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Description this is obviously a cover for spiderman, but im not sure im suppose to be posting this yet..so can all you refrain from posting it on other sites at least for a month or three??

i gotta say i loved and hated drawing this cover for oh so many reasons...i love marvel, they were my fav publisher growing up. and i still buy their books to this day...so its always fun to draw their characters. but spidey was such a pain in the ass to draw. ...he is now (to me) the second hardest character to draw in comics after our very own "Darkness"...

spiderman is structured oppsite of the way i draw my super hero men..in some subtle ways i threw lines in the opposite contour than i normally would've. like spidey's trisep on his right arm (our left) is drawn inward rather than out..drawing muscles outward makes character looks bigger and spidey is a very slender and elongated person. i also gave him bigger knuckles a la "joe mad" and longer limbs, slightly bigger head, smaller waist and broader shoulders, really narrow ankles...all these are things i've never drawn on a guy before but all these things make him unique looking. kinda like drawing the hulk, he has wide ankles and...well wide everything....but prob most distinct is his small nose and really long filtrim (crevus between nose and top lip)again...all things that make a character look unique. it should give the viewer the feeling that this character is diff for a specific reason... in this case, to make you feel that spiderman can flip, jump and bend in the ways he can....now if drawn with a normal super hero's physique might make you feel that he's not that agile.

i've never drawn a cow and to be asked to draw a cow on a cover to look like a villain AND look cool...just is ridiculous...but hey i like a challenge. my internet is down right now, so i didnt have google to save my hide to look up cow ref, so i had to wing it. oh well..this may sound stupid but i didn't know doc oct had only 4 robotic arms...never really counted...i assumed he had 8. duh...as much as a pain in the ass as all those individual links were to draw and bending and twisting... it was worth it in the end. i think they look cool, like in the movie.

my boss had a problem with my layout...he said that there was a huge tangent in that everything in the image was all leading your eye in the same downward angle, and that all their heads were aligned....in my head i was like...duh...there's all falling....what other way can you fall if not down?? i actually didnt get it...and he told me that if i changed the background it might help...and he was right...it countered the massive movement in the figures...the big building was originally behind spidey and going in the opposite direction...

i remember going up the elevator with my boss Mr Marc Silvestri talking about how he hated drawing the webbing on his costume, and i was like eh..it's not that bad....BOY was i wrong...not only is it weird that all the webbing hangs upside down against gravity, all of it is in perspective...yet another hard and annoying thing about him..

even in something as action packed as this is or the idea/design...there's still ways to make it look stiff and boring... and i find that using a few tricks help eliminate that, are foreground elements, such as the much larger claw at the bottom left...or the web coming at us rather than straight to the side...on upper left side...things like this add a lot of depth and as some of you loyal watchers hear me say "eye candy" plus it sometimes works as framing tools.

i got to a point when i was done drawing the figures that i was sick at looking at this and wanted to get it over with...and turn it in backgroundless...even though the layout had a whole city in it... i went to marc and asked him what he would do...i personally thought it was busy enough without all the buildings....but we both listened to out guts and i added it in anyway....in the end im happy with the outcome and it doesnt look to busy or clash with the figures...

i actually did a NO NO when drawing the background...i didnt use a vanishing point which i DO NOT recommend...i took the lazz approach and eye balled the perspective and got pretty lucky...most of it lines up...and dont pull a ruler to ur screen pls...

its very hard for me sometimes to hold back on the detail as i love drawing it...i really wanted to draw the reflection and shine that clean windows have....but if i had drawn the shine behind the building of doc oct, it woulda plugged in all the wholes space and made it very cluttered...i know brain hitch woulda drawn the shine, along with the windows in the buildings in the far upper left...they are not there to add the illusion of depth... and help fade out the backgorund for distance....but i have to hold back because i know its right...

its hard for me to draw small, so maryjane's expression was a challenge

you know there are many ppl out there that think i only know how to draw tits and ass ....(mmmm, ass) and i was happy to draw this cover to show some of those nay sayers that its not all im capable of...this is anything but T and A

again there is no ass on here and i love to respesent...oh well

GO ASS!!!
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Comments: 271

ChristiansSketchbook [2014-05-31 12:11:45 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing. I am working on a spiderman drawing right now I think he is fun to draw, I like him with a big head and pointy fingers.

