What would you prefer? Yellow spandex?

   As much as I love superheroes, my favorite comic book character is actually a Mutant from the Marvel-verse…Scott Summers, aka Cyclops. This piece here is an oldy, drawn back in 2004. Heavily inspired by Michael Turner…in fact if I could have gotten that X in his chest just right, it would be hard to tell that its not a Turner original. Cyclops is on my list of new pieces I’d like to create soon. So many things I want to work on, if only there were more hours in the day…

6 years ago today…

    Its been six years, yet his artwork still inspires me…RIP Michael Turner.

Another Cool Find…Super-Suit from cancelled Superman: Flyby

 I thought this was kinda cool, came across them online recently…pics of part of the Super-Suit that was designed for a movie that was cancelled during pre-production: Superman: Flyby. I rather like the armored look. Reminds me of the armored Batsuits of the original Batman movies.

Back to the Red, White, and Blue…loving it!

  I’m not keen on keeping up with set leaks, spoilers and other such nonsense to ruin an upcoming movie…but I do dig seeing these guys in costume and cant wait to see it on the big screen. Its good to see Captain America (Chris Evans) back in an awesome Red, White, and Blue suit on the set of The Avengers: Age of Ultron!

The Arrow of Justice….

    Ok, i’ll admit I have never read an issue of Green Arrow, but I am a fan of CW’s Arrow. I even liked the portrayal of him on Smallville. But it was Steven Amell’s performance that inspired this next character: Moving Target. He is meant to be my Batman-like character, sporting some cool gadgets. No Superpowers except for his uncanny aim. And filled with the sarcasm and wit of Spider-Man. Oh, and he is left-handed….like my dad. He was originally created in the DCU Online game, like Mr. Miraculous. This drawing is in the style of Ed McGuinnes, another one of my favorite artists.

I am including his in-game appearance, just for fun…

Feelin the need for speed…

              As the ideas for new characters started flowing, the urge to create a speedster kept growing and growing…until finally Turbo was born. It was important for her to be different from the likes of the classic Flash, from DC Comics, and Marvel’s Quicksilver, so the idea popped into mind to give her wheels. The concept: when she’s moving, she’s like a speed-skater. The sad part is, she has the wheels because her artificial feet couldn’t handle the strain of running at Super speeds. Of course, there’s more to that story, but that will come later…

Next up on the inspiration file…

All hail the mighty Jim Lee. Iconic comes to mind when looking at some of his artwork for Justice League, The X-Men, Superman and Batman. I like this piece, seen quite often at the beginning of DC’s NEW 52 campaign.

Fresh Find…Another cool new Spidey Suit

Yet another piece of concept art from the much-maligned Amazing Spider-Man 2. Again, a neat idea that could’ve worked better than the knock-off from the Sam Raimi trilogy.

Some People just want to watch the world burn…

What a lovely villain. This is Inferno. Heavily inspired by Marc Silvestri and his run on a 4 issue story-arc of The New X-Men, which saw the return of the Phoenix.