"Twist to Remove Cap" ("Red Eye")


Ink Smudges: I have no idea what happened. For a solid three hours I was just "in the zone". The inks came out far better than I had hoped, I enhanced every inch of Jake's original art. The coloring was easy, shortcuts and ideas just came to me, as if through the mouse itself. It seemed as though I could do no wrong.
In short this picture just plain kicks a$$. - Tony

Pencil Marks: This is the e-mail I received from Tony a few days before this picture was posted:

I just finished inking this picture for Red Eye... and I felt the need to contact you to tell you one simple thing.... I KICKED YOUR ASS!!!!!!!!!
There is absolutely no way in all of Heaven or Hell that you could possibly top this job. You are going to take one look at this thing and just sit there, shocked that anything you drew could have possibly turned out this ***-damned good.
This isn't me choking my own chain, this is simply the ****s honest truth.
If this were the final picture for the gallery we would be going out on Triple AAA material.... f*****g PROFESSIONAL artist material. No ***t. No shinola.
Okay. Now I've got to complete my masterpiece and get to inking it... and when you see THAT you will officially bow down to me as your new god and savior.
Bet on it.

So, I tell you folks, why even BOTHER with a rambling when Tony put it so eloquently himself? *lol*
I do like how he turned my freak love-child of the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" logo, Mike from "Monsters Inc." and Kronos from "The Simpsons" and turned it into something that looks like it's from the imagination of Big Daddy Roth. I got to admit, that truly was ***-damned good. - Jake