Supergirl by Marcio Takara :
Clean, simple lines by Marcio Takara makes this a hot Supergirl wallpaper!

DC Women (Harley Quinn and Batwoman) by Cedric Poulat :
There were several different DC Women I could have picked from Cedric but I think these 2 really work well, it’s almost like they’re eyeing each other.

Black Cat by Jon Riggle :
Black Cat in a skin tight outfit? Yes!

Bizarro Superman by Adam Cline :
I think Adam has an awesome style and his surreal Bizarro is fantastic.

Ghost Rider by Dion Hamill :
I really like the flames in this wallpaper.

Tiramisu from Burlington :
Makes the iPhone looks good enough to eat!

On another note, still contemplating the iPad. It’s not a laptop replacement but could find the niche area between the iPhone and the laptop. Simple to use and easy interface made me consider picking up one for my parents who primarily would use it for email and browsing. Might wait a couple of months and before deciding.

Spider-Man splash :

New Avengers :

Spider-Man Sketch :

Firstly a question about you. What do you like besides drawing?

I like hanging with friends talking about everything or nothing at all, I like music a lot! I need it, I listen to hip hop, trip hop, soulful house music, electro, drum and bass, acid jazz, nu soul and some funk!

How would you describe your artwork?

I can’t describe my own artwork, I’d just say that my style changed because of the different influences I have been exposed to. It’s a mix between american realistic comicbook art and european classic style! I think so.

Who would you consider as influeces on your art?

I’d say that, these days, the two big influences in my art, are Leinil Yu and Olivier Coipel. After that guys like Stuart Immonen, Mike Mignola, John Buscema, Joe Bennett, Jim Cheung, or maybe Jason Pearson have always had a big impact on me.

What are some of things you have worked in?

I did work on a lot of fanzines, some advertising gigs and even some designs for some underground comicbook projects. Right now, I work as freelance artist in the videogames industry (Check out the upcoming RED STEEL 2 on WII, I designed some of the bad guys in it) I am still trying to break in the comicbook industry and work also on my creator owned project on my spare time!

I’m sure your opportunity to break into the comic industry is around the corner! Your work is fantastic. Thanks for your time.

For more of his work check out :
http://spiderguile.deviantart.com/

Commission information is available :
http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetail.asp?gcat=4997

Black Cat :

Power Girl :

How did you get into art or more specifically comic art?

I pretty much have to say I’m self taught through observation, BUT I went to college for fine art and graphic art. I say I’m self taught, because at school, I was shunned for wanting to get into comics. It was a private college that had an art program headed by an Artist who wasn’t really interested in teaching as I would have hoped to be instructed.

What about Joe Kubert? A lot of previous featured artists on this site are alumni from there.

I had wanted to go to the Joe Kubert School. When I contacted them, I was told that they’d love to see my portfolio, see if I had what it takes to get in, but to be logical and rational, I should go to college to get a degree in business or something else, before I took a chance with the JKS. It sounds reasonable and logical. But did I listen? No. I have a Bachelors in Graphic and Fine art. I have a concentration in broadcast journalism and I almost had a minor in business. Just needed a few more credits.

I won’t say however, the experience at college was a total waste. I learned a lot about street smarts in those years. And trust me, although you learn a lot inside the classroom you learn even more outside. Put them together and hopefully you succeed in the outside world. That’s my little tip of the day for anyone wanting to be an artist or go to college! (Just don’t go to party!)

Haha . . good tip.
But make sure you do party a little. Must have a little play in your life. What happened after college?

I have drawn off and on throughout my life. I did it as a kid, and I was off in my own little world for so long. I didn’t do it all that much after I got out of college. I worked for various art departments in various fields, but the whole ‘Wanted: Graphic Artist” classifieds that I’d answer, only wanted a typesetter for ads. NOT what a graphic artist, in my eyes, is supposed to do. So I really didn’t draw a lot from 1997 to 2003. I would try to draw at times but the work was lacking in discipline. I was as I said, learning through obvservation. And eventually told I should look into animation artwork. I liked it, and started to practice that a bit more frequently. about 2004 I joined deviantART.com and have since then deleted a lot of my first posted pieces. Just trust me, they look A LOT different than what you see now on there. As of last year (June of ‘08) I was accepted to work on the Marvel Masterpiece 3 sketch card series and after that, things really picked up for me with my artwork. Commissions and requests to work on projects.

You mentioned in the intro you are also a photographer. Care to elaborate on that?

As a kid, I wanted to be a cop and a photographer like my Dad. That ‘dream’ changed through the years and I didn’t even want to be a photographer by the time I hit High School. But I have a knack for it after 34 years of being around it, a lot of what is needed to photograph people is instinctual within me. F stops, film speed, shutter speeds… I don’t use a light meter, I just somehow figure out in my head what I need. I will say, I miss film based cameras, but having digital around, you at least see the results right away, instead of having to guess and pray you took a great photo, after a day or so of development and printing.

Being a photographer also has helped me a bit with some of my artwork. Composition, color, lighting… all these come into play with my artwork (and yours too obviously.) A photographer paints with light, while an artist uses pencils and brushes.

Today, I own the Photography Studio business and have implemented my artwork as another service to the studio. It’s really just me anymore. My parents retired and handed off the family business to me. I do more artwork than photography these days. Too many people have their own cameras and think they can do better than a professional, which they find out eventually… they should have gone to a professional in the first place because of some mistake they made during photographing the family get-together.

I seem to ask this question to everyone but how would I describe my artwork?

Decent (laughing) No, I’d have to say it’s leaning more towards an animation style lately? I’ve been told I have a ‘Don Bluth’ feel to my work, but honestly, I don’t see it. Not that that is a bad thing mind you. My pinups look different than my sequential work. Not that that’s a bad thing. I’d like to change the two around sometimes. My different influences can be seen distinctively between the two. Sequentials look more like animation, while the pinups look a little more like what you’d see from Adam hughes, Frank Cho, Terry Dodson, Stephane Roux (I just wish it was up to their level of awesomeness (laughing) )

Thanks so much for your time and good luck with your artwork and your photography!

For more on Jon Riggle :

• http://comicartcommissions.com/riggle.html
• ComicArtFan Site
• Deviant Art Page

Death (Halloween) :

Zatanna (Halloween) :


Black Cat (Halloween) :


Poison Ivy (Halloween) :

For more of Dean’s eBay auctions, click here.

Final :

Sketch :

Poison Ivy

Harley Quinn

Black Cat

Jean Grey

Link to :
Frank Kadar’s eBay page

A birthday cupcake image from upcoming featured Violet. (Don’t worry Violet . . your post is still on my schedule!)

And finally I also started a series of comic writing posts covering various topics.

• Plot Lines – What’s going on?
• Narrative – The voice in my head

Images from older posts :

Green Lantern Sequential Work
Like the sequence and the flow of the story. A very nice piece.

Black Cat
You can never go wrong with a sexy Black Cat pin-up.