cherry valley forever
Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
Janaina Medeiros
noise dept.
Product Placement
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Andulka
Peter Solarz
pixel skylines
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Xuebing Du
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KIROKAZE
Cosimo Galluzzi
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
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Mike Driver
#extradirty
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At long last, the hip tutorial appears!
Poor neglected hips, such an awesome part of the body but so difficult to do *right*. It really just takes a few plotted landmarks and they’ll draw themselves, promise.
More tutorials and stuff at dianekraus.com
Good stuff!
Teen Titans Go + Hotwire
Did a commission for a friend of a friend who was diggin' the TTGO art I did awhile back. You can see the stages from sketch to final. Hoping she likes it!
Thor: Goddess Of War
Marvel minimal posters
Imagine a world where Film Studios actually commissioned artists to make minimalist posters instead of the oversaturated, over-Photoshoped, and under-imaginitive posters that are out there in the world today.
This is ESPECIALLY in the case of #Comic Book and Super Hero based productions.
We were given the gift of comics on the backs of Artist and writers who walk among some of us as gods. We should respect their efforts by helping those who seek to continue the legacy of telling stories through drawn art by making sure they never need finding themselves limited to just doing comics.
In the world of the Geek and Nerd these people are our soldiers. They are the brave men and women who hold the wall of everything that is beautiful, creative, and pop culture and say “Sleep tight, I’m on the watch today”
To the artists, the writers, the visionaries… I salute you!
Well done, and well said!
Madman by Becky Cloonan *
My friend Becky rocked this!
All about Villains - An Halloween series Available as a set of 10 cards here!
This is a really awesome set!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I recently did some storyboard shots for the good folks over at Nickelodeon. They had an idea for a TMNT game and asked if I could mock up a few scenes. What you see above is the first panel and snippets from a few other panels. Since we didn’t want to give anything way we figured this was the best way to show it. And I’m all for it since I usually can’t show any of this stuff!
25 Essential Expressions Challenge:
I did this awhile ago, but seemingly never posted it. I updated a few of the faces but it's mostly as it was when I first did it.
This is definitely the type of challenge I need, as consistency with a characters likeness (as well as doing expressions in general) is hard for me.
Kitty Pryde Sketch
Trying to keep the momentum going. I scrapped about 100 sketches before I got to a pose I liked, but wasn't ready to try to finish it at that point. Don't let the word sketch fool ya, it took me many hours to get to this point.
Berserker BarrAAAAGE!
*pulls into driveway* BERSERKER GARAGE!
*Glues magazine clip to construction paper* BERSERKER COLLAGE!
*puts flowers on your wrist* BERSERKER CORSAGE!
Hahahaha!
*grabs a glass of red wine then heads for the Hors d’oeuvres*
BERSERKER FROMAGE!
*worn out from a long day* BERSERKER MASSAGE!
*trains furiously for his next big battle while reminiscing about his troubled past*
BERSERKER MONTAGE!
*appreciates a low v-neck dress*
BESERKER DÈCOLLETAGE!
*walks around for hours in a desert and sees an oasis but it’s not really there*
BERSERKER MIRAGE!
*a bunch of people following a politician* BERSERKER ENTOURAGE! *taking out the trash* BERSERKER GARBAGE!
*angrily slices through an airplane with adamantium claws*
BERSERKER FUSELAGE!
"skins knee, heals instantly… no need for a"
BERSERKER BANDAGE!
*does home renovations* BERSERKER BRICOLAGE!
*does slow clap*
BERSERKER APPLAUSE!
Iron Man - Black Science homage by Matteo Scalera
This is sick. Love the use of blacks here.
process for New Avengers, Vol. 1 # 37, by Leinil Francis Yu.
I love his work!
Wonder Woman Art
This was a lot of fun but took way longer than I would have liked. Truth be told that's ll pieces, so this is no different. However, if I can keep on doing this more often as I have been, I'll get faster for sure. Enjoy!
Okay I understand artists charging more than mass producers for items. But your prices are a little high. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
I’ve said this a hundred times. Other artists have said this. People who aren’t even artists but care about others being able to support themselves from their work have said this. This is my job where I make my full time living. My prices are the way they are for a reason. And even if it weren’t my full time job I am performing a specialized skill producing luxury goods that takes time, money, and years to perfect. I deserve to be compensated for that work even if the money doesn’t go to basic survival necessities.
My products may be out of your price range, which is okay. That just means you aren’t my target market. But that doesn’t mean they are overpriced. And that doesn’t make it okay to walk around telling others what they should charge. There are a hundred resources on why artists price the way they do out there, please read the following and take some time to educate yourself:
- This is a “simple” forumla for pricing. It does not include any specifics and simply includes “expenses” as a lump category.
- A more in depth guide to pricing.
- Here is a post from Magweno which does a good job of summing up all the “hidden” costs in crafting. It also includes a discussion on whether the perceived value of art should be taken into consideration. It doesn’t even take into account sales, self employment, or income taxes. 15% of my income alone goes to self employment tax. 15-30% (depending on how much I made that year) will go to income tax.
- If you want to spend some money to learn, there is an entire book on ethical pricing.
- Another blog post from Mill Girl who writes further on what goes into pricing, arts and crafts as a luxury item, what you support when you purchase handmade, and who/what you harm when you devalue handmade.
- A tumblr post which highlights the pitfalls of people who undervalue art and their negative impact on the entire art community. This includes both artists undervaluing themselves and clients undervaluing artists.
- Here’s an article on pricing as a freelancer and industry standards. For the record I consider myself under the category “Someone with a few years of experience and a good portfolio: $50 - $85+/hr.” I can promise I am charging nowhere near $50 an hour, and close to $25 since I supplement my income with “passive income” from pattern sales.
And that is just a few of the resources out there available. I sincerely hope you will read them and stop spreading negative attitudes on pricing.
I love this. Thank you for putting this all together. This gives a really good insight into why we price things the way we do.
Great advice for you artists out there!
Catwoman:
Inspired by NYCC 2014, I rocked out this Catwoman art. Really happy with it, regardless of it's flaws.
Conan
Just having some fun after NYCC. So much inspiration I had to draw something!
Teen Titans Go Styled Art: Hotwire VS Terra
I had a lot of fun with this one. Terra is a great character and a battle with her and Hotwire would be intense!
