Another piece for the old Upper Deck VS series. By the way, it's not my auction, but the sketch is being sold here on eBay.
Showing posts with label Upper Deck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Upper Deck. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Preliminary sketches for Legion of Superheroes painting
Big group shots like this aren't easy to compose. Here are some of the prelims, more or less in the order they were drawn. The final pencils and painting can be seen here.



Labels:
DC Comics,
layouts,
Legion of Superheroes,
Painting,
pencil scans,
sketches,
Upper Deck,
VS cards
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Batman card art
Another piece from the Upper Deck series. They asked for a "1970's" Batman so I tried to draw the costume details a little like the Neal Adams and Irv Novick versions.








Labels:
Batman,
DC Comics,
pencil scans,
Upper Deck,
VS cards
Star Sapphire card sketch
I posted the pencils and finished art for this last summer but only recently found this preliminary sketch. You can see the later stages here.
Labels:
DC Comics,
Green Lantern,
pencil scans,
Upper Deck,
VS cards
Friday, April 16, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The Ventriloquist and Scarface
Yet another DC card for Upper Deck. Sometimes the drawing is easy but finding the right angle is a challenge.





Labels:
Batman villains,
DC Comics,
pencil scans,
Upper Deck,
VS cards
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Teen Titans card sketch
I misunderstood the instructions when Upper Deck asked me for a Teen Titans group shot. I did a layout with the characters as large as possible in the miniscule space allowed on the card. Turns out they wanted something more like the final design that I showed back here.
Labels:
DC Comics,
Teen Titans,
Upper Deck,
VS cards
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Atom vs Chronos DC card
No pencil scan, but a tight layout. For the finer details of the watch mechanism I scanned a photo and combined it with the drawn image in Photoshop. Gil Kane drew Chronos with Richard Nixon features back in the '60's but, as you can see in my note, I wasn't sure if that's what Upper Deck wanted. I don't remember if they nixed the idea or if I did it on my own.




Labels:
DC Comics,
layouts,
The Atom,
Upper Deck
Friday, September 18, 2009
Wonder Girl art for a DC card
The final version of this piece was included in the color section of the Modern Masters book but I found scans of the the thumbnail sketch and the pencils so I thought I'd show how it evolved.
Shana Tova!


Labels:
DC Comics,
pencil scans,
Upper Deck,
VS cards
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Aqualad art for DC card


Sketch, inks and color for another of the DC cards. I think I drew all of the original Teen Titans from the 1960's.
Labels:
pencil scans,
Upper Deck,
VS cards
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Superman card art


This one seems to be a little Mignola-inspired. I like the lighting effect but the flat colors didn't go over very well with a lot of the card collectors who wanted "paintings".
Labels:
DC Comics,
pencil scans,
Superman,
ThT,
Upper Deck,
VS cards
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