Sunday, May 13, 2007

Illustration Friday: Citrus


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with a general term like "citrus" to work with it seemed only natural to explore another aspect of the superhero genre: the super team. Justice League of America, the Teen Titans, the Avengers, Defenders, the X-men, the Fantastic Four (to name but a few). heroes that have banned together to fight a common foe.

comic fans won't have any problem recognizing the Hulk masquerading as the "prodigious Pulp", or seeing that Captain Cumquat is really Iron Man, but if you can guess who posed for Ruby Red there'll be a special "No-Prize" in it for ya. i didn't put a lot of effort into designing the characters. i actually spent more time on the background, and the logos. but what the heck, it's not like i'm getting paid to do this.

created entirely in Adobe Illustrator specically for this week's challenge.

Special thanks for all the comments last week. a personal high mark with 13 total! also: Happy Mother's Day to all the mums out there! enjoy the show, thanks for dropping by and have a groovy week!

11 Comments:

Blogger Willie Baronet said...

Pulp fiction has now reached its zenith. Nice.

9:22 AM  
Blogger - Mr David Poe.com said...

I love these classic covers. I have a few X-Men from when I was a kid that i was going to throw away about a year ago, I stuck them in a drawer. I am so glad, now, that I didnt. There is just something about the art and language; and it's exactly that 'art and language' that feeling of classic 'golden age' comics that you capture so well.
Thank you for that.

-David

9:25 AM  
Blogger Smash said...

Awsome idea and well done.

12:22 PM  
Blogger Digital Scott's Illustrationblog said...

Nice work Bill! Very dynamic.

1:10 PM  
Blogger Amy Zaleski said...

Wow, this is really super clever. So well done and creative at every turn.

1:24 PM  
Blogger mcscrub said...

another outstanding cover very old school design

5:40 AM  
Blogger Michelle Lana said...

awesome! love it.

3:31 PM  
Blogger Arkonbey said...

Once more I laughed out loud. The 'scurvy' bit makes the cover perfect.


I thought of you this weekend when I bought a little book of nothing but Detective Comics covers featuring Batman (it's like a coffee table book, only it's 4" square).

I'm going to cast my vote for Ruby Red as Ms. Marvel (aka Carol Danvers).

8:17 PM  
Blogger TheTart said...

Lotsa action dude!

Do tell about the Dallas art thingy ... ?

Smooches,
The "Dallas" Tart
; *

9:19 PM  
Blogger Jim Pearson said...

A wonderful groaner - The Prodigious Pulp" - awesome job.

12:52 AM  
Blogger Andre Messier said...

Would Ruby Red be Hellcat from West Coast Avengers?

I love your Stan-Lee-esque text!

9:41 AM  

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