The Scarab
I came across this character from an indie company on Instagram. I thought I would I would take a crack at it. I still need to finish/figure out the hands. I’m hoping to ink it this weekend.
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NY Comic Con Day Two
The second day of wandering the floor and despite being there almost eight hours, I left feeling that I hadn’t seen everything there was to see. Thankfully, I am coming back tomorrow.
BoJack Horseman
Daredevil
Death Note
Hilda Booth
Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
Snake Plissken
Bee and PuppyCat
Escape From New York: Snake Plissken and the President
Maleficent and She-Ra
Bishop, Wolverine and Cable
Captain Ameirca, UnderDog and Missy Knight
Negasonic Teenage Warhead
Sif and Odin
The JOker and Edward Scissorhands
Longshot and Shatterstar
Esmerelda from The Wizard of Ox
Con Floor
Namor
Steven Universe
The Star Spangled Kid
Swedish Chef
Supreme
Captain Marvels
Moon Knight
Froyo
Aquaman, Batgirl and Wonder Woman
Large Marge
The Prowler
Comic Con Day One
Didn’t take too many pictures today as I was just kinda meandering about and bumping into friends. Did get to go to one panel on writing for comics that was helpful. Hopefully I’ll get to time to use what I learned after this weekend.
Back at it.
Well, this year I hope to finally get back to the drawing board. I’m hoping to do so after this year’s NY Comic Con, next week.
In the meantime, here’s a Sentinel I bumped into at last years con.
Sentinel
Another year, another con
New York Comic Con 2016 is here and I’ve managed to keep my attendance streak going. Here are some pictures from my first day there, Thursday.
Vera De Milo and Chad L. Coleman
Hocus Pocus
Vega and Chun-Li
Mary Marvel
Elektra and Daredevil
The Hulk and Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman enjoys the 75th Anniversary Gallery
Father Delaney checks Pop! Harley Quinn’s nose for demons
Cobra Commander
Father Delany of the Amityville Horror, Lady Death and Chun Li
Sanrio Booth Worker
Twisty, Ted and Father Delaney
She-Ra Princess of Power
The final step count after my first day at NYCC.
Another year, another con
ReedPop’s New York Comic Convention is in full swing. I just finished day two and have been having a blast, walking around, saying hi to friends that I never see and looking at all the great stuff that’s for sale. A good convention will always gets my creative juices flowing and so far this has been a good con. I’m hoping that this year I will actually be able to tap into that feeling and get back to creating art. I’ve been writing this story off and on for a while now. I’m planning it as a three issue limited series that will introduce the characters, help build the world that they inhabit and just generally entertain the readers. There are two more days left of this con, and I hope to start working on model sheets and stuff that I can upload here for your enjoyment.
The End of Another Con
This past weekend was the seventh annual New York Comic Con by Reed Expo. Although it ran for four days, I only went for three days. Last year I got a four day pass and only went for three days, so this year I thought I should only get the three day pass. It also became harder to get passes so I took the first thing I could get, which was the three day. Apparently attendance rivaled the San Diego Con, which if true, is amazing.
I hope to post all the pictures I took, 99% of which are cosplayers, but for now I’ll leave you with an awesome Mazinger.
Random art
This was a piece I pencilled and inked for a competition being held by Platinum Comics. I hired someone to color and letter it as I wasn’t happy with the way my attempts had panned out.
Oldies but goodies.
I was going through the files on my computer and came across these old pages. I’ve always liked the way they came out. I think I was hitting a stylistic path that I should’ve pursued. I’ve always planned on revisiting it.
These were sample pages based off a script from the very 90’s Force Works comic from Marvel.
These Memories Can’t Wait
I haven’t been the most productive of artists for a while. There’re a variety of reasons why, mostly work related. Rather than dwell on that I thought I would write about artists who got me into drawing.
While growing up I was turned off by fine arts mostly because of Pollock. I couldn’t get into his whole deconstructing art thing. I couldn’t understand why if someone could make beautiful pictures they would choose not to. This, and my brother led me into comics. Since I predated the comic shop I was at the mercy of the local grocery store and what they would carry from month to month.
The earliest comics I remember buying with my own money were copies of a Star Wars comic drawn by Ron Frenz. It had a painted cover by Tom Palmer which was what hooked me.
The other book was Uncanny X-Men. I believe the title was “Kitty’s Fairy Tale”. It was drawn by the late Dave Cockrum. Colossus’ sister Ilyana wanted a bed time story which Kitty provided. It was populated by fairy tale versions of everyone.
I remember really liking the Star Wars issue but Cockrum’s X-Men just grabbed me and didn’t let go. Many a day was passed with my tracing characters from the world he created.
After that I found my first local comic shop and was able to choose from a much wider selection. I was fortunate enough to get into comics with Simonson on Thor and Byrne on the Fantastic Four. I also learned to appreciate and love the fine arts, once I realized that it wasn’t all like Pollock.
Jose Vega
I am an artist with a B.F.A. in illustration from the School of Visual Arts. I have also worked in the production department of Marvel Comics. I can work in different media, but my main focus is sequential illustration. I am available for commissions either for pinups or full issues.
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