I loved doing this piece, but now it’s even better! Check out these awesome colors from Steve Downer!

Steve’s done fantastic work for Marvel and DC. If you’re not familiar with him, do yourself a favor and check out his site: http://downerillustration.com/ Tell him Loston sent ya!

Pencils by Loston, colors by Steve Downer

Recently a gentleman named Wes contacted me about doing a commission for his wife, Nessie, who had just received a promotion at work. Nessie’s birthday was fast approaching, and Wes wanted to surprise her with something special. Both were fans of the CW television series,  SMALLVILLE, so I was asked to draw a cast member from the show–either Clark, Lois or Chloe– holding up a copy of the Daily Planet with a congratulatory headline.  I chose to draw Chloe Sullivan, who is actually my favorite character on the show. I’m pleased to find out that Nessie liked the drawing, and that this birthday present was a smashing success!

Smallville's Chloe Sullivan

Nate Lovett is a talented cartoonist who is also a heck of a colorist. Nate was kind enough to grace some of my pencil art with some hues, so I thought I’d post some of those. Check out his color skills on my Buffy, Hellboy and the Phantom drawings! I’m particularly fond of the Phantom colors. The aging effect Nate employed on the coloring really made the drawing feel very classical!

By the way, don’t forget to check out Nate’s site at http://www.natelovett.com/

Buffy the Vampire Slayer--colors by Nate Lovett

Hellboy--colors by Nate Lovett

The Phantom--colors by Nate Lovett

Cory McNutt received his copy of MYTHOS and his free art a few weeks back.  Being a fan of Greek Myths, I was very happy to obligue Cory when requested that I draw his MINOTAUR hero for him! It sure was fun to illustrate!

Jeff Bigler is a good friend of mine, and a talented artist in his own right.  He and I used to be teammates on the CITY OF HEROES online game. When Jeff pre-ordered his copy of MYTHOS from me this year, he requested that I draw his principle character, SATURN-KNIGHT for him. I hope you [...]

Here’s a couple more of the free drawings I did for Kris Fenol, who pre-ordered two copies of my 2009 sketchbook, MYTHOS. The first drawing is of Kris’s character, BAYANI, a martial arts hero with the power to manipulate fire into weapontry!  The second character, PLANET GIRL is a creation of Marcy Fitz-Randolf. Hope you [...]

Here’s a drawing I did of Steve Rude and Mike Barron’s NEXUS character. For those of you who live under a rock, NEXUS was first published in the ’80s, and enjoyed a 101 issue run, recently coming to a close with the “SPACE OPERA” storyline.   I enjoyed NEXUS tremendously, and Steve Rude’s incredible artwork has made [...]

Another “MYTHOS” drawing; this one for Jason: “Solid Snake” from the Metal Gear Solid–complete with mullet! Thanks, man!

Another MYTHOS drawing, here’s Mike Mignola’s Hellboy, going out to John Harman (a.k.a. Harmakhet on the Ugga Bugga board). I hope you like it, John; it’s always fun to get a chance to draw this character. I’m a huge fan of “Hellboy”; I really enjoyed drawing this. Look for your book and drawing in your [...]

From Frank Miller’s “The Dark Knight Returns,” here’s Carrie Kelly as the slingshot-wielding Robin. This one’s going out to NickGuy on PJ. Book will be in the mail tomorrow, man!