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Castlevania in Color....

I realized I already posted a couple of these colors from Simon. The Alucard character and Cornell both. So I've added them again here so they're all in one place. 
I've only drawn a werewolf kind of character a few times before. There are quite a few different interpretations out there to pull from. I had a lot of fun with this one, I don't get to draw monsters very often. Once again with Simon's colors this really comes to life!
Here's the original post where I talk about the Comic pitch, the character and this sketch.
http://robertatkinsart.blogspot.com/2011/11/cornell.html


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Alucard was fun to do. Almost a very classic Dracula image, though younger looking. Which makes since considering he's Dracula's son in the game. This is a very specific depiction of Alucard during the time right before he rebels against his father and joins the force of good. I really dig these kind of characters that have an inner struggle of good vs evil. 
Here's the original sketch post where I talk more about the character and sketch!
http://robertatkinsart.blogspot.com/2011/10/alucardson-of-dracula-happy-halloween.html
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Dracula....

As I mentioned in the last post, this was part of the art for a Castlevania Comic pitch to Konami. Here are the colors by Simon Gough for the treatment.

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Also this is the original post I did for the line art where I talk more about the sketch and the character.

http://robertatkinsart.blogspot.com/2011/11/castlevanias-dracula.html[image error]

Castlevania goodness....

A while back I did a Castlevania theme on the blog. It was mostly as a favor for my friend Quinn Johnson to use as character art in a Castlevania Comic Book pitch to the video game company Konami.  As usual I teamed up with Simon Gough to really make these characters come to life. Quinn is a fantastic writer and a devote Castlevania fan. He came up with a treatment that explores the history of the game property and incorporates many aspects that make the game and story unique. It's a really well written script!

There's only so much I can say, but the pitch has been turned in, and we've gotten some fantastic feedback so far!! I wanted to share the colored art that went into the pitch this week on the blog.

I'll start of with Grant the Pirate. Here's the original post where I talk more about the character.

http://robertatkinsart.blogspot.com/2011/10/pirates-life-for-meyarrrrr.html
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Back with a little TMNT action!....

Hey all, so it's been a bit of a break from the blog. Mostly due to this MONSTER cover I've been doing for IDW.  It's a 3 page interconnected cover that will run on issue #18 of GI JOE, Snake Eyes and Cobra.  As soon as it's all solicited or comes out I will show my process and talk about who I chose to spotlight on the cover. It's an idea I've had and wanted to do for a couple of years now. It will showcase nearly 40 GI JOE and Cobra characters and over a dozen vehicles!

I also got to squeeze in the cover for the Canadian Joe Con comic! The show is coming up Aug 11th in Toronto, and I'm really looking forward to my first trip up to Canadian and meeting with the Joe fans up there.

I reposted this Leonardo sketch a little while back and it was snagged up pretty quickly, but the buyer requested that I ink it. So I got to spend a little more time on this and thought I'd share.

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Wolverine vs Sentinel....

Okay, got this bad boy done. I had a lot of fun working on this, my son was with me drawing his own characters and he suggested I have Wolverine cutting out the Sentinel's eye. It was a cool idea so I went with that, and he's been pretty proud of his contribution since.

Fun to do, classic 90's costume Wolverine takin' it to a Sentinel. Ahhh good times. I've just got 3 of these blank sketch covers to do from that sketch opp a while back. Then that will be wrapped up. I have a few more to do for conventions recently past or coming up. So I'll be posting those as I get them done.

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Wolverine...

Here's another blank comic cover sketch. I think it's the first I've done on a Wolverine book. Actually this is just the front, I'm having ole' Wolvie battle a giant Sentinel that will cover the back of the book as well. Here's the first part done, I'll be adding the Sentinel and posting that tomorrow.

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My favorite run on Wolverine was when Leinil Yu was drawing the title early on in his career. You can see his influence with the way I drew his mask. It was just solid art and a rotating cast of side characters that kept it fun. I go back and read that every once in a while, and I don't do that with many of my single issues packed away in the closet. They've only put some of those issues in trade so far. I'm hoping they'll collect the rest at some point.
There are some fantastic Wolverine Trades and Graphic novels that you can find here atINSTOCK TRADES for 30-40% 


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Firefly Vs. The Arashikage...

This was a commission I did back when I was visiting the UK for the Roll Out Roll Call convention. I've had the chance to draw Firefly quite a bit this year. Which has been great especially since I've not been able to draw him in the books.

I always enjoy the commissions where I can tell a story with what's going on, and this was a cool premise. Basically that Firefly would be getting the drop on the Arashikage ninja clan.

Here's the commission and the recent colors by Simon Gough

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Geek's Elixir...

Many of you might be familiar with my amazing sister Elaine. She's come with me to various conventions and has established her self some pretty decent geek cred. If you've seen her facebook site, then you know what I'm talking about!

http://www.facebook.com/elaine.a.manley.9
Over the years she has made quite a few friends and contacts within the industry as well as established her own "voice" of commentary on the industry. We brainstormed this last week while she was here visiting and decided she needed a more official site to use as an information hub than just her facebook. 
She'll be starting up a blog very soon where she'll spotlight various News, Reviews and Interviews focusing on the comic book industry. First we needed a name and came up with "Geek's Elixir: Comic Book Essentials". Next we needed a logo, which is where I come in. 

I did up a quick drawing of the bottle and spilled liquid. Simon Gough did me a solid by coloring it up super quick and I worked up the lettering with a little direction from my brother Brian Atkins. At this point we just need to adopt Simon and make it officially a family affair.
I'll post more as soon as the site is up, but be on the look out for some great articles and creator interviews with some of the industries TOP Talent!
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Dark Legacy Ninja finished...

Here's the final commission with a "techy" background. I've always liked how Travis Charest would throw in these completely non-descript technical backgrounds. It looks cool....I don't know what that is, but it looks cool and all "techy"


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Character and Weapons design by Bryan Tillman. You can check out his Dark Legacy Kickstarter CampaignIt has a great video that gives you a look into the project!
You can also check out the Kaiser Studio blog herehttp://kaiserstudio.blogspot.com/
or click on the link to the right under art blogs.

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Dark Legacy Ninja...

This sketch is the first part of a commission for Bryan Tillman and his company Kaiser Studios. Bryan's been a long time friend, we went to the Savannah College of Art and Design (S.C.A.D.) together and have kept in touch since. This character is from a table top rpg, card game that Kaiser Studio has produced and successfully funded through Kickstarter!

The game is called Dark Legacy and captures all the best elements from both Magic the Gathering and a traditional D&D rpg game. This ninja character is one of the lead roles in the game, so I've been honored that Bryan would ask me to do this. Like most of my commissions....this has taken me awhile to fit this into my schedule, but like ALL of my commissions, they get done eventually.

So, here is the character inked up, I'll be adding the "techy" backgrounds tomorrow and post up the final piece.

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Character and Weapons design by Bryan Tillman. You can check out his Dark Legacy Kickstarter CampaignIt has a great video that gives you a look into the project!
You can also check out the Kaiser Studio blog herehttp://kaiserstudio.blogspot.com/
or click on the link to the right under art blogs.

For Questions and Comments email me at Robert@RobertAtkinsArt.com