Well, this WAS supposed to be finished before Comic-con to show there, but as they say, the best laid plans of mice and men....
Anyway, this is something I did as a potrfolio piece, using acrylic paints and colored pencils on illustration board. The original is fairly large (2'x3.5'). It was a lot of fun experimenting with this one. I thought that the Watchmen movie nailed some of the characters and totally missed the point on others. I chose to use movie reference for the a few of the guys, but I did my own versions of Viet and Silk Spectere (based on Gibbon's comic versions) I also chose to mix movie and comic versions of Nite Owl.
And, since I think the Comedian's face turned out the strongest, here's a dteail of it. Click on it to see it at the actuall size it was painted.
So, to get back to talking about Comic-con San Diego 2010, this year was AMAZING.
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Nick. That is fucking Awesome! Seriously.
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Dude, that is seriously like my favorite piece you've done. That rocks.
I'm glad the con was cool too.
Later buddy.
Wow.... amazing. SO jealous. Drew bloody Struzan... so glad to hear he's a great guy!
And that Watchmen piece is technically OUTSTANDING, Nick. The fact that it's all done practically means that there's nowhere to hide, and you pulled it off really well, the light-sourcing and rendering are really reminiscent of Struzan's own stuff.
Much respect man.
Will, Stephen, and Evan, thank you guys so much! Really really appreciate hearing that.
Stephen, cheers man! Yeah, Drew was totally cool, and it didn't really hit me until later, when I was looking at his Back To the Future covers, how intimidated I actually was on the inside when speaking with the man. But he had a sort of "calming" presence like an art teacher or parent, so it was nice.
And thanks, about Watchmen too. It's gonna be a long road of experimenting to finally understand painting, but it's a good old time along the way, well....at least some times. And much respect for you guys too! I ALWAYS value your feedback as awesome artists. Means a lot.
I'm also in the process of planning for New York in October, so hopefully I'll see you guys there! Declan's going as well, right? Can't wait to hang out with everyone together.
Thanks again.
Yep, myself, Dec, Will and another of the Micks, Len O'Grady, colourist extroidinaire, will have a table in artists' alley at NY. Be great to finally meet you man, and I want that art swap to happen!
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