We All Scream For Ice Cream!

Today is another sketch from the Conventionless Convention Sketch auction. Well, a modified one for the blog. Our messy ice cream girl didn't have her bikini top in the original. Thanks to Raamya for the commission. As always, this is ink on 11" x 17" Canson Bristol Board.
Today's Legion couple is Karate Kid (Val Armorr) and Princess Projectra. For the background I created a split image of 30th Century Japan (Where Val grew up) and Orando, Jeckie's home world that is still in it's medieval age. This was done in ink, watercolor and gouache on 11" x 17" illustration board.

Cheetah Again! (And revisited)

Above is the second commissioned piece featuring Cheetah getting the magic lasso treatment from an off-stage woman of wonder. And below is the redrawn and re-inked Cheetah from yesterday. I completely vegged out and forgot the ears on that one. I had drawn them in the pencil version but after several martinis with martini chasers, I inked right over them without a second thought. Gordon was great about it but I felt I didn't do the job right and I told him I would redo it. Both pieces are ink on 11" x 17" Canson Bristol Board. Thanks again Gordon for the commissions!
And I was only kidding about the martinis. I only drink Absolut Citron Vodka on the rocks when I ink. :)

Cheetah!

Cheetah has been on the wrong end of a amazonian right hook in this piece. Crime doesn't pay girl! Thanks to Gordon for this commission. This is inked on 11" x 17" Canson Bristol Board.

Sketchbook Saturday

I spent today going over the sketch list and trying out some poses. I knocked out the first two finished pieces pretty quickly this week and then had to dive into some other work. But today I leisurely worked up some ideas for the rest. With the exception of a trip to Tampa for an Art Show, and some work on my new website design, it was a Sketchbook Saturday.
Today's Legion Couple is Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn) and Night Girl (Lydda Jath). While Night Girl wasn't an official member of the Legion, she is Cosmic Boy's girlfriend and a founding member of the Legion of Substitute Heroes. The costume for her is the redesign by Mike Grell. If you wonder how she never fell out of that outfit, imagine how Cosmic Boy dealt with the redesign that Mike Grell did on his costume: Take all the pink areas and make them flesh and there you have it. I guess the black areas were magnetic.

Get Us Out From Under, Wonder Woman!

Above is the finished Wonder Woman pin-up I am donating to Wonder Woman Day 3. This was finished in watercolor. Gotta pack it up and ship it out tomorrow!
And here we have the next Legion Couples painting from 2000 featuring Ultra-Boy (Jo-Nah) and Phantom Girl(Tinya Wazzo). Of all the Legion couples, these two seemed to have a "real" relationship. I can't figure out why. I guess because the two of them would love and fight with each other but when the chips were down, they would always be there for the other. Even if it meant going against the rest of the Legion. They just seemed "real". For each of the pieces I did a monochromatic background depicting Legion related history. This piece features a scene from Ultra-Boy's origin. Jo-Nah (Jonah) and his space ship was swallowed by space creature (whale). But he was saved when a Science Police cruiser blasted the creature open. Somehow Jo gained his ultra powers from the creature. I kid you not. :)

In Her Satin Tights, Fighting For Our Rights...

And the old red, white, and blue! The inked Wonder Woman I have posted is going to be painted and donated for Wonder Woman Day III, October 26, 2008. The money raised from all the auctioned items support domestic violence shelters. Here is the link for more information. I will post the finished piece tomorrow. I was shooting for the 1970s Wonder Woman here. The one who put herself through twelve trials to prove to herself, and others that she was worthy of rejoining the Justice League of America. A happier Wonder Woman, if you will. Of course, I haven't read a Wonder Woman comic in years so she might be a happy go-lucky Amazon, for all I know. :) Everyone should check out the items up for auction. A good cause and some great stuff to bid on.

Below is our next installment of the commissioned Legion Couples I did some years back. This one features Mon-El and Shadow Lass. When Shady joined the Legion she was interested in Brainiac 5. Then moved on to be interested in Superboy, or so Duo Damsel thought. Then on to Mon-El. The girl likes powerful guys. The background is the main building at Legion Headquarters.

Lightning Lad - Legion of Super-Heroes

We have another Legionnaire for Roland today. Garth Ranzz, Lightning Lad. Lightning Lad had one of the coolest costume anywhere. Designed by Dave Cockrum during his run on the Legion in the 1970s. Thanks again Roland! This is ink on 11" x 17" Canson Bristol Paper.

And below we have something special that I thought I would share. This is just one of several painted commissions I did for my friend Tom Fleming, owner of Fanfare-se.com I met Tom through eBay and he probably has a larger collection of my artwork than I do. We became friends and our families would spend Thanksgiving weekend together at Mid-Ohio Con. Now they come down here and spend their family vacation with us. Always a lot of fun!

Back in 1999 or 2000, Tom had an idea to commission from me a series of paintings of the Legion couples. This one with Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl was one of the earliest ones, dated 2000. This was inked and them painted in gouache and watercolor on 11" x 17" Strathmore Illustration Board. These were a blast to work on. I will share them all, one at a time if there is any interest. Most have not been seen. They won't take the place of posting new work, they will just a little bonus post. :)