Prometheus

Hi,

After over a year-long blog hiatus I have managed to finish something, along with Jake, that is noteworthy and, more importantly, completed. This piece is a collaboration that started about 3 weeks ago and was worked on in the spare time that Jake and I had. It's largely an 80s manga throwback (think Crying Freeman). We thought, "Wouldn't it be cool if Otomo or Ikegami did a poster for Prometheus? What would it look like?" This is the result. We hope that you like it.

Prometheus by Joshua & Jacob Santa-Cruz, 2012

 Jake worked on the ship while I worked on the top & bottom portions of the piece.

David 8- croquil & graytones

Some details of the pencils. 

 

As I was drawing this piece I thought that maybe all

of those years of obsessing over Jean Giraud's art finally paid off.

This is a tribute to him, in a way. RIP Moebius.

Here's an isolated shot of the bottom portion of the poster.

As always,

Thank you for your support.

More to come. Get ready.

Progress for Pages 3 & 4

Hi All,
           I have finally completed the 8 panel monster of page 3. Below are a few details. This page really was the toughest one for me, considering that it's outside in Boston. Buildings are a pain- I don't care about who you are. If you're an artist, you have trouble drawing realistic buildings (I'm not gonna go there with cars!).

Good thing comics are about people and not buildings, huh?

      Page 4 was visualized when I was at work. I started it yesterday and almost finished it in one sitting.

This page is a lot more fun to draw than the previous one. I try to give myself breaks from time to time. If every page was as grueling as page 3 then I would just quit (not really). In the end, I'm pretty happy that the first 3 pages are finished, as they really are the set up for the main characters in this story. Now that they're established I can just focus on telling the rest of the story, which I promise will be a lot of fun to read.

Stay with me.... there's a story here.... I promise!

-Josh

Boston Comic Con- Day One

Hi All,
           Just checking in after Jake's and my first day at the Boston Comic Con! The show was a success, with attendance somewhere up in the thousands. There were loads of artists there, like us, selling prints and doing work on commission. Neal Adams, Howard Chaykin, Joe Quinones, Mark McKenna, Frank Quitely, Dexter Vines, and Frank Cho were there, just to name a few superstars. We had a good position, right out in the front, across from Dexter Vines and Scott Wegener.

We sold some trading cards and posters.

But the main action for me came from two commissions that I did late in the afternoon. The first was for Antonio, a college kid from Fitchburg State Univ., who wanted an entire Spider-man rogues gallery pinup.

He asked me to draw him the Shocker. Having never drawn him before I think that I did a pretty decent job. That insulation on Shocker's face is strange! Later on he came back with the finished piece, and I was blown away! I love what the other artists were able to do with the given space- comic art is something else!

Almost immediately after I did this drawing I was approached by Joe, who wanted me to do a drawing of the new character, Cyclone. I'd never heard of her but I was up for the challenge! I doodled for a minute to come up with a pose and then I started to draw.

Then came the inking stage.

Then the COLORS!

Joe looked pretty happy!

I'm looking forward to tomorrow! I hope that I can get the chance to draw more characters.

Thanks for stopping by!

-Josh

More Art...

Hi All,

I have just finished a new illustration for the Boston Comic Con. This one was sitting around the house for about a year before I finally added some finishing tones to it today. I like this illustration so much that I've made a few variations of it. It's one of those things, like graphic art, in which different versions broaden the interpretation of the piece/design. I hope that you like it!

-Josh

Kisses Kill- ink & photoshop

A Couple of New Things...

Greetings,
               I hope that you've had a great Easter holiday and that you've enjoyed the awesome weather that we've had today! Over the past two weeks I've been busy working on trading cards for the Boston Comic Con, as well as, a poster for the Portugal. The Man contest hosted by Creative Allies. This is my final weekend before the big show so I'm trying to be as productive as possible. Here're my latest creations!

These are pretty much watercolor except for a few obvious instances in which I used some colored pencil and ink. It felt good to be water coloring again. These will be on sale at the Boston Comic Con.

Here's my poster entry for the Portugal. The Man contest. I took the name of the festival quite literally, as you can see! If you would like to support this creation please visit the Creative Allies website and rate my design. Thanks!

We'll see what I can get done to prepare for the show. It's gonna be a long week!

Thanks for stopping by!

-Josh