Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Artist Spotlight... Erik Mullins...

Erik T. Mullins



Erik Teren Mullins is an Illustrator who's specialty lies in Graphic Novels and Concept Designing dynamic and creative creatures, characters and worlds. 


Erik describes himself and his work:
I spend every day drawing, whether it is original character designs, or existing ones, I'm constantly broadening my horizons, and always willing to try new mediums. I have advanced knowledge over graphic programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign, and traditional mediums such as pencil, ink, markers and sculpting. I have also worked a lot with Toon Boom as well as flash, and have a great sense for animation. Whether working in teams or on my own, I am a quick and efficient artist, always giving my 150%.


I've spent a few years sculpting and painting models of monsters,characters, even their surrounding environments. Giving me a great depth for 3D designing. I have already worked on 3D studio max and have a general understanding for the program.


My whole life has been dedicated to concept designing since I was 7, and would doodle characters in which I would then use for scribbled comics. I'm a natural when it comes to this, and am able to really think outside  the conventional box. I play video games, I watch cartoons, and I read comics. My ultimate goal in life is to reproduce that which I am so passionate about. And I would like to be able to influence generations of young aspiring artists the same way I was when I was just starting off.


Saturday, December 1, 2012

Oz's 2-Cent Reviews for November part 2

Welcome to another installation of our 2 cent reviews.  This batch will primarily be none big 2 books specifically Saga #7, Archer & Armstrong #3-4, Storm Dogs #1, The Hypernaturalls #5, and Danger Club volume 1: Death.  I still have a giant pile to go through so look for the next segments real soon.


 Saga 7:  A sure sign of an awesome comic is when it goes by too fast.  That goes double for this issue.  If you're not getting Saga already, what are you waiting for?  This issue: giant scrotum
 Archer & Armstrong 3-4:  Everything awesome in Incredible Hercules is transferred to this book.  I'm entertained each issue and it has that Van Lente humour I love.  I'm glad I stumbled upon this series, it's been well worth it.
 Storm Dogs 1:  I'm not really sure if this book lived up to the hype I saw from everyone but that doesn't mean it wasn't interesting.   I can't really give an opinion before I reread at least once however it's worth mentioning Doug Braithwaite on pencils.
 Hypernaturals 5:  Hypernaturals is building into something special.  Lots of back story and focus on the two most interesting members Inkwell and Clone-45.
Danger Club Volume 1- Death:  This was GREAT.  Fresh spins on old ideas with simple clean art and vibrant colours. It's also VERY fast paced.  The last issue of the trade had me speechless countless times.  I enjoyed the style of storytelling the author chose, it's fun piecing things together yourself.  I appreciated how un-wordy it was, the art said everything.  The one down side is I typically hate 4 issue-only tpb but for 9.99, I let it slip.