermaid, calie (alice's daughter) alice, red ridding hood, sela and belinda from grim...

zenescope covers always are discussed with my editor raven gregory...and we toss idea's back and forth... this one was a no brainer for him...he thought vegas themed cvr?? i know...strip poker..a lil too on the nose for me...but was like what ever...for a week or two, i was tossing layouts in my head trying to figure out how to make this work...i knew right off the bat that this wouldnt work..when i finally sat down and messed around with it...i ran into the prob i knew was there...the stupid table...im like, how am i suppose to make a poker table look interesting and how the hell do i make these girls fit AND look like u want to divorce ur wife and take one home?? not easy when u throw a poker table in there...

i didnt tell my editor two things...one, no poker table...and two...that i was going to have the girls drinking...not sure if i was able to put that on the cover...but i was gonna try like hell to get away with it...plus taking the table out meant i can have them outside and draw vegas in the background and not inside a hotel room

i thought by eliminating the table i could squeeze them closer together and have them bending over or kneeing which i like to do...makes for more movement on a potentially boring topic...so i went with my gut...no table...and i was gad i did...

i wanted to draw the mermaid on this cause i love how hot she is...but i was like damn...wouldnt she need to be in water?? ( no stupid this is comics) so it gave me the idea to have a pool there...and im like ca-ching!! now i can have the girl on the right bending over rather than laying down to show that ass...GO ASS!! so i thought, it was golden, cause who doesnt like to see hot chicks drinking, playing poker, half naked AND wet??? oh yeah...

if u zoom out u will notice that the girls are actually really small....they only take up the center part of the cover..the top and bottom are all background....again not easy to make look sexy with such a small space given....so i threw in the mermaid and tried like hell to put her as close to the foreground as possible...foreground elements make for good depth

drawing her tail was a pain in my ass...and i only like good feelings in my ass...oh wait...ahem...i threw one set of lines going diagonally and another set crossing them...then i gave it a simple light source and blacked in the bottom of the tiny triangle of the scales on her...it gives it a more realistic look..and then took my eraser and erased the peak of her thighs to give it a real shimmery look...texture is important..as in her shell bra...oh yeah....i apply pressure to the start and finish of my line to give the lines blunt ends...same with the edge of the pool...u need to make surfaces look believable...

to add more depth..i put one fountain over lapping the other one thats dropping the water fall water....trying to use less and less detail as u go further back....not easy for me to do some times..i actually resisted drawing the windows on the buildings in the back knowing that it would be too much and look all messy and cluttered

believe it or not, in my opinon... ridding hood came out the best of all of these...to me, she seems the most relaxed and comfortable... also seems less "possed" than the other girls..plus its an unflattering pose..i took the risk of drawing the folds in her belly caused by leaning over...not recommended...often times looks like scars...

the rest of the girls seem posed to me..as they should be, cause thats what normally sells the cover...

before any drawing is done, i try to come up with interesting poses of possible things someone would do when its not there turn to play...didnt have much to work with and i needed to get it done...

over all im happy with the amount of effort and detail...plus i got to draw my fav thing...ass...

GO ASS!!!

easter egg..i droppd a set of car keys in the pot...just for fun...not sure who bets car keys anymore?
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Comments: 98

DragonianDeity [2011-11-25 09:15:41 +0000 UTC]

You've captured Vegas very well. Living there gives me a little more expertise in that matter. I might even know which hotel that is It's a good set-up, giving each character the right amount of space and exposure. And gotta love the ass!

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GinRyuK19 [2010-11-16 11:44:22 +0000 UTC]

beatiful! you got a perfect comic style! ^^

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Okina-SilentEcho [2010-10-20 01:32:30 +0000 UTC]

One of your best. I love the detail work. And the sheer volume of ass is almost overwhelming. Who wouldn't want to buy in to that poker game?

GO ASS!

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moreshead [2010-09-13 22:06:03 +0000 UTC]

This is Gorgeous work, unfortunately the view in the background is impossible, there is 2.5 miles between the Stratosphere and the Luxor (Pyramid) and the other building which is the Mandalay Bay, has the Excalibur between it and the Luxor. Other than that this picture is flawless...

