Creating a Graphic Novel : Art – Food – Photography

Featured artist Dion Hamill has an amazing Thor ACEO currently on sale on eBay. It was created using gouache on illustration board. Click on the below picture to be taken to the auction for your chance to own a piece of original artwork!

Thor :

Previous featured artist Michael Bridges is showcasing an amazing Wonder Woman and Supergirl. Both pieces are available as prints from Michael’s website, click on the picture and follow the Paypal instructions if you want to pick up a print.

Wonder Woman :

Supergirl :


What’s the first thing you do when starting a superhero painting?
Whenever I do a superhero painting I will try to find a model photo that I think fits that superhero in looks as well as the pose. I can’t afford to hire a model and none of my friends or family have a
superhero look. I then draw the photo on the canvas and put the model in their superhero costume.

What materials do you use?

In the first stage of the painting I use acrylic paint and just put on
flat colors so I can see where everything is.

In the next step I put on the oil paint starting with the background, that will give me an idea of how deep the colors will be on the figure. Last I work on the hero by first getting in the dark tones and then working in the mid tones and the light areas.

Thanks for the quick rundown!
(And letting me showcase your awesome work.)

For more information check out the videos that Michael made explaining the process :

• Video 1
• Video 2

Another Halloween artwork by featured artist Dean Juliette. This piece is also on eBay so it’s a great opportunity to own a piece of original art. It’s a fantastic piece although I prefer the more cutesy Zatanna playing with cards and bunny rabbits rather than with skulls. “Yppah neewollah”

Halloween Zatanna :

In preparation for Halloween, featured artist Dean Juliette has put up for auction a very sexy Poison Ivy (dressed appropriately with the witch’s hat). It’s a great chance to own a piece of original art and the picture does not do justice to the detail that Dean puts into each of his works. (I should know, I have 2 pieces of his work in my room!) Make sure you bid high and bid often if you like it.

Poison Ivy :

From a recent Supanova, I received this awesome Spider-Man sketch from Stuart Immonen. It’s a shame that his run on Ultimate Spider-Man only spanned issue 111 to 133. I personally liked his work better than Mark Bagley or David Lafuente (And they are both also great artists!).

Featured artist Di Amorim has some great eBay Auctions currently on offer! If you like any of the below, click on the picture. Remember it’s difficult to find good original artwork. Of the three showcased in this post, the sexy X-Man Rogue has to be my favourite!

Power Girl :

Rogue :

Cavewoman :

Freelance comic book colorist and digital painter Norman Wong is showcasing his amazing work on an Akuma over pencils by Terrence Belgrad.

Completed Akuma Coloured :

Colouring Process :

Sketch by Terrence Belgard :

What do you enjoy about being a colourist?

As a Colourist, I really like painting digitally. I like to visually comparing & contrasting the various creative styles and techniques and there are sooooooo many great artists out there. It’s fun when I can learn a new technique or a set of new brushes that’s can step up my skills. I’m working with Painter X right now and I have to say that I really like how this program brings out so many rich and organic colors to my artwork.

Also another thing I like to do is reading tutorials and learning how other artist creates their artwork. Sometimes that really saves me a lot of time in trying to test and see what works and what doesn’t. For example, the magazine Imaginefx has some really great video tutorials. I highly recommend it to artists.

Anything you dislike about colouring?

What I dislike is being trapped in doing the same coloring style over and over again because it’s worked well in the past. Although it works, being stuck in that comfort zone rather than experimenting with something new; it’s not very challenging. For fun I like to play video games, movies, and just spending time outdoors doing some photography. All of this just trains my eyes to observe the environments, it’s mood, shadows, and lighting.

How would you describe your artwork?

I would describe my artwork as organic with a lot of energy. I like to use a lot of different color blends instead of coloring with only just a few colors from a narrow color pallet. This makes the artwork really pop and look dynamic. I get to play around with multiple light sources and blend them to reflect off characters. I’m trying to include more bright colors and lighting blends into my artwork to bring more life and energy the character.

Did you attend any art school?

I’ve attended the Academy of Art College in San Francisco for a few semesters in 3D modeling, but majority of my art skills is self taught. I definitely have to say that school gave me the basic fundamentals but the out-of- school work is even more important because you really have to be disciplined and practice all of the time to polish your craft.

Is there any artists that you look up to?

I really like a group of artists from a group called the Udon Crew. I have to give these guys credit.They do a lot of stunning action style artwork for Capcom and their artists are just really at the top of their game (creatively). Also, as many you may know him as Artgerm on deviantart, Artist, Stanley Lau, does some incredible digital artwork. I got a chance to meet all of them at SD comic con and that was a great experience.

Where can we see some your published work?

I have published works with Stormbringers.com which is written by Korby Marks as well as cover artwork for Mastorism.com written by Matthew Grant where I did the cover coloring for issues 3,4,5, and their TPB issue.

Any words to aspiring artists reading?

I just want to encourage every aspiring artist out there to keep on designing and join up with creative groups to work on projects. This will really help you grow and give you that creative support. Also go to as much comic book conventions as you can and talk to as many artist as you can. You never know if the next person you meet at a Con could be an open door for you. Also the feedback that you from the pros in the field absorb as much of it as possible.

Check out more his work from his deviantart page :
http://www.normanwong.deviantart.com

One of the artist from Dusk Volume 2 David Faught has provided me some samples of his other work. I thought I’d give you a sneak peek with an incredibly sexy Felicia (from Darkstalkers). The bowl of milk is definitely a nice touch!

Like the Emergency Zombie Kit, I couldn’t resist posting this photo up from the LOLDOG website. The second photo is especially cute as the Labrador and the cheetah seem to be having a meaningful conversation. [Don’t worry comic artwork fans, this site will be returning to showcase new featured artists in the next post!]

Featured artist Dean Juliette has an amazing Slave Leia available through an eBay Auction. Slave Leia has to be one of the most recognisable forms of fan service. I wonder if George Lucas was thinking how can I get Carrie Fisher in a bikini for the last part of the Star Wars trilogy. There was also the famous scene in Friends, when Rachel dresses up as Slave Leia to fulfil Ross’s fantasy!

Slave Leia :

Slave Leia is easily one of the most popular COSPLAY choices. You’ll definitely see at least one person dressed up at a convention. Anyway if you like the sketch, be sure to bid high and bid often! It’s an amazing piece of original art.