This a drawing I did nearly 20 years ago of Rawking from my comic book Strength Monsters. This is a character I had been drawing as far back as highschool. While I’ve improved and changed him a bit over the years (they say you need to draw a character at least 50 -100 times) I’ve kept his guitar which also transforms into a robot nearly identical.
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Early Strength Monsters Drawings
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Rare Night Of The Living Dead Original Art Work
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Personal Journal
In the recent past I posted here about Fantaco’s 1991 comic book adaptation of the Night Of The Living Dead by Tom Skullan and Carlos Kastro. Kastro’s art in particular had a heavy influence on me. Posted here today is one of Kastro’s test pages for the series that had until today remained Unpublished. While at the San Diego Comic Con in 1993 I was able to buy this page off of Carlos for around $40. While I’ve sold most of the original art I purchased as a kid in order to raise money to take lessons in illustration and make my own comic books this is one of the few pieces I’ve held onto.
Megagalactic Episode 2
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration, Megagalactic
Check out my Monthly Megagalactic Blog here Chronicling all the content I publish / put out each month. There will be a new Megagalactic illustration with each monthly post.
Awesome Robert Johnson Manga
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Opinion
Strength Monster First Issue Opening Scene Pencils
Posted by Sam Kressin in Pencil Drawings, Strength Monsters
Here’s a rare look at the pencils by A.J. Fulcher from my Catch Wrestling Comic Book Strength Monsters. You can still download THIS entire issue for free just put your name and email in the box below and I will email you a copy.
Chuck Norris And Stan Lee 1975 San Diego Comic Con
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Check Out This Full Page From My Inaugural Issue of Strength Monsters!
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You can download the complete comic book Strength Monsters in “Eat A Burrito” for FREE here just put your name an email in the box below and I’ll send you a copy.
Check Out Martial Arts Comic Book Veteran Stan Sakai’s Illustration Process
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Stan Sakai writes and illustrates Usagi Yojimbo one of the great martial arts comic books about a Samurai Rabbit. This is an awesome video showcasing his illustration process.
Awesome Night Of The Living Dead Quick Sketches
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Personal Journal
I discovered this Night Of The Living Dead comic book adaptation at the San Diego Comic Con circa 1992. The book was illustrated by a French artist named Carlos Kastro who was attending the convention. I watched him do many sketches for fans he would seamlessly transitions between pencil, pen, ink, brush, white out and so on. He told me it doesn’t matter which tools you use (brushes, pens, paper ect) as long as you know what it does. This Kastro drew with everything. Here is the sketch he did inside my comic book with just white out. He literally used liquid paper white out that comes in a bottle with the cap that has a brush attached to it.
Not long after watching Kastro draw quick sketches of skulls and zombies inside everyone’s comic books. I immediately took to practicing them myself drawing them upon every worksheet, piece of paper, note-book or homework assignment I was ever given during high school. Then one day in english class I drew a grouping of skulls on the top of a hand out near my name. The teacher saw the image of death laden upon my sheet of paper pointed to it and said; “I don’t like that kind of thing!” I knew I was on the right track.
The next year I returned to San Diego Comic Con and Carlos Kastro was back! He had the second issue with him. Here is the quick sketch he did for me inside my comic.
Here are the covers to Night Of The Living Dead issues 1 & 2.
Back Board I Took Through Artists Alley San Diego Comic Con 1991
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration
Howard Simpson had never worked on the Simpson’s but he drew the Simpson’s on everything because they shared the same last name. Dan Barry drew the Indiana Jones he penciled a Dark Horse Series titled, “Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.” The half circle and full circle with squiggly lines in the lower corner is Rob Liefield and that’s suppose to be Deadpool LOL. The Daredevil sketch is by Ron Garney he made it out to my Brother Seth who was with me and around ten years old at the time. Of course Sergio Aragones did a cool Groo Sketch and Stan Sakai did a cool Usagi Yojimbo.
The Complete Hour 25 Jack Kirby Interview Circa 1990
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Make Sure You Download Strength Monsters in “Eat A Burrito”
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Strength Monsters
As I’m finishing the final pages to my forthcoming comic book Strength Monsters in “Ultra Mayhem” make sure you’ve picked up the free download of my inaugural issue. Strength Monsters in “Eat A Burrito.” To get your copy just enter your name and email in the box below.
Megagalactic Episode 1
Posted by Sam Kressin in Megagalactic
Check out my Monthly Megagalactic Blog here Chronicling all the content I publish / put out each month. There will be a new Megagalactic illustration with each monthly post.
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Strength Monsters
100 Days of Making Comics: Day 13 – Burbank Train Station
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100 Days of Making Comics: Day 11
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100 Days of Making Comics: Day 10
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100 Days of Making Comics: Day 9
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100 Days of Making Comics: Day 8
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100 Days of Making Comics: Day 7
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Once these head drawings are completed with a grey wash I’ll have finished well over two dozen of them as I working toward my goal of pencils and then painting with a grey wash three dozen heads.
