Comic Book Art: This is not the post they want but the one they need!

Comic Books have been a very big part of my youth, at certain points in my life they even became a escape when times were tough. I started to really get into comics during my first year of high school; during that time I got introduced to the artwork of comic book legend Jim Lee. I remember spending a lot of my time just copying his illustrations trying to develop my own style during the process. Later on I stumbled across another artist named Alex Ross. Ross had a very different approach when drawing these super beings... he painted his comics and designed them realistically.


Alex Ross (along with Marc Davis, Alan Lee, John Howe and Crash McCreery) has become one of my favorite artist. His approach to comic book art really changed my view point when tackling any subject matter that I'm currently working on. He taught me to go against the norm and really have fun with whatever I do and most importantly make it my own.

The Batman above along with the Joker and Beast below, were all done as speed digital paintings; each were painted in under an hour or less. They were quick, fun and really helped loosen up my drawing hand.
The last two drawings were both personal projects; I really wanted to tackle two fan favorites in special way. Superman (which happens to be my fan favorite), was the first one I took on. I'm pretty happy with the costume design and his likeness; I'm still not pleased with his right hand and I mean to go back and address it. The second one is a work in progress of Wolverine. I didn't want to do an action or aggressive pose with him but more like he just finished or waiting to whoop on someone and is taking a smoke break. I didn't want the claws to be present and I also kept his costume to his established look but with tweaks here and there.

Joker, Speed Painting

Beast, Speed Painting

Superman, Digital Painting

Wolverine, work in progress