Randomness

I like graffiti when it’s an image, not just a tag. It can brighten up an otherwise ugly or boring part of town. This one, by an unknown artist, started as a bird, and the cassette (mixtape?) was added later, probably to cover up someone else’s tag.

I particularly like how the bird’s foot extends onto the sidewalk.

In keeping with the recent trend of blogging about art that ISN’T mine; some cool graffiti that was just a short walk from my home. Sadly the powers that be decided a white square would look more attractive in that spot.

I recently bought this piece of golden age art from the Iger shop. The artist might be Klaus Nordling or Jack Kamen or someone else. It’s a page from an issue of the National Comics publication Kid Dixon, from some time in the 1940s.

I especially like the expressionistic frames and the wonderful large face drawn with fine lines and a thick outline. If anyone knows what issue this came from, or what artist drew it for sure, please contact me.

UPDATE: After some research, this looks very much like Jack Kamen’s work in the Inspector Dayton comic strip.

I helped create this software synth which is now released for the Zeta operating system: ObjektSynth.

I also designed the logo

Not bad for 1996.

Based this on a 1960s Jack Kirby drawing inked by Joe Sinnott. I supposed I should mention Silver Surfer is copyright and TM Marvel Comics.

Here’s my Xmas card (took me long enough)

It’s based on an old Captain Midnight comic book from 1947. I redrew it, adding all the Christmas references. The original art is about 11″ x 16.5″.

Latlely I’ve been looking at dozens of books on drawing manga. I’ve purchased 3 so far! The best of one is called Draw Your Own Manga: All the Basics (click). Read through the 6-page online excerpt (click) You won’t be sorry ^__^ It has a squirrel

Yep, another robot head. Gotta love it!

Update: Obviously there are some serious gaps in my comic book knowledge. This is based on the character “Machine Man” by Jack Kirby.

Today I ran into a friend from college I hadn’t seen in several years, Guy Budziak. He’s an artist as well as a comic book scholar. I told him to check out my site, and it occurred to me that I should probably have some more examples of my illustrations in an easy-to-find location.

These are images that appear in various other places on the web. These are all done starting with a pencil drawing which is then scanned and manipulated in various ways in Photoshop. Older ones first, newer ones last.

Fellow Sci-fi author and blogger Cory Doctorow came to Detroit back in April and, among other things, gave a talk about the “STATE OF THE COPYFIGHT,” all about P2P file sharing and spying on computer users. I made this illustration that appeared on a promotional flier for the event.

I would’ve liked to attend the talk and maybe meet Cory, but I was unable to do so. I understand he liked my drawing.