100 Days of Making Comics: Day 3
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100 Days of Making Comics: Day 2
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Here’s the work I finished today;
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Strength Monsters
New Strength Monsters Banner!
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Design Work, Strength Monsters
Here’s a look at the new Strength Monsters Banner I had made for conventions, special appearances and other stuff. The title is completely hand lettered you can check out my process here.
You can download a digital copy of the first issue of this comic book for Free. Just enter your name and email below and I will send you a link to download the book.
Check out some of the details and special feature I put into this;
New Mystery in Space Inspired Design Work
Posted by Sam Kressin in Design Work
New Design Work I did. This is hand lettering I based on DC Comics 1950s Mystery in Space Science Fiction Comic Book Series. I often choose to letter designs and logos by hand because it gives the piece more personality and avoids the sterility of what you get working 100% in Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop. Most people have no clue how labor intensive it is to do a job like this.
I get asked often by people if I can help redesign a logo or letter something and most of the time I have to say no because of the amount of work that goes into it. Of course everyone has a price and if offered enough money or a fair trade I would be happy to do the work. With that said the amount of work I do is nothing compared to some of the top of the food chain graphic designers. Although I do a lot of work I’ve been to the Dual Forces studio in Los Angles many times. Not only will they extensively research an idea for weeks and longer once they have a basic design they will turn out nearly 100 different iterations of that one idea. That’s one of the many reasons why they are the best and work with the all the biggest brands on the planet.
For this job I started out researching a lot of old science fiction pulp magazines and comic books I will do this until I come across something that inspires me or triggers my imagination. Once I had an idea of what I wanted to create I got started by drawing several boxes in perspective laying out where I want things to go.
Next I used a non-photo blue lead pencil to roughly sketch in all the letters.
After that I scanned in my sketch and created a grid in Adobe illustrator. This is to make sure all my lines match up to the correct vanishing points. I couldn’t do this part traditionally because the vanishing points for this design are so far away I would need a ruler the length of my living room. If you don’t know any thing about vanishing points there are lots of good books you can research to learn. I would recommend Vanishing Point: Perspective for Comics from the Ground Up
Once I had my grid built I printed everything out and tightened it down with my pencil and ruler making adjustments to my design.
I will continue to build up the design with my pencil and ruler until I’m confident enough to move onto inking.
The final step for this one was to scan in the final inked drawing and color digitally.
Quick Sketch Feldstein Inspired Space Man
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration, Pencil Drawings, Sketch Book
Work in progress for Your Web Designer I’ll tight this guy up and tie him down tomorrow. This the quick sketch I did today inspired by an Al Feldstein Weird Fantasy Cover. If you don’t know who Feldstein is I suggest you learn! My recommendation is to pick up a copy of FELDSTEIN: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein!
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Our Next Panel sequence part of my forth coming Strength Monsters Comic Book; “Ultra Mayhem!”
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Hulk Style Lettering
Posted by Sam Kressin in Design Work, Drawing and Illustration
Catch Wrestling Comics
Posted by Sam Kressin in Catch Wrestling, Design Work
Here is a new design piece I did again based on the old American Wrestling Association News Edition of Wrestling Illustrated Circa the 1970s.
The Great Herb Trimpe
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books
One of my favorites I bought this book off the shelf back in 1990. It’s a beautiful depiction of the Incredible Hulk throwing Hulk Hogan with an outside wrist lock throw by the great comic book artist Herb Trimpe an artist I admired for years who unfortunately passed away this week at the age of seventy five.
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Hayden Christensen is Indiana Jones!
Posted by Sam Kressin in Comic Books, Drawing and Illustration
Pencils for an Illustration I am doing to make some T-Shirts my brother and I are going to make to wear to the upcoming Star Wars Celebration. I’m really tempted to post this around the internet with the caption; “Just in new production art leaked with Hayden Christensen to star as Indiana Jones in next film!” Image the mass hysteria that would ensue!
Professional Wrestling Comics
Posted by Sam Kressin in Catch Wrestling, Comic Books, Design Work
Another design piece I finished this weekend. Inspired by AWAs bi-weekly All Star Wrestling Publications circa the 1970s. Like I’ve said before and in other posts I don’t really enjoy doing design work like this but if you want to make comic books and be in buisness for yourself it’s a necessity.
Naked Alien Blasting Stuff!
Posted by Sam Kressin in Drawing and Illustration
I drew this quick sketch on a white board in 2009 then snapped a photo of it. All I’m going to say is I may or may not have a comic book coming out soon with a naked Alien running around blasting stuff!
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