The 'I Got A New Piece Of Art' Thread, (for everybody!)

[zkarlette]

Those sketches are Amaizing! I really like the Josh Howard April sketch and Ken Mitchroney's Leo.

[Powder]

Awesome pickups guys. Nice to see some IDW work popping up.

[ComicAddict]

Just finished going through the thread and there are tons of awesome pieces. Definitely a few artists I need to get a piece from.

[OA]

Oooo...nice Fugitoid cover there!

[Plasticplayhouse]

Originally Posted by TMNTerminator

Oooo...nice Fugitoid cover there!

thanks!

another new one. had it for a week, just forgot to post it.

11x17 Leo by e. nunez
i commissioned this over a year ago and just got it about a week ago. it looks great, but i'm annoyed it took so long and his communication was very poor.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by Dark_Warrior

another little one for my small but growing collection, a sketch card from Chris Forman gotten off ebay

Spoiler:

fudge dude! that Shredder's sick

[Chris]

I can't believe I've been coming to these boards for years and I only found this thread on Friday!! It's easily my favorite thread on the boards (I've already read it from start to finish twice), some of the commissions (and original published pieces) that you all have are absolutely fantastic.

I've already posted these in other threads, but this thread is where they belong so I'll repost them here;

Kevin Eastman sketch of Leonardo done in my Collected Book Volume 1 (soft cover with the AC Farley cover). Done at the MCM event in London back in May, Kevin was such a nice guy, I didn't even ask for a sketch, I was just talking with him whilst he signed and he asked who my favorite Turtle was, this was the result;



Kevin had also brought his portfolio of pieces for sale and I picked up this fantastic Leo for an amazingly low £50



If any further proof was needed about just how nice a guy he is, Kevin had a massive queue but still took the time to do a Raph sketch for a friend of mine who couldn't make it to the con (this is now hanging proudly on his wall);



My first (and probably only) piece of original published art;



I fell in love with this when I saw it at MCM, but couldn't afford it on the day. Luckily I had the money in my savings and Kevin hadn't sold it, so I was able to buy it off him once he'd got back to the US.

Here's a slightly better quality close up;



I've not got a scanner so I've not been able to scan the pictures myself, but here's the scan of the Leo piece from Kevin's website;



And the scan of the Previews cover that Kevin's assistant sent me when I was buying the piece (I've had to compress it slightly as the file size was too big for ImageShack but it's still much better quality than my photos);



I said back when I first posted that cover that it would be my only piece of published art due to the costs involved in such a collection. That's probably going to be true, but looking through this thread has really inspired me to start a commissions collection. As soon as I'm done paying my savings back for the cover I think it's time to contact the Mirage crew and start building a collection. You have all truly inspired me with your amazing works of art, my wallet hates you but I can't thank you enough!

[Powder]

Yo you seriously need to resize those, I can't even tell what I'm looking at.

[DonatelloFan]

Nice stuff, but holy hell, if you're using Imageshack, when you upload the pictures, you can make them compressed to 'Message Board' quality, and they'll look great on here. Just look at my Berger piece from a few pages back. (Love that piece, by the way).

Good stuff, though. Just resize. It's ridiculous to look at.

[zkarlette]

Originally Posted by Plasticplayhouse

thanks!

another new one. had it for a week, just forgot to post it.

11x17 Leo by e. nunez
i commissioned this over a year ago and just got it about a week ago. it looks great, but i'm annoyed it took so long and his communication was very poor.

I think it was well worth the wait.I really like this piece.

[Chris]

Sorry everyone. The pictures looked ok on my iPad, but seeing them on a laptop, dear lord they were stupidly big! Thanks for the advice DonatelloFan, everything should look much better (smaller!) now. And I love your Berger piece, the rain and lightening just really take it to another level.

Originally Posted by Plasticplayhouse

thanks!

That's an awesome Leo. The pads and wraps have a bit of a TNM look to them, was that something you requested or something the artist added himself? Either way, it Looks great.

[Powder]

Fantastic stuff, Chris, particularly that old meets new piece. I'm jelly, haha. Sure do love Kevins work.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Great stuff Chris

[Plasticplayhouse]

Originally Posted by Chris

That's an awesome Leo. The pads and wraps have a bit of a TNM look to them, was that something you requested or something the artist added himself? Either way, it Looks great.

Thanks. That's just the artist's style.

[Scud]

Originally Posted by Chris

Spoiler:

I fell in love with this when I saw it at MCM, but couldn't afford it on the day. Luckily I had the money in my savings and Kevin hadn't sold it, so I was able to buy it off him once he'd got back to the US.

Dude I absolutely love this piece. Truly lucky!

[Chris]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone. I know how lucky I am to have that piece. I literally saw it on Saturday, didn't have the cash, checked my savings when I got home and emailed Kevin's website on Sunday. I knew if I didn't pull the trigger it would go and I'd really regret it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression Kevin sells most of his IDW covers these days. Pretty surprised we've not seen more pop up here! They can be pricey (at least on my salary), but based on what I've seen some other covers go for they're fantastic value.

[Mayhem]

The early ones appeared on eBay, but I haven't seen any of the later ones, so I don't know if he is still doing that.

[Chris]

Thanks Mayhem. Just had a check and it looks like the last ones he posted on Ebay were Ultimate Collection Vol. 3 and IDW #10. Actually thought the UC cover would go for more than it did.

[ComicAddict]

This awesome Leonardo Vs Shredder by forum member pl212 (Pedro Lajud) arrived today. When I saw this piece by Pedro in his commission thread I couldn't resist purchasing it when I saw it was for sale. Thanks again, Pedro

[Plasticplayhouse]

^that is NICE! Pedro does do some great work. i'm looking to add a piece from him to my collection in the near future