I've been MIA from this site for a while now. Yes, mainly it's because I had a daughter. As time consuming as being a first time dad is, I want to take some time to devote to the site again. So in the meantime this was a project I did for my Brother's birthday. His all time favorite book was New Mutants and I wanted to draw every single New Mutant from the 100 original issues. I think the most time I spent was deciding where to put each character and what outfit they would wear. Let me tell you; this was the 80s and early 90s sooo some of these outfits were a bit outrageous. I even kept some of the Rob Liefeld outfits and the classic Liefeld guns that he gave Cable. Anyway.....here is my project step by step:
1) Pencils
To be honest, the first step was the actual sketch that I didn't want to bore you with. So I drew these rough pencils and then scanned them to my PC.
2) Inks
Using different kinds of sizes of inks I went over my Pencils using Photoshop. I created a different layer for this process which made it easier to work with.
3) Colors
This step was just coloring the drawing only using one tone per figure. This again is another layer.
4) Background and Secondary Colors
The background I did on a separate paper and using another layer I created a secondary colors and third colors for shading effects.
5) Final Inks
After all the colors are intact, I inked over the outlines again and added details. For a final piece that I call Forever New
**I made five copies of this picture in 8X16 poster size. Three are gone, so if you are interested it in one just email me at omar@aboutheroes.com and I'll be happy to send you one. **
Yeah yeah, we know, the whole thing went down yesterday and we didn't make a peep, shaddap about it! The West Coast Crew is gonna do a whole podcast on it soon. For now, enjoy:
P.S. We've had the latest Podcast locked and loaded since early last week, we've just had technical problems uploading it. Expect to see it floating through your itunes soon (God Willing!).
In this episode, we discuss the return of Captain America, The Extensive Bat-Family, How to get girlfriends to read comics, Man-Baskets, Blackest Night, and various other random things. Enjoy!
Also, We have a twitter account! For more frequent comic-oriented updates, we decided to get our tweet on to update you when new podcasts are up and to toss out blurbs of comic oriented mirth. Follow us: CLICK.!!
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Coast About Heroes - Episode 10
So as you may or may not have noticed the site was down for about a day or two.
Simply put, our web hosting company was having issues. We're back up today but, as you see we've traveled back in time to APRIL. Slowly but surely I am gonna try recreating the posts between then and now so bare with me.
Us simple folks at West Coast About Heroes are looking for new and exciting ways to bring you podcasts, and while the tried and true format of us babbling our heads off about comics without rhyme or reason will never be abandoned, we feel it might suit us all to try something a bit out of the box.
Essentially, we're bouncing around the idea of totally ripping off the rifftrax fellas (click here to go check 'em out. They're worth every penny.) by releasing audio tracks that line up with movies. Of course, instead of the incredibly witty and hilarious jokes and observations of that crew, we'll just be doing what we always do, babbling incoherently, making jokes, observations, discussing what's going on, or wandering into the conversational realm of Gossip Girl, as we seem to keep doing (also, still for free). Generally doing what we do, but to a movie. Which movie? Glad you asked. That's essentially what this post is for.
We thought we'd run this by you first. Since we do the work for you, we figured we'd let you have a say in it. First off, does this sound like something you'd enjoy? If so, what movie would you like us to start with? Please don't pick a random movie nobody's ever heard of or is likely not to have in their DVD collection. We have at least 3 people reading / subscribing to this podcast, so pick something at least 2 out of 3 people would listen to, alright? Oh, and try to stay in the realm of 'geek'. If you ask us to do Garden State or Laurence of Arabia, we'll endlessly mock you behind your back and then pretend we still like you when we meet on the street.
Ok kiddies! Any feedback would be awesome, so let it rip! What do you think of this idea?
Just wanted to let you guys know that it was recorded, but due to some unforseen computer error we lost the complete track. So we will be recording another one sometime really soon. Should be out early next week.
That's all I wanted to say. It's been a long time since we posted something, but we are coming back to do the podcasts week by week, reviews should start popping up by next week, and our new pictures should be up soon.
Basically life just hit us all at once: Melanie and I are expecting a little girl sometime in June, Dan is hitting the books hard in law school, Chris and Josh are living it up in California, Nick has been busy with work, Ray is still working in California catching some rays, and Spider-Ben has lost his mind and is now wearing his Spidey pajamas all the time. I would also like to take this time to send my thoughts and prayers to Jeff (Doctor Who Fan) who lost his father a couple of weeks ago.
We are coming back and better than ever. Nothing will ever be the same and it's really a can't miss event! We are still $0.00 and we promise never to increase our prices even if we have to sell sperm and plasma to keep this site going.
My brother is one talented motherfucker. He has been drawing for all his life and really has done nothing to promote his stuff out there. He's done some manga reviews here and has helped me color some pictures here and there. So, part of AH 2.0 will have some of Tommy's art on a weekly basis and he is going to help me with the artwork for the website. This is just some a small glimpse of some of the wonderful stuff he has created over the years.
My own website www dot grimlandstories dot com is now up and running. GrimlandStories is a website I've created specifically to help you get through the week day. I will post three updates a week every week. The first three posts are done and can be viewed on the main page. The posts are short short stories between 500-600 words and can be read as individual stories or as an ongoing serial.
My aim is to let you jump on and off whenever you want but ultimately I hope you get hooked and keep coming back. There is a comments section because I would love to hear where you think things will be going. I will have drawings that will serve as visual aids just to make the site look nicer but the real content is the writing.
I wouldn't have been able to any of this without the help of Dan and Nick, so a big thanks to the two of them for doing the bulk of the initial work, and more changes will hopefully continue to role out whenever those guys have time.
I already have about 18 entries written and ready for upload, and have the story plotted well into the 30 entries, so don't worry about me falling behind.
So if you like gun slinging gangsters fighting gritty ally dwellers and possibly supernatural threats, click on over to www dot Grimlandstories dot com!!!
On Friday, June 27 2008 Michael Turner lost his battle with cancer. Mr. Turner passed away at 10:37 PM at a hospital in California. The past two years have been difficult for comic book fans since many talented creators have passed away. Among some of the great comic heroes we have lost thus far: Mike Wieringo, Dave Cockrum, Steve Gerber and now Mr. Turner. I hate to deliver this sad news but I feel better talking about it with my fellow comic book fans.
I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Turner twice at the Wizard World Chicago comic shows. The last time I met him was at the 2005 Wizard World Chicago show. Mr. Turner was walking on crutches yet he didn’t let that stop him from having a good time. He signed for all his fans despite whatever pain he might have been feeling. Mr. Turner was an inspiration to comic book fans, his fellow comic creators, and also other cancer victims. So please pull out your back issue boxes and read your favorite Michael Turner story. I personally just re-read the Superman/Batman: Supergirl TPB. For those of you who were lucky enough to meet Mr. Turner remember the good times and say a silent prayer for Mr. Turner and his family. We have truly lost a comic book legend, but hopefully Mike is finally out of pain and enjoying catching up with his fellow comic creators and fans in the afterlife. Thank you for all your wonderful work Mr. Turner and god bless you.
