Wolverine Artist, Leinil Yu Art Gallery

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Leinil Francis Yu is a Filipino comic book artist who describes his style as “Dynamic Pseudo-Realism”

Yu was first recognized after winning the Wizard’s Drawing Board Contest, his first published work. Wildstorm passed on samples of Yu’s work to Marvel Comics, who subsequently hired him to work on Wolverine. Yu’s catalog includes conceptual art on Joss Whedon’s sci-fi film Serenity.

Wolverine Portrait

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Spider-Man

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Batman Watercolor

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X-23

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Wolverine Chained

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Daredevil, Punisher, Ghost Rider

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Harley Quinn

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Ghost Rider

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The Avengers

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Batman Inked

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Psylocke

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Red Skull

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Wolverine Charge

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Psylocke Vs Elektra

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The New Avengers

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Punisher

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Batman Portrait

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Storm

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Wolverine Slice

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Wolverine Pencil

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Wolverine, Captain America

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Wolverine Vs The Hulk

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The New Avengers

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Dark Wolverine Vs Fantastic Four

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Connect With Leinil Yu on Social Media

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Sketch Master Ilustrator, Kim Jung Gi Art Gallery

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Kim Jung Gi is a korean artist who enrolled into a Fine Arts School at the age of 19. After 3 years of absorbing fine art, he dropped out to become a cartoonist.

I observe things all the time. I don’t take references while I’m drawing, but I’m always collecting visual resources. I observe them carefully on daily basis, almost habitually. I study images of all sorts and genres. -Kim Jung Gi

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Kim Jung-Gi – Sudden Attack, Drawing Demo

Kim Jung Gi – Conflict, Drawing Demo

Kim Jung Gi – Epic Hour of Illustrating Mastery, Drawing Demo

You can support this awesome artist by checking out the sketchbooks on his website, kimjunggi.net

Watchmen – Motion Comic Animation (Video)

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Watchmen is an incredible graphic novel penned by Alan Moore & illustrated by artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins. Described by Brandon Wright as “Moore’s obituary for the concept of heroes in general and superheroes in particular.” Watchmen’s iconic imagery and transcendent story have allowed it to carve it’s place among one of the greatest novels of all-time.

Motion comics are a form of comics that combine some elements of regular print comic with computer animation. By adding voice acting, sound effects, and animation to the expanded individual panel art, Watchmen can be enjoyed in a whole new way by seasoned veterans of the story and first-timers alike.

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Chapter 1 – Watchmen – Motion Comic

Rorschach’s Journal. October 12th, 1985: Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown. The accumulated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout “Save us!”… and I’ll whisper “no.” – Rorschach [reading from Journal]

Chapter 2 – Watchmen – Motion Comic

“Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he’s depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, “Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up.” Man bursts into tears. Says, “But doctor…I am Pagliacci.” – From Rorschach’s journal

Chapter 3 – Watchmen – Motion Comic

“I was consciously trying to do something that would make people feel uneasy.” – Alan Moore

Chapter 4 – Watchmen – Motion Comic

“There’s no overt political message at all. It’s a fantasy extrapolation of what might happen and if people can see things in it that apply to the real America, then they’re reading it into the comic….” – Dave Gibbons

Chapter 5 – Watchmen – Motion Comic

This city is an animal, to understand it I read its droppings, its scents, the movement of its parasites. I sat watching the trashcan, and New York opened its heart to me. -Rorschach’s journal

Chapter 6 – Watchmen – Motion Comic

“We, in this country, in this generation, are — by destiny rather than by choice — the “watchmen” on the walls of world freedom. We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of “peace on earth, good will toward men.” That must always be our goal, and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength. For as was written long ago: “except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen waketh but in vain.” – John F. Kennedy [excerpt from the speech he was to deliver the day of his Assassination]

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“[Watchmen is about] power and the idea of the superman manifest within society.” – Alan Moore

Chapter 8 – Watchmen – Motion Comic

“Developing its heroes precisely in order to deconstruct the very idea of the hero and so encouraging us to reflect upon its significance from the many different angles of the shards left lying on the ground”. – Iain Thomson [from his essay “Deconstructing the Hero” citing Watchmen as the point where the comic book medium “came of age”]

Chapter 9 – Watchmen – Motion Comic

“In each human coupling, a thousand million eggs vie for a single egg. Multiply those odds by countless generations, against the odds of your ancestors being alive; meeting; siring this precise son; that exact daughter… Until your mother loves a man she has every reason to hate, and of that union, of the thousand million children competing for fertilization, it was you, only you, that emerged.” – Dr. Manhattan

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“Some of us have always lived on the edge, Daniel. It is possible to survive there if you observe the rules: Just hang on by fingernails… and never look down.”- Rorschach

Chapter 11 – Watchmen – Motion Comic

“All mark out Watchmen either as the last key superhero text, or the first in a new maturity of the genre” – Richard Reynolds

Chapter 12 – Watchmen – Motion Comic

“Who watches the watchmen?”

