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Star Wars: A New Hope
A new composite illustration themed around Star Wars with a focus on the Dark Lord of the Sith and his connections that run through the Jedis. Focused on Darth Vader, this Star Wars illustration emphasizes the important role he plays in the mythologies created by the...
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Portrait of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia and an alternative movie poster for "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back"; the second film in the original trilogy of Star Wars movies from the mind of George Lucas. The Empire Strikes back was arguably the best of the...
Anne Hathaway
Portrait of the Oscar-winning actor, Anne Hathaway and an extension into an alternative movie poster for Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises".Nolan's trilogy was the strongest set of films from the DC cinematic universe; they have not been able to match...
Black Widow
Portrait of Scarlett Johansson as Natalia Romanova, the Black Widow; the character originally created by Stan Lee, Don Rico, and Don Heck and brought to live in the Marvel Cinematic Univers (MCU).Originally created to antagonize Iron Man, Scarlett was a perfect foil...
Batman
Composite portrait of the legendary Batman, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger. The dark knight and protector of Gotham city since he appeared in Detective Comics in 1939. Although I am more of a Marvel Universe fan, having grown up on their mythologies, Batman has...
Superman
Portrait of Kal-El, son of Jor-El and born of Krypton. Sent off-planet as it was set to be destroyed and arrived on Earth to be raised his adoptive parents Martha and Jonathan Kent; he is also known as SupermanThis portrait was created using Adobe Illustrator, Corel...
Scout Trooper
Portrait of a Scout Trooper on the forest moon of Endor from the second film in the original Star Wars Trilogy; The Empire Strikes Back.These chase scenes were some of the coolest I remember from my childhood. And the way that they filmed the hyper-speed chase by...
Hellboy
Composite portrait of Mike Mignola's creation - Hellboy. The harbinger of the apocalypse and defender of the forces of darkness. The image above is the base dark intaglio layer and one part of the workflow I use in my illustrations.Mike Mignola created a wonderful...
Old Ben Kenobi
Throwback to the original, Old Ben Kenobi, with this portrait of Sir Alec Guinness in his iconic role from George Lucas' first film in the universe of "Star Wars".Despite the disparaging comments Guinness made in reference to the film, it opened him up to a fandom of...
Wonder Woman
Portrait of Lynda Carter as as Diana Prince, also known as Wonder Woman, from the 1970s television series which aired on CBS.Now, if you ask most people today, those who grew up in the 1970's, who is Wonder Woman virtually every single one would answer Lynda Carter....
Kenobi
Working to try to get out of a funk, so I revisited one of my favorite topics - Star Wars. Here is a composite portrait of Ewan McGregor as I envision him in the upcoming "Obi-Wan Kenobi" coming to Disney+ in May 2022. We know a bit about the show, but with the recent...
Arnold
Portrait of Arnold Schwarzenegger the world bodybuilding champion turned actor, turned governor, and now back to actor. I remember seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger as a kid in the film, "Pumping Iron", and blown away that this was an actual human being. He was one of the...
Kingpin
I have been wanting to do a Kingpin piece for a while now. Vincent D'Onofrio is a fantastic actor and his portrayal of the Kingpin in the Netflix series "Daredevil" was fantastic. With the conclusion of "Hawkeye" on Disney+ we now learn that our beloved characters...
Vader
Portrait of the dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader from the mind of George Lucas and part of the Star Wars Universe of Stories. The character was so big, he was actually played by 2 actors: David Prowse portrayed him on screen while James Earl Jones gave him his...
Daredevil
Portrait of Charlie Cox as Matthew Murdock, also known as Daredevil, from the eponymous Netflix series and soon to be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).The great success of the show was certainly the casting but equally important was the writing. Daredevil...
Raiders of the Lost Ark
I have been looking for another concept illustration that might allow for gold leaf, similar to the Princess Leia May The Fourth piece, on the physical giclee printout. Given my love for Indiana Jones film series and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" I thought that the head...
Kilgore
Portrait of Academy Award Winning Actor Robert Duvall as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore from Francis Coppola's epic "Apocalypse Now". Robert Duvall plays Colonel Kilgore who is the fearless leader encountered on Captain Willard's (Martin Sheen) journey to rendezvous...
Grace
Reaching back to the golden age of Hollywood for a portrait of of the legendary actress turned real-life princess, Grace Kelly in her heyday as the Hollywood Starlet. I remember seeing her in "To Catch a Thief" with Cary Grant and thinking there couldn't be two cooler...
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