Merry Christmas. So. This is a thing. It’s a DC-ized cover recreation of the classic Marvel 25th Anniversary covers from 1986ish. I worked on it for over a month. I can’t make prints of it. It’s all digital, so there’s no original art. And 10 people will see this and maybe like it. Why? Why …
Orion Lightray Metron Big Barda Mr. Miracle Darkseid *** Today is the day. Happy 100th Birthday, Jack Kirby. Thought I’d mega-load today’s post with characters from Kirby’s magnum-opus, The New Gods/Fourth World saga. I have really enjoyed drawing most of these characters up to this point. I wish I hadn’t rushed through some of them …
When Kurt asked for Orion of the New Gods, I almost wanted to point out that I’ve already got an Orion drawing on the blog. But, since I didn’t actually draw that one (it’s a Kirby sketch that I “inked” and colored), I decided not to. Plus, I could get to draw the Astro Harness. …
I’ve never been a huge Jack Kirby fan, but lately I’ve been growing more and more fond of his work. I found this sketch online: And then “finished” it in Adobe Illustrator and tweaked in Photoshop.
