Craig's Art Blog

Illustration Friday- "Grounded"

2012-01-09T12:58:00.000-08:00

Illustration Friday- "Vanity"

2011-11-24T13:16:00.000-08:00

The word "Vanity" made me think of DORIAN GRAY...

Illustration Friday- "Silent"

2011-11-17T11:52:00.000-08:00

Only had time to do a quick sketch for this one...

Illustration Friday- "Scattered"

2011-10-18T14:02:00.000-07:00

Hulk vs MODOK

2011-10-13T13:20:00.000-07:00

This comic strip was done for the "Crank Those Panels" Contest on Comicvine.com

The contest asks artists to re-interpret a comic panel in their own style. Here is the original:

Duke of Darkness

2011-10-13T13:12:00.000-07:00

This is a redesign I did of a Public Domain Character, The Duke of Darkness.

Here's what the original character looked like:

Captain Cold 2099

2011-10-13T13:05:00.000-07:00

For a recent DC 2099 Contest on Comicvine.com.

Lil' Galactus

2011-10-09T04:11:00.000-07:00

This was a submission for TRDL-R3-WeeklyJam's recent Galactus Jam on DeviantArt.

Captain Flintlox

2011-09-25T14:27:00.000-07:00

CAPTAIN FLINTLOX- Intergalactic Pirate, Scourge of the Seven Solar Systems.

Created for the Character Creation Contest at comicvine.com. We were asked to "Create a unique and original character (human, alien, creature, monster, real, unreal, etc.) based on Pirates (buccaneers, privateers, New World, Old World, Somalian, barely alive, undead, etc.)"

Super-Boy-Wonder

2011-09-25T14:20:00.000-07:00

This is an amalgamation of Superboy and Robin I did for a recent Amalgam Contest over on comicvine.com.

The Crimson Clown

2011-09-25T14:03:00.000-07:00

A recent Remake/Remodel over on Whitechapel asked artists to redesign the character, The Crimson Clown. Here's what I came up with:

My artwork was also featured on bleedingcool.com.
Here's the info we were given on the original character:

"The Crimson Clown is Delton Prouse, a wealthy young bachelor, able veteran of The Great War, explorer, and all around adventurer who functions as a modern Robin Hood, stealing from the unjustly rich and returning money to helpless victims or worthy organizations. He dresses in a mostly white clown suit and uses a tear gas pistol (later this became a "gas gun")."

Dire Wolf

2011-09-25T13:53:00.000-07:00

This was a character design I did a little while ago for spiderbat87, a comicvine.com user, for his fan fiction story.

His brief was:
"My fan-fic is about a antihero, his name will ether be Dire Wolf, Grey Wolf or just The Wolf. He was lost in the wilderness of eastern Europe as a baby and was raised by a pack of Wolves. He has no superpowers but he is peak human and has animal agility and senses from being raised in the wild.
Dont make him to animalistic like say Wolverine or Sabertooth, I want him more like Catman or Black Panther who he is based on. Make his costume a dark greyish colour and also make him have claws and carrying some type of daggers."

Illustration Friday- "Ferocious"

2011-09-25T06:54:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday - Boundaries

2011-09-15T12:55:00.001-07:00

Illustration Friday- "Mysterious"

2011-09-08T13:09:00.000-07:00

A little late this week, but here it is anyway...

"In the dead of night, a mysterious figure moved between the trees..."

Marvel Alphabet

2011-09-01T07:02:00.000-07:00

Z is for Zemo

2011-08-31T08:01:00.001-07:00

Y is for Yellow Jacket

2011-08-30T07:08:00.001-07:00

Blue Beetles

2011-08-30T07:03:00.000-07:00

For this weeks jam at trdl-r3-weeklyjam on deviantart.

"This week's theme jam: Identity Crisis!
Draw two characters, who use the same costumed identity, encountering each other. They can be fighting, talking, making out, what have you. Any genre. Think Jim Rhodes vs Tony Stark in Iron Man armors, or two reincarnations of Dr. Who, Peter Parker vs. Ben Reilly, that sort of thing. Don't have to be the same PERSON, but the same identity."

X is for Xorn

2011-08-29T09:22:00.000-07:00

W is for Wolverine

2011-08-28T07:22:00.000-07:00

V is for Venom

2011-08-27T06:50:00.000-07:00

U is for Ultron

2011-08-26T09:07:00.001-07:00

T is for Thanos

2011-08-25T09:32:00.000-07:00

Covered - Spider Man # 383

2011-08-24T10:05:00.000-07:00

This is my first piece of artwork to be featured on the Covered blog (where artists get together to re-interpret existing comic book covers in their own style.)

This is my take on Amazing Spider Man #383

Here is what the original cover artwork looked like:

S is for Stingray

2011-08-24T08:01:00.000-07:00

R is for Rom

2011-08-23T07:30:00.000-07:00

Iron Fist

2011-08-22T14:20:00.000-07:00

Another quick piece for this weeks jam at trdl-r3-weeklyjam on deviantart.

The subject was simply "Fist"

Q is for Quicksilver

2011-08-22T07:24:00.000-07:00

SNIKT!

2011-08-22T07:15:00.000-07:00

This was a quick piece of work I did for this weeks jam at trdl-r3-weeklyjam on deviantart.

