A random collection of material from comic artist Kevin Nowlan. Started with the best of intentions, but like most other efforts, doomed to perish from neglect as soon as the novelty wears off.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Outsiders Annual: Cover art
This sketch was very rough. Nowadays I wouldn't attempt a painting without a tighter prelim. I'm also posting a copy of the sketch with my scribbled notes. The "send copies of Dals..." notation refers to the production people who were in charge of coloring assignments in 1986 and really didn't want to give the job to me, since I was a rookie. They wanted to see some samples of my coloring work before they'd give me the green light. The obvious question at the time was, "Who's better qualified to do the color guides, someone on staff who's never seen this story before or the guy who painstakingly pencilled and inked every knuckle, noodle and nostril on this 44-page comic?"
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #16 cover art
No, this isn't my auction, but you all know how much I love the work of Samm Schwartz. His daughter is selling one of his covers, a beautiful, twice-up gem from 1961. Stop by and put in a bid!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Outsiders Annual: Page 19
Once again, the scan of the original art is from the kind and generous Mr. Simon Miller. The horizon and reflection seem to disappear in the second scan and reappear in the third but like many of the effects in this story, they were inked on an overlay.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Two portfolio sketches from the '80's
Back around 1986 or '87 I was asked to put together a group of illustrations for an art portfolio. I did several pencil prelims but I thought most of them fell short of the quality and imagination that would justify the "fine art" treatment. Soon, I got busy with other work and not long after that, the portfolio market tanked. The drawings went into a three-ring binder and were, for the most part -- forgotten about -- until I came across them recently. Here are two of the sketches:
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Sinestro: Ivan Ries pencils
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Batman gargoyle drawing #3
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Ripclaw cover inks over Jordan Raskin
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Outsiders Annual: Page 33
One thing I liked about drawing this book was the larger DC art paper that was being used for the offset "Baxter" comics at the time. I had an extra inch or two which really helped with the fussy inking style I was using. Most of the fine lines held up much better than they would have on a newsprint, letterpress book.