so heres an update with some pieces i was pretty excited about with a little blog on how i came about them. feel free to skip if you dont want to be bored and just want to see some killer art
transformers #4 page 6 by daniel warren johnson
for a while DWJ was not on my radar at all, i followed his art rep so would see some art from him including his commissions which at the time i thought were a little too outside the box for me. but the more i saw, the more i understood his art and i really grew to love and appreciate it. hes a super nice dude too, i was fortunate enough to meet him at C2E2 last year
ive wanted to get an original piece by him for a while, i wish i had been more interested in original art when his "do a powerbomb!" pages were going up but just wasnt at that point yet. hes drawing the first six issues of the new transformers comic which is also a property i love so i wanted to take a shot if i could. i was picky in what i wanted though:
- had to have my favorite transformers soundwave and optimus
- had to have his trademark speed lines
- had to have a drawn sound effect
- and if at all possible have a wrestling move
this piece checked all the boxes with the wresting move being a hulk hogan "big foot" kick to the face
the goon by eric powell
when i started customizing statues i told myself if i ever get to a point i thought i was "good" there were two characters i wanted to do statues of - luther strode and the goon. i still wanted to do commissions after i received the first few of my favorite characters so decided my "theme" would be characters that i have done statue conversions of. the goon statue is now ready for tailoring and paint so i have had two commissions done of him, each one is good but didnt carry the gravity of what the project meant to me
last week i hopped on comicartfans for the hell of it and looked up goon art and my eyes just about fell out of my face when i saw this was for sale. this page by eric powell himself was the cover of a magazine AND a picture i used as control art when i was working with the sculptor doing the portrait for my statue. the price was very reasonable, much less than i ever expected something like this to be so i snagged it
skeletor by chris stevens
chris stevens is in my opinion the best color artist working today, i have no idea how he does what he does. this page here is acrylics - acrylics!?! i wanted to get a skeletor piece for a new 80s / 90s themed display room and i knew he was the man for the job. to say im blown away by this would be an understatement, it is absolutely gorgeous in person. i believe he ended up making prints of this so that was kind of cool too being able to have the original
edit: just noticed this scan has the felix comic art watermark in the upper left corner - rest assured thats not on the actual piece