_________Kev Ferrara___________

[Dizon]

lovely work, Kev! I'm a big fan of your dashing brushwork. Now that's what I call inking.

[kev ferrara]

Thanks to all. You guys are very generous with the compliments and it's much appreciated.

Staz?! Don't sell yourself short, man. You're work is sweet. Chin up!

So here's a pencil drawing ready for inking. I thought it would be cool to take a shot of it before I ruined it! This is a little more finished than usual because some complicated stuff is going on. Still a lot of form to work out in the inking stage. We'll see what happens.

[Serpian]

Very nice drawing, Kev! I like the way it's pretty chaotic and abstract at a glance, but I really see what's happening anyway. Nice balance between the readable and the graphical.

Not that I really understand what's happening with this picture out of context, I guess I'd have to read the comic for that! No chance of buying this to Europe without a credit card? I hate not having a credit card.

[aedman]

Really nice vertical flow on this one, it will be interesting to see how the ink comes together.

[kev ferrara]

Ballpoint and pencil... Wolf Blitzer, Heidi Klum, Sarkozy, Obama, McCain...

[qlanuknow]

nice sketch. i like the image on left. post more.
always nice to see your sketches

[kev ferrara]

Here's a panel for Dead Rider I did this morning... This one kinda made me laugh, so I thought I'd post it...

Comments are always welcome...

[TASmith]

Kev, I haven't posted here before but I've been a longtime fan of this thread. We're really lucky to have you here, and not just for your voice. I love the work - I love how there's always a strong compositional line or push in every image, and all the characters and elements spring from that. I especially like the smoke/ghost motif and how it plays throughout this story.

I've never read a deadrider/deadlander comic and I'm going to get some next time I go back to the states. One question - how much of this story is yours? Did you help create the characters and plot, or is your part mostly the artistic side? I read somewhere there were legal troubles and what not. Is there a point where the story was taken out of your hands that I should know about?

I really like the recent caricatures. Keep posting great art Kev!

[kev ferrara]

TA, thanks. Yeah, the whole thing is me... story, art, coloring, lettering, and logo.

Here's a step by step from this afternoon. From sketchy pencils to finished inks. As you can see, I made a lot of drawing decisions in the inking stage on this one.

[clockwerkj]

Just came across your thread for the first time. Nice to see some traditional ink work by someone who has a distinct style. I can certainly see "the Studio" styles in your work like Staz mentioned.

[kidult]

Great to see the work Kev. Less posting in the lounge and more drawing please!

[bhanu]

Great to see those inks man.

[Silvertone]

Here's a panel for Dead Rider I did this morning... This one kinda made me laugh, so I thought I'd post it...

Comments are always welcome...

Hah! Great pose, I'd almost think you referenced it from a buddy of mine, thought it might give you a chuckle... classic "Oh NOES!!" poses ftw!

...Love the creepy eyeball in the shoulder action too, eep!

[Brashen]

Great stuff a definite Frazetta feel to your work!!

[Cory Hinman]

Your inking is always lush and detailed but a little indiscriminate about the space and sometimes difficult to read. With your laughing skeleton guy, for instance, you rely on scale change and a staccato rhythm to the blacks to suggest the space between the near hand and the skull, but similarity of blacks, detail, and line weights between the hand and skull make it feel like the thumb is glued to the chin.

While the fingers of the far hand more convincingly thrust into the distance, again the line weights and blackness of the lines denoting veins/tendons in the wrist flatten out too much. Kev, I've been as amazed and delighted with your work as everyone-else, and learned alot from your thoughtful crits of others' posts. You're too accomplished a draughtsman and painter to be unaware of these points, so I'm assuming the flattened space , the lack of "air", is something you mean to fix in the color stage.

But as Joseph Clement Coll demonstrates, there is a special beauty to ink work which considers space and air.

[Wheeljack18]

Great Stuff as always Kev!

For the process panel I can't help but thinking that the caption should read:
"Dear God It's Getting Bigger!"
Heh heh, Sorry but I couldnt' resist.

[cpet]

Kev
Love these figure studies! Nice worm/cool play in the lights and shadows. Well done. Love the ink work too of course

[smokenmirrors]

absolutely gorgeous work! instant fan am i!

[Chris Noeth]

smokenmirrors said it already... your stuff is gorgeous!

Best,

Chris

[Niva.]

Hey Kev, it's been a long time since I visited your thread. I like all the updates but esp the post with Obama and McCain, good job on all those portraits/caricatures.

[Chris Bennett]

Ballpoint and pencil... Wolf Blitzer, Heidi Klum, Sarkozy, Obama, McCain...

Liking these alot Kev - it would be interesting to see these rendered in your ink style. The comic inks are wonderful as always. I know many people point out the Frazetta thing but for me its the Ferrara in them that interests me the most. Always a pleasure.

[kev ferrara]

Thanks guys. Very generous of you.

Clockworkj... fantastic inking!

Cory, I agree about that picture. When I brought it into photoshop to color it, I found I had to make an effort to separate out the hand from the face. I'm still not quite satisfied with it.

Anyhow, here's an inked page from issue 2...

[JailHouseRock]

Wow great work kev,

Love the ink work, great style!

Great stuff mate, please keep posting.

P.s. love the caricatures!

matt,

[kev ferrara]

Thanks Matt!

Here's the colored version with dialog as it went to print...

[Mock]

Your ink work, and pencils, just blow my mind. People like you keep me inspired to one day reach such a level.

Keep it up, man. I look forward to seeing more!

[clockwerkj]

That new page is awesome colored. I would've assumed it was hand dye work. good stuff. It really fits with your overall aesthetic.

[squidmonk3j]

liquid beauty...always inspirational

kudos!

[James Kei]

Looks great, Kev! Came together nicely. Love the boarder and page numbers.

[Kan Muftić]

Man, you're so good it freaks me out!

[GriNGo]

Great inks man! The comic coloring is looking great.