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Published: 2011-10-23 23:36:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 5495; Favourites: 228; Downloads: 97
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Description THE SHADOW
A commission for a fan.
Influenced by: Sergio Toppi and Bill Sienkiewicz
11" x 17" Pen, Brush, Ink, White Gesso
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Comments: 53

ShadowSpyProductions [2013-02-18 05:10:15 +0000 UTC]

... the shadow knows ...

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stucklessportfolio [2013-02-07 21:33:06 +0000 UTC]

Very well done. Influence is apparent.

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voirdire99 [2013-01-29 07:05:54 +0000 UTC]

That is how it's DONE, Mr. Beatty. Fantastic piece!

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JohnPrisk [2013-01-25 07:28:32 +0000 UTC]

That's just daaaaaamn beautiful.

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Peridot29 [2013-01-25 06:57:52 +0000 UTC]

"The Weed of Crime bears bitter fruit. . ."

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Roboworks [2013-01-19 05:54:25 +0000 UTC]

HAHA! I was just about to say... Toppi and Sienkiewicz! You beat me to it!! Great stuff man!

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tanjushkaboom [2013-01-06 20:28:10 +0000 UTC]

Love the composition... and the mood. Great work!

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Symson [2013-01-02 06:26:19 +0000 UTC]

Very cool drawing.

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Fladam [2013-01-02 05:56:13 +0000 UTC]

Utterly superb.

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SACARA9 [2012-12-23 05:11:10 +0000 UTC]

Wow!

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SteveStanleyArt [2012-09-23 00:13:51 +0000 UTC]

Yew ho. Niccce!

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Galhad [2012-08-30 22:24:44 +0000 UTC]

truly impressive! It will help to remember the great master, Toppi who has just died...

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johnbeatty In reply to Galhad [2012-09-01 08:48:40 +0000 UTC]

Indeed! I have always loved Toppi's work and finally able to get some books of his a year ago. I love to just look at his way to solve design and drawing problems. What a great loss...

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TomRaney [2012-08-08 21:27:36 +0000 UTC]

Seriously awesome, man!!!

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SolomonMars [2012-07-26 10:44:27 +0000 UTC]

amazing line work!

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Gambear1er [2012-07-16 02:10:32 +0000 UTC]

The Shadow knows(nose) !!! great linework...so intense

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theCHAMBA [2012-07-15 20:26:23 +0000 UTC]

all kinds of gorgeous.

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ElvinHernandez [2012-05-01 02:55:58 +0000 UTC]

beautiful work.

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EJJS [2011-12-14 08:04:26 +0000 UTC]

John - This is a very outstanding piece. The level of detail in the style leads me to believe that you could (should) have a career as a cover artist. I mean that in all seriousness.

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NickMockoviak [2011-12-10 12:24:07 +0000 UTC]

Wow...looks great!

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MackSztaba [2011-11-24 23:45:32 +0000 UTC]

Awesome.

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SunHelmet [2011-10-27 00:16:54 +0000 UTC]

As I stated elsewhere - really enjoying this image. This is one of my favorite pieces that you've done JB!

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johnbeatty In reply to SunHelmet [2011-10-28 10:39:55 +0000 UTC]

Raf -I think it's because I took the chance to just "get it out of my system" that I don't have to ink and design everything I do in a "house" type style. Also the study of Toppi has left me wanting to push more towards design and drawing. Trying to figure out how someone like him would approach anything is hard, altho he does use a few repetitive formulas in his work...the man is genius and I've been looking at a lot of his work trying to imagine going in that direction. Your comments mean a lot, thanks!

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TimTownsend [2011-10-24 15:41:20 +0000 UTC]

F'ing incredible, John!

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johnbeatty In reply to TimTownsend [2011-10-24 23:30:23 +0000 UTC]

Thx, ~T~ It was great to be able to really loosen up on this.

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Antonio-Rocha [2011-10-24 14:30:37 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work, sir!

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johnbeatty In reply to Antonio-Rocha [2011-10-24 23:30:48 +0000 UTC]

Thx, sir, glad you liked it!

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angelcarnivore [2011-10-24 12:22:37 +0000 UTC]

So many itty bitty lines....

Gorgeous.

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johnbeatty In reply to angelcarnivore [2011-10-24 23:31:26 +0000 UTC]

Thx, it was really fun to do!

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MightyMorphinPower4 [2011-10-24 08:53:02 +0000 UTC]

Cool one

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johnbeatty In reply to MightyMorphinPower4 [2011-10-24 10:26:00 +0000 UTC]

Thx!

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Wackyjax [2011-10-24 08:07:54 +0000 UTC]

I love all of the textures and line work! You almost want to touch it!

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johnbeatty In reply to Wackyjax [2011-10-24 08:30:51 +0000 UTC]

Thx! Glad you like it, and yeah, I had a blast doing it and playing with as much texture as I could!

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Wackyjax In reply to johnbeatty [2011-10-24 19:12:26 +0000 UTC]

Glad you had so much fun! I hope you get to make more like this one, then!

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johnbeatty In reply to Wackyjax [2011-10-24 23:29:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I will...I'm leaning towards this style!

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Krayola-Kidd [2011-10-24 02:48:10 +0000 UTC]

Holy crap. Freakin. great.

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johnbeatty In reply to Krayola-Kidd [2011-10-24 08:31:26 +0000 UTC]

Thx, Mike!

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ChristopherStevens [2011-10-24 01:39:49 +0000 UTC]

Wow, beautiful piece, John! Gotta fav it.

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johnbeatty In reply to ChristopherStevens [2011-10-24 08:32:31 +0000 UTC]

Thx, Chris! Would love to see you do a marker "Shadow" piece! He's pretty kool to draw, especially since you can work in a lot of, err...shadows and other kool graphic elements!

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ChristopherStevens In reply to johnbeatty [2011-10-25 01:48:30 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I'll have to take a crack at that beak some day. He's got a great design. I really like the different line work you've used on this.

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edtadeo [2011-10-24 01:19:21 +0000 UTC]

Holy smokes! This is awesome, John!

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johnbeatty In reply to edtadeo [2011-10-24 08:33:11 +0000 UTC]

Salamat, Ed.
Still...won't get me work at DC or Marvel again...LOL!

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edtadeo In reply to johnbeatty [2011-10-25 00:32:12 +0000 UTC]

Man, DC should at least give you couple of books to work on. I hope they will.

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johnbeatty In reply to edtadeo [2011-10-25 01:10:13 +0000 UTC]

...ain't going to happen...it's been to long, Ed.

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LittleJohn312 [2011-10-24 01:10:12 +0000 UTC]

This is spectacular!

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johnbeatty In reply to LittleJohn312 [2011-10-24 08:33:44 +0000 UTC]

Appreciate the words, Little John!

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shanewhite [2011-10-24 00:57:42 +0000 UTC]

Oh man is that cool. MORE MORE MORE!
And welcome back.

=s=

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johnbeatty In reply to shanewhite [2011-10-24 08:34:26 +0000 UTC]

Thx, Shane!
Yeah, few and far between posting...got more coming when they are done!

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dfridolfs [2011-10-24 00:36:15 +0000 UTC]

This turned out crazy good! Keep em coming.

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johnbeatty In reply to dfridolfs [2011-10-24 08:34:54 +0000 UTC]

Thx, Derek!
More to come when done!

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