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adrianocoldplay [2010-06-30 12:47:17 +0000 UTC]

you are amazing

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babyshoo666 [2010-02-08 05:28:03 +0000 UTC]

this is a pic that u just want to stare at, as if every time u view it u notice something different.........

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ebas In reply to babyshoo666 [2010-02-16 00:27:46 +0000 UTC]

thats a pleasure to hear..thanks

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AMUNpg [2009-12-14 05:26:55 +0000 UTC]

great idea! and outcome

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Deathrebellion [2009-10-27 14:53:34 +0000 UTC]

god ur gud ^^

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ade146 [2009-10-24 12:35:20 +0000 UTC]

I LOOOOve your illustrations!!! *_____*

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AngelTovar [2009-09-27 03:58:38 +0000 UTC]

dude its been a while since you posted something. what up? go tits!

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ebas In reply to AngelTovar [2009-10-07 13:35:44 +0000 UTC]

blah...i know my internet is down...wish i was more computer savy

will soon i hope

go ass

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hawktimewebdesign [2009-09-21 05:33:01 +0000 UTC]

Whoa... There is a whole lot of action going on in his piece. Your are a born pro

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ebas In reply to hawktimewebdesign [2009-10-27 09:13:04 +0000 UTC]

i started at age 8

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etjedinat1 [2009-08-23 14:02:08 +0000 UTC]

I like how you seem to get everyone to fit. But it looks like the mermaid id floating.

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ebas In reply to etjedinat1 [2009-08-26 04:48:53 +0000 UTC]

maybe a lil

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Mycael006 [2009-08-23 13:37:30 +0000 UTC]

any chance you still have a few copies of the exclusive cover and will have them at Dragon Con? I'm pretty sure I would love to pick this one up. Absolutely gorgeous!

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ebas In reply to Mycael006 [2009-08-26 05:03:10 +0000 UTC]

sorry i dont have any copies yet...

good luck cause its a nice book and its selling pretty good and its a limited

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Mycael006 In reply to ebas [2009-08-26 10:54:56 +0000 UTC]

Alright, see you at Dragon Con! Hoping to get at least a quick sketch done from you if I can't get a full blown one. Not sure which day I will be getting there so that will probably be a lot of it. Have a great trip!

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strainstrain [2009-08-19 18:55:39 +0000 UTC]

Hey...this is so cool. I like your pencils a lot...and I really want to go to Vegas now

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chasingsirens [2009-08-08 16:49:20 +0000 UTC]

love the little skirt on alice's swimsuit!

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Chance-s-are [2009-08-02 05:18:49 +0000 UTC]

dude, i love how much detail you put not only in the work, but breaking it all down. i sometimes spend days with a crazy deathmatch of ideas floating around in my head before i can finally put anything half this good on paper. awesome job

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ebas In reply to Chance-s-are [2009-08-02 07:55:06 +0000 UTC]

i always say half the battle is in ur head...its where all the important decisions are made...and where the magic happens...

glad u like and im a stickler for detail

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imaginarymagdalena [2009-07-28 12:17:46 +0000 UTC]

stunning and seductive as always.

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DC74 [2009-07-26 01:38:57 +0000 UTC]

Nice work.
Red looks peeved - like she got the queen of hearts in the deal maybe...

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ebas In reply to DC74 [2009-07-27 15:53:48 +0000 UTC]

very good...nobody really noticed Hood's expression..shes the smallest and lest hot...but my fav..

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DC74 In reply to ebas [2009-07-28 01:04:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I always liked your version of Red. Its the small details of your pictures thhat keep me coming back, subtle things that make a pictures mood,and actually fit but dont jump out at you (hopefullly that made sense).

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johnmc1972 [2009-07-24 10:44:51 +0000 UTC]

Great composition. Can't wait to see it in color to divide this extremely detailed piece!!!!! Really love it.

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ebas In reply to johnmc1972 [2009-07-27 15:52:50 +0000 UTC]

there's a color link at the top and it came out great

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johnmc1972 In reply to ebas [2009-07-29 03:07:48 +0000 UTC]

OMG!!! It turned out better than I could have imagined. Great Great job!!!! Sweet stuff. What are you working on now that the SDCC is done and over with?

