Nightcrawling

I sat down and chatted with a few friends the other night to get ideas for my next pic. They all suggested Kurt Wagner. So here we go!

I'm getting better at painting starfields and planets and such. :-)

Enjoy!!

Man of Steel

Well, I'm married!

It's been great, but at the same time a little limiting on time to do artwork. So don't expect a tremendous outflow of artistic creativity from me. Anyway, this next piece is born of my frustration at being terrible at backgrounds. I sat down and did a great Superman at my drafting table and it sat in the ink stage for a few weeks. I finally decided to color it and took one look at it and knew that it deserved something more than the flat white background.

So I spent a good long time creating the following piece. Enjoy!

A return to the basics

Well, two finals down, two to go.

Also, only 8 days until I'm no longer single!

Anywho, on to the actual post. I recently purchased a couple of bristol boards (best paper ever!) in order to do the work for the actual Requiem for Innocence comic strip (which will return from its hiatus as soon as I get married), and I happened to purchase a new technical pen and a brush. I've never inked with a brush before.

I like it!

I can see why the greats still do all their work on paper. Coloring is great on the computer, but nothing beats a steady hand and a healthy supply of India Ink.

Here's the first piece I did. I've got another Superman in the works and then I need to kinda refresh after all these heroes. Might try another mythology piece.

Another Nod to the Great Miller

Wow . . . two weeks since my last post. Sorry about that. Things have been extremely busy.

I'm in the new place (still getting everything moved over, but it's definitely moving along quickly), and it's only 12 days until the wedding!

Nerves . . . shot.

Anyway - I'm sitting in the Student Union between meaningless final exam reviews (I hate the last day of class, it's so pointless) and I decided to do a piece of work that is reminiscent of Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" cover. Those of you who are fans of Batman will recognize this.

Anywho, enjoy. I've got a Spanish final (not review - test!) in 1.5 hours. Pray!

Allow me to suggest the character of this dramatis personae

Voila! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance, a vendetta held as a votive not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose. So let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you, and you may call me V.

Holy Shiny Suit, Batman!

One of the big trends in superhero artwork is the idea of a reflective suit. Since the stuff is made of spandex, that's not really accurate, but it makes for a NICE looking effect. So here you go.


















Now it's on to the Nightcrawler I posted last time!

Rough Sketch - work in progress

Hooray for not getting anything done for far too long. This is a scan of a half completed sketch I did at work today. I'll post the pencils when I'm done with them, and then the inks, and then the colors.



















Oh, I should also have a Batman pic for you guys soon enough.