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hotwar696 [2013-08-18 14:31:03 +0000 UTC]

 love the spiderslayers.

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Jonas-Lion [2013-02-07 14:13:31 +0000 UTC]

Image do spiderman comic book!!!.
I did not know that!.
oh well godt job

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robertmarzullo [2013-01-08 07:41:06 +0000 UTC]

Excellent details and perspective drawing!

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ScottPilgrim1996 [2013-01-03 17:14:00 +0000 UTC]

OH yeah we got a Bada** over here!

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HPTesla [2012-10-24 12:50:30 +0000 UTC]

Really like the artwork but have always thought the exact opposite on Spidey. Growing up he was the marvel character I drew the most simply because he was so flexible. You can draw him in positions most comic book characters would look ridiculous in and somehow with spidey, it works. I guess it takes different strokes - pun intended.

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tripod2005 [2012-07-23 09:40:10 +0000 UTC]

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SixGunslinger [2012-07-13 04:38:28 +0000 UTC]

You handled this assignment like a boss. Keep rockin'.

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SABRINA8GERAATS [2012-04-17 15:34:25 +0000 UTC]

This is soooo complex!

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valerioalloro [2012-04-05 06:40:34 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME

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pepedeveraz [2012-03-06 19:51:42 +0000 UTC]

AMAZING!

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PrdzimSmrdzim [2011-12-10 15:55:48 +0000 UTC]

Its veryvery nice, I have nothing to add

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rcardoso530 [2011-07-20 04:22:26 +0000 UTC]

hey brother...

do you make you work avaliable for colorist to color on for fun/practice?

-rich

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jameslink [2011-07-19 11:28:05 +0000 UTC]

Very technical looking drawing. Turned out awesome.

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Redweb [2011-02-28 06:36:47 +0000 UTC]

What series paper did you use? Is is strathmore? series 200? smooth?
your pencil work is so clean.

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freakindavid [2011-02-12 13:38:15 +0000 UTC]

Dog Ock. XD

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kendrick1533 [2011-01-27 03:55:08 +0000 UTC]

Epic battle scene with Doc Ock.

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manumane [2010-12-17 08:45:14 +0000 UTC]

Incredible piece, and quite interesting description ! A big pleasure to read it ! Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us !

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berrebob [2010-11-15 20:52:30 +0000 UTC]

Really good drawing! Spiderman has always been my favourite superhero (alongside with Batman.. I can't choose between the two), and this truly does him right And to think you did those backrounds without vanishing points? O.o I couldn't even draw something like that WITH vanishing points ;/ You're amazing

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superskeetospro [2010-10-02 01:19:21 +0000 UTC]

WTF is with the cow???

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FallenAngelGM [2010-09-23 12:18:03 +0000 UTC]

Impressive! Incredibly detailed and magnificent! I love it!

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IMPRINTSTUDIOS [2010-07-17 02:15:15 +0000 UTC]

Wow!

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yudhacakranidji [2010-07-07 01:45:45 +0000 UTC]

that is cool...american style. and i like it very much...

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TwiztidLestat [2010-03-03 21:45:33 +0000 UTC]

This photo is amazing, I have only drawn spidey a few times, and I know I am NO WHERE NEAR this good. Your an inspiration my friend

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taurobolium [2010-02-18 12:55:04 +0000 UTC]

ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE!

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Toxicbob2000 [2010-02-09 00:43:47 +0000 UTC]

Dr Ocowpus?

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TicoDrawing [2010-01-26 04:38:50 +0000 UTC]

awesome, i find spidey hard to draw too, but i really like it because its like a challenge and i learn a lot when i draw him

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penk0937363 [2010-01-03 19:23:51 +0000 UTC]

wow, I'm so impressed, your skills are amazing. The perspective is so cool!

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SplashColors [2009-12-18 05:05:00 +0000 UTC]

Eric, you so Rock!!!

Splash!

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Deathrebellion [2009-10-27 14:57:19 +0000 UTC]

wow now dat is DETAILED!!!!! i must say the cow is like a cross of a dog and a cow but still its AWESOME!!!!

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hawktimewebdesign [2009-09-21 05:40:27 +0000 UTC]

omg this piece is so bad ass yeah I bet those webs were a pain yo draw but wow you pulled it off and then some. I really like the energy in this one

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ebas In reply to hawktimewebdesign [2009-10-27 09:12:43 +0000 UTC]

they are a pain

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CreativePotPie [2009-09-16 22:49:10 +0000 UTC]

wwwwwooooowwwww!!! Xo love it!!!

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b-r-o-w-n [2009-08-13 19:18:04 +0000 UTC]

This yes, beautiful all of the picture!
Congratulations!

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Kidcannible [2009-07-20 19:17:54 +0000 UTC]

WOW dude this is AMAZING!!! The eyeballed perspective is perfect, it doesn't seem cluttered, and the composition is super dynamic. For someone who thinks this was hard you sure pulled it off sir! You even have the cars and the people on the ground, I SO would've quit by then, lol. This is possibly one of the best spidey covers I've ever seen man!

how long would you say it took you to do the layouts, then the finished pencils?

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Ignifero [2009-06-26 19:36:18 +0000 UTC]

nice tits on Mj hahahaha chocking ^^
i like it!!
i drew some Spidey submissions for Marvel(please take a look if you 've a little time [link] ), and they closed their unsolicited material inn a few days before a finished... T_T
lucky of mine...
oh!! the cow it's fine too!! extra points for no referrence at all!! good job!!

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ebas In reply to Ignifero [2009-07-12 05:17:31 +0000 UTC]

u can see her tits from there?? ? its kind of a small figure...but good eye man

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Ignifero In reply to ebas [2009-07-12 14:01:07 +0000 UTC]

nahh it's not that small, i like the wind on her hair too ^^

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tZuB [2009-06-20 15:50:54 +0000 UTC]

yeah I finally read the whole comment and realized that the web and those octopus arms are amazing! wow

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ebas In reply to tZuB [2009-06-23 23:56:13 +0000 UTC]

its a long read huh??? glad u like

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SquirrelShaver [2009-06-19 14:44:53 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, I'll have to remember to keep an eye out for this one.

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bathill8 [2009-06-19 04:19:14 +0000 UTC]

I missed this awesome display of pencil goodz the first go round somehow.... Great stuff man! And the only perspective problem I see is that the large buildings windows never get smaller as they go down! That's some cool Frank Lloyd Wright Skyscraper $h!7 right thar!

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AwesomeMCD [2009-06-05 04:29:43 +0000 UTC]

Im looking at your drawing and I still can't believe that there are humans like you that can draw THAT GOOD! That's ALIEN skills right there hehe No but seriously great job on the robotic arms! Keep up the good work!

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ebas In reply to AwesomeMCD [2009-06-05 11:26:46 +0000 UTC]

its a pain to draw every single link in those damn arms...but the end result is worth it

and my mom was an alien for a lil bit so im tech part alien....mystery solved

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AwesomeMCD In reply to ebas [2009-06-05 20:33:03 +0000 UTC]

Hehe yep mystery solved. The result was definitely worth it!

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ragnarpendon [2009-06-05 00:27:03 +0000 UTC]

Doc Oc..to......... cow?




....

nuff said

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PhoenixGR [2009-06-04 16:54:58 +0000 UTC]

it just amazing no point in saying anything else is there?
Just one thing i wanna askand explain/clarify)
I have 2 dreams , either become a concept artist or a comic/animator artist , But im Greek( at least half greek im also half English ^^) so i live in greece which has no such thing as close to modern art, so ill only ask u one thing if i may How can i become such a thing? Do i have to go to a fine arts school? (luckily we have one) or sign up for a art college thats teaches u stuff or what? at least tell me how u got in the business.. plz if its not too much !
P.S. im also a spidey fan and i think this cover kicks ASS!

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ebas In reply to PhoenixGR [2009-06-04 19:38:17 +0000 UTC]

no u dont have to go to school...i did not...just practice and have passion for it

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PhoenixGR In reply to ebas [2009-06-05 19:31:41 +0000 UTC]

nice.. hopefully ill get to my dreams some time!

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ZGMF-X20-Freedom [2009-06-03 12:21:11 +0000 UTC]

That looks really great, and the cow looks awesome...and funny XD

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