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betenik [2009-07-23 08:27:40 +0000 UTC]

i love this so very, very much eric <3 i think the faxt the chicks look a little posed is good - they'd be all tense and stuff if it was a hot steamy high odds game of poker not that they look wooden, i just thyink you captured the feel of chicks only poker game perfectly xx

GO ASS! GO EBAS(S)!

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foxxvegas [2009-07-23 06:53:02 +0000 UTC]

Wow. HOT! I love it. (drools over mermaid)

~FV~

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tZuB [2009-07-22 19:48:50 +0000 UTC]

holy damn fffuck! you are almighty! damn! After reading the whole thing i must tell you that for me, they all look quite natural. You say red hood is the less posed and more relaxed but i see she's focused on the game, while the other ones are doing something different but in a spontaneous way: i imagine them play talk and laugh! wow!

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ebas In reply to tZuB [2009-08-02 23:30:37 +0000 UTC]

well i do try and make the anatomy look accurate, but they are still very posed..for pleasurable reason of course.

well hood stands out to me cause she seems not to care about the camera...the other girls look very vegas to me...but again...intentional for eye candy purposes

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tZuB In reply to ebas [2009-08-04 15:45:43 +0000 UTC]

i hate the fact that i won't see it printed in italy! you know? they started publishing big volumes collectin more issues in one, i bought the first return to wonderland! have you only drawn covers or also complete issues for wonderland?

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vaga69 [2009-07-22 14:58:59 +0000 UTC]

wicked...

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webhead89 [2009-07-22 14:19:29 +0000 UTC]

man you really got this female anatomy thing down... good stuff... some of the buildings in the back look a little lazy though... unless there just too far

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ebas In reply to webhead89 [2009-07-27 15:50:04 +0000 UTC]

with all the lines on this one u think i got lazy??

the reason why there's no windows is in the description

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webhead89 In reply to ebas [2009-07-28 07:39:24 +0000 UTC]

i get that you dont want it ... but in such a negative space i dont see how adding a few lines to indicate windows could make it "messy and cluttered"

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ebas In reply to webhead89 [2009-08-03 03:15:22 +0000 UTC]

well its 70 yrs of how we draw comics and im studying under one of the legends..

its an artist thing

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webhead89 In reply to ebas [2009-08-03 20:40:24 +0000 UTC]

ok?... way to take constructive criticism

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Lilielo-Lawliet [2009-07-22 13:43:44 +0000 UTC]

lovely

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laid [2009-07-22 12:09:58 +0000 UTC]

I love how everything seemed to fall into place for you on this one, you must have really enjoyed the whole process!

Sometimes I just check out your deviations to see what you've written! The story is just as good as the drawing!

Classic

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ebas In reply to laid [2009-08-02 23:32:04 +0000 UTC]

why thank u luv, i keep hearing how my process does seem to help ppl and if nothing else, a lot seem to just enjoy reading it...not sure why but cool...glad u took the time..

and yes, i enjoyed it very much

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SpdDmn2k2 [2009-07-22 10:01:47 +0000 UTC]

How come I wasn't invited to this party? What am I living in Vegas for then.....lol

Awesome work!!
Faved!!

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smartindian [2009-07-22 09:04:11 +0000 UTC]

ver HOT and SEXY....i just love your females....

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kaname-chan [2009-07-22 07:28:16 +0000 UTC]

You are just so awesome! And you get paid to draw hot women and ass!! Now that is a job that is amazing XD

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ebas In reply to kaname-chan [2009-08-02 23:32:32 +0000 UTC]

heh, tell me about it...i is one lucky lad

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kaname-chan In reply to ebas [2009-08-03 18:56:09 +0000 UTC]


I hope us watchers are blessed with more works from you soon

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ephelan [2009-07-22 06:55:47 +0000 UTC]

I do wish I was a female version of you...but Im already in Vegas

Anywho, sooo much goin on in such a confined space, but you did awesome! <3

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