Friday, April 28, 2006
Another "one and only" Spider-man.
This is a plaque that I made for a co-worker to give to her son for Christmas about 3 years ago. She chose the picture (I believe I would have chosen a different one, I don't really like this pose very much. It was her plaque, though and I aim to please.) When I had completed this, another co-worker asked for one when she saw it. Her version had a web behind him. I didn't keep a picture of it.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
The ever popular Catwoman
Here is one of the big favorites with the fans (as you can tell by the number of plaques featuring Catwoman that I have posted the picture in this blog.) This picture was taken from the cover of a Wizard magazine and I believe the artist is Jim Balent. Balent's Catwoman was the best one to date, much better than the current version, which in my opinion is the worst one ever created.
Monday, April 24, 2006
The Wall Crawler, Spider-man
Here is a plaque with a picture of Spider-man clinging to a wall. The person who requested this downloaded it off the internet, but I don't have the reference. Whoever drew the picture was an excellent artist. I particularly like the effect of the shadow on the wall.
I am getting to the end of the pictures I have of previous plaques. I'm going to have to get busy and make some more. I hope to have an update on the current commission by this weekend.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Rogue, The X-men's beautiful Southern Belle
Here is a picture of the ever popular Rogue. This picture was taken from a trading card. I believe Joe Jusko was the artist, but I can't say for sure.Rogue started out as a villain, in fact she was the one who stole Ms Marvel's powers back in Avengers Annual #10 I believe it was. She has since become one of the popular X-men members.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Vampirella, or where's Buffy when you need her?
It doesn't take a genius to figure out why she's a favorite with the fan boys. This character is requested a lot and you can see why. It comes really close to violating my no nudity/pornographic pictures rule.
This was part of a set. The person who requested it also requested a companion plaque with Lady Death.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Deep down, I'm really a Shi person.
Here is another plaque of the ever incredible Shi. She is always a fan favorite. I have yet to do a plaque of her in color though, since no one is asking for it, maybe I should do it just for the heck of it.Monday, April 17, 2006
Lets go Nova
Here is an interesting character. I remember when he was introduced in the 70s and was supposed to be the next Spider-man. We all know that didn't happen, in fact Nova faded away for awhile after his book was cancelled. He has been revived a couple of times but has never really been one of Marvel's mainstays.This picture was a challenge. I needed to show the image of speed as it was depicted in the picture supplied. That's not always an easy thing to do when you are dealing with burning the picture. (The color helps a little though.)
All in all, the picture turned out pretty well.
Saturday, April 15, 2006
As promised, an update on the current commission.
Here is, the update on the current commission. It is hard to see right now because so far it is just drawn on the plaque. I have to put Green Lantern in the upper right corner still, then I can begin the process of actually burning it.If you compare it to the picture in the first post regarding this plaque you will see that only the front three characters are from the original picture. I found that the characters in the background did not have enough detail to make them look good so I found different pictures of the characters in similar poses to the original. It should be a much better product at the end this way.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
"The Death of Gwen Stacey" or Spider-man vs The Green Goblin
Here's a classic. I took this picture from the cover of Amazing Spider-man #122. (Follow that link, there is a pretty good write-up of the issue there and a full color picture of the cover.) This was an interesting scene to do. There is some good action shown in the picture and I like the way the artist (I beleive it was Gil Kane) has it laid out. I had fun reproducing his work. I should probably do this again in color, just for the fun of it.Click here to check out more artwork by this phenominal artist.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
The Avengers' beautiful Scarlet Witch
Here is a nice picture of the Avengers' witchy member. When used correctly she is one of the more interesting characters in the Marvel Universe. Her history is very interesting, she went from being the shy timid "protected" sister of Quicksilver to becoming one of the only people who can kick Ultron's butt!
I haven't read the "Disassembled" storyline but I understand she was turned into a butt kicking badguy. I read a few reviews that blasted Marvel for doing this to her. I guess it worked, they got their readers to react.
I don't know where the guy who asked for this got the picture.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Continuing with X-men characters, Psylocke
Here is a nice picture of Psylocke. It was taken from a trading card (sorry I don't remember which card series). I found it to be an excellent rendering of this character and I enjoyed making it. The person who requested it was pleased also.
The current commission is coming along nicely. I'll try to get a picture up by this weekend.
Friday, April 07, 2006
X-men's most popular character, Wolverine.
Wolverine, or Logan, has long been one of the most popular characters that Marvel Comics has ever created. The issue when he first appeared in The Incredible Hulk goes for big bucks on eBay. Check it out:
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Wolverine captured my attention in the X-men comics in the 70s when I was a kid. He quickly became my favorite superhero (and that was before it was cool!) I enjoyed making this plaque for a friend.
This is the way I like him, I have seen some artists give him an extremely feral look, but to me that takes away from his character. (Just my $.02.)
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=hulk+181&category0=Wolverine captured my attention in the X-men comics in the 70s when I was a kid. He quickly became my favorite superhero (and that was before it was cool!) I enjoyed making this plaque for a friend.
This is the way I like him, I have seen some artists give him an extremely feral look, but to me that takes away from his character. (Just my $.02.)
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Spongebob's best friend Patrick
This guy is one of the most entertaining characters on television. I started collecting "Patrick" things (figures, pencils, christmas ornaments, etc) when I was told at work that I reminded a friend of Patrick. I had no idea who he was at the time so I asked my daughter when I got home. She was much younger and was watching Spongebob as often as we would permit. She informed me that Patrick was "Spongebob's stupid friend, why?" I mumbled something about being "curious" and then couldn't wait to get to work the next day. We laughed so hard the next day that my sides hurt, and ever since the Patrick items have been accumulating at my house. Even my wife buys Patrick stuff now.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Benjamin "The Thing" Grimm and the Incredible Hulk
Here is a plaque based on a picture drawn by my favorite artist, George Perez. This picture was take from the last panel of Fantastic Four issue #166.
In my opinion, Mr Perez is the greatest comic artist ever to work in the field. I enjoy reproducing his work more than any other artist (as can be seen by the number of plaques I have done based on his work.)
He has worked on just about every title worth reading from both DC Comics and Marvel Comics.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
The ever incredible Shi.
This is a plaque featuring Shi, a real fanboy pleaser. This was a fun plaque to do, and as you can see there is quite a bit of detail, especially in her clothing (what there is of it). I have yet to make a color plaque of this character, hmm, maybe I should put that on my list of things to do.Monday, April 03, 2006
Marvel Comics' Elektra
This is a plaque that I created almost 6 years ago. I just re-discovered the picture and in checking my previous postings I see that it hasn't been posted before. The gentleman who asked me to make this one supplied the picture and it is one of the best I have seen of Elektra. I'm not sure where he got the picture, but I have never been able to find it since.
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Banshee of X-men fame
Here is a nice picture of Banshee from the X-men. I don't think I've posted it here before. It was commissioned three or four years ago.
Banshee is one of the "original" characters of the New X-men when they were revived in the 70s. He joined at the time Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colusus, and Thunderbird did. If I remember right he was the first to leave the group (not counting Thunderbird who died after two or three issues). His sonic cry was damaged when his throat became injured. Anyway, here is a plaque featuring him after his return.
