Monday, March 28, 2011

Morbius

I always liked the way Gil Kane drew this old Spidey villain's face. Structure, structure, structure...


Thursday, March 24, 2011

Newsarama Hellboy interview















The Hellboy one-shot, "Buster Oakley Gets His Wish" will be going on sale next month. Here's a Newsarama interview where we discuss some of the behind-the-scenes work.

By the way, you shouldn't be alarmed by the unfinished art you're seeing. The book's all done, at the printer and on schedule. For once, I finished something a few days ahead of the deadline.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Thing

No, not James Arness. Some other time, maybe.


Friday, March 18, 2011

The Outsider #1 cover art

Here's a gesture that threw me; a guy brushing dust off his suit. Sounds simple, but I had to do a lot of sketching before I came up with anything that even came close to suggesting the movement I was looking for. As a last resort, I was going to try for a "strobe" effect but I didn't want to overdo it and call more attention to the action than I needed to.









Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Rififi

I'm very happy to see that Turner Classic Movies is showing Jules Dassin's masterpiece Rififi (or Du Rififi Chez les Hommes) tomorrow night. It's a classic Film Noir with one of the coolest heist scenes you'll ever see. I love sooooo many things about this movie, not the least of which is the sad, world weary face of the star, Jean Servais. This sketch doesn't do him justice so I may have to try again some other time.


Tuesday, March 15, 2011

This is peculiar...

I just stumbled upon this 2005 photo of comedian / voice actor Maria Bamford and did a bit of a double-take:
















Is it just me or does it look freakishly similar to this Marvel cover painting I did back in 1988?

































The only alteration I made was flopping the photo so that the lighting is on the left. The original can be seen here.

Cue Twilight Zone theme...


Saturday, March 12, 2011

Yoda

I resisted the urge to dig up some Albert Einstein photos for reference.




Friday, March 11, 2011

Bullseye

9 x 12" pencil sketch...


Superman

Some preliminary sketches, then the pencils and inks:


Monday, March 7, 2011

Dr. Strange

Another 9 x 12" pencil sketch...


Thursday, March 3, 2011

Conan

9 x 12" pencil sketch: