Best Art Ever (This Week)

We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists, illustrators and their fans share countless numbers of great pinups, fan art and other illustrations 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, awnd some of it’s endearingly silly. All of it is awesome.

WANT TO CONTRIBUTE?

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 andy-at-comicsalliance.com. Artists, feel free to send in your own work or to request that your work be removed.

Where possible, please visit these artists’ websites to see more of their work, buy their products or commission an original piece.

Special thanks to CA reader Travis Ellisor for sending in so many great links this week.

Martian Manhunter by Denver Brubaker

Lady Sif by Sean "Cheeks" Galloway

Dragonzord by Yannick Piront

Art from "Oliver's Travels" project by Joshua Coon

Godzilla by Francesco Francavilla

Spider-Man and Nightwing by Noah Dempewolf

Ragnarok by Walter Simonson

Firebreather by Humberto Ramos

Giovanni and Zatanna Zatara by Steve Lightle

Adventure Time/Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer mashup by Matt Slay

Wonder Woman by Dan Mora (click link for close-ups)

Wonder Woman by Dan Mora (click for close-ups)

Usagi Yojimbo by Francesco Francavilla for the Stan Sakai Benefit

Usagi Yojimbo by Francesco Francavilla for the <a href="http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/1581/dark-horse-announces-sakai-project" target="_blank">Stan Sakai Benefit</a>

Godzilla by Chris Pyrate

Abe Sapien by Dalton Rose

Star-Lord by Jordan Gibson

Warm-up sketches by Kim Kidoo (Seoul Sessions), Key Animator for SOL BIONCA: THE LEGACY, MOI Animation studios Director/ Animation Director on Cannon Busters project.