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2 Free Sketches for C2E2 Attendees!

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Howdy, Folks! Although I won’t be attending C2E2 this year, I am offering 2 different ways for those attending the show to win a Free 8.5″x11″ Inked Sketch by me (check out this page for the specifications). To clarify, 2 participating peeps will win a Free Sketch of his/her choice drawn by me. I will include the shipping also.

HOW TO ENTER: Stop by Steve Bryant’s C2E2 Artist Alley Table, located at the Artist Alley E13. Once there, I’d encourage each of you to interact with this awesome, super-nice-guy independent creator, check out his ware and maybe even purchase somethings. At this point there are two different ways you could become the winner for one of the free sketches:

Method 1: Become the Premier Patron of Steve Bryant’s C2E2 Con Appearance. Steve will be keeping a tally of purchases made with him during the show. Whoever is the largest financial spender at Steve’s table (pre-orders included) for this C2E2 show will be automatically selected for one of the free sketches.

Method 2: Become a Friend of Steve Bryant and his creative endeavors. When you do stop by talk to Steve and get to know about the different properties he is working on, including Athena Voltaire and Ursula Wilde. And then, most importantly take a photo of you and Steve (hugs & kisses are optional ;-) . Then you have 1 week after the show to contact me in one of the published methods of contact (e-mail me, use my contact form, tweet me, message me via Facebook, etc.). The more creative the photo, the more pleasure it would be for me but will not increase your chance for winning. One random person will be selected to win and receive the free sketch.

That’s pretty much it! Have fun at the show folks, and thanks for stopping by Steve’s table and showing some much-deserved love for my friend.

Commission – Ben Grimm’s Poker Game

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More interesting commissions continue. This time, I was commissioned by Fred Chamberlain to create my version of Ben Grimm’s (The Thing of Fantastic Four) Poker Game. I believe his description sums up the process pretty well:

I hadn’t been aware of Jun Bob Kim until seeing an amazing Invaders One Minute Later commission here at CAF. I immediately contacted him and from the first moment of our interaction until completion of the final artwork, he was both enthusiastic, friendly and incredibly creative. My only request was that he include Ben, Spidey and Logan, asking him to add other characters of his chosing. Jun came back with the idea of “A tongue-in-cheek game of poker… for the fate of the world”. As with all of the artists, his putting his own artistic spin on this added immensely to the original idea. The fun continued as he sent me a pencilled rough, that clearly depicted fun hijinx including the playing cards reflected in Silver Surfer’s forehead, Logan handing off a card to Spidey under the table, Kang going all in Doom tantrumming and more….. as well as a nod to Collidge’s “A Friend in Need” classic piece. He offered to add another character into the scene and we came up with a disapproving Cap looking on.

Ben Grimm’s Poker Game – “A Friend in Need”:

One Minute Later – Invaders #26 Cover Re-Imagination

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This was one of the most unique commissions I’ve had the pleasure of working on. It’s part of ONE MINUTE LATER, a themed cover re-creation collection by an avid original art collector named Michael Finn. If you are interested in checking out other One Minute Later collections, check out his Gallery at ComicArtFans.com.

One Minute Later – Invasions #26 Cover. Bucky Triumphs Over Agent Axis with Captain America, Human Torch & Namor Watching From Above. Inked and inkwash on 11″x17″ Strathmore Bristol Board.

Below is Michael’s post-production work, including the side-by-side composition with the original cover art: