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Amethyst #1 (Rejected Cover) by Aaron Lopresti

Artist: Aaron Lopresti (All)

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Amethyst #1 (Rejected Cover) by Aaron Lopresti Comic Art

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Artwork Details

Title:	Amethyst #1 (Rejected Cover) by Aaron Lopresti
Artist:	Aaron Lopresti (All)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,289
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	11
Added to Site:	11/21/2012
Comic Art Archive:	Sword of Sorcery Issue: 1 Page: cover View

Description

My youngest brother lives in Portland, OR and recently bought a house there. My wife, mother, and I decided to fly up to visit and see the house. It'd been six years since Kathy and I had been there.

I was to meet Kathy and Mom in Portland since I was in the Boston area on business.

Sadly, my middle daughter had an emergency appendectomy (is there any other kind?) and Kathy could not make the trip.

While in Portland, I talked my brother, his girlfriend, and my mom into joining me at the Rose City Comic Convention which was conveniently located at my hotel - amazing how these things happen!

At the show, I met Aaron and looked at a few pieces of his new Sword of Sorcery book - covers for issues 1 & 2 and a rejected cover for issue 1. He'd completed the cover and DC decided late that they wanted all of the covers for that "wave" of the new 52 to have the characters leaping toward the reader.

I really liked them especially the rejected cover; I thought then and still do that it was a better image. However, I was unwilling to pop for the piece since it was out of my impulse buy range.

Happily, Kathy decided that our 30th Anniversary would be a good time to get it!

When I first saw it, I assumed it was fine pencil work and uninked.Then, I read the top of the piece where Aaron is listed as the inker. So, I looked again and thought that must be the sharpest ink pen in the world. I could of course do a smudge test, but...

Aaron wrote me later and said:

Alex- Just so you know, this piece is not inked, It is just very tight pencils. I do my under drawing with blue pencil but over the top to that is my penciling. This got changed before I ever got to the inking stage. Thanks again for the purchase! -Aaron Lopresti

He used a very fine point and the detail is striking and as I mentioned the pencil is so tight I was fooled. Lovely work if I may say so.

I'm very happy with it and like it a lot more than what I got her - diamond ear rings - They look nice on her, but I'm not ready to pierce my ears. :)

PS. Aaron also wrote when I asked about how the published cover was created

On your second question- I light tabled the background and pile of bodies from the piece you have and then added a new Amethyst.

So this is the original of the published cover - sort of. :)

PPS. If you like Amethyst, you might like to see:

Ernie Colon's Recreation of Amethyst #12 from the Maxi-Series

Ernie Colon's Amethyst in Battle

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Mark Yanko
Member Since 2009

Posted on 11/21/2012

Enjoyed your story, and enjoyed the art. Wish more folks would post the impetuses (impeti?) and stories behind the art that they buy. CAF would be twice as enjoyable as it is, and it's already enjoyable. :-)

j sly
Member Since 2011

Posted on 11/21/2012

A terrific story & awesome very detailed cover! Congrats and thanks for sharing!

Guerin Bauer
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/22/2012

Very Nice of your wife to do. Tell her I am jealous that she did it for you.

Patrick Brooks
Member Since 2008

Posted on 11/24/2012

Wow, that's spectacular. Congrats on the your anniversary as well as the piece.

Alex B
Member Since 2008

Posted on 12/1/2012

Breathtaking ! Congrats for this incredible cover !

Don Raskin
Member Since 2010

Posted on 1/21/2013

I agree.. much nicer than a pair of earings. Lopresti's art is as fantastic as ever.

Edward Gulane
Member Since 2007

Posted on 4/28/2013

Incredible!

Kevin McGovern
Member Since 2006

Posted on 5/26/2013

Great to hear the background story of such a wonderful piece of art - wish more 'un-used' pieces were available as more often than not they are better than the replacements ;-))

Ed Lloyd Gragg
Member Since 2010

Posted on 7/5/2013

nice story and wonderful art!

Mark Geier
Member Since 2013

Posted on 12/22/2013

Thanks for the history on it. I agree, I think this would have made the better cover.

Fred's CAF Gallery
Member Since 2003

Posted on 5/17/2014

This cover is FANTASTIC!!! Long Live Amethyst!!!

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