While we all await daily for any news on Superman Legacy by @jamesgunn I’m gonna add my $.05 to Superman art. Here’s a sketch from @frankquitelyofficial inked and colored by me.
*Edit: found the artist - Gaetano Petrigno @BuzzoTano on Deviant Art
I didn’t illustrate or ink this piece- I simply colored it. If anyone knows who the original artist is, please let me know so that full lineart credit can be given.
Count Dracula: To die, to be *really* dead, that must be glorious!
Mina Seward: Why, Count Dracula!
Count Dracula: There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
Bela Lugosi as Dracula (1931)
I've taken some online classes to improve my portrait painting style. To prove I'm not just an illustrator, but an artist who can do different styles. Five days into it, this is the first to be produced in this style.
Within Five Days, I’ve lost two of my top five favorite artists- Tuesday 5/3/2022, it was Neal Adams and today 5/7/2022, George Perez. Once in high school, my art teacher was giving me my quarterly portfolio review and noticed my comics influenced art. He critiqued that my pencils were tight, but loved the compositions and imagination of borders and backgrounds. He asked me why comics, and I told him it was imagination illustrated. He laughed and said he loved that response. He then told me to never grow old. I chuckled and asked him why. He said that I would have to say goodbye one day.
I didn’t know what he meant, and didn’t want to know why. It was weird, but in his eyes, I remembered that they kind of watered up; he gave me a great review and encouraged to loosen up a bit on my work. Years later, I now understand what he meant. I get it, and remembered this conversation years later the day he passed. Rest In Peace George and thank you for inspiring me and so many others to be artists.
Just a man trying his best to feel happy and good about life. Understanding it doesn’t last forever and realizes how blessed he is to have so many in his life who appreciate and show him love.
More art coming in 2024. Until then, here’s a selfie.