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Street Fighter Artist, Jog Ng Pencil Sketch Art Gallery

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Joe Ng has worked on Transformers, GI Joe, and Street Fighter promotional art.

What other artists  do you draw on for inspiration?

Jim Lee, Bryan Hitch, Travis Charest, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Pat Lee, Don Figueroa, are all artistic influences of mine.

Once you have finished your pencils do you have any say in how your art is treated? For example do you get to choose where special effects such as motion blur are applied?

Yeah, I add little notes here and there for where to put special text, or symbols, or effects, but it really is a team effort. If the inker or colourist has an idea in mind to do something with my lines, then I’m certainly open to their ideas.

Ryu Hadouken

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Gambit

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Batman

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Jin (Samurai Champloo)

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Super Man

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Wolverine

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Catwoman

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Ryu Vs Batman

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Sagat

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Megatron

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Ken and Ryu

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The Incredible Hulk

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Snake Eyes

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Mega Man

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The Amazing Spider-Man Artist, Humberto Ramos Art Gallery

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Humberto Ramos’ work on The Amazing Spider-Man is some of the best the comic book industry has ever seen. Ramos got his big break in 1998 when he co-founded Cliffhanger with Joe Madureira and J. Scott Campbell. The independent freedom gave him the ability to produce his own comic book Crimson, a series based on ancient vampires and the modern world.

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The Joker

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Mary Jane Watson

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Visit Humberto’s official site and follow @humberto_ramos on Twitter.

X-Men Artist, Chris Bachalo Art Gallery

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Chris Bachalo uses a cartoonish style with highly distorted proportions and skewed faces to bring life and emotion out of his drawings. Since breaking into the comic book industry, Bachalo has evolved his art style, reaching a career milestone with work on the X-Men.

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Top 8 Offbeat Documentaries

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Hilarious rednecks, grizzly bears, the homeless, and a LSD inspired comic book artist are just some of the focus subjects in our list of the top offbeat documentaries.

8. Overnight (2003)

Overnight traces the meteoric rise and fall of aspiring filmmaker Troy Duffy, a former bartender who turns out to be one of the most misguided and obnoxious human beings on the planet. After fucking up a movie deal and alienating just about all his friends and family, Duffy somehow managed to go on to direct an awesome cult flick called The Boondock Saints. The last shot of Duffy talking to himself as he wanders aimlessly outside a bar is truly disturbing.

Sample Dialogue: “As for my film career? Get used to it, cause it ain’t goin’ anywhere. Period.”

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7. Monster Road (2004)

“I go for the lowest common denominator. Just get some stuff in front of the camera and get some action out of it. Get the most I can out of those figures before they wear out . . .” Monster Road explores the fascinating life and work of underground clay animation artist, Bruce Bickford, who collaborated with the late, great Frank Zappa on a number of projects such as the 1979 movie, Baby Snakes. This ain’t Gumby and Pokey, folks. Some of Bickford’s clay animation works are truly disturbing! Monster Road also introduces us to Bickford’s equally eccentric father, George, a retired aerospace engineer who is suffering from the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Sample Dialogue: “Isn’t it remarkable? This little planet we’re on . . . Is this the headquarters for something?”

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6. Grizzly Man (2005)

“I will die for these animals, I will die for these animals, I will die for these animals . . .” Legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog returns to his favorite theme, obsession, as he traces the story of Timothy Treadwell, an amateur naturalist who spent 13 summers among wild brown bears at Katmai National Park in Alaska. Treadwell and his girlfriend were tragically killed by one of the bears during the fall of 2003. This is an extraordinary, funny, and haunting documentary full of astounding footage and some great introspective narration.

Sample Dialogue: “And what haunts me, is that in all the faces of all the bears that Treadwell ever filmed, I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only the overwhelming indifference of nature. To me, there is no such thing as a secret world of the bears. And this blank stare speaks only of a half-bored interest in food. But for Timothy Treadwell, this bear was a friend, a savior.”

The Grizzly Man Trailer

 

5. Burden of Dreams (1982)

Les Blank’s riveting documentary focuses on the utter chaos surrounding the filming of Werner Herzog’s epic, Fitzcarraldo in the jungles of South America. Whether having to replace his entire cast, attempting to drag a 320-ton steamer over a small mountain or trying to deal with totally insane actor Klaus Kinski, Herzog reveals an unwavering obsession to finish his film.

Sample Dialogue:“Without dreams we would be cows in a field and I don’t want to live like that. I live my life or I end my life with this project.”

