Hal Foster Prince Valiant -John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala from the Savaga Sword of Conan
On the top left we have a Hal Foster Prince Valiant panel and below we have a similar panel by John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala from the Savaga Sword of Conan -
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That's such a standard composition for a scene like that and it's been done dozens of times. If there were even one figure that was close to what is considered the source material I'd be inclined to agree, but they're all decidedly different.
Thanky kindly for the feedback Joe - from an illustrator who's a published Buscema commentator, as well as a commentator in a Frazetta documentary, I defer to your judgement - hopefully the post is at least of interest as a comparison of how Foster and Buscema handle a similar scene, compositionally.
Plus you have to remember that John had a photographic memory and since Foster was such a big influence on John, it's possible that the layout came through in the drawing. He's been always upfront about sometimes getting stuck doing a panel and looking at blocking from other artists (especially Kirby). But John never swiped line from line from anyone....ever. See ya'!
Coming from a man who actually took the legendary original Buscema art courses, your input is much appreciated - I wouldn't be surprised if it was something that was done solely by memory, possibly unconsciously - an amazing thing for such an involved panel, but I woudn't be surprised...
On the top left we have a Hal Foster Prince Valiant panel and below we have a similar panel by John Buscema and Alfredo Alcala from the Savaga Sword of Conan -
4 comments:
That's such a standard composition for a scene like that and it's been done dozens of times. If there were even one figure that was close to what is considered the source material I'd be inclined to agree, but they're all decidedly different.
Thanky kindly for the feedback Joe - from an illustrator who's a published Buscema commentator, as well as a commentator in a Frazetta documentary, I defer to your judgement - hopefully the post is at least of interest as a comparison of how Foster and Buscema handle a similar scene, compositionally.
Plus you have to remember that John had a photographic memory and since Foster was such a big influence on John, it's possible that the layout came through in the drawing. He's been always upfront about sometimes getting stuck doing a panel and looking at blocking from other artists (especially Kirby). But John never swiped line from line from anyone....ever. See ya'!
Coming from a man who actually took the legendary original Buscema art courses, your input is much appreciated - I wouldn't be surprised if it was something that was done solely by memory, possibly unconsciously - an amazing thing for such an involved panel, but I woudn't be surprised...
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