Comic book artwork by Jerry Ordway, a 25 plus years veteran of the comic industry
Friday, April 13, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Fantastic Four sketch cover for Hero Initiative
Here's my contribution to the Fantastic Four anniversary issue sketch cover project, done for auction by the Hero Initiative. I was pretty rusty as I haven't drawn the FF since I drew them in the mini-series Maximum Security over 10 years ago, and it's really hard to ink on a comic! But it is what it is, and hopefully it will make some money for a good cause.
http://www.heroinitiative.org/
The Fantastic Four, and all related characters are trademark and copyright by Marvel Entertainment, 2012
http://www.heroinitiative.org/
The Fantastic Four, and all related characters are trademark and copyright by Marvel Entertainment, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Crisis on Infinite Earths: the Team Ups vol one
Crisis on Multiple Earths prelim on EBAY click here
All characters are trademark and copyright DC Comics 2012
All characters are trademark and copyright DC Comics 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Power of Shazam#46 sketch to painting
Here's an example of the sketch done for editorial approval, along with a scan of the painted art. This image was inspired by a great Nick Cardy cover from a 1970's Superman comic.
Power of Shazam and all related characters are trademark and copyright DC Comics 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Justice League trade cover, sketch, prelim, line art
Justice League trade paperback cover prelims
Here is a great example of the sketches I did, then the prelim based on the idea chosen by the editor. followed by the finished line art. Enjoy!
Justice League and all related characters are trademark and copyright 2012 by DC Comics
Monday, March 12, 2012
Superman Man of Steel sketch plus finish
Superman Man of Steel cover sketches on EBAY click here
Here's a new example of sketches to final cover, for the DC Man of Steel trade series. I was sad to see this series end with volume 6, but these books were originally requested by the bookstores, when that market was going strong.
Superman and Man of Steel are trademark and copyright DC Comics 2012, all rights reserved
Here's a new example of sketches to final cover, for the DC Man of Steel trade series. I was sad to see this series end with volume 6, but these books were originally requested by the bookstores, when that market was going strong.
Superman and Man of Steel are trademark and copyright DC Comics 2012, all rights reserved
Thursday, March 1, 2012
JSA Annual#1 p 1-2 page prelims
JSA Annual#1 p 1-2 pages prelims on EBAY click here.
Here are page prelims along with the pencils, for comparison. Enjoy!
JSA And the Huntress are trademark and copyright DC Comics 2012.
Here are page prelims along with the pencils, for comparison. Enjoy!
JSA And the Huntress are trademark and copyright DC Comics 2012.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Thunder Agents prelim to final art example
Thunder Agents doublespread prelim on EBAY here:
Here's a recent job I did for DC, with the prelim above, and the finished inks below.
I drew this on a single sheet of coquille board, smaller than the standard two DC Comics art boards taped at the middle, because it is easier to scan and touch up without the cut line that exists on a taped together double-spread. You often have to digitally draw to connect broken lines between those pages, because the DC page template is a single file, not two pages. The coquille paper has bumps or texture that allow you to use a wax pencil (China Marker) to get fake grey tones on your line art. In this case, the subtlety of the shading was lost when the pages got colored, so it was not worth the extra effort I took. Still, the black and white art looks nice:)
Thunder Agents is trademark and copyright DC Comics 2012
Here's a recent job I did for DC, with the prelim above, and the finished inks below.
I drew this on a single sheet of coquille board, smaller than the standard two DC Comics art boards taped at the middle, because it is easier to scan and touch up without the cut line that exists on a taped together double-spread. You often have to digitally draw to connect broken lines between those pages, because the DC page template is a single file, not two pages. The coquille paper has bumps or texture that allow you to use a wax pencil (China Marker) to get fake grey tones on your line art. In this case, the subtlety of the shading was lost when the pages got colored, so it was not worth the extra effort I took. Still, the black and white art looks nice:)
Thunder Agents is trademark and copyright DC Comics 2012
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