This Fall I'll be working on an indie comic with Fernando Ruiz! I'm incredibly excited about this. I've been a fan of Fernando's work for years now, and I can't wait to see what he does with my story 'Canterbury Adventures!'
But I'm going to have to wait, because life is unfair and Fernando can't get everything done all at once. So in the meantime I want to share some of Fernando's work, starting with the Archie classic 'three on a soda'.
Let's look at the original by Bob Montana
I don't know if this is the first Archie-Betty-Veronica-share-a-soda picture, but it's definitely the classic compostion for Archie Comics. Bob Montana's style is very different from Dan DeCarlo's style. DeCarlo wouldn't start working for Archie Comics until nearly a decade after Archie and the gang were created, but the way he drew the characters would quickly become the official art style.
By Fernando Ruiz. An inkwash version of the classic composition, done in the DeCarlo Archie Comics' house-style. It's a simple piece but you can see Fernando's personal style in the way he fills in the background details.
It's a surprisingly adaptable composition. This is Fernando's unofficial parody for AvP2 (He did the original Archie v Predator, but not the sequel), with inks and colours by Fabio Redivo.
Fernando's pencils. Again you can see more of his personal style coming through in the background.
Personally I like looking at an artist's original pencils or sketches. The rougher draft often has more energy than the inked version. Fabio Redivo's inks and colours make the piece look more finished and more solid - the sprinkles on the malted and the slight pattern on the wall behind Betty and Veronica are great touches - but unfinished pencils have an appeal of their own.
You can find more of Fernando's work at his own website. You can also find some of his other projects at Die Kitty Die and Pixie Trix Comix. As he works on Canterbury Adventures! I'll post some of his sketches and character designs here. Later I'll include a link to our own site.
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If you’re only familiar with his work in Archie or Die Kitty Die, you should check out Fernando’s portfolio. He’s surprisingly versatile and an excellent backgrounds artist.
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This is Shipwreck and she is an idiot <3
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