Amethyst #1 (Rejected Cover) by Aaron Lopresti
Artist: Aaron Lopresti (All)
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OA for Published Cover (not mine)
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Sword of Sorcery 1 Cover (published)
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DescriptionMy 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:
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
So this is the original of the published cover - sort of. :) PPS. If you like Amethyst, you might like to see: Social/Sharing |
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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.
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.
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 ;-))
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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