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Originally Posted by Kelg
Your work is so joyous to look at. So prolific and colorful. I looked at every page and wasn't bored.
I love your choice of face models for many of them--especially the Gwen Stacy stands out in a couple of the pictures.
Compared to Alex Ross--who I think uses the same model for Wonder Woman and a few others-you have so much face variety.
I am curious how much model reference you use in doing these. I assume you can do a painting blindfolded but do you see certain characters a particular way? Or do you just randomly assign a face design and then go with it?
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Thank you for your very nice comment!
I am always happy to see feelings about my paintings.
The fact is that I attach a lot of importance to faces because I am a portrait painter basically. And I have my memories of reading comic books in mind when I draw the faces; I think of Gene Colan when I have to paint Black Widow, or John Romita Sr when I have to paint Gwen Stacy.
Comic books continue to be the ultimate reference.
I also draw a lot of inspiration from the canons of the contemporary era of the artists to whom I refer, the 60s for Gwen for example, or the 70s for Natasha.
Sometimes I don't find the right face right away, I'm spinning around.
But when I hold it, I don't let it go.
