Creating a Graphic Novel : Art – Food – Photography

Based in Vancouver, Robin Thompson has been working for almost 10 years on a horror oriented comic Champions of Hell while writing and drawing the highly controversial Zombie Jesus and a bi-monthly comic strip called Lil’ Natas. He also the inker on Outnumbered. He primarily works with pencils and inks. The below Tigra picture was […]

During Gary Erskine’s visit to Sydney, I had the opportunity to get another sketch done. I opted this time for one of the Authority characters and we settled on Midnighter. Some of the detailing was lost in the below picture when scanned so you’ll have to take my word for it that it looks better […]

Gary Erskine (Dan Dare, Authority, Army @ Love) made an appearance at Kings Comics all the way from Europe! Although sporting a cold from climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge during a hail storm, he was exceptionally pleasant and chatted about his various experiences from his amazement of Dark Knight at IMAX to his love of […]

Rich Hennemann has one of the most incredible art styles. Scroll down to the bottom of this post if you want a quick look at his work. He also maintains a blog where he posts up new pieces of work. I managed to catch up with Rich to ask him a few questions. Where are […]

Jack Redd is an English based artist who has been doing some amazing superhero pin-ups. He took the time out to have a chat with me in regards to his work and allowed me to showcase one of his pieces. What originally got you into comics? I originally got into art through comics, I mean […]

Michael Bridges does some of the most incredible paintings with a focus on superheroes. More of his samples can be found in his site Superhero Portraits. If interested in purchasing any of Michael’s work you can check out his eBay Auctions. I was fortunate enough to ask Michael a few questions in relation to his […]

Tim Tyler is the inker and artist on several independent titles including Faust, Razor and the newly released Engine (full review of Engine coming soon!). Engine #1 is available now in Diamond Previews so hassle your local comic book store to order in a copy if you like his work. I had the opportunity to […]

From Part 1 – Jacob took the final inked image and digitally applied colours to it. The colouring for this work is very subtle but suit the image well. Saved the best for last! Enjoy the below completed work.

I was fortunate enough to purchase this collection of 3 pieces of original art directly from the artist. Pencils Inks Coloured Original pencils were done on copy paper. Using a light table, the image was inked directly onto card stock paper. I love the detail that Jacob has put in Black Cat’s hair. Absolutely fantastic […]

With the preliminary sketch approved I made 2 comments to David : A darker colour scheme. Darker reds on her costume. Fire surrounding her in a phoenix shape. The colouring moved the sketch to a whole new level. Attention to detail and how the flames are shown are simply amazing. Notice the phoenix outline in […]