[Various] Commissions from various artists

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Sat May 17, 2014 4:54 pm

Thanks Storn! I really like Joe's work.

Speaking of which, here is some new sketches he did for me.

Up first is Doctor Dagon, a Deep One who becomes a "supervillain" during World War 2:

Power Man was another villain my old Champions GM had created, and let me use. He was a superman type, but much like Gladiator and Superboy, his powers were actually more psionic in nature. Joe went with a more Miracle Man look on his logo than was there originally:

and lastly, Joe's take on an image CuMorrig had done for me a few years back. I originally wanted Dustland to do this, but he's been tied up more with writing these day. So here is Joe's take on T'al Z'agoth, the Malevolent Moon:

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Sat May 17, 2014 4:59 pm

and as a sample of things to come, here is Joe's colored take on Puzzler and Sceptre from The Dirty Dozen:

Gramvandle · Post by **Gramvandle** » Sat May 17, 2014 8:37 pm

Excellent stuff!

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Sun May 18, 2014 3:17 am

Here's T'al Z'agoth in all his malevolent glory:

MrJupiter · Post by **MrJupiter** » Sun May 18, 2014 9:47 am

Fantastic, fantastic, and more fantastic! I love how the Malevolent Moon turned out. Also, the SCEPTRE rocks! I really enjoy seeing Joe's work. Do you have an eta on product releases for these images?

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Sun May 18, 2014 6:45 pm

MrJupiter wrote:Fantastic, fantastic, and more fantastic! I love how the Malevolent Moon turned out. Also, the SCEPTRE rocks! I really enjoy seeing Joe's work. Do you have an eta on product releases for these images?

For Puzzler and Sceptre, it depends on how long it will take to finish Dirty Dozen. Dustland is going to do the Dirty Dozen logo for the cover, and I have another artist (Richard Spake) doing one last piece for the book. He injured himself recently, so it might be awhile before he can start on the piece. I've started putting together character sheets, so it's all a matter of writing the rest of the book (the 2 adventures I want to include, an intro, etc).

As for the rest, I can't say. I don't order art for a specific release. I get art done, then as inspiration hits me, I start writing characters out. I hope once The Dirty Dozen is over to do a large villain compilation, but again, don't want to say until I know for certain

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Sun May 18, 2014 10:17 pm

Colored version of Power Man:

MrJupiter · Post by **MrJupiter** » Sun May 18, 2014 11:39 pm

I really like the Power Man logo.

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Sun May 18, 2014 11:43 pm

MrJupiter wrote:I really like the Power Man logo.

It's sort of a take on Miracle Man. Joe has been re-reading them, and ironically, PM's costume does resemble MM's in some ways. The chest logo was different in the original art, but looked somewhat dated. I kind of like the homage to MM in the direction Joe took with this one

btw, I saw you mention you had contacted him on DeviantArt about a commission; were you able to hook up with him on that?

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Mon May 19, 2014 7:01 pm

Richard sent me his first draft of Doctor Dracula all ready. Thought it might be another week or two, so this means he's doing better (which I'm happy about, as I was a little worried). Anyway, here it is:

MrJupiter · Post by **MrJupiter** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:09 pm

urbwar wrote:
MrJupiter wrote:I really like the Power Man logo.
btw, I saw you mention you had contacted him on DeviantArt about a commission; were you able to hook up with him on that?

Yes, I'm having him do a picture of Mr. Jupiter. I can't wait to see how it turns out. If i had some more money, I'd definitely see about having other heroes rendered, but for now that's going to have to wait.

MrJupiter · Post by **MrJupiter** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:15 pm

DOC. DRAC, excellent! Great picture. The mask and cape/batwings look cool. I love seeing the ideas of comic book heroes/villains as vampires; its such a challenge to pull off.

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:27 pm

MrJupiter wrote: Yes, I'm having him do a picture of Mr. Jupiter. I can't wait to see how it turns out. If i had some more money, I'd definitely see about having other heroes rendered, but for now that's going to have to wait.

I hear you. I look forward to seeing his take on the character. Should be pretty cool.

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:32 pm

MrJupiter wrote:DOC. DRAC, excellent! Great picture. The mask and cape/batwings look cool. I love seeing the ideas of comic book heroes/villains as vampires; its such a challenge to pull off.

Funny enough, this look is an improvement over his original. I was re-reading the story he appeared in, and his look in the issue is different than this (which is what he looks like on the cover)

urbwar · Post by **urbwar** » Thu May 22, 2014 2:46 am

Here's an early color draft of Lord Eon Joe just sent. Not the final version, but pretty close to what it will be