SHAZAM! Sketch Cover!

 Here's a look at a recent SHAZAM! sketch cover commission! The final art was created using ink, colored pencil, and marker!

Lots of classic 1940s/50s comics art was used for the background panels!

SUPERGIRL Sketch Cover!

Another exciting challenge!

Look below to see my start-to finish progress on this SUPERGIRL sketch cover commission! The finished cover was completed using colored pencil and ink!

Incredible Hulk Recreation Art!

I've always loved this simple (but dynamic) image of the Hulk, as drawn in the late-60s by comics artist Herb Trimpe.

This is my attempt at a realistic take on said iconic pose, using marker, ink, crayon, colored pencil, and pastel!

Click below to enlarge!

Below: I took tons of pics (with me as the subject) for reference before starting this painting...

Then I stretched, twisted, and manipulated my pics in Photoshop, to get some 

Hulk-like proportions, then used those images to help craft the finished illustration!

Below: Close-up details from the painting.

New AVENGERS Sketch Cover! The Vision!

Another fun sketch cover!

Ink, crayon, acrylic, colored pencil, and marker!

New Wonder Woman Painting!

 Here is a great "just for fun" illustration!

I was going for a kinda "70s air-brushed" retro posterized look, in both the approach and composition, and came darned close!

This was rendered in ink, crayon, and colored pencil!

Avengers VISION Sketch Cover!

Back again with yet another fun sketch cover! This time, it's the comic book version of the Vision!

I used my own cosplay designs as inspiration for this one!

Ink, marker, colored pencils and crayon!

Click image below to enlarge!

Batman Aurora Model Kit Sketch Cover!

 What fan didn't love (and build) the famous 60s-70s Batman plastic model kit by Aurora?

This often re-released kit has to be one of the most memorable images in comics history, and I wanted to create a sketch cover based on this terrific toy, trying to keep the motion, mood, and dynamics captured in the original 3D statue!

I used ink, crayon, colored pencils, and markers to create this one!

Click images below to enlarge!

 

Rare Marvel Superheroes Art! X-MEN! Wolverine! Hulk!

 Unearthed from the files! Here are some pencilled pages and covers from various kid's books, all featuring the Marvel superheroes (Storm, Wolverine, the Avengers, Magneto, the Hulk, and more)! Click images below to enlarge and enjoy! 

 

The (Re)Making of a CAPTAIN AMERICA Classic Cover!

Just for fun, I decided to create an entirely new (fully painted) take on John Romita's fabulous 1969 cover to CAPTAIN AMERICA #113! Click below to follow along and enlarge images!

Below: Once I blocked out the logos and cover dress from a scan of the original cover,
I printed that portion out on watercolor paper. Next, I sketched in the faces and
elements, then began using marker to start putting in the basic values...

Below: The original '69 cover (left), and my finished cover (right), using marker, colored pencils, and ink! A fun project!

Below: My own "Captain America" cosplay, on which I based the above Cap head shot!

Al Bigley PodCast Interview! ARTS TALK! 5/2011!

A great interview by the talented guys at ARTS TALK! I talk about my career, influences, comics and comics creators past and present, and what to expect in a career as a freelance illustrator and commercial artist! Just click here to listen in!