Ben Grimm: Clobberin’ Time!

This piece was done for my good friend, Steve Funnell (http://brokenhill.deviantart.com/), who might be the greatest Thing fan of all time! Steve and I are both fans of the classic Kirby-era FANTASTIC FOUR, so it seemed only fitting that I make this drawing a salute to Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, Stan Lee and the classic era of Marvel! Ben is rendered in brush inks, while the floating heads are rendered in “B” graphite pencil for contrast. Benjamin Grimm is a character who carries the weight of the world on his shoulders, so I wanted to symbolize this in the image layout. That’s why all the heads on this image float above him and not below in the composition. This piece was an absolute pleasure to draw! I love drawing the Thing, the FF, the Hulk, Galactus, and Doctor Doom, so this was just a blast! I even got to draw Wyatt Wingfoot! Wyatt Wingfoot!!! There’s a first time for everything! Hold on to your hats, Yancy lads–“IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME!!” What a revolting development…

Ben Grimm: Clobberin Time

Ben Grimm: Clobberin' Time

Nightwing

Leaping about with the city of Bludhaven behind him, Nightwing is on the lookout for criminals great and small! This piece was a lot of fun to do. I drew this for PencilJack.com‘s annual “Christmas Art Swap.” I was very pleased with how this turned out. I haven’t read a Nightwing book since the late ’90s, but I’ve drawn Nightwing many, many times for DC Comics and in commissions and convention sketches. I think this is my favorite drawing of him that I’ve done over the years. Hang on to it, DDeal12!

Nightwing

Nightwing

Father’s Day

FATHER’S DAY is the latest horror flick from TROMA STUDIOS (the people who brought us TOXIC AVENGER). When the director of the film commissioned me to draw an image featuring the lead characters from the movie, I was happy to oblige. He was kind enough to help me with reference materials, and I set out to do a nice collage image. I particularly liked drawing the girl. That’s me in a nutshell. An artist who enjoys drawing cute babes and horrible monsters. It’s no wonder that my favorite movie is the original 1933 KING KONG!

Fathers Day commission

Father's Day commission

Cup Cake Assassin

This was an unusual commission. It was for someone in Malaysia who wanted to present the image as a gift–a digital background for her friend’s computer. The idea here is that a female assassin has slain another lady via a poison kiss, stealing her giant cupcake! Out on the balcony, the assassin wields her sugar-sweet prize, and we are able to see the body of the victim on the penthouse floor behind her. This one was quite a challenge to do, but it was fun to work in the Batman animated style again, and I enjoyed playing around with textures and color. I had a lot of fun drawing the mesh on the assassin’s costume too!

Cupcake Assassin

Cupcake Assassin

Zatanna Commission

This was a commission of one of my favorite DC characters! Zatanna (“Zee” to her friends) is just updating her facebook status with a little help from her magic spell. Who needs typing when you can wave a wand and say stuff backwards? LOL.

Zatanna updates Facebook

Zatanna updates Facebook

Suicide Squad Commission 2

This is another SUICIDE SQUAD cover done for collector, Bill Cox. It features the Squad about to have a showdown with Gorosaurus. The Squad is flying via Bell Rocket Belts, while Gorosaurus is wrecking the Arc De Triomphe in Paris. Paris has sure taken a beating in these last two commissions! This piece was drawn on 11″X17″ bristol, and inked with a Raphael Kolinsky brush. The title and other lettering is also done by hand.

Suicide Squad Commission #2

Suicide Squad Commission #2