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David Finch cover SSOC#6

Artist: David Finch (All)

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Title:	David Finch cover SSOC#6
Artist:	David Finch (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	3,915
Likes on CAF:	10 11
Comments:	15
Added to Site:	10/24/2019
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Description

Cover to Savage Sword of Conan #6, 2019, art by David Finch. Story by Meredith Finch. Also used as a poster. 17"x22" made of 2 sheets of 11"x17" comic art bristol, image area approx. 12.5"x19.5" off-centre on boards.

Although this is a cover not a dps, DF has used 2 boards together to allow enough room to fit in the incredible detail. Due to the printed cover proportions, it doesn't quite fill the whole area, so I've cropped it here for convenient viewing.

Pencils and inks are usually 2 separate jobs in comic art creation, 'though there are some artists who do both. Inking is often under-rated, and it's a mistake to think it's a simple as tracing what's there in pencil just to make it darker. The inker imposes a certain amount of their own style onto the finished product, no matter how tight the pencils or how closely they're followed. Although DF has done the whole job at times in the past, most of us think of him as a penciller. Recently, however, he has taken to doing complete pieces from start to finish, and the comic art market is all the better for it. Not that he hasn't benefitted from some excellent inkers on his pencils, but when an artist does both jobs as skillfully as this, you're getting the truest testament to their vision of how the drawing should look.

What took me by surprise was that according to DF, the vast majority of the drawing and shading in his current art is done during the finishing stage, using a variety of different pens and brushes. It's therefore a bit inaccurate to say that he has 'inked his own work', when most of the drawing is in fact directly in ink, not pencil. I'm also particularly excited about his rendition of everyone's favourite barbarian, who sometimes looks a bit too smooth and civilized; this is Conan as he was meant to be, veiny, hard-edged and dangerous. I'm especially glad to have nabbed this cover, and have my fingers crossed that we might see a complete Conan stand-alone issue or mini-series by DF in the future.

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Bob Goerder
Member Since 2004

Posted on 10/25/2019

DRAMATICALLY BEAUTIFUL!!!

Johnny M
Member Since 2014
Forum Moderator

Posted on 10/25/2019

Incredible piece!!

Charles Dahan
Member Since 2005

Posted on 10/25/2019

Love it!

David K
Member Since 2008

Posted on 10/25/2019

Outfreakinstanding!!!!

Scott Williams
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 10/25/2019

Beautiful. I really like the direction Dave has taken his work with his own inks recently, and I told him so. Detailed and gritty, with superb light logic. Good stuff.

Earl Hamilton
Member Since 2009

Posted on 10/25/2019

THIS IS EPIC!!! THOUGHT IT WAS BWS. INSANE!!

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

Posted on 10/25/2019

Great cover!

Troy C. Punswick
Member Since 2008

Posted on 10/26/2019

Damn this is cool!!!

Michael Gowans
Member Since 2012

Posted on 10/26/2019

Very Nice!

MyComicBookArt com
Member Since 2009

Posted on 10/27/2019

Nice.

K Gearon
Member Since 2011

Posted on 10/28/2019

Wow! Just an outstanding example of Finch's work, from start to finish. Great dynamic face off layout and the inking detail is just out of this world. Sincere congrats!

Eric Wilkinson
Member Since 2005

Posted on 10/29/2019

Great image. David keeps getting better and better. Congrats!

E DLS
Member Since 2005

Posted on 10/31/2019

Wow! Can only imagine how much more impressive this looks in person!

BRYAN B
Member Since 2007

Posted on 10/31/2019

Insanely AWESOME piece of artwork! Thank you for sharing it. Congratz!

Alexandre Collection
Member Since 2010

Posted on 1/2/2020

This is such a spectacular piece.... Congrats!!

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