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RON FRENZ shatp focus. This s
Contemporary American
graphic artist w h o designs

and pencils the dynamic scenes
of numerous superheroes

featured in Marvel Comics.
Frenz has drawn for Marvel

for about 20 years, beginning
with Star Wars. The Further
Adventures of Indiana Jones,
and Amazing Spider-Man. He
began work on Spider-Girl in
1998, and has been the title's
regular artist since 2003.

Sharp focus black outlines in
this drawing create a hyper-real
dynamic. Buildings, sky. moon, and
figure are all locked into equally

through the traditional process of a
pencilled outline over-drawn with
ink.Airbrushed color and tonal
modeling applied over the top give
the image a sleek and mechanical

gravity; a great characteristic of
superhero comics.

Single-point perspective To
understand how Frenz created
the effect of steeply looking up
between buildings—and therefore
howyou can do the same in your
own work—take a ruler and

calculate where the single
vanishing point lies. It is outside
the picture frame, not far above
the drawing, to the right of its
center. Align your ruler to the
upright of each building. In your
mind's eye extend the uprights

out of the top of the picture.
Their extensions will meet at
the same single vanishing point

(see pp.74-77).

Spider-Girl Free-Falling
Through City

2001-04

R O N FRENZ,
MARVEL COMICS