Sunday, October 30, 2005

Color Girl 07


Whewwwwww... this ends my personal attempt at a weeks worth of Photoshop study. Thanks to everybody who has stopped by and left comments; the positive prodding and nudging has gotten me started in the right direction.
I've got some other stuff that needs priority (art related) so I'm going back to the regular daily sketches, with hopes of selecting and coloring one a week.

Thanks Again..... :)

Saturday, October 29, 2005

Friday, October 28, 2005

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Monday, October 24, 2005

Sunday, October 23, 2005

Peace Girl


For some reason, I just enjoy drawing girls with hats.

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Ice Cream Girl


It's a good night for ice cream....... and cartoons.

Friday, October 21, 2005

Baseball Girl


Just good, clean fun. No hidden meanings or innuendos here.....

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Comic Girl



Warning: This specie does not exist. If you encounter such a creature please take the following into consideration...


  • She is a vampire (which will lead to a painful death).
  • She is a man (which will lead to a guilty conscious).
  • She is only a dream (which will need an ample supply of handy-wipes upon awakening from).

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Chilly Girl


It's getting cold out, and I'm not looking forward to another Chicago winter.
Starting to have fun playing around with shapes. Like to do a couple more like these past few, then back to our regularly scheduled superheroes......
And I know, I know, I have to eventually start coloring some of these, can't avoid learning forever :)

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Butterfly Girl


Had to balance out last nights reckless abandonment....... it's a yin-yang thing.

Monday, October 17, 2005

Martini Girl


Trying to stay loose, play with shapes, and just have fun .....does it really need to make sense?

Sunday, October 16, 2005

Medusa


Originally an F.F. villain, part of the Royal Family of Inhumans, and one sexy lady: Medusa.
Had a little more time to draw, so did a full body tonight instead of all these head shots I've been puttin' up.
Thanks to everybody whose been stopping by and leaving comments this past week.
-d

Saturday, October 15, 2005

Pumpkin Heads' Gonna Getcha'



Getting in the Halloween spirit.

Friday, October 14, 2005

Congratulations Bruno Werneck!!!!


....on your newly landed job as full-time video game concept artist!!!!! You're slowly paving the way to Hollywood for all us gravy-trainers. I just wonder how much concept art can really be produced for games like "Pong" and "Ms. Pac-Man" though. But maybe I'm a bit behind the times. Anyhoo.....

Cheers My Friend!

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Fantastic Four Villain Heads



Trying to stylize some classic F.F. villains. Definitely could have been pushed more, but it's a starting point.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Playful Shapes



I felt like I was trying too hard to make a "drawing" last night, and wasn't allowing myself to explore, or have fun with things. So tonight I purposely sat down with no pre-conceived notions on what I wanted to "draw", and just slipped into playing around and filling up space.

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Shapes

Just messing around with shapes, trying to find a pleasing balance.

Monday, October 10, 2005

It's Clobberin' Time.....


...or maybe just a friendly game of poker? Ben Grimm, The Thing; favorite superhero ever! I am a dork, and luvin' it....:)

Sunday, October 09, 2005

Thor vs. Super-Skrull



After such a dedication, I have to start things off with a drawing of some Kirby characters. This was done as a Christmas gift for my younger bro', who's a Thor nut. Super-Skrull has always been one of my favorite villains; having all the powers of the Fantastic Four, how can you not love to hate him?

Jack "King" Kirby : Aug. 28, 1917 - Feb. 6, 1994


I'd like to dedicate the first installment of my daily blog to the single most influencial artist of my life: Jack Kirby. For the past 30 years, the work of comic book creator/ artist/ writer Jack Kirby has been a constant source of inspiration, influence, and entertainment for me. Comic books have always been a love of mine. I remember having them from as early as age 4-5, and I can still remember some of my earliest issues with memories of characters and story points.
But the first artist who actually made me take notice to the credits on the splash page, the very first artist who made me aware there was such a thing as a style, or individual way of doing things, was Jack Kirby. His work was so, how can I say...different, from all the others. I soon realized the comics which really caught my eye, the one's I just had to have, the comics which were the most action packed, most thrilling, and most mind-boggling were written and drawn by somebody named Jack "King" Kirby.
I still feel the same way about Kirby's work now as I did those many years ago. His imaginative tales and awe-inspiring art always bring me back to a good, fun place. Maybe that's why comics have always been a love of mine, because of Jack Kirby.
Above is a self portrait of Kirby (done late 60's - early 70's?), with a few characters he created or worked on at Marvel Comics.
Below it is my very first Kirby Comic: Captain America #195, March 1976!!!!!!! My dad got me this in a three pack of comics at a local grocery store (the other two were Capt. Marvel and Spiderman).