The subject was simply "Fist"

Deathblow 2099

2011-08-22T07:08:00.000-07:00

The recent DC 2099 contest on the Artist Forum at Comicvine asked us to design a futuristic version of the DC Comics characters Deathblow. Here's what I came up with:

P is for Paladin

2011-08-21T09:54:00.000-07:00

O is for Onslaught

2011-08-20T07:41:00.001-07:00

Illustration Friday: "Influence"

2011-08-19T10:37:00.001-07:00

"You are now under my power!"

I went with "Hypnotic influence" for this one.

N is for Nova

2011-08-19T09:08:00.001-07:00

M is for Magneto

2011-08-18T08:10:00.000-07:00

L is for Lilandra

2011-08-17T08:28:00.000-07:00

K is for Karnak

2011-08-16T08:12:00.000-07:00

Salamander and Kid Gecko

2011-08-16T07:58:00.000-07:00

I created these two characters for the recent Character Creation Contest on the Artist Forum at Comicvine.com
The brief was to "create a character (human, human hybrid, monster, creature, robot, whatever your like) based on reptilians (lizards, cocodriles, alligators, snakes, turtles, etc)."

I came up with SALAMANDER and his side-kick KID GECKO.

In a world where reptiles evolved along side apes, Homo Sapiens and Homo Reptilia live side by side and both species have their heroes.

SALAMANDER can create and manipulate fire. He is also impervious to the effects of fire and extreme high temperatures. His side-kick KID GECKO has the ability to adhere to virtually any surface and has enhanced agility.

Skeletor

2011-08-16T07:42:00.000-07:00

This was done for the Artist's Showdown on the Artist Forum at Comicvine.com.
The challenge was to draw Skeletor from Masters of the Universe. We could choose any scene or scenario but we had to include his staff and sword. Here's what I came up with:

J is for Jacosta

2011-08-15T10:30:00.000-07:00

I is for Ironman

2011-08-14T09:11:00.001-07:00

H is for Hawkeye

2011-08-13T11:05:00.001-07:00

Hercules Vs Wonder Woman

2011-08-12T09:48:00.000-07:00

This is my entry for the recent Battle Contest on the Artist Forum at Comicvine.com. The challenge was to depict a battle between Marvel Comic's Hercules and DC Comic's Wonder Woman.

Illustration Friday: "Swell"

2011-08-12T09:23:00.001-07:00

G is for Galactus

2011-08-12T08:03:00.000-07:00

Sekhmet - Remake/Remodel

2011-08-11T11:31:00.000-07:00

I took part in the recent Remake/Remodel thread at Whitechapel on Freakangels.com. There is some great art by some great artists there.
Here are the instructions we were given:

SEKHMET – Warrior Goddess.

Many of our first childhood exposure to ancient mythologies came via mainstream Superheroes, appropriated from the same. Thor, Hercules and others: for millions of people the Spandex Supers were a gateway-drug to forgotten cultures. I want to know what would’ve happened if Marvel or DC had picked a very different deity to crowbar into their heroic continuities. How would she look on the spinracks of today?

In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet (also spelled Sachmet, Sakmet, Sakhet, Sekmet, Sakhmet and Sekhet; and given the Greek name, Sachmis), was originally the warrior goddess as well as goddess of healing for Upper Egypt. She is depicted as a lioness, the fiercest hunter known to the Egyptians. It was said that her breath created the desert. She was seen as the protector of the pharaohs and led them in warfare

During an annual festival held at the beginning of the year, a festival of intoxication, the Egyptians danced and played music to soothe the wildness of the goddess and drank great quantities of beer ritually to imitate the extreme drunkenness that stopped the wrath of the goddess—when she almost destroyed humankind.

Your job is to redesign, revamp, reinvent, remake and remodel this character into something that would work for the 21st Century.

This was my version of the character:

Crank Those Panels

2011-08-11T10:42:00.000-07:00

I am a frequent contributer on the Artist Forum at Comicvine.com. There are regular art contests on the forum and this is my entry for the recent "Crank Those Panels" contest. The brief was to recreate, in your own style, the panels from a featured page from a comic book.

This is my version of the story:

Below are the panels (from Captain America #373) we had to recreate:

F is for Falcon

2011-08-11T09:10:00.000-07:00

E is for Electro

2011-08-10T09:22:00.000-07:00

The Doctor

2011-08-09T14:52:00.000-07:00

I am a sometime contributer to trdl-r3-weeklyjam on deviantart and this is my submission to this weeks "No Spandex" Jam. The brief was; "to draw a hero or villain character that doesn't have a "costume" with very deliberate quotes there, ie. no spandex, custom armor, etc. Keep this one in the realm of what wouldn't look out of place on the streets today."

As you can see I chose The Doctor (from Doctor Who, in case you didn't know).

D is for Darkhawk

2011-08-09T09:57:00.001-07:00

C is for Captain Britain

2011-08-08T09:20:00.000-07:00

B is for Bullseye

2011-08-07T08:05:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday: "Imperfect"

2011-08-06T08:05:00.000-07:00

This is my first submission to Illustration Friday. I hope to make it a regular thing.

A is for Antman

2011-08-06T06:00:00.001-07:00

Marvel Alphabet Challenge

2011-08-06T05:52:00.000-07:00

I have decided to set myself a little challenge...

I have always been a fan of superhero comics and in particular Marvel comics. So for the next 26 days I will attempt to create a picture of a Marvel character each day, going from A to Z.

Everyone's Welcome, Make Yourselves at Home.

2011-08-04T13:57:00.000-07:00

Welcome to "Craig's Art Blog". Not a very imaginative title I'll agree, but this is where I will attempt keep a record of my artwork, sketches, doodles and any other ideas that fall out of my head.