The Gallery of Wily Pueo

[Wily Pueo]

Most of you have seen all these already. The thumbnails link to my galleries at comicartfans; hopefully that's not frowned on--just the easiest way to do this post.

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1990s


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EDIT: HTML Disallowed? The images/links look fine on preview . . . Oh well.

EDIT2: Reposted with BBCode--Thanks Mayhem for working that out for me.

[Maka]

Hello Wily Pueo,

I know this has been said before, but you have the best collection of UY original art (next to Mr. Sakai).

I will always love the commission art that has everyone in the UY universe at the kite festival. Great idea for a commission. How long did that take Mr. Sakai to complete?

Peace, maka

[Wily Pueo]

It's been a while now, so my memories on the details are a bit sketchy. But, I believe it was about 2 years from the time I requested the commission to the time Stan was able to complete it. I think the main reason behind the delay was so that Stan could work the commission into a spot where he could also use it for publication.

[Fanfan]

Hello,

You have a wonderful collection, thanks to share. I agree with Maka you have the best collection ever seen.
I really like the sketchy ones that we do not see often (like the invocation of the turtles)

Thanks for the story about the Kite fest.

[Mayhem]

Re-edited for BBCode

1980s


1990s


2000+

[Mayhem]

And to add on top, yeah... your sets are something else, I thought I had a few originals heh... nothing like this... yet!

Mind you, it's just made me realise, and I hadn't seen this until now... the coloured piece I have from 1986 is an almost perfect recreation of the Critters 3 cover... check for yourself against your b/w original, but mine actually shows the person facing Usagi...

http://www.comicartfans.com/Images/Cate ... tters3.jpg

VS

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1177/621 ... ea51d0.jpg

[Stan Sakai]

Hi David,

Nice to see you back on the boards. Are you going to San Diego this year? We haven't seen you for awhile.

That Kite Festival took about 2 years, mainly because I could not find a length of free time long enough to draw it. I tend to concentrate on one project at a time, working it to completion. The thought of using it as a cover (and consequent poster) did not come until later.

We had a couple of ideas for the format of the drawing--making it as one long piece, or as two double-page spreads. Wily chose the double-page format. Also, the original artwork can fit together at either end, not so with the printed versions because they had to crop the art on one side.

[Wily Pueo]

@Mayhem: Actually I did notice that about your colour piece since I browsed through all the galleries before posting mine. There are a couple pieces that I let slip through my fingers that still annoy me a tad believe it or not (I can see Stan shaking his head)--particularly the Fish Fighting Cover (issue number escapes me at the moment) and the original art to one of the prints which I had not thought to ask about. Mahalo for providing the BBCode from my original HTML.

@Stan: Right, I should have clarified that I meant it took a while for you to find time to fit it into your very tight schedule and that working the commission to be used as covers allowed this to happen more easily. I remain very happy with how everything turned out No SDCC for me this year I am afraid. It has lost a little lustre for me and the ever burgeoning crowds are really turning me off (you perhaps remember how shell shocked I was that first year back in the mid 1990s and now, wow, really nuts). Finding a decent hotel relatively close to the con has become quite ridiculous as well. All that said, I still leave the dates open on my calendar though just in case . . .

[Hans]

this surely is something else. wow!! thx for sharing.