How would you feel about life if Death was a cute little hottie?
on May 17th, 2009
Another commission down, this time for Adam Pezdek.
Always a fun time drawing Death! I’ve got a major piece of all the Endless I still haven’t finished, but most of my commissions are completed (or nearly completed) including one of Shade. But I never tire of drawing things from Sandman. Neil Gaiman magic…
My patrons are giving me a great deal of freedom with these commissions. Drawing one is a nice break from a difficult day of layouts or complicated inking. I spent yesterday working on Stealth Tribes by Warren Ellis – another massive double page spread – and I thought my eyes were going to dribble out of my head. That book has some of the most difficult drawings I have ever tackled.
Alas, I lost some of my lead time last week to being under the weather, so no slacking.
More commissions going up this week. Come back and see!
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PS: pencil on colored paper, with colored pencil. 8″x10″.
Death © ® DC Comics
Talk about expression and body language! BTW, what made you choose to include sunflowers? A symbol of light against the dark? Or just because you wanted something yellow?
The interesting thing about Death is that she’s a character one might perceive as dark, but she’s really very positive and sunny. When I think positive and sunny, I think sunflowers, which I was planting the day I did this drawing.
You definitely do one of the best depictions of Death and this is another great piece: I love the subtle way you’ve managed to add dimension to the thigh rather than a solid flat black, and the coloured paper makes for a great look (Travis Charest also uses this technique to great effect).
I’d love to see the Shade piece when that’s done: I loved that series (well until #50) but passed it on when downsizing my collection but still have your two arcs, I particularly liked the Changing Woman storyline…
Adam trusted me with his entire sketchbook, so that’s why I drew Death on the colored paper: it was already there. But like you, I love drawings on toned paper!
I enjoyed Shade very much: just wish I was a better artist back then! Very interesting stories.
They still sell well in foreign countries. I get these little royalty checks! But I don’t think the reprints did well in the USA.
Woohoooo! This one is mine! This one is mine! (Envision me jumping up and down) Thank you so much!
Trust well placed, that’s all I need to say.
That’s so cool you were planting sunflowers when you did this, I’m glad you shared that. For some strange reason it makes it that much cooler.
I can’t wait to see what else you put up, your commissions always rock.