JLDudes

This was just a quick superman sketch, but then it kind of finished itself, then it arbitrarily added the rest of the Justice League gentlemen in and around the empty space.  

I couldn't find any definitive (or one that even really makes any sense) seam work on supermans new krypto costume... so... this is what ya get

Ink Pen. 8.5x11
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Bonus: Green Lantern

Green Lantern.  Sinestro.

I'll be finishing up the remaining pieces very soon!  The End is in sight!
Special thanks to Ryan.  It's great to get that much support.

11x17.  Ink Pen.
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I, Vampire

I, Vampire focuses on Andrew Stanton, a very strong and very old vampire that for whatever reason stands on the human side of a new, but old war.  Mary, the queen of the damned has ended their truce and is now ready to turn earth into a giant blood bank.  Ouch.

Joshua Hale Failkov writes
Andrea "Miss moody inks" Sorrentino draws.

Ink. 11x17

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Blue Beetle

Jamie Reyes, reluctant...or unsuspecting teen superhero: The Blue Beetle.  Alien tech (with a scarab motif) that can transform into pretty much anything has fused with the poor boy, now he's fighting the good fight.

Update:  Not the best, but I threw on some colours.

Written by Tony Bedard
Art by Ig Guara

Ink. 8.5x11

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Bonus: Nightwing

Dick, you're gonna give yourself a really bad crick in the neck looking up in the sky like that.

What? Are you mad at the moon?!

Red robin bonus

Red Robin thinks so hard he looks sad. But he's not. He's just thinking.

Thinking hard.

About his cool hair.

8.5x11. Ink pen/marker.

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The Savage Hawkman is savage.

Hawkman!

Many iterations over the years.  Or I guess source, or origin of powers, this one seems to combine the usual suspects.  Egyptian god + Nth Metal + Wing harness + Carter Hall = Hawkman.

He can wing (pardon the pun) any kind of weapon since the Nth metal is a malleable and almost liquid metal (hence why the golden axe has texture).  It can transform into any shape he wants... he'd be a marvel in the kitchen no doubt.  But since he's a hothead superhero that likes to hit things, its usually maces, swords and axes.  You know, savagey stuff.

I hear the infamous Rob Liefeld will be handling the plotting duties for a while.

11x17. Ink Pen. Marker.

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Static Shock

A teen superhero with Electricity powers.  Was part of the "Milestone" comic book line introduced in the 90's.  An admirable effort to spotlight black superheroes.  To its detriment, though I understand the desire to make it appeal to the most readers, all the characters were parallels of popular superheroes.  But I guess most new characters are anyway.  This character, as well as others from the Milestone line were folded into the New52 DC universe. But only Static shock got his own title this time around.

Sad to say, it has been canceled.  I didn't think I would run out of time to showcase drawings on all the 52 before any of the titles were canceled...

So this is a stand up ode to a fallen title.  Im sure he'll be around elsewhere in DC anyway.

Written and drawn by Scott McDaniel (LOVED his nightwing run WAAAAAAAAAAAY back).

8.5x11.  Ink Pen and Marker.

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Birds of prey

A group of DC heroines join up and fight injustice together.  There's a base team, and other female members from the universe sub in, depending on the needs of the scenario.  I've only read issue #4 and it was alot of fun.

Dug a bit deeper for this one.  Especially since women are NOT my forté.

Doing a lot of inking in the new year.  I'm finding it hard to see the need to pencil (after blue pencil construction) when you can just leap to inks... Lots of posts to come.

11x17. Ink pen. makers.

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Deathstroke

Deathstroke, the Terminator.  He's an age-before-beauty, one-eyed bad-ass was more typically a "bad guy" in the old DC, now he's more of a force-of-nature mercenary.

I was actually quite surprised how much I liked this title.  Maybe cause I wasn't expecting much...?

Fun title written by Kyle Higgins and drawn by Joe Bennet.

Finally started using PITT Faber-Castell ink markers.  Where have they been all my life? lol.

8.5x11. Ink Marker.

Captain Atom

Captain Atom, your primative intellect wouldn't understand, but he handles things like alloys and compositions and things with... molecular structures.

Written by JT Krul and drawn by Freddie Williams II

11x17. Ink Pen.

Nightwinging

Nightwing.

Original Robin, Dick Grayson, after a turn at being The Batman (a second time) for a while is back as Nightwing... again.  Not confusing.  I promise.

Just a couple sketches.

I fought a pretty taxing bout of "loss of artistic confidence" (as my therapist called it) to continue drawing and do some pretty ambitious things this year.

11x17. Pencil. Pen. Marker.

Fury of Firestorm!!!

Firestorm is the ongoing adventures of two dudes that can't stand eachother, have the "firestorm" transformational super-powers (scientifically can transform elements into other elements, turn fire into water, baking soda into gold, stuff like that) which they are in control of but should they lose control, get angry, they combine to make a horrific elemental monster firestorm.

Gail Simone and Ethan Van Sciver did write, but now Joe Harris and Ethan Van Sciver write the monthly title, with Yilderay Cinar on art.

11x17. Ink Pen

I need a super-duper colourist to finish this up for me!

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Green Arrow

Now the Batman Parallels are unavoidable... but rich mega-mogul Oliver Queen decides to buy super gadgets and fight crime.  Namely a Bow and arrow.  known for his "trick arrows" like... the punching glove arrow.

He was a jolly swashbuckling like fellow, but has since become more cerebral and serious.  No punching glove arrows anymore.  sadly.

JT Krul WAS writing, but now Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgans, along with Dan Jurgans on art duties provides us with the monthly adventures.

8.5x11. ink pen, photoshop

Batman & Robin

Ok so, I wasn't happy with the OTHER sketch as my Batman & Robin entry.  I definitely dug much deeper for this piece.  Batman & Robin leaping outta the Batmobile!

And the media difference (ink vs. pencil) is very much noticable.  I bought a Faber-Castell Pitt brush marker, quite a famous tool in the comic book and graphic fields, but I had yet to try.  I liked its ease of use for sure (spotting blacks has always been difficult for me, this helps negotiate with your fear of "wrecking it").

Batman & Robin is the comic of Bruce Wayne and his SON Damian Wayne working out the dynamic of being crime-fighting partners and having family drama. Written by Peter Tomasi and Drawn by Patrick Gleason

11x17. Pencil & Ink

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