Fan Art week kicks off with this FIRST Zurida fan art by Roland Perez! He really captured her design wonderfully. Thanks, Roland!
I’ve heard whispers of more fan art coming my way. I can guarantee at least one piece from me–a design for a brand new villain you’ll be seeing in the strip soon (okay, that’s not technically fan art, but still…) If you would like to submit to Fan Art, please send along what you got to me at bwhheasley (at) gmail (dot) com.
Greetings, once again, SuperFans! Marc here with another illustration to share. This time it’s not superhero or comic book related, though so I hope you’ll enjoy it. The other day I thought it would be fun to draw one of the most iconic performers of the 1970′s punk scene, Joey Ramone.
I was experimenting here with a more fluid and cartoony style than I normally use for The SuperFogeys. The basic structure of the drawing is inspired, oddly enough, by Dr. Seuss. Seuss is a huge influence in my house, and having just celebrated his birthday this past Saturday (3/2/13) his style was fresh in my mind. (Fun fact: Dr. Seuss was born in the city I call home!)
Here's a pic I snapped of the blue line roughs I sketched out for this piece.
After sketching Joey out in a Seuss-esque style with a light blue colored pencil, I then inked over it on a sheet of marker paper taped over the original sketch.
Nearly complete inks.
For the inking, I wanted the look to be bolder than what I normally do, so I opted to use a black Prismacolor marker with a nice fat brush tip for all the heavy lifting. I then went back and cleaned up some of the line work with a Pigma Micron pen. The original actually measures 14″ x 17″, much bigger than I normally draw at.
After scanning, I colored in my usual fashion in Photoshop. When I color, I usually create a solid color layer for each major color in the piece, then create a layer mask based on a selection of the area I want colored. This allows me to easily adjust the colors if I need to after it’s all colored in without any hassle. For instance, I originally had Joey’s hair set as a darker shade of grey, but after laying in the background color, it didn’t “pop” like I wanted, so with a quick adjustment I was able to play with it and get it just right. The background also has a subtle grainy layer over it to give it some texture. This was created by making some quick gradients then playing with some noise, half tone screen, and blur filters.
So, there you have it. I hope you didn’t mind a little insight into my process. Let me know what you think and if you’d like to see more postings like this one.
Hey all, I know you’ve been patiently waiting for your Sourcebook & Adventure Game and we’re working real hard behind the scenes to get it out to you as quickly as possible, but I thought you’d like to see a little something Paul Lidberg over at Team Frog Studios posted this past week–The Spy Gal figure sculpt!
This was a late addition to the Kickstarter–you guys juuuuust made the goal in time to unlock Spy Gal. And I’m so glad you did. She looks incredible and, somehow, sculptor Gene Van Horne got her hair right. That’s tough to do. Believe me, I know.
Thanks again everyone for your incredible support of this project. Books coming soon! You can read all of the most recent updates right here.
Been a little while since some fan art was thrown our way. This fantastic piece comes to us from Tony Esteves of the webomic Legendary Woodsman! Tony really captured Sam’s noble spirit, as you can well see. Great work, Tony!
Want to see to share your SuperFogeys fan art with the world? Send it along to me at bwhheasley (at) gmail (dot) com.
Greetings, SuperFans! It’s your Friendly Neighborhood Fogeys artist here. Another summer blockbuster movie season is fast approaching and one film I’m really looking forward to this year is Iron Man 3. Recently a new teaser poster was released which I think is heads and shoulders above most movie posters these days. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out here.
My first impression of this poster is how it would make for a cool retro Mighty Marvel comic book cover. So, I tried my hand at drawing the classic Iron Man, worked some Photoshop coloring magic, added some Marvel-esque cover copy, and slapped on an old logo to create this parody mock up of the Iron Man 3 poster. What do you think?
Credit where credit is due, the logo, Comics Code seal, and corner box are originally from the real Iron Man #3 first published in July of 1968. I changed the month to May to reflect the movie’s opening date.
I’m a huge fan of the classic Marvel look from the 60′s and 70′s and creating this piece was both fun and educational for me. This piece serves as a little love letter to the Marvel Age of comics as well as to a great modern movie poster.
Here's a look at the original inks before all the Photoshop magic.
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