Black Panther Sketch Cover Art by Sal Velluto & Bob Almond: Donation

As director of the non-profit Inkwell Awards I asked Sal, a longtime Inkwell ambassador and longertime friend and art partner, if he could produce a sketch cover w/ Black Panther to help us out and boost our currently low fundraising. He agreed and on this Ultimate Black Panther #1 he created the piece within a week and sent it to me. He did pencils.inks & colors on the main bust of the character shot and left two alternate versions of the character in pencil for me to ink. I also added a 60th Anniversary note on the cover as it's been 60 years since his debut in Fantastic Four #52 (we'll soon have OA/print coming soon which celebrates this further). I used my brush and some markers (Kuretake, Zebra and Micronmarkers). Finished on March 26, 2026. This is my 63rd Black Panther commission and 81st Velluto commission.