[Oliver]
Hey ya'lls, in honor of Earth Day coming up tomorrow...(and Avatar on DVD!), I wanted to post this 'Avatar' piece I did.
I luv, luved the film and had a ton of fun with this piece. I also colored it and Livio added some of the cool background effects.
The character isn't necessarily anyone from the film in particular but was very much inspired by Neytiri.
Hope you like;)
[jimlee]Pencils I did for Vertigo book called American Vampire. Scanned the pencils into Photoshop then overlayed with watercolor paper texture and then did some digital coloring and painting work on it.
CHICAGO debut of C2E2 show
FRIDAY, 4/16
2:30-3:30pm: SIGNING - DC booth (#630)
4:45-5:45pm: PANEL – DC NATION (room E451)
SATURDAY, 4/17
2:00-3:00pm: SIGNING - DC booth (#630)
3:15-4:15pm: PANEL – DC UNIVERSE (room E451)*
4:15-5:15pm: PANEL – WILDSTORM (room E351)*
SUNDAY, 4/18
11:15am-12:15pm: PANEL – DC TOWN MEETING (room E351)
12:30-1:30pm: SIGNING - DC booth (#630)
*in audience more than likely than on stage as these are to spotlight creators working on the various title
[Oliver]Hey ya'lls, here's a piece I did of Simon Dark for fun...(and for sale;) As you know I'm really attracted and luv to draw the darker characters like Death and Joker, and wanted to do a Simon piece for a little while...(it was on my ever-growing 'To Do' stack).
Anyhoo, I'll be at the Wizard World Anaheim show this weekend and if you are there, you can come see it in person!
Hope you like and see ya at the show!
[jimlee]
Sending a Wonder Woman sketch in stages done on my iPad
Done using sketchbook pro using my fingers-here I'm just blocking out colors and features
Now adding some values and colors using the airbrush tool which gives me color grads I can sample later
Adding more color and defining structure playing between line drawing and painting
Between literal and impressionistic; I like seeing strokes of paint. App replicates that aspect of painting well
Now I'm tightening up details zooming in around the eyes using a brush tool and sampling existing colors
Defining values more esp around neck and nose. Eyes are incongruous need to fix
Luckily they have a smudge smear tool that works like liquify in photoshop. Added blue underlighting, tiara effects
Adding hair as framing device makes all the difference. Chin still has value issues. Got to push the neck bk more.
Running out on my hour self-imposed time limit. Quick background done in to frame composition and use light to draw eyes attn
Finished piece. Took 80 mins. Added blue bk into neck, eyes fixed but still a bit off. Always tough drawing symmetrically. Added waves to hair.
Finally, here's my Boston Comic Con schedule for this weekend:
Saturday
11-1pm Signing
3pm - 5pm Signing
Sunday
10:30am - 11:30am Jim Lee Panel
1 - 3pm Signing
[Livio]With this painting, I was trying to go for a more monochromatic look, with mainly a bleached-out atmosphere and only bits of color here and there. I've found that putting a lot of the classic looking Transformers in the same shot with their natural colors can sometimes look pretty garish, and fight whatever sort of "realism" you're trying to go for.
Studiomate JJ has been doing some great "big team shot" commissions of The Avengers and JLA lately, and I suppose I was influenced a bit by him here. It was fun to play with scale and have massive characters in the same shot as smaller ones.
See you next time!
-Livio
[Scott]Cover for Brightest Day # 1 by the incomparable Dave Finch. What's funny is, he didn't really seem to be happy with the drawing--too static and posed I think he said.
I thought it looked great. I wasn't too thrilled with my inks--I thought they were kind of slick and standard, in that I didn't really take any chances or experiment on it--but Dave loved it!
So there you go. Everyone is their own harshest critic. That's probably a GOOD thing.
[Oliver]Hey ya'lls, how's it hanging? Here's a double-page commission I did for my friend Dave back in Austin who is a HUGE DC fan of his two fave characters...Hal Jordan and Barry Allen.
I think this is my first time drawing either character and I had alot of fun doing it. Green Lantern is my fave DC title and it's good to see Hal and Barry teaming up again;)
[Eddy]
I had a great time at the Emerald City Comicon last weekend and I even had a chance to record one of my favorite artists sketching at the show. Unfortunately, this sketch isn't for me, but I wish it was!
Thanks to Jason for letting me tape this little video and to Jim Demonakos for putting on another fun show!
Hope you enjoy the video!
[Oliver]Had a blast at my first ever Emerald City Comicon and first trip to Seattle! Thanks to all who stopped by and got their "Monsters & Dames" book signed and to those who got commissions, sketchbooks, prints, etc.
This Zatanna is a commission I did at the show, had it layed out beforehand though, and spent most of Sat. finishing it.
I'll definitely be going back next year!
[Scott Williams]This just went up on the DC blog, The Source, so I guess it's cool to post it here. I found this to be quite an iconic image by Dave Finch, and the fact that it's the cover to Batman #700 is quite an honor for me. I'm still getting a handle on how to interpret Dave's style so that it's unmistakeably Finch, but also has some of the Williams flavor.
The first couple of DC covers I did with Dave (which I will share soon) were mostly pen, but this was all brush, with the exception of the background buildings and bricks.
Dave draws so well, it's my job just to not screw it up.
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