laseraw's drawing thread

[laseraw]

thanks evaD!
it'd be awesome to draw a flash story, with ANY flash of ANY period.
i like them all a lot!
as lengthy and heavy as my reading of the gigantic waid run felt i know have a great deal of affecton for the whole flash family, including jessie quick, max mercury and the rest.

here's another character i like a lot
i'm re-reading the moore run right now.
i read it when it came out on its spanish edition in the late 80s...
i had no immediate memory of hardly any of it but as i was reading it all came back very strongly, both story and art.
such a joy to read
stephen bissette & john totleben forever!!!!!



i'll post a scan of the inks for this on my blog (in case you're interested)

[evaD]

stephen bissette & john totleben forever!!!!!

i'll post a scan of the inks for this on my blog (in case you're interested)

I'm a big fan of their work as well. I think your image captures the feel of their work on Swamp Thing. I am interested in seeing the inks. Posted yet?

[laseraw]

its programmed for jan 5th so ...
here it is

[evaD]

I think there's a little Frank Miller thrown in there as well. If the Swamp Thing were to pop up in Sin City, I think that's what he would look like. Actually, I think Miller would miss the subtleties you're including, but the contrast is very strong like he would do. It's really cool.

[laseraw]

you're too kind evaD

i'd loooooooooove to be able to "reduce" the line work as much as he does on early sin city books

i saw the spirit and judging from the end credits miller still has got a lot to say behind the drawing board...

here's an even more high contrast swamp thing, in case you hadnt seen it back when i posted it (a while ago)



here are some other "high contrast" or "minimal line art", "ink stain" type of sketches from the blog (click for large and b&w inks)





i still gotta study a lot more alex toth ...

[laseraw]

Hello everyone!!

i'll be drawing and inking a D-MAN short story written by Brian Patchett edited by Alejandro Arbona.
i'll have some prelim artwork for show soon...

please buy it!!!

marvel anouncement
newsarama blurb




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MARVEL ASSISTANT-SIZED SPECTACULAR #1 & 2 (OF 2)

Written by CHRIS ELIOPOULOS, JASON AARON, CHRIS YOST, CHRIS GIARRUSSO, ADAM WARREN, WYATT CENAC & BRIAN PATCHETT

Art by JACOB CHABOT, RICHARD ISANOVE, JOH JAMES, CHRIS GIARRUSSO, TODD NAUCK & XURXO PENALTA

Cover by DAVID WILLIAMS

40 PGS./Rated A ...$3.99 (each)

ON SALE APRIL 2009!
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[David]

Also posted last night on ~ahem~ Marvel Noise.

That's great news, buddy!  I'll definitely be getting it.



. . .

That Black Panther will be my avatar one day.

[Steve Raker]

Hey that's cool! I'll be there to support ya!
...and I was just thinking about Assistant Editor's Month these past few days in prep for my Marvel Noise eps 62 bit on Marvel 1983....  sorry Newsarama...  it occurred in the Fall of 1983, with cover dates of Jan 1984.  I remember, I was there (although I might've gotten the month wrong, as it coulda been sept or oct, but I claimed november on the 'cast.).

[Adam Besenyodi]

Hello everyone!!

i'll be drawing and inking a D-MAN short story written by Brian Patchett edited by Alejandro Arbona.
i'll have some prelim artwork for show soon...

please buy it!!!

marvel anouncement
newsarama blurb




*
MARVEL ASSISTANT-SIZED SPECTACULAR #1 & 2 (OF 2)

Written by CHRIS ELIOPOULOS, JASON AARON, CHRIS YOST, CHRIS GIARRUSSO, ADAM WARREN, WYATT CENAC & BRIAN PATCHETT

Art by JACOB CHABOT, RICHARD ISANOVE, JOH JAMES, CHRIS GIARRUSSO, TODD NAUCK & XURXO PENALTA

Cover by DAVID WILLIAMS

40 PGS./Rated A ...$3.99 (each)

ON SALE APRIL 2009!
*

I will definitely be picking up both one-shots!  $3.99 price point be damned!

