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Pardon the Interruption

JunBobKim — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:17:58 +0000

Despite my best efforts, I was not able to prevent a sudden hiatus from the daily sketch challenge. I have been working night and day on a few projects that requires all of my attention at the moment. Unfortunately, they have very little to do with drawing or illustration. I plan on resuming my duties on 30 sketches in 30 days challenges as soon as I can, with hopes that the day would come in days not weeks. Thank you for your patience during this intermission.

WINNER! Uncanny X-Men #114 Give-Away Contest

JunBobKim — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:22:32 +0000

Well, I’m thrilled to share that my entry to xerox-kitty’s Uncanny X-Men #114 Give-Away Contest at Comic Vine – Colossus X-Men Evolution Cover – was voted the winner! Here is her announcement:

Not only was the contest fun to participate, the community at Comic Vine seems to be very warm, welcoming. If you haven’t done so, I recommend checking out all the comic-related interests that Comic Vine has to offer.

P.S. – Below was the initial contest announcement by xerox-kitty:

Cipher Reviewed on CBR

JunBobKim — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:46:06 +0000

For those who visited Steve Bryant’s table at this year’s San Diego Comic Con, you may have noticed and picked up a Preview Edition of Cipher: The Sorcerer Pope. Come to find out that one of those that picked up a copy was Greg Burgas, the author of Comic Book Resources‘ (CBR) Comics Should Be Good column. In his July 26th edition of the column, he gave a brief recap of that event here, describing Cipher as:

Cipher: The Sorceror Pope Part One by Steve Bryant and JunBob Kim. Kim’s art is really keen, and only crazy people don’t like Bryant’s writing!

Following his brief recap, he kindly did a full review of the issue. It does include some spoilers so be sure to read at your own risk.

Non Sequitur

JunBobKim — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:32:56 +0000

A random sketch. I know it’s strange but it made sense to me…

Wonder Woman Redesign by JunBobKim

JunBobKim — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:44:55 +0000

With the recent buzz over DC’s icon Wonder Woman redesign by JMS & Jim Lee, I decided to try my hand at it.As with images I post, you can click on the image to see an enlarge version.

I returned to more of what I envision of Wonder Woman’s build and costume. Pants and boots… my favorite so far.

With this version, I made only very subtle alterations to the original Wonder Woman costume. Still not sure anything should be changed from the original for this icon.

One of my first attempt. My attempt at capturing the essence of JMS’s Wonder Woman redesign intentions. Ended up not really appearing “modern” per se,, instead more reminiscent of a go go dancer.

Ink version and maybe a color version to come…

Flash Gordon – A Tribute to Al Williamson

JunBobKim — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:05:13 +0000

Sadly another of comic’s legend has passed away earlier this week. As many others influenced by Mr. Williamson’s accomplishments, I was deeply moved to do a tribute piece. Here’s my attempt at drawing Flash Gordon mimicking Al Williamson’s style as best I could muster. I know it pales to his work in too many ways to mention, I finished the whole piece from pencil to ink in record time for me – 8 hrs!
Inked on 11″x17″ Bristol Board.

R.I.P. – Al Williamson.

Athena Voltaire vs. Anubis’ Army of Mummies

JunBobKim — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:40:09 +0000

First of all, if you haven’t checked out Athena Voltaire, you’re missing out on one of the most pulpy comic book goodness of our time. Created by my friend and collaborator, Steve Bryant, the books unveil the story of an adventure-bound aviatrix who encounters all sorts of mysteries in the veins of Indiana Jones.

When Athena was named the theme for ComicTwart contributors, an art blog made up of several fantastic industry artists, I jumped at the chance to do my own play-along version. What you may notice on my inked version of “Athena Voltaire vs. Anubis’ Army of Mummies” is that Anubis’ body is solid black unlike the pencils. During the inking stage, I noticed that the details of his body contour was distracting and the solid black helped frame Athena better as the focus center.

Finished piece inked solid and with a bit of ink wash on 11″x17″ Bristol board.

Penciled:

Batgirl & Miss Martian

JunBobKim — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:23:51 +0000

Latest Commission of Batgirl & Miss Martian. Inked on 11″x17″ Bristol Board. Click on the image to see a larger version.

Pencils:

Kingdom Come Green Lantern Inked

JunBobKim — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:15:21 +0000

In part of Kingdom Come series illustrations that I’d been inspired to draw, Kingdom Come Green Lantern.

Related:
The Kingdom Come Green Lantern Penciled. Click Here.
The Kingdom Come Superman vs. Captain Marvel Inked. Click Here.

Djinn and Shaky

JunBobKim — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:31:31 +0000

A Djinn (Genie) and Shaky. What could they possibly have in common?