Conan: Road to Kings

I've been doing Conan covers for the last little while. Here are two of them.

Star Wars"BLUE HARVEST"

Pencil on Illustration board 10x15

The is the pencils to cover 14 of the Star Wars DarkTimes "Blue Harvest" story arc.

DARK HORSE PRESENTS PREVIEW

The kind people over at DarkHorse comics have published a 2 part, 8 page comic prelude to our next story arc in Star Wars Darktimes. Here is the link---

http://myspace.com/darkhorsepresents?issuenum=18&storynum=1

So, to do my part, here is the cover in pencil and paint, to Star Wars DarkTimes #13 coming soon, as well as some of the pencils for the preview, unlettered and not colored.

Legacy#21-Cover Process

Blue pencil on bond 8 1/2 x 12 inches

The thumbnail for this cover was approved with one change, that I move General Stazi's hand away from his mouth. So I did, and the change proved to be significant to the way the cover and Stazi would be read.

Graphite on Bristol board 8 1/2 x 12 inches

When I finished the pencils and sent them in, my editor, Randy Stradley informed me that the drawing really didn't look like Stazi. I followed the original design of the alien species known as the Duro and forgot that, just like humans, they could come in all shapes and sizes. This project was a reminder to me to keep loose, and that sticking too close to the standard designs of any license could result in change requests.

Graphite on bristol board 5 x 7 1/2 inches

Here is the head remodeled after artist Colin Wilson's design of Stazi in Legacy, which is what I should have done from the start. Oh well :) I pasted the new head on the body in Photoshop, and then it was ready to paint!

Photoshop 8 1/2 x 12 inches

The cover was painted and finished in Photoshop.

STAR WARS: DARKTIMES ISSUE#12-COVER

ACRYLIC ON GESSO BOARD 11 x 16 6/16 inches

The Louvre

The Louvre

Marie Leszcynska as Junon by Guillaume Coustou: Sketchbook, Blue Pencil

This last June, I traveled to Paris to study. I began at the Louvre then the Musee d'Orsay. I absolutely love Paris, the people, the city, the galleries. This is a sketch I did at the Louvre. . I saw my first Bouguereau at the Orsay, unbelievable! I really need to spend about one life time there!

Conan


Graphite and pencil crayon on Grey illustration paper APPROX. 3 X 4 inches
Dan Benger collection

I've been wanting to draw Conan for some time. I had a brief 2 issue run at Marvel Comics, not nearly enough time if you ask me, so, every now and then, I'll do a sketch. Here is one of my early sketches of the black maned, blue eyed Barbarian from Hyboria.