Supergirl :

Magdalena :

http://amorimcomicart.com/

Why did you create the site?
To help publicize my work and art of some of the artists that I represent.

How did you find the other artists?
Most are my friends and others I found on facebook or were friends of friends.

What would you like your site to become?
I hope my site can be a place for people who like comics and a chance for people to own my work and the work of my friends.

Thanks for also providing some new artwork to showcase.
Is this one of your characters?

Yup! This one is the Yanomami Warrior.

Very Cool. How did you come up with the design?

In Brazil the Portuguese invaded the country, really made a mess of things came and killed almost everyone. I guess most people know this story. I wanted a heroine to represent this Brazilian ethnicity which has been overlooked. As part of the design I incorporated some Mayan and Aztec influences and hope to get this published.

Thanks again for your time and good luck with your site and this character!

How long was your run on this series?
My first issue was #11 and I stayed until #27 so 17 issues.

How is it like working on the series?
Great. Boom! Studios is a really nice place to work for. I could not ask for a better editor, Shannon Watters, to work with. Mark Waid is an amazing writer and he was honestly one of the main reasons I worked on Incorruptible for that long. Nolan Woodard was great with the colors as well. So overall it was a great experience and it helped putting my name a little bit more out there.

What are you working on now?
Focusing my attention on Blue Beetle!

Thanks for your time and I’ll be definitely checking out Blue Beetle!

For more information on Dorothy check out this post on Yunyu’s site.

Page 15 – Inks

Page 16 – Inks

Page 17 – Inks

The same 3 pages with the tones completed. The tones add a real depth of the artwork and provides the “cloud” effect and softens a lot of the shadows.

Page 15 – Tones

Page 16 – Tones

Page 17 – Tones

Firstly, thanks for your time. Your artwork is incredible. Can you describe your work process?

I can break it down into 3 main parts.

Tones:
I use Photoshop and Deleter Comic Works for toning. Comicworks is an older program and kinda clunky, but I still use it since its adequate and easy. Other times I just export it to Photoshop and use the Deleter tones there. I try not to overtone my pages these days – toning isn’t meant to be so over-the-top. Probably only “The Dreaming” has crowded tones (this is intentional), but everything I’ve done since then I’ve tried to keep it simple. Sometimes, I don’t even tone the pages – preferring to do cross-hatching instead.

Thanks for the explanation. It’s time to ask you to tell me a little about yourself.

I came to Australia in 1986 when I was 6 years old. I have an older married sister and have a 1 year old niece. I’ve always been into manga as a kid from reading comics and watching various TV Series. Love pop culture especially the story telling aspect.

How did you get into manga?

Actually I completed an Information Systems degree at UNSW first but it was a bad time when I graduated with the dot com bust. Kind of realized I didn’t want to get into IT especially hearing that a lot of jobs were getting outsourced.

So drawing manga was a huge career change?

Yes, I saw an internet notice from Tokyopop. I put together a portfolio and sent it in. Tokyopop then asked for a full proposal. It took four pitches before the haunted school story (which became “The Dreaming”) was accepted.

That’s fantastic!
What was it like working on the Dreaming?

I did everything! From pencils to lettering to shading. It took about 9 months to complete 180 pages.

After the Dreaming, what was your next project?

I was introduced to Dean Koontz by Del Rey to work on Odd Thomas. It was a fun learning experience. Have completed 2 books already but the third book, House of Odd (coming out 30-Mar-12) will probably be the last book of this collaboration.

So what will you be working on after?

I’m currently with with Kylie Chen who did White Tiger on a 6 book series. Kylie approached by directly to work on Small Shen will is a prequel to the series.

Also just finished Twisted Tales with Yunyu. It’s a fairytables come to life idea. It was very interesting mixing art and music. For example the first single Dorothy re-imagines her as a lost cosmonaut.

What are you looking forward to in the future?

Definitely collaborating with more people with new ideas! There’s great value working with others. Would also love to do more storyboards and have been combining more prose into my work.

Collaborations are always great.
However do you have your own story to tell?

Yes I do! It’s really hard to describe the story except to say It’s a huge epic Chinese fantasy story! Would love to see it brought to life in an anime or TV series.

Thanks again for your time!
Would really love to see this epic story of yours one day. All the best in your current and future endeavors.

For more of her work check out Queenie’s Website.

Darth Vader :

How long do you usually take to do a commission?

A few hours, most pieces take me like 4 to 6 hours depending on how fast I get a sketch I like.

Be sure to check out Chrissie’s Blog to see more of her artwork!

Thanks to all the below artists for their time and absolutely amazing contributions :

• Madeline Rosca
• Ever Villacruz
• Chrissie Zullo
• Chris Staggs

It’s really hard to pick a single piece in 2011 which so much great artwork but after a tough time, Frank Kadar’s coloured Arkham piece was my choice. (Definitely Joker’s crazy eyes that made it memorable!)

So what’s waiting in 2012? Well it’s a blockbuster year for comic movies with Avengers bringing all the characters from Marvel’s shared universe and the Nolan’s final chapter in the Batman Trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. Both trailers are incredible and the 7min prologue with Bane is buzzing up the anticipation.

Hope it’s a great 2012 for everyone. Be good!