{"id":5970,"date":"2011-01-09T00:49:25","date_gmt":"2011-01-09T06:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2011\/01\/09\/the-spectacle-my-comic-book-art\/"},"modified":"2011-01-09T00:49:25","modified_gmt":"2011-01-09T06:49:25","slug":"the-spectacle-my-comic-book-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.epictales.org\/treskillard\/2011\/01\/09\/the-spectacle-my-comic-book-art\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spectacle — My Comic Book Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

For those that have read<\/strong> my “About Me”, you may have noticed the phrase “amateur comic book artist”, but not have known what that meant. <\/p>\n

Well, my son Leighton<\/strong> just purchased a WACOM Intuos4 graphics tablet, and he asked me to draw “The Spectacle”, my first comic-book hero:<\/p>\n

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I named and created “The Spectacle”<\/strong> when I was in 4th grade, and trust me … he didn’t look like this back then! And really, it’s a funny name, I admit, but I was only 10 years old. <\/p>\n

It took me eight years<\/strong> to get to the skill level you see here, and back then I only had paper, pencils, and markers. The WACOM tablet took a bit of getting used to … that and the fact that I haven’t actively drawn comic-book characters for a few decades.<\/p>\n

Those with a bit of memory<\/strong> in comic books may notice a similarity to the 1980’s Captain Marvel from Marvel Comics<\/a><\/strong> … and you would be right!<\/p>\n

Those astute with anatomy<\/strong> will probably notice many mistakes … hey, I was never a professional, okay, but it’s still fun.<\/p>\n

Anyway, during my comic book days<\/strong>, I created around 17 full-length, full-color comic books. <\/p>\n

The big problem<\/strong> was that once I got to a certain point, they would take so long that my art got better by the end, and I had to go back and re-draw the cover. That reminds me of learning to write novels! Hah!<\/em><\/p>\n

Why did I get into art?<\/strong> Well … I grew up in an artistic family. My father painted portraits and signs … My mother drew, painted, and created stained glass … My sister is a trained commercial artist … and everyone else can draw if they put their mind to it. <\/p>\n

And I’m only sticking with my generation on up<\/strong> … I could go further if I wrote about the grand-kids and great-grand-kids, some of whom are older than I since I was the youngest of six.<\/p>\n

(I will mention my daughter, Adele, however, who has surpassed me in portrait drawing .. amazing! And my other two kids have great artistic ability as well.)<\/p>\n

For what it’s worth<\/strong>, I hope this little trip to the past was fun for you, my loyal blog readers.<\/p>\n

And remember<\/strong> … drawing is NOT in your hand. It’s in your eye. Observe closely, and you will be able to draw!<\/p>\n

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