You are a very talented painter. I am envious. Now that the compliment is out of the way...MAN artists use that Kirk headshot as a reference WAY too much. Every time someone has to paint Kirk they find that 8x10 on Google. If you ever have to paint more Kirk, visit TrekCore.com. They have many a screen shot of each episode. Tones of unique angles!
As a trek fan, I understand and even share your frustration. There seems to be 3 shots of Kirk that are constantly being used because they are constantly asked for. Though I've done many diffrent variations of Kirk myself using screen shots from the show as ref, they are rarely used,published, sold or requested. Perhaps in the next couple of weeks I can post them here. Thanks for the TrekCore suggestion! Much appreciated!
Since starting his comic art career in 2003, J.K.(James Kenneth) Woodward has collaborated with A. David Lewis on the indie comic Mortal Coils and Michael Colbert on the Digital Webbing Presents series Crazy Mary where he still does covers. IDW noticed his work on Crazy Mary and offered him a gig doing a CSI:NY limited series and he followed in short order with a standout story in BOOM! Studios' Zombie Tales series. When Peter David was re-launching his owner created series Fallen Angel at IDW, James was a natural choice for Peter's dark world of magic, violence and redemption.
His painted work eventually caught the attention of Marvel editor, Mike Marts who chose him to illustrate X-men Origins:The Beast which was released September 2008.
He recently relocated from Long Beach, CA to Long Island City in Queens, NY and still illustrates Peter David's Fallen Angel as a reoccurring miniseries for IDW as well as various other work for IDW and BOOM! Studios
You are a very talented painter. I am envious. Now that the compliment is out of the way...MAN artists use that Kirk headshot as a reference WAY too much. Every time someone has to paint Kirk they find that 8x10 on Google. If you ever have to paint more Kirk, visit TrekCore.com. They have many a screen shot of each episode. Tones of unique angles!
ReplyDeleteAs a trek fan, I understand and even share your frustration. There seems to be 3 shots of Kirk that are constantly being used because they are constantly asked for. Though I've done many diffrent variations of Kirk myself using screen shots from the show as ref, they are rarely used,published, sold or requested. Perhaps in the next couple of weeks I can post them here. Thanks for the TrekCore suggestion! Much appreciated!
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