TGIF!

TGIF!

My new gallery piece, "A Dialogue of Differing Religious beliefs."

For this week's "Thank God it's Friday!" I'm showcasing my new gallery comic about a religious discussion.  It is currently on display at the Dougherty Arts Center.
It's a series of contour line drawings that I sort of channeled Shel Silverstein in

Have a Nice weekend

Creators: Guy Davis

Creators

A growing list of inspirational Artists, Writers, Filmmakers, and Poets.

Guy Davis

 Guy Davis is an American comic artist who's developed a knack for drawing lots of things I end up reading. His work tends to be in horror comics with lots of monsters, which is both a good thing for him as well as for us. 

 I actually had the good fortune to meet Mr. Davis in Columbus, OH at The S.P.A.C.E small press comic expo in 2010.  It was my first experience at any kind of comic convention or expo or anything.  Comics as a proffession had just entered my radar, and was fairly inexperienced in reading them profusely.  I saw his table and was instantly drawn in by the character and tactile nature of his lines. As soon as I walked over, he politely said hello and smiled.  I looked over the original work he had out and said, "Your work is beautiful."  I gave him a copy of this Mini-comic I did for the expo, and in return he gave me, "One of his," Issue 1 of BPRD: King of Fear. This first interaction with a comic professional has been mirrored many times in their politeness and courtesy.

Since that meeting I have spent alot of time and money buying up and reading his run on BPRD and checking out his own work, The Marquis, both of which I recommend.  Davis' style is wealthy in personality texture, stemming from his self taught background.  once you see a face, or a hand drawn by Guy Davis, you'll know his work anywhere you see it.

Look at the Cris-crossing crescent lines that he uses to give both flabby texture and shape to his bizarre creatures.  Reading his pictures is like watching a well lit monster movie where every scale and wart stands out.

from "BPRD: Garden of Souls

"Garden of Souls"

My favorite works by him are the BPRD series "Garden of Souls" and the followup "Killing Ground."  In my opinion, they are great examples of how his monstrous skill can be used to give heart and soul to ghosts, monsters, and fish-men.

Check him out!

I'm only Funny on paper

I'm Only Funny on Paper

A comic.

It's beginning to look a lot like Madness...

TGIF!

TGIF!

Thank God it's Friday

The SHOPOCALYPSE!

Woohoo, its the end of the week!  Today in honor of this time of year, We will turn our hearts and minds to the true meaning of the season: What Would Jesus Buy?

And if you thought that was good...

Here's the Rest.

Thank You Reverend Billy

Creators

Creators

A growing list of inspirational Artists, Writers, Filmmakers, and Poets.

Albrecht Durer

For my first installment of this article, I thought I would talk about one of my favorite Artists, northern renaissance rookie of the year Albrecht Durer (21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528.)

But just calling him an artist would be to typecast this jack of all trades.  Though he was a phenomenal print-maker and painter, he was also a mathematician, a mystic, and prize-winning frankfurter eating enthusiast. 

 Though I love his painting, what really makes a mark on me are his prints.  Printmaking in general is appealing to me, but his level of detail and rendering of his forms makes his subjects fold in and out of each other in tactile layers.  I'm also a fan of his allegorical and mystical subject matter.

Plus LOOK AT THAT BADASS SIGNATURE!

What I want to gain from enjoying his work is a heightened level of detail and beauty to my own work.  there's an elegance to his lines and stylization that I seek to emulate. (Check out death and the devil in this one.  I love how oafish the devilgoat is.)

One of my all time favorite works by anyone ever.  As far as I know the story, Albrecht was talking smack about other artists' animals and how he was the baddest mofo of them all when it came down to it.  He was so bad a mofo, that he could illustrate an animal that he had never seen more accurately than other artists could draw, say, a bird.  So someone described a rhino to him, and this is what he came up with.  you have to admit, for how weird an animal a rhino is, to just have a description, that's pretty damn good.

Thanks for stopping by.  Aww, now don't be like that, it had to end some time.

I'm Only Funny on Paper.

A comic.