Con Season!

[Eddy]

We have two more comic conventions to announce for the artists here. First off, is a one-day show back at the Long Beach Convention Center followed by our first show at the Phoenix Convention Center:

Long Beach Comic Con
February 20th
10:00am - 7:00pm

JJ Kirby
Michael Lopez
Eddie Nuñez
Livio Ramondelli

Phoenix Comicon
May 27-30th (Memorial Day Weekend)

Joel Gomez
JJ Kirby
Michael Lopez
Oliver Nome
Eddie Nuñez
Livio Ramondelli

Between those two dates is the big Emerald City Comicon show in Seattle and the guys here had a chance to donate their skills to the Monsters & Dames 2010 Charity Art Book with some great pieces!

Check back every day this week for sneak peeks by our attending artists and see what kinds of creature combinations they contributed!

Darksiders

[Nuñez]

A commission that was requested of Joe Mad's Darksiders. I didn't know how this was going to turn out at the beginning. I had an idea of what I wanted to do with it and I was pretty happy with the turnout. i hope the buyer enjoys it as much as I did doing it.

Green Lantern #50 Variant Cover!

[jimlee]

Colors and inks of the Green Lantern 50 variant cover by the amazing Alex Sinclair and the incomparable Scott Williams, respectively.

Pencils of Green Lantern 50 cover, shot with my Canon S90 in a snow covered cabin, emailed via usb wireless modem.

So for this cover I did I drew 3 diff layouts and do work on all 3 simultaneously-switching from 1 to another-unsure which I like best.

Here's the 2 I didn't go with. Was pretty sure I was going with A for most of the nite then tried a Frazetta inspired shot then ultimately w/ C.

GL 50 cover A. The rest of the Lanterns were gonna be behind Hal.

All the Lanterns powering up.

Ghost in the Shell 2

[Nuñez]

To celebrate the New Year, here's a pre-done piece I did for a con last year.

Merry Christmas!

Wishing everyone fun times, good cheer and a Happy New Year!

Visit The Bleed to see this image in full-color and we'll see you back here in 2010!

Happy Holidays!

[Oliver]

Hey ya'lls, this will probably be the last post of the year/decade...I did this 'homage' to my girl GaGa and if things work out right, I'll be giving it to her in LA in Jan! What a way to start off the new year;) Anyhoo, hope you all have a great holiday and happy new year!

March 13-14, 2010 - Emerald City ComiCon!

[Eddy]

The first big convention of the year is Seattle's Emerald City ComiCon and some of us are heading up there to see the sights and enjoy the great coffee. Carlos D'Anda, Richard Friend (tentative), JJ Kirby, Oliver Nome, Eddie Nuñez, Livio Ramondelli and our friend David Williams will be set-up in Artist's Alley all weekend, doing sketches and meeting fans. It's just a few months, but I'm sure it'll sneak up on us in no time!

Seeya there!

Frightful Four

[Livio]

Here's a few recent drawings I felt like sharing:

Galvatron
I think Galvatron is personally one of the harder old-school Transformers to draw, given that his design is a big departure from the standard "boxes and squares" that most of the Transformers looked like at the time. He's also one of the few new characters introduced in the old animated movie that I actually like. I tried simplifying the business of his original design while still keeping him very familiar.

Grimlock
I really just wanted to play around with his bullish, kid-like nature here. So I intentionally had him fill most of the frame, as well as bulk up his limbs a bit.

Jango Fett
One of my favorite scenes in the Star Wars prequels is Jango Fett's rain-soaked mano-a-mano brawl with Obi-Wan Kenobi. So for this drawing I definitely remembered that scene and wanted to do something with rainy atmospherics.

Hobgoblin
This was done during some downtime at the recent (and awesome!) Long Beach Comic-Con that most of us at the studio attended. I had fun playing with Hobgoblin's expression here, and wanted to give him a suitably evil sneer.

Until next time!

-Livio

Ash & Iron Man

[Guest blogger Cruddie Torian]

Here are some random artwork I had stacked in a corner. The first one is some head shots of Ash I used for a sample. Mainly I was trying to show a little range from realistic to a more comic book style and finally a little more animated.

The second piece is an Iron Man study I did. This one was for fun because I loved the movie and it is part of a larger piece.

Finally, my first Gen13 issue comes out today, so check out and let me know what you think. Here's a quick preview.

Hulk vs. Spidey

[Nuñez]

I can't remember when i did this one???? I think last year, but I'm not sure. I was going thru my files and it just popped up, so I thought I'd share.