Star Wars Galaxy 4 sketch cards, part two

Here are 90 more cards from the Galaxy 4 set that I worked on. And yes, there is the one Jar-Jar card that I did.

I'd also like to thank whoever sent my info to Galactic Binder for the linkage. That was nice. 

P.S. General Grievous is really fun to draw.

Star Wars Galaxy 4 sketch cards

Here are the first 90 sketch cards of the 308 that I did for the Star Wars Galaxy 4 card set that will be released by Topps sometime in February. This set was a long time coming for me and was pleased as punch to have been able to be a part of it. It was fun as all heck to draw all of these great characters from all of the films and I also feel that it's the best card work that I've done so far. For the most part these were all done in black and white, but I did throw some color in here and there and experimented some. I'll try to put all of them up at some time or another, warts and all.

Aaaaaahhhhhh....

It has really been a lot of fun being a Wings fan for a long time now and I just had to put something up about the Red Wings winning the Stanley Cup, so here it is. And thanks to NHL.com for the pic.

Plus, I'm doing something hockey related, but can't talk about it yet, so you'll just have to wait to see it.

Jack Kirby line study

This is a line study that I did a couple months back for an assignment in my figure class. We had to do a copy of a pen and ink drawing (comics seemed to be the popular choice) by someone well know in the arts. I chose this image from the cover of The Eternals #9 by Jack Kirby. This particular issue was one of my faves as a kid. It had this cool blocky monster with jagged teeth and plenty of mayhem and action. Everything a growing boy needs. And it has those remarkable flat and large fingers that I always found to be appealing. Maybe that's why I like Rodin's sculptures so much. But anyways, the purpose of this exercise was to understand  the artist's use of line weight. Thick and thin lines. The lettering is weak, but I enjoyed the rest very much so. I did the whole thing with a brush to...ahem...brushen up on my skills in that department.

Jack Kirby Line Study

15x20

india ink

Here is the original cover to The Eternals #9 by Jack Kirby
And here is an update of my returned cards from Topps. I didn't select the first two, so I'm guessing that the ones that I wanted back went out into circulation. Oh well, this happens from what I hear. I've also included two of the three that I received for doing some extra cards. They will all be for sale (eventually on ebay, I guess), except for the Gandalf at the Gates of Moiria. I'm keeping that one.

The Oceanic Six ...soon to be nine

These are the 6 cards that I will have returned (hopefully) to me as part of my payment for doing the Sketch cards for Topps. There will be 3 more, but I have to wait for approval to show them. As far as the returned cards go,I can do as I wish with them, put them up on ebay, fling them into a hat, etc. The first six were for the first 650 cards that I did and the last three were for doing an extra 50 cards at the end there. I have the last three in my possession as they arrived blank and I did them at my leisure, but I'm still waiting for the original six to come home and my worries, as with some of the other artists, is that they may have been accidently put into cases and shipped out with the rest of the lot. That's why I say hopefully.

Hogsnot Logo Sketches

Below are the prelim sketches that I did for the Hogsnot logo from my last post. I think that I pretty much nailed it with the very first sketch that I did and so did the client happily. Of course, there were some changes, but the hog remained as I first saw him. That's a good piggie.

Back in February, the Lord Of The Rings sketch cards that I did hit the shelves and soon after the buyers began putting them up on ebay. So, I've been enjoying tracking my cards and seeing just how many bids and how much they are going for, but what I have really been getting a kick out of is reading what the sellers have to say about my artwork. This was my favorite from a seller in Australia:

"You are bidding on a one of a kind [1/1] original Lord of the Rings: Masterpieces II sketch card created by famous artist Bruce Gerlach. This card features an amazing image of Gandalf, one of the main characters from the movies. Card is in MINT condition and has been stored in a protective soft card sleeve, inside a rigid hard plastic toploader."

I love Australia.

My wife's personal favorite is of one seller describing one of my cards as a "super sweet sketch." She now calls me Super Sweet. So, thanks to that guy.