Category Archives: Comic Art

Detailed Dark Arts by Llew Mejia

Posted at 1 pm on June 12, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Character Illustration, Comic Art, Ink Illustration

We’re enjoying Llew Mejia’s creepy-cool illustrations of different conjurers. They’re full of detail and scary fun, and who can say no to a shrunken head? As well as doing design and illustration, Llew works as a textile designer in Minneapolis.

A Typographic Project with a Bit of Comic Book Character by René Mambembé

Posted at 12 pm on June 5, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Character Illustration, Comic Art, Typography

Here’s a fun typographic project from graphic design student, René Mambembé from Nantes, France. ‘Helvetica, My Hero’ sees the font given a bit of character. The minimalist set includes iconic uniform colour palettes taken from comic books, film and TV.

Interesting Hatching Techniques in Josh Neal's Illustrations

Posted at 6 pm on June 2, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Character Illustration, Comic Art, Sketchbooks

A decorative use of marks in Josh Neal’s comics and other illustrated work gives them an almost linocut of woodblock print feel. From looking at his sketchbooks, you can see that this unique drawing style is something he has developed from extending hatching techniques.

Inventive Black and White Comic Books in Pencil by Aisha Franz

Posted at 9 am on May 23, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Character Illustration, Comic Art, Pencil Illustration

Although Aisha Franz’s portfolio also includes colour work and editorial illustration, we were immediately charmed by her black and white comic books in pencil. Her self-published books are particularly inventive and oozing with home-made charm.The odd sheet of tracing paper, stapled spines and matchbox-sized accordion books are all winning us over.

An Animated, Energetic Portfolio Presentation by Julian Glander

Posted at 7 pm on May 19, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Animation, Character Illustration, Comic Art

Julian Glander presents his portfolio on his website in a really fun and refreshing way. He has created individual gifs for each of his projects, laying them all out together resulting in a mass of movement, energy and colour. It suits his work perfectly, representing the tongue-in-cheek, character-driven work from this Brooklyn-based illustrator and designer.

Fun and Floating Characters by Roberto Blefari from Turin, Italy

Posted at 4 pm on May 3, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Character Illustration, Comic Art, Vector Illustration

Here are few examples of the fun work by Italian illustrator, Roberto Blefari aka Hikimi from Turin. Roberto likes clouds, monsters, Darjeeling black tea, geeks, Paris and Tokyo, jumping in puddles, tree houses, paper boats and dreaming”.

Interviewing Dalton James Rose about Sci-Fi Inspiration and Creating 'Phabula'

Posted at 11 pm on April 27, 2013 by Philip Dennis

Posted in: Character Illustration, Comic Art, Sketchbooks

In just a handful of examples from the pages of ‘Phabula’ by Dalton James Rose, we are given enough fantasy, blood and carnage to temptingly whet our appetite. An intriguing alien planet, a hoard of gruesome characters and a sword-wielding protagonist promise an exciting adventure with a satisfying amount of gore and magic.