Art For Art’s Sake #207: Anyone Fancy A Commission?
by Richard Bruton
Art For Art’s Sake, celebrating comics in all their glory – this week finishing up with a few commissions.
We shall open things up today with this beauty – The Endless Line from 2022, a tribute to Neal Adams (1941-2022). Short story published in various DC Comics in celebration of Adams’ life. Written by Tom King, art by Josh Adams (Neal’s son), colours by Hi-Fi, letters by Clayton Cowles.
Now, a little art from hither and yon…
The legendary Spain Rodriguez on art for Joel Schecter‘s ‘Mad Man’ 2-page biography of Harvey Kurtzman…
Two from Dan Panosian
Jaime Hernandez – 1997 Maggie & Hopey Colour Special
Francois Boucq – beautiful western pages
Elizabeth Torque – Captain America
Dave Stevens art from the Rocketeer Movie Adaptation
Patrick Gleason – Bats
Phillippe Druillet – Lone Sloane
Michael Allred – Silver Surfer Omnibus cover
Colleen Doran Wonder Woman
And another WW from Nicola Scott
Howard Chaykin – Star Wars
Alex Toth – The Shadow
A few from Ryan Sook
To finish with this week, a few wonderful commissions from a few wonderful comic types…
“This was a fun commission to do. Judge Dredd as Obelix. I’m a huge fan of the Asterix & Obelix books. The brief was for a cartoony style and colour palette, so very different from my usual stuff. Acrylic on canvas.”
John McCrea – maker of some wonderful commissions – such as this…
Chris Arrant posts this Esad Ribic DD –
Tom Foster Walt Simonson tribute… all the hammers…
And another Tom Foster – Hulk in transformation…
“Recently completed A3 commission inspired by the infamous ‘walking scene’ from “The Right Stuff” as requested by Mark Spencer. Pictured – 2000AD’s Karyn, DeMarco, Anderson, Hershey and McGruder.”
Kyle Hotz – The Spectre
Vlad Legostaev – X-Force
And finally – a rather spectacular commission from Duncan Fegredo from 2021:
“I don’t normally do commissions but then the last year has hardly been normal. Based on Neil Gaiman’s Sandman: Brief Lives, final art is acrylic gouache, 20×30 inches. I doubt I’ll ever do anything like this again, don’t ask!”
Rough pencils, tonal block in, colour test, and the finished work…
