Sunday, June 29, 2008

70 Years of Superman

Thanks to those who liked my Christopher Reeve 'Clark Ken't (and certainly he was the definitive Kent, as someone put it). Here's another tribute for Superman's 70th Birthday...I used a classic Chris Reeve pose from the 1978 movie (as well as the Kent farm):

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Ralph McQuarrie's original Darth Vader

Some more stuff, some new and some old. First up, I always wondered what the opening scene of Star Wars would have looked like with Ralph McQuarrie's original designs, so i painted this sketch up.



More tomorrow:-)

Monday, June 16, 2008

Vampirella, Clark + more Sophia

some stuff from various threads at The Drawing Board...

First, Harris Comics Vampirella had a real influence on me when i was growing up. No, not because of the skimpy costumes...but because it was my first introduction to amazing spanish comic book artists like José Gonzalez and Enrique Torres. Frazetta did some definitive Vampirella's of course, which is obviously a big influence as well. Here's my two tributes to her:





The other thread is for Superman's 70th birthday, so i did the late Mr. Reeve, who played Supes alter ego with just the right amount of bumbling innocence in the movies:



And finally, more Sophia practice: