Cropped Will Cardini artwork

August 18th, 2009

End of Eros

Filed under: Comics Criticism — Tags: — William Cardini @ 7:35 am

While I was away in New Mexico, I got a copy of my good buddy Jose-Luis Olivares’ comic End of Eros in the mail. I love Jose’s extravagant mark making. It looks like he attacks each page vigorously with his brush.

Here’s a sample:

Check out how Jose uses different types of Zip-A-Tone and a spot gray:

The story involves a whole lot of melting, fusing, and transforming, which I’m obviously a fan of. To top it all off, Jose threw in an awesome piece of original art:

And a Power Rangers card from the distant future (notice the authentic browning caused, as we all know, by time travel):

Thanks Jose!

July 28th, 2009

Joyteeth

Filed under: Inspiration — Tags: , , — William Cardini @ 9:11 am

My buddy Jose-Luis Olivares just clued me in to a blog for this (White River Junction-based?) sketch group (excuse me I mean “multi-participant reactive drawing space”) called Joyteeth that he’s a part of.

Here’s a choice Chuck McBuck Charles Formsan drawing (damn that guy’s good!) from the blog: