>>92104200Well to be fair I'm redrawing one of Budd Root's Cavewoman paintings. I'm not tracing, but I'm drawing from the image as reference. The goal to emulate and capture Budd Root's style. I have a lot to work on, and I definitely need to go over the image again and get it right. I agree that the left arm needs work.
In terms of Cavewoman covers I agree with you. The other artists covers and work is shit. It'd be like other newspaper comics artists trying to draw Calvin and Hobbes in their style and pass it off as Bill Watterson's. It comes off as fake and takes you out of it.
I understand that Budd can't (either due to a lack of time, finances, etc) be the sole artist for every story and cover. However, the stuff outside of Budd's work just doesn't work as well. Budd's work is pretty cheese in its own right, but it has some sincerity to it. A lot of work and effort goes into it and you don't get that from the other people's stuff.
The only exception would be Frank Cho since the guy is a professional in the field.