Ghost of Comics Past
Dedicated to My Master, Carlos Pacheco. EL VIENE POR TI!! This was a funny image I created as a joke for Carlos Pacheco. I had a dream where I was at a Christmas Party with Carlos Pacheco. In the dream, I was talking to him about drawing Jack Kirby’s the Black Racer. In real…
Original Thumbnails for the Garbageman Page I sent to Aaron Lopresti Note that Panel 1 was supposed to have “Shock Lines” and Panel 4 was supposed to have Tears, both of which (sadly) didn’t make it into the Final Version.
Mimicking and Learning from Master Bachalo. Studying Page Design, Panel Size, Silhouettes, Shading, Blank Space, Perspective, Camera Angle, Pacing, Balloons. Sun sets Shading. Camera moves Closer and Closer. Figure pops out at Reader
Dedicated to My Master, Aaron Lopresti. Testing ability to create a Finished Page of Art. Penciled, Inked, Colored, Cleaned Up. Measured Time Required. Standard Kirby 4-Panels, Part Serious, Part Humor
Mimicking and Learning from Master Liefeld. Studying Page Design, Panel Size, Body Language, Shading, Perspective, Camera Angle, Pacing, Balloons. Curiously, Panel 2 has No Borders. The Worm Looking Straight Up is Unusual and Effective
Mimicking and Learning from the Dragon, Master Larsen. Studying Page Design, Panel Size, Body Language, Silhouettes, Shading, Blank Space, Perspective, Camera Angle, Pacing, Balloons.
Testing my Capabilities. Drew Underdrawing, Inked, Rendered (Jim Lee+Windsor Smith+Byrne), and Colored (Simple per OSCR). Measured amount of time needed.
Color Test. Learned how long it takes to color, what the results look like, what inking standards are needed in order to color well, how much cleanup is required, and more. The #oldschoolcomicsrenaissance uses only simple flat colors like the old days.
Mimicking and Learning from the Legend John Byrne. Studying Page Design, Panel Size, Shading, Perspective, Camera Angle, Pacing, Balloons. Panel 2 focuses on the room more than Sue. Panel 3 has a unique perspective. Panel 5 is actually from behind.
Mimicking and Learning from the Legend Jim Lee. Focusing on Rendering in particular. This drawing was done on 12/12/2019.
Mimicking Byrne plus a Rendering Experiment. Combination of David Finch, Mike Mignola, Jack Kirby, Barry Windsor-Smith, and Jim Lee Rendering. Shows Promise but Needs Refinement. This was drawn on 12/12/2019.
Mimicking and Learning from Master Mignola. Studying Shading on a Skull from two different angles. This drawing was done sometime in 2017.