Best Art Ever (This Week) – 02.22.13
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, but because cartoonists, illustrators and their fans share countless numbers of great images on sites like Flickr, Tumblr, DeviantArt and seemingly infinite art blogs that we've created Best Art Ever (This Week), a weekly depository for just some of the pieces of especially compelling artwork that we come across in our regular travels across the Web. Some of it's new, some of it's old, some of it's created by working professionals, some of it's created by future stars, some of it's created by talented fans, and some of it's endearingly silly. All of it's awesome.
We're very much interested to see what you've dug up and think should be featured here in Best Art Ever (This Week). Please submit any great art links to andykhouri-at-comicsalliance.com. Artists, feel free to send in your own work or to request that your work be removed.
Please visit these artists' websites to see more of their work, buy their products or commission an original piece.
Shout out this week to Totally Mystified, a fabulous Flickr stream dedicated to mid-century magazine and advertising. illustration
Rogue Trooper by Adam Foreman
"Miniature Lion" by Adam Van Winden
"Man with his dog" by Wonman Kim
Godzilla vs. Ultraman by Steve Jung
"Upholder of the Teachings" Avatar art by Seth St. Pierre
"Sugar Rush Ben" by Benjamin Chee
Downton Abbey's Carson by Scott Christian Sava
Danger Girl by Joe Chiodo
Daenerys and Drogo by Michael Anderson
"Game Over" by Andrea Gadaldi
Arzach by John Buscema
"The Shambling Guide To New York City" cover by Jamie McKelvie
The Matrix's Trinity by Craig Drake
Dick Tracy villains by Francesco Francavilla
Irene Adler by Guillaume Poux
Hellboy in Hell by Sean Anderson
Art by Nicolas Nemiri
Shark Week by Iasmin Omar Ata
Art by Tony DeZuniga (censored for your protection)
"Repent, Harlequin!" by Jim Steranko
Shirley Manson by Yana Moskaluk
Aliens by Eduardo Risso
Beyoncé by Kevin Dart
"Ice Water" by Jaime Hernandez
Art by Coby Whitmore for The Saturday Evening Post, 1960
Barbarella by Greg & Tim Hildebrandt
Art by Conjunto Universo
"Relic" by Kali Ciesemier
Blueberry by Moebius
"Murder Off The Record" by Robert Maguire
Mirror Universe Nu-Trek by Paige Carpenter
Nexus and Magnus, Robot Fighter by Steve Rude
Race Bannon by Doug Wildey
Art by Taiyo Matsumoto
Art by Howell Dodd for Men In Danger! magazine, 1964
Akira Kurosawa tribute by Michael and Laura Allred
Madman by Chris Bachalo
Multiple Warheads by Dustin Weaver
Dejah Thoris by Adam Hughes and Karl Story
Yojimbo by Paul Pope
Art by Leo Fontan