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Daredevil "Ascent" A Progressive Homage to Gene Colan: Part 2 by Eric W. Meador

Artist: Eric W. Meador (All)

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Title:	Daredevil "Ascent" A Progressive Homage to Gene Colan: Part 2 by Eric W. Meador
Artist:	Eric W. Meador (All)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,036
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	10
Added to Site:	12/30/2010
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This is the second piece in an ambitious series of commissions that artist Eric W. Meador and I are undertaking. We've long kicked around an idea of presenting an homage to the great DD artist Gene "The Dean" Colan and his uncanny ability to create that bombastic sense of motion across splash pages in DD comics, featuring a "shadow trail" effect that followed the movement of DD across a scene. In this case, Eric and I opted to show nine separate snapshots of DD ascending up a building in Hell's Kitchen and his arc of movement across the rooftops. Each piece will progressively feature a different letter that will ultimately spell out DAREDEVIL and will sequentially show Daredevil leaping onto a garbage dumpster, climbing up a fire escape, moving up the surface of the building, and performing some Colan-esque aerial acrobatics as he ultimately reaches the rooftops of Hell's Kitchen. Eric came up with the cool idea of creating the letters in DD's name by alternating the areas of crisp resolution with those that are less in focus within a given scene, as can be observed in this second commission. I'm not only excited about seeing this series come to fruition, but I'm also anxious to watch the subtle nuances of Eric's stylistic approach evolve over the course of this project, as has already begun to occur. We hope you enjoy each individual piece as they evolve as well as the final panoramic progressive watercolor that they will ultimately create. Thanks, Eric!

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Doctor Fantastic
Member Since 2007

Posted on 12/30/2010

Awesomeness! Too bad no positions of leadership rhyme with "Eric" like "The Dean" rhymes with Gene. . .

Matthew West
Member Since 2006

Posted on 1/6/2011

Doctor Fantastic wrote:

Awesomeness! Too bad no positions of leadership rhyme with "Eric" like "The Dean" rhymes with Gene. . .

How about Eric "The Cleric," Doc?

Doctor Fantastic
Member Since 2007

Posted on 1/6/2011

Matthew West wrote:

How about Eric "The Cleric," Doc?

ME: Judges? JUDGES: Dingdingdingdingdingdiongbiernt! ME: We have a winner! Slap it on a business card and start handing 'em out!

Andrew Van Embden
Member Since 2006

Posted on 12/30/2010

This commission is going to be so awesome once Eric the Red has completed the rest of the pieces!
The pose of DD stepping through the letter A is particularly ingenious!

Mike W
Member Since 2007

Posted on 12/30/2010

So far so amazing!!! I particularly like the detail in the boots!! can't wait to see future installments, my friend!!!

Hart R.
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/30/2010

Once finished this just screams "FRAME ME"...Fantastic!

Xavier .
Member Since 2010

Posted on 12/30/2010

Absolutely amazing, I can't wait to see it finished.

Brian Jones
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/30/2010

This is going to be one hell of a piece!

Patrick Brooks
Member Since 2008

Posted on 1/4/2011

Jeez, how did this slip by me?!?! Matt, this is shaping up to be SOME piece!! Congrats buddy.

George H
Member Since 2009

Posted on 1/21/2011

This is coming together great! I can't wait to see what's next!

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