New Feist!
Although gaining super, whoa-tastic, Over-exposed popularity for 1,2,3,4.. Feist released this energetic and beautifully simple video. Ch-Ch-Ch-Check It out!
1.23.2008
1.18.2008
Sketch-o-rama
Man. Busy last couple of days. I moved (and not totally unpacked), had some serious freelance work to do, and had to wait a few days to get my internet rolling again. But, I still managed to keep drawing on my sketchbook. Tomorrow Shal and I are heading to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, so I hope to post those future sketches sooner than a rabbit teaches a potato how to tap dance. Word.
1.16.2008
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Nick Dewar
I found Nick Dewar's website browsing the Drawn blog a week or so ago. His style is simple, yet his images are strong and the colors he chooses for each illustration makes the images punch you in the face and get you to pay attention. I also enjoy the fact that he has a section in his website where he gives you a step by step process to how he comes up with a finished illustration. I am always intrigued by how artists approach their work and get their end result. And this satisfies me to no end. Here are some of my favorite illustrations from his on-line portfolio:
As for me, I was in the middle of a move this past weekend. Now that I am 30% settled in (most everything is still in boxes and it's hard to live that way), I will try to catch up with my posting responsibilities. Weeee!
1.15.2008
Artist Spotlight: Ryan Sook
Ryan Sook is an American comic book artist from San Jose, California. He has worked on B.P.R.D. (a spin-off of Hellboy), Arkham Asylym: Living Hell, The Spectre, Hawkman, Seven Soldiers: Zatanna, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel. He also illustrated X-Factor, written by Peter David at Marvel Comics. His style bears a strong resemblance to Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes.
I came across his artwork back in 2002 when he first pencilled an issue of the first run of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' comic books. He later went on to do one more story, and afterwards I did not come across his work until he pencilled and covered the re-launch of Peter David's 'X-Factor'. His style improved and grew immensely by this point and I found that his dark, noir-ish style fit the book beautifully. You can tell from the X-Factor Cover I places below that his style is very detailed and beautifully shadowed.
This wraps Laz's "Comic-Book-o-Obsess-o" Segment of PID. :)
Comments? Thoughts?
1.11.2008
1.09.2008
Sleeping Man
1.08.2008
1.06.2008
1.05.2008
1.04.2008
1.03.2008
Artist Spotlight: John Cassaday
John Cassaday is an American comic book artist and writer. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas and currently lives in New York City. His style is highly detailed and uses relatively realistically-proportioned human characters.
Cassaday started out in 1993 by drawing a story in Negative Burn before providing art for Dark Horse Comics's Ghost in 1996. After this he became the main artist on Desperadoes. He then started getting work with DC and Marvel at the end of 1997 .
He is best known for his work on Planetary with writer Warren Ellis, Astonishing X-Men with Joss Whedon and Captain America.
Cassaday has won the following awards for his professional, and outstanding work in the comic book business:
* 2000 - nominated for Best Cover Artist Eisner Award for Planetary
* 2006 - won Best Penciller/Inker Eisner Award for Astonishing X-Men and Planetary
Cassaday's work is hands down the best comic book work i've seen in my years of reading, and truly captures a range of emotion and intensity in his characters. His panel work and layouts are cinematic and breathtaking. Anyone interested in the world of illustration or design needs to pick up one of the Astonishing X-Men Trade paperbacks and take a look at the work. It doesn't disappoint.
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