Endstone

When I first started working on Endstone two years ago, I had wanted to do the art in a Bruce Timm/ Jack Kirby animation style. I’m a huge fan of the animated Justice League series, and I thought that using a simpler style (like in animation) would speed up the production process. And also I kinda’ like the streamlined dynamics that animation has to offer. Plus Jack Kirby styled art is classic and I really like how Bruce Timm has built on Kirby’s poses and storytelling techniques

However I abandoned it. I found it was actually more time consuming trying to learn an unfamiliar style, than just drawing in my natural, more detailed style. Plus, I’m more of a fan of John Buscema, George Perez, and John Byrne. Those are the guys I grew up with and emulated as a kid and I think my technique bears that out.

So these are some of the design-sheets for the “animated” Endstone. Most of this stuff was done before I went digital so it’s either brush inked on bristol board or Pitt markers on a sketchbook. Color in photoshop.

I have a bunch more of this kind of stuff. Eventually, I’ll have an art section where this stuff will be displayed.