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4. American Movie (1999)

American Movie documents the life of Mark Borchardt, an obsessed filmmaker who lives about as far away from Hollywood as you could possibly get – Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Borchardt’s main goal in life is to finish a full-length horror film titled Northwestern. It’s obvious that this guy’s entire film career is based on the opening scenes of Night of the Living Dead. Mark’s determined to live out his version of the American dream. He’s also a deadbeat dad with three kids out of wedlock.

To fund his masterpiece, Mark runs up credit cards, borrows from friends and relatives, and works a series of menial jobs – from delivering newspapers to vacuuming a mausoleum. His creditors are after him and so is the IRS. He doesn’t give a shit. So he drops Northwestern and focuses on a shorter film called Coven, “a psychological thriller portraying an alcoholic writer’s descent into the demonic abyss of a self-support group.” He figures if he can sell 3,000 “units” of the flick at $14.95 apiece he can raise enough money to finish his dream project. The final scene of American Movie is very revealing. It shows some of Mark’s old silent black-and-white film clips from the early ’80s – the same friends racing around madly, drinking beer and raising hell. Nothing has really changed

Sample Dialogue: “Is that what you wanna do with your life? Suck down peppermint schnapps and try to call Morocco at two in the morning? That’s senseless! But that’s what happens, man.”

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3. Crumb (1994)

As Crumb opens, Robert Crumb, complete with his trademark cheap suit, thick glasses and porkpie hat, sits cross-legged on the floor, listening pensively to a scratchy blues record from his extensive and rare 78-rpm album collection. We soon learn that “bizarre” and “dysfunctional” don’t even come close to describing Crumb’s family. A bleak childhood led Crumb and his two brothers to escape into a fantasy world of comic books. Crumb admits that he was attracted to Bug Bunny as a child and later became fixated on Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. His first sexual memory is of hanging out in his mother’s closet and humping a pair of her cowboy boots, while singing “Jesus loves me, yes I know . . .”

Needless to say, he didn’t get a single date during high school. It was during the late ’60s that Crumb created his most popular work such as Keep on Truckin’ (which caused him “nothing but headaches”), Mr. Natural and Fritz the Cat, which was made into a cartoon that “embarrassed me for the rest of my life,” he reveals. He finally got revenge on Fritz in a later comic by having a female ostrich stab him in the head with an icepick. Crumb’s LSD-inspired comics during the ’60s truly captured the seamy side of America’s subconscious.

Sample Dialogue: “My father was a rigid, gung-ho type who had a hard-ass attitude to life . . . All three of his sons ended up to be wimpy, nerdy weirdos. He wanted at least one of us to end up as a Marine. He always wore a fixed smile, which I later learned was a sign of deep depression.”

Crumb Trailer

 

2. The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009)

From Johnny Knoxville and Dickhouse Productions, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia is basically a real Trailer Park Boys documentary. It’s genuinely hilarious if you take a step back and observe its truly absurd characters. For example, it features someone who has huffed so much gas he can tell, by scent, the difference in the grades now. Apparently he’s been told by doctors he has a hole in his brain and “I’ve got a brain cell that don’t work, I don’t know which one but that’s what they tell me.”

It’s like watching a car wreck. The people in this family are wild human beings. Lots of sadness, violence and drug abuse revolve around this family, and they mask a lot of their sadness by rolling with the flow, and living up to their legendary name. It’s an interesting look at a type of people most in this country don’t get to experience firsthand.

Sample Dialogue: “You know what my daddy used to say? He used to say, ‘When you get too old to cut the mustard, lick the jar.’ I don’t know what he meant by that.”

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1. Dark Days (2000)


Near Penn Station, next to the Amtrak tracks, the homeless have been living for years. Marc Singer goes underground to live with them, and films this “family.” A dozen or so men and one woman talk about their lives: horrors of childhood, jail time, losing children, being coke-heads. They scavenge, they’ve built themselves sturdy one-room shacks; they have pets, cook, chat, argue, give each other haircuts. A bucket is their toilet. Leaky overhead pipes are a source of water for showers. They live in virtual darkness. During the filming, Amtrak gives a 30-day eviction notice.

The “characters” in the film all told their individual stories but none of them tried to make any excuses for things they’ve done in the past to get them where they were which is what ultimately makes you sympathize with them. The documentary is beautifully shot on black and white film which was impressive considering the lighting issues inside the tunnel. DJ Shadow, a trip hop DJ provided the score which really added to the mood of the narrative.

Sample Dialogue: “What they should do is leave us down here, that’s what they should do. Leave us down here until they get housing and when they get housing they ship us out. But not just take us out of here. I mean we’re all down here by ourselves, my friend. Like a family alright, you gonna break up the whole family. It’s not worth it, it’s not fair to us”

Dark Days Trailer