Harley Quinn and Black Canary, gouache
the finish from my mentor assignment given to me by Erik Jones. The assignment was to create a comic book cover with my two favorite DC characters, Harley Quinn and Black Canary.
This is what I’ve spent all my free time on in the past week. I’m pretty happy with it.
Best Art Ever (This Week) 02.24.12
By CA Staff
This week’s round-up of fantastic art is super sexy as part of our February coverage of all things erotica in the world of comics. We’ve got a great selection of image for those who like girls, those who like boys, and those who get a kick of seeing both genders at their hottest. Special thanks to Andy, Andrew, and Laura for making this week’s picks so delicious. (Please note that some people may find these images to be NSFW. Consider yourself warned, or titillated, whichever the case might be.)
The Birds of Prey star in Gotham by Michael Magtanong
Because every day needs more Helena & Dinah.
Black Canary & Huntress by Robert Q. Atkins
Dave Bullock art for sale!
He’s selling the above pieces so if you’re interested, click his name to inquire about prices.
From Dave:
These images are on 14x17 art board:
JLA
POWER GIRL
POISON IVY 1
POISON IVY 2
These are on 11x 14:
SUPERMAN
BATMAN & ROBIN
BLACK CANARY
BATGIRL
THE PHANTOM
Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) - 12.12.11
Although cosplay has been present for decades within the comics, anime, and sci-fi/fantasy fandoms, social media has played an integral role in the thriving community of costuming that exists today and cosplay communities such as Cosplay.com and the Superhero Costuming Forum. In honor of the many fans who’ve displayed excellence in the mastery of homemade disguise, craftsmanship, and sartorial superheroics, ComicsAlliance has created Best Cosplay Ever (This Week), a weekly collection of some of the most impeccable, creative, and clever costumes that we’ve discovered and assembled into our own super-showcase of pure fan-devoted talent.
Check out this week’s round-up of the Best Cosplay Ever on ComicsAlliance, featuring Loki, Black Canary, The Silence, Carmilla (above), and more!
My ‘watching tv’ doodle last night turned out to be Black Canary.
The only real criticism I have of the new Birds Of Prey series, other than it’s not the old series, is Dinah’s new costume. It turns out it’s not as bad as I first thought, but it is… well, a bit dull.
Dinah’s original costume and the Gary Frank redesign, the two of which pretty much all the subsequent BoP versions of her costumes are based on, are both iconic and when you see them you know exactly who you are looking at. The new costume… not so much.
Anyways, should I ever get the privilege of drawing Canary in a comic this is how I’d dress her, DCnU or no.
Although maybe without the heels. Maybe…
YES.
I’m more-or-less enjoying the new BoP, but I still think Dinah’s costume is positively hideous.
Once upon a time, I did a JLU-style recreation of a certain comic…
No one ‘got’ it.
(originally posted to my 365 account)
For comparison’s sake: some early Black Canary panels; a Bruce Timm drawing that particularly shows her peek-a-boo hairstyle; the same hairstyle on Veronica Lake
I am in favour of most of this (ESPECIALLY RITA HAYWORTH HOW PERFECT IS THAT) but I will never be able to see Dinah…I know Lake is the most-often cited actress for Dinah & I can understand why—-the hair is a big sell.
But we were basing our casting on more than just looks, taking into consideration acting ability, range, even voice.
We both thought Bennett could better portray both Dinah’s enormous heart & incredible toughness than Lake.
And there was also size as a factor: Lake came in under five feet tall, Bennett was 5’ 4”. Shorter than Black Canary, but definitely closer to our casting goals.
Here’s a picture of Joan for comparison.
This is the new official post of fyccb!! Black Canary + Bruce Timm + Veronica Lake = WIN.
