Character Design For Graphic Novels.

I'm very proud to have been invited to participate in this new book by Steven Withron and Alexander Danner!
The List of artist featured in this book is absolutely amazing. Check it here.

Decription:

Character Design for Graphic Novels not only showcases the best in character design from the world's leading artists onscreen and on the printed page, but provides you with a hardworking guide to the process behind the evolution and development of character design, the key milestones of the art, the genre busters, and the genre definers.

This stunning book offers a unique insight into the creative process, interviewing the genre's leading artists, showcasing their work, and showing how it is done so you can benefit from their expertise when creating your own graphic novel characters.

Throughout the book biographies of the major artists in each field, their inspirations, their achievements, and their finest hours, are highlighted to give you the inspiration required to succeed in this competitive field.

Learn how popular characters evolved from sketches, drawings, and initial inspirations, through fine-tuning, discussion, and alternative proposals, to onscreen debut and first-edition publication on the printed page.


Jun 19, 2007. Added "Wrestler Vs. Zombies"


Jun 19, 2007. Added "Jaguar Warrior"


Jun 19, 2007. Added "Phantom Pag 1"


Sept 26, 2006.
CENIZAS: An amazing mexican comic magazine featuring comic strips and articles from cutting edge artists and writers. Among the comics featured in this first issue is "The Interrogation". OCTOBER 2006. More info at Cenizas' official site.


Jan 18, 2006. Added "Phantom"
Also updated the contact me section and added some more links.

Jul 04, 2005. Such a long time since I last updated my site. Hope to update more often from now on. In the meantime here is a new image and some 2d and 3d work in progress previews.


Jaguar God. I have been fooling around with a superhero design... He's suppose to have the powers of some ancient mayan gods.
Special thanks to Vedderman for his help with the coloring.



Also have been improving my 3D Modeling skills and doing some tests with brazil's amazing toon shading materials (WIP).



I have also been working on a new painted version of my image Nostalgia (WIP).



Dec 18, 2004. Jim Lee's Inking Challenge.
Jim Lee uploaded to his blog a high rez file of Superman #208, an invited everyone to try to ink it. Here is my version. It was a great exercise and a lot of fun.

It must be noted that the original art used here are the Copyright of Jim Lee and his publisher.



Sept 13, 2004. I'm so proud that Leo Hartas has included a feature on "THE uNDERDOG" and an interview with me in his new book: "How to Draw and Sell Digital Cartoons". This practical, hands-on guide shows how to create professional quality digital cartoons, with information and advice that will remain pertinent for years to come. This book is a most have for today's cartoonist.



Jul 31, 2004. Read the complete Interrogation Comic online.
The police have a suspect in custody that they're determined to get the truth from. But the truth is far more bizarre, twisted and deadly than the police had ever suspected... You can also read it at Komikwerks.com

Apr 18, 2004. Claudia.

Nov 19, 2003. My image "Nostalgia" obtains the CGTalk Choice Award.


Digital Webbing Presents #13:
Featuring "The Interrogation" a short horror story written by Chris Kirby and art by me.
(40 pages, full color cover, b/w interiors, $2.95 US, $4.50 CAN) is solicited in October’s PREVIEWS (OCT03 2366) for a December 17 release.
The best way to celebrate the fifth anniversary of VIRTEX , the beginning of the third year of DIGITAL WEBBING PRESS and the second anniversary of THE uNDERDOG online. So go and buy it now!!! ;)



TOON ART: The Graphic Art of Digital Cartooning by Steven Withrow. To be released in July, 2003, but already available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Featuring info on digital art cartooning, tutorials and art from different web cartoons, including "The Underdog" :))

Sept 15, 2003. Finished "The Interrogation" pag 8.

Jul 30, 2003. Finished "The Interrogation" pag 7.

Jul 02, 2003. Added "The Phantom in the Mirror" and some changes to the 3D Gallery.

Jun 18, 2003. Finished "The Interrogation" pag 6.

Apr 23, 2003. Finished "The Interrogation" pag 5.

Mar 04, 2003. Finished "The Interrogation" pag 4.

Feb 04, 2003. Added "The Interrogation" pag 3.

Dic 04, 2002. Added "The Interrogation" pag 2.

Nov 21, 2002. Added "Il Medico della Peste".

Oct 30, 2002. Added a 3D character study.

Oct 28, 2002. Added "The Underdog" page 8

Oct 10, 2002. Added the first page of "The Interrogation".


Sept 10, 2002. Added a little FAQ and some more links.

Sept 08, 2002. I haven't been able to update the site for the last weeks for several reasons, but everything will be back to normal in a couple of weeks. In the mean time here is a little preview of a new comic book I'm working on. It is a short horror story written by the talented Chris Kirby.
    BTW, THE UNDERDOG is about to turn it's first year online so it's a good time to start planning next year's contents, so don't hesitate to contact me and tell me what would you prefer to see in the future on this site, more comics? Illustrations? Some 3D? Or maybe more tutorials?

Jul 29, 2002. Added a new version of "The Underdog" comic with hand-lettering and a better translation. Thanks a lot to Steven Withrow and Lovecraft13 for their help with the english translation : )

Jul 22, 2002. Added "The Underdog" Cover

Jul 03, 2002. Added "The Underdog" Page 7

Jun 19, 2002. Added "The Knife Act" over the mistery novel "The Circus" by Gustavo A. Vázquez Lozano.

Jun 03, 2002. Added a 3D modeling, texturing and lighting exercise.

May 11, 2002. Added "The Underdog" Page 6

May 04, 2002. Added 3D study of "Three Rounds".

May 02, 2002. We move to Dreamers.com and to commemorate it an illustration of Mr. Dreamy: Dreamers.com's pet. Thank you so much Nacho for hosting my site in the best comics community on the web… really appreciate it! : )

Apr 03, 2002. Added some Links.

Mar 22, 2002. Added "Sepia Dreams".

Mar 11, 2002. Added "The Barbarian".

Feb 21, 2002. Added "Nostalgia".

Feb 14, 2002. Added New Version of "Amazon".

Jan 29, 2002. Added "Boxer Head Modeling Tutorial Part II".

Jan 14, 2002. Added "Boxer Head Modeling Tutorial Part I".

Jan 13, 2002. Added "The Underdog" Page 3.

Dec 31, 2001. At last, added the first missing page of "The Underdog".

Dec 19, 2001. This is "Vampire", the last image added to the 2D Gallery.








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