Hey that's cool! I'll be there to support ya!
...and I was just thinking about Assistant Editor's Month these past few days in prep for my Marvel Noise eps 61 bit on Marvel 1983....  sorry Newsarama...  it occurred in the Fall of 1983, with cover dates of Jan 1984.  I remember, I was there (although I might've gotten the month wrong, as it coulda been sept or oct, but I claimed november on the 'cast.).

There is an entire chapter of Deus ex Comica devoted to Assistant Editors' Month!

[Steve Raker]

There is an entire chapter of Deus ex Comica devoted to Assistant Editors' Month!

Oh, man, I'm gettin' antsy waiting for this!
I even stopped emailing you my paragraph-by-paragraph reactions from the posted essay versions just so's I could wait and read 'em all over again in the book!

[Adam Besenyodi]

Oh, man, I'm gettin' antsy waiting for this!
I even stopped emailing you my paragraph-by-paragraph reactions from the posted essay versions just so's I could wait and read 'em all over again in the book!

I wondered what happened there with the reaction emails.  But that totally makes sense.

The book itself is in my editor's hands and I'll be finishing it up this month.  The book cover is also being created this month and then I will just be waiting on the foreword (the foreword author's schedule is kinda busy right now, so I have to be patient), but it looks like March is when the book will drop.  Instead of hi-jacking laseraw's thread, in the coming weeks I'll reveal the cover artist and foreword author. (I think both of them are a really big deal and I'm thrilled that they are able to lend their talents to my little project.)

[Steve Raker]

I wondered what happened there with the reaction emails.  But that totally makes sense.

Yeah, I thought it might be an arrogant imposition to think you'd want to hear a plethora of my feedback while you were busy expanding and writing and re-tooling your ideas for the book.  ...that, and I'm lazy and often redirected.

Thanks to laseraw for letting me be excited about supporting both your efforts in the same thread...  WOOT!

[laseraw]

That's great news, buddy!  I'll definitely be getting it.
. . .
That Black Panther will be my avatar one day.

thanks david!!
glad you like the panther i drew!

Hey that's cool! I'll be there to support ya!
and I was just thinking about Assistant Editor's Month these past few days...

thank you Steve Raker!!
to tell you the truth i had no prior knowledge of the book, till i heard the final title from my editor.
i dont think those got published in spain at all...
but i'll be looking forward to your marvel noise episode for more background on the matter.

I will definitely be picking up both one-shots!  $3.99 price point be damned!

thank you earth616!!
i can only wish it could be cheaper but...

... Instead of hi-jacking laseraw's thread, in the coming weeks I'll reveal the cover artist and foreword author ....

not a problem 

Thanks to laseraw for letting me be excited about supporting both your efforts in the same thread...  WOOT!

my pleasure guys!!
this thread is pretty slow moving comment wise (my fault, for slow img posting)
your giving it some juice!!! 

thanks!

preview images for my D-MAN story real soon!

[evaD]

Can't wait to see the pages. I can't wait to get my hands on the book as well. I'll be interested to see what you do with D-Man.

[sim.starkiller]

Congrats on getting the D-MAN gig, laseraw! Your work is top notch!

Some criticism of my sketches off you would be good! Check out my ' under a minute' thread

 

[laseraw]

Congrats on getting the D-MAN gig, laseraw! Your work is top notch!
Some criticism of my sketches off you would be good! Check out my ' under a minute' thread

thanks!
will do! 

Can't wait to see the pages. I can't wait to get my hands on the book as well. I'll be interested to see what you do with D-Man.

thank you evaD!
i'll be posting some preliminary images over at my blog shortly

meanwhile ...

[Robert]

"Hell yeah", that some cool artwork! 

[Adam Besenyodi]

That's good stuff, man!

[Chad (Grilled Cheese Sandwich)]

thanks!
will do! 
thank you evaD!
i'll be posting some preliminary images over at my blog shortly

meanwhile ...

First...belated congrats on the Marvel gig!! Great to hear! Second...holy cow!! I love that DD...that's really great...

[laseraw]

thanks gawainn!

i posted some d-man prelim images on my blog, more to come soon

i'm off to the Angouleme convention

and here's a steve rogers cap!