As I mentioned yesterday, I like drawing bricks.
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A Little Squeeze
I like drawing old buildings. I enjoy all the brick and title. There’s something something calming about laying down those stones. Traditional buildings don’t have the sharp edges of modern constructions so I’m less concerned when my lines aren’t that straight.
Fear the Raven’s Fist!
I’ve never been a big fan of the rich man vigilante superhero archetype. I like Batman and Zorro well enough but I can’t think of any other wealthy heroes that do much for me. Partly that’s because I’m not rich and likely never will be. Partly that’s because, it seems to me, there are more effective ways for a rich man to fight crime than to punch muggers. Punching bad guys is what you do when you can’t do much else.
This is the Raven. Yes, the Raven is a very similar name to the Crow. I’m pretty sure that was intentional. I liked the Crow comic. Unlike the Crow, the Raven is a living man. He’s a vigilante who fights crime on the streets.He doesn’t have any super powers. He’s a just a really good martial artist and crazy enough to think punching bad guys is a good way to spend his time.
I’ll probably never do anything with the character. Comics are full of costumed vigilantes. If I did make use of him I’d probably change his name.
Michaelangelo Void
Another piece from my 1993 portfolio. The character is Michaelango Void. He’s a John Constantine style magician – a bit of bastard, in other words. I did plan out a series of stories for him, back in the day, but, like most of the stories I’ve thought of, I didn’t get anywhere with them. I’d mostly forgotten about him until started looking through the portfolio.
Dragonslayer
I’ve given away a lot of art over the years. If I didn’t give it away I saved it. I’ve got illustrations, sketches and doodles dating back to before I was in kindergarten. I’m probably not going to post anything old. At least not more than a drawing or two. And not anytime soon. For the most part I’ll be sticking to work from after 1991. I started taking figure drawing classes that year and it made a huge difference in the way I drew. It’s only in recent years that I’ve come to appreciate work that I did prior to those classes and been willing share it online.
Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be posting images from a portfolio I put together in 1993. I wanted a nice selection of art to show to publishers at comic book conventions to entice them into giving me work.
This is the oldest piece in the portfolio, done shortly after I started taking the figure drawing classes.
