Spidey Done.

Spiderman is the greatest superhero on the planet, man. Period. And for me, Doc Ock is the quintessential Spidey villain. That might be because Doc Ock was the only Spidey baddie I had an action figure of as a kid... but still.

This was a lotta fun. A perfect chance to be silly (hence Doc Ock pining after Aunt May. Ya know, they dated once? True story...) I wanted this piece to be action-y, but retain a silliness that I think is key to Peter Parker. Peter's a quirky guy, and I can relate, so I tried to put that across in this piece.

So often doing art can fall into "work", but there's nothing like feeling like a kid again to make you remember just how fun drawing comics can be.

I think I'm gonna have to do more of these. A Batman one might be fun for the next one... :)

-Rob!

Spidey Incomplete.

Been a slow last couple days waiting for Editors and all that fun stuff, so I decided to play around a bit. Ya know, I've never done a full color Spidey piece before. How is that possible?

I'll wrap up colors on this tomorrow. Yawn...

-Rob!

Hells Yeah.

Yeah....It's still in development.

And it will still rock your socks.

-Rob!

TS Colors.

First attempt at full color with this technique. A lot more muted and dark than I usually go, but I think it fits the book.

Still a few tweaks I want to make to it, but it's heading where I want it to be.

-Rob!

TS Inks.

Testing that ink wash technique on Page 1 of my next Teddy Scares 10 page story.
Same deal as before: Light pencils laid down, then I cover the whole page with Luma brand Amber Yellow ink mixed with water. After it dries, I work out the lineart with black brush and pen, then shadows are dropped in with tan and sepia Copic markers. Highlights are added with a Presto white-out squeeze pen. Maybe a bit low-tech, but I like it. I also pushed around some ink with my fingers here and there just for a little dirtying-up texture.

Not a lotta people know that I have my degree in Painting (what a degree), so it was really fun treating this like a little mini-painting instead of a comic page. I'm definitely gonna be using this technique more.

Now, for the Photoshopping...

-Rob!

Hester.

Testing a new look for Teddy Scares. This one uses pen and light amber ink, brush, Copic Marker, white-out and a little Photoshop blue color filter.

-Rob

Daredevil Commission.

A few months back, I got hit up by Greg McQueen, a comic collector who's currently doing a series of Daredevil cover recreations. I'm a big DD fan, so I jumped on it. Fun stuff. And a Kirby cover, no less.

Here's what I came up with. Pen, ink, Copic Marker, acrylic paint and a few other goodies.

As an artist that works regularly with computers, it's a whole other test to work without the safety net of Ctrl-Z. I liked it a lot, and I'm definitely gonna do more of this sorta thing.

Again, for commission queries, hit up rob@robguillory.com.

Peace,
Rob!