The Hero Business

Rough Mondays: Warriors, Come Out And Play…

Hero Business C.E.O. — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:53:36 +0000

Apologies for today’s Rough Monday title, for those who haven’t seen the 80s cult classic movie.

The “Warriors” in question are Marvel’s New Warriors, one of the best comic series of the 90s! I’ve wanted to draw these guys for a while and this week’s “The Line Is Drawn” provided the perfect opportunity! (you’ll see, 90s fans…these guys really have the Right Stuff…)

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Hero Business C.E.O. — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +0000

Mal-Bot’s master plan revealed!

It’s hard to insult a super-villain…

Rough Mondays: The Dark Queen

Hero Business C.E.O. — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:43:57 +0000

“The Dark Queen” – A little drawing I did for David Reddick’s fun “Legend of Bill” comic:

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Hero Business C.E.O. — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +0000

If anyone has ever been annoyed by an automated phone-bot, PRESS ONE.

This week’s strip went through several iterations…. maybe I’ll share some for Rough Monday!

Rough Monday: Long Live the Legion!

Hero Business C.E.O. — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:16:03 +0000

Bronze-Age Legion Roughs. I’d like to do a full-blown drawing of all these guys.

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Hero Business C.E.O. — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +0000

Those crazy Mal-Bots. You have to change their oil every 3 months and watch out for the dreaded seven year glitch!

Rough Monday: Princess Pondering

Hero Business C.E.O. — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:38:41 +0000

So did you hear the one about the Disney Princess and the iconic female super-hero?

Here’s my latest — this was for week three of CBR’s “The Line Is Drawn” try-outs. The theme was “comic book characters in different genres.” I really went for the Disney-style vibe in this one, so I had to do some research on Prince Charmings and Fairy Godmothers…

The Twitter suggestion was “Wonder Woman as a Disney Princess,” which you can take in a number of directions. I knew I wanted to challenge the “princess waiting for rescue” notion, and I knew Diana wouldn’t be that princess. So the concept came pretty easily…

Here’s the pencil rough…

I usually do my inking and coloring in Adobe Illustrator, using my Wacom Tablet. So here’s what that looked like:

But I really wanted that lush Disney look… so off to Adobe Photoshop for some shading and texturing…

… and viola!

What I didn’t anticipate is the viral-ness of the image! It seems to have really struck a chord from all the shares, notes, reblogs and comments I’ve been receiving! So thanks, one and all!

Please stay and enjoy some more of my work here or on my Deviant Art Page.

And, oh, if you want to see more of my work, vote for me here.

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Hero Business C.E.O. — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:01:00 +0000

It’s about time we checked in on the Hero Business, huh? Wonder how Mal-Bot is doing there?

Rough Mondays: Fire & Primstone

Hero Business C.E.O. — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:22:03 +0000

Last week, we met Primstone, the fabulously fastidious executive assistant of Infernal Enterprises.

Sometimes a name just drives a character design. I’m a sucker for a play on words so the whole Brimstone to Primstone thing struck a chord with me. And whereas some of the other villainous organizations were based on some familiar tropes, I wanted our Infernal Enterprises rep to play against type. Here’s the initial roughs:

Slick and polished. No gnarly demons here!

We’ll learn more about Primstone when he pops up again.

Yup, I said “when” not “if”!

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Hero Business C.E.O. — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:01:00 +0000

Every one of these interviews is creating a villainous place I want to revisit. Welcome to Infernal Enterprises… make sure you read the fine print!