Creating a Graphic Novel : Art – Food – Photography

For some nostalgia, I have put up the various featured artists’ impression of Phoenix, one of Marvel’s iconic characters. Would love to hear your thoughts on which ones you liked! You can click on the heading to see the original post it appeared in.

Phoenix – David Enciso

Phoenix – Troy Parke

Lady Death artist Di Amorim has more great original artwork on offer on eBay. (Check last post for some of the previous highlights.) Make sure you get your bids in or you might miss out on some amazing pieces, click on the picture below to link to the auction.

Powergirl :

Goblin Queen :

Phoenix :

So Di, how long have you been drawing for?

I’ve been drawing comics professionally since 2000.

How would you describe your artwork?

My artistic style is still developing. I still don’t have an own style yet but I am getting closer. It’s a little difficult being self taught but I have received fantastic advice from the great Ed Benes.

Ed Benes is remarkable!
Who else are your inspiration?

Jim Lee, Frank Miller, George Perez, Jose Garcia Lopez, Mike Mignola, Dave Mazzucchely, Silvestri, Capullo, Joe Kubert and many others.

Any published works out there?

For several years I was the regular designer of the lady death, Pandora vs Hellina, Jungle Fantasy, Belladonna and Unholy working with Avatarpress. I’ve also done work Chaos Comics and others.

Wow that’s an amazing list of titles you have worked on. Any special project you are working on at the moment?

I have a character in development – “Call: Aby – Sex and Murder” for the the publisher quadrixeditora. Check out the link for more details.

Thanks for your time!
Can’t wait to see more of your work and good luck with the auctions.

For more of Di Amorim (or for commision details) :

• DeviantArt
• Blogspot

Di Amorin will be the next featured artist on this site. I thought it would be great to provide a quick sneak peek on some of the amazing work he did on Lady Death – War of the Winds. Check back very soon on this site for the full interview and more amazing art from Di Amorim to showcase. Be sure to check out his eBay Auctions to pick up a piece of original art!

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Page 18 (Sketch) :

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Be sure to check out Di Amorim’s Deviant Artpage!

Upcoming featured artist Di Amorim (who’s done some amazing Lady Death work!) has some amazing original art available on his eBay Site. As you know, good artwork is always hard to find so bid high and bid often! You can click on any of the pictures to be taken directly to the auctions. I personally love the Black Widow one!

Black Widow :

Kitty Pride :

Mary Jane and Black Cat :

A while ago I posted a photo of a Gargoyle sitting atop Notre Dame in Paris. I liked how this photo turned out, especially the Paris cityscape in the background. There’s a few photos I’ve listed on my eBay page, bid high and often if you like ’em or just click on the below photo.

Notre Dame Gargoyle :

More artwork on sale from featured artist Dean Juliette. Check out his eBay Site to see all the artwork he is on offer. (You can also click on the sketches below to be taken to respective auction.) The Rogue sketch is easily my favourite, very sexy pose and detailed!

Rogue (X-Men) :

Elektra :

Psyclocke :

Previous featured artist Jamie Tyndall is showcasing another amazing Wonder Woman Rolling Stones Cover. I love the overlay of his sketch onto a cover template! Especially love the detail on the corset. To own a copy of own of Jamie Tyndall’s incredible prints visit his eBay site. Remember to bid high and bid often!

Wonder Woman – Rolling Stones Cover :

Wonder Woman – Sketch 1 :

Wonder Woman – Sketch 2 :

For more of Jamie’s work visit :

• Jamie’s Website
• Deviantart

Thought it would be great to also showcase previous covers by Jamie :

Wonder Woman – Esquire :

Wonder Woman – Rolling Stone :

Was doing some shopping over the weekend and I came across the Twilight action figure set. While most of the other characters had cool “special abilities” like super strength or super speed, I think poor Bella got ripped off. I doubt I would class being Accident Prone or Attracts Bad Luck as special abilities.

After an amazing Galactus showcase by featured artist Rémi Dousset, I thought it would be great to showcase more of his works. All three below showcases are fantastic, I especially the Tygra (Thundercats have a certain nostalgia with me) bust.

Darth Vader :

Phoenix :

Tygra (Thundercats) :

41 year old French Rémi Dousset has provided a step by step Galactus showcase. I’ve featured Iron Man Sketch Cards 1 and Iron Man Sketch Cards 2 previously on this site. He currently works as a designer (characters, props, screen design) in the animation field from series like Totally Spies, Martin Mystery to Inspector Gadget since 1992.

Completed Galactus Showcase :

On most Wednesdays, you can find Remi having a “team-up” (sounds so superhero!) with some friends for a session of drink’n’draw in a pub near our favourite comics bookstore.

Sketch :

Inks :

Base Colour :

Additional Colouring 1:

Additional Colouring 2:

Additional Colouring 3:

Final Effects:

Thanks for the taking the time to answer some questions. How would you describe your artwork?

I would say I’m in the line of work of people like Alan Davis, Adam Hugues, Stéphane Roux, or even Bryan Hitch (circa Authority), meaning something realistic, with good balance of black and white. It’s mostly illustrations because I haven’t got enough spare time to do pages, thought I’ve produced some for my own projects a few years back. I try to keep something elegant in my art, hence lacking some spontaneity, but, since I’m a quiet guy, I’ve rarely forced myself to draw action, so…

Have you been drawing since you were young?

I’ve been drawing since my childhood and went to an art school from 1984 to 1986 to develop where I got an A level in Arts. I’ve studied drawing, anatomy, painting, architecture, clay modelling and art history. I didn’t realise at that time that all I was learning would be useful in my line of work. I wanted to do comics, so all I wanted to learn was how to draw comics. Silly me.

There’s a lot of artists out there who would love to draw comics. Are there any particular comic artists you like?

There are a lot! From french editions of Marvel comics (John Romita, Gil Kane, John Buscema, John Byrne’s X-men) to Metal Hurlant (original French Heavy Metal, with Moebius, Druillet, Gillon), and of course people like Frazetta, Jack Kirby, even Boris Vallejo. I’ve assimilated something from them, conscientiously or not. At school I’ve been exposed to Art, even if I didn’t like everything and even rejected some, it has contributed to my “culture”. And of course, the artists I’ve mentionned above, thought now they are more an inspiration for a level of quality to reach.

Do you have any published work?

I’ve done an illustration of Witchblade for a pin-up gallery around “Witchblade, Blood Oath” by my friend Stéphane Roux and an illustration of Darkness. Both were for the french edition of those titles and it was a few years back. Right now I’ve done 50 original Iron Man 2 sketchcards for Upperdeck/Marvel and I’m finishing 25 original Golden Age Heroes and Villains sketchcards for Breygent Marketing. I’ve also self-published 2 sketchbooks that can be ordered from the French Bulldog Studio website.

Can’t wait to see more of your work out there. Thanks again for your time and the Galactus showcase!

More of Remi’s work :
http://guy-bigbelly.deviantart.com/

Remi’s website (which is shared with other artists)
http://www.frenchbulldogstudio.com

For any information about commissions or sketchbooks email dousset.remi [at] hotmail.fr or frenchbulldogstudio [at] hotmail.com