Inking heroes to life - Jim Lee

My artist presentation was on Jim Lee, comic book illustrator extraordinaire! He stopped his education in the medical field to become a comic book artist, and boy, did it ever pay off. He has been special ordered for graphic novels with top notch writers ever since, his latest and famous being the Batman graphic novel, Hush (my absolute favorite thus far). Check him out sometime - it'll be worth it.

What I envy most is his perfect fabrication of human proportions and body. Young or old, buff or scrawny, landing a kick or taking a nap, Lee can draw them.-Twin 1

Ruth Thompson~Fantasy Artist

Pic Title: Brotherhood of the Sea

Ruth Thompson was born in Ohio and is a University of Alabama Graduate (1990). She originally wanted to have a career involving Biology and majored in it for the first three years in collage. Thompson eventually looked into Art classes in collage and ended up with a degree in Graphic Design. She wandered from job to job doing fantasy illustrations for collectible card games, magazines, board games, books, and role-playing games. Her final job was at Steve Jackson Games, Texas. Tired of working for others, she moved back to Alabama and started her own company called Tarnished Images (you can visit her website at www.tarnishedimages.com. Tarnished Images started with her attending or mailing in artwork to fantasy and science-fiction conventions and the occasional free-lance job. She still does that, but also includes her website, where you can order canvases of her paintings. Some are even signed and numbered.
Ruth Thompson uses oils and watercolors on every piece of work and she likes to combine both of the mediums. Her favorite medium is oils that allow her easier blending with colors and for detailed areas like faces. For her base, Thompson uses illustration board and pencil. With bigger paintings, she’ll do under-painting (something like an ink wash). After roughing some places, she’ll start painting. Any questions about her artwork can ban be found on her website at www.tarnishedimages.com/faq.htm. She sells original pencil works along with her paintings-although some are limited editions. Her paintings range from $25-$200. She also does figurines and cinch bags through other companies.
I originally found Ruth Thompson through a poster website and bought a poster of a dragon painting she did (if you want to cheat and not pay for the painting-posters are the way to go!!) It is called Equinox. Anyway, I fell in love with her style of painting and her themes. I love the prancing horses, dangerous dragons, and strong characters. But mostly the horses (duh :p). Please, please go to her website!! There are way too many pictures for me to show you! It would take hours!!