Cedric Nocon

My recent artwork based on the X-Men character named Wolverine. Photoshop was used to produce both the layout sketch and digital inks. Youtube link to the Wolverine artwork: http://www.youtube.com/watch...   Wolverine © Marvel Entertainment. [If you're reading this post in Facebook or Myspace, visit the original blog post of this article at http://cedricnocon.com for a larger version of the artwork.] - Cedric Nocon

I've been adding more of the type of linework style from my experience as a comic book artist into my current commercial illustration work. Close up on the illustration... Linework dynamics—Detail, volume, shading, and positive-negative space contrast.... I've gone back to being influenced by the works of legendary comic book artists Neal Adams and Stan Drake. I miss the old days of ten or fifteen years ago when I used to study linework rendering and dynamics. I used to have an art book that was all about rendering an artwork using just Rapidograph pens. We're talking like maybe back in 1991! Sadly, I no longer have that book and you won't find it at bookshops anymore. But that was my bible for lineart illustration—it taught me a lot about hatching and stippling. [Facebook users: If you're reading this blog post on Facebook, visit cedricnocon.com to see the original blog item. Thanks!] - Cedric Nocon

Okay, so I'm lagging on my blog posts. But here is a color work from a few days ago. I started it during my lunch break—while eating at a local restaurant called Panera—and eventually finished it little-by-little throughout the day... The layout for it... Close up details... Snapshots during lunch... - Cedric Nocon