Through the Eyes of a Painter

A coworker asked me if I would do a sketch for a young man at her church who is autistic. He recently went through an operation and was having some difficulty. She was hoping to give him something to get his mind off the procedures he was going through. I asked what type of things he liked and she told me he was a huge Disney Fan and Donald Duck was his favorite character. So I started kicking ideas around in my head of what type of drawing to do. I pulled some old animation references for Donald's Facial expressions and remembered how angry He was and just how many funny situations that put him in. He was always yelling incoherently... Don't ask how but some how I pictured Donald in the Christian Bale Batman role. I guess it was his voice or something. One thing led to another and you have Donald "The Duck Night". I wanted to team him up and figured if Donald was Batman... then Mickey had to be Superman. Plus looking at all the old school Mickey reference just...

Free Comic Book Day is an Awesome way to share something your into with friends and family who may not normally read Comics. Be Sure to stop by your local comic book shop and say Hi tomorrow! Don't know where your local shop is check out the Free Comic Book Day Website

Artistic inspiration can be found anywhere. Last weekend my family and I took a road trip to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania so, as my wife put it “my son and I could let our ‘inner-geeks’ come out and play”. The destination on this trip was “ The Pittsburgh Comic-Con” an annual event hosted by Mike and Renee George of the Pittsburg comic shop “Comics World”. The weekend was amazing and way too much information to post in one entry so here is the first of the series. Our day began at 4:30 a.m as we packed the car to begin our 2 and half hour ride out to Monroeville convention center just outside of Pittsburgh. After several stops for some much needed coffee and then several more stops for restroom breaks because of the coffee breaks we pulled into the parking lot of the Double Tree convention Center. While we were picking up our VIP badges we were greeted by Renee George who gave us a rundown of the weekend events. You could feel the excitement in the air. The guest of honor at this y...

I can not begin to express my feelings , Al Rio had been one of my inspirations and I am stunned to learn of his passing. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends. Please read the following blogs discussing his life, work and unfortunate passing. ExposureEghg: exposureghg - Artist Al Rio passes away : Jessie James Comics:   http://www.jessejamescomics.com/site/index.php/media-and-blog/entry/in-memory-of-al-rio 'via Blog this'