Jonah Hex by Ramón Pérez

the old west is one of my favourite genres to play in, right up there with sci-fi and crime noir. so when francesco suggested jonah hex for this week's twart i had too participate come hell or high water. at first i was at a loss for how to tackle the piece, composition wise as i wanted to do a full figure illustration - but the thing about hex is his face. so a close-up was necessary. in the end i decided on the mignola route; just mash it all together into one image.

the pencils were done very loose and quick as i wanted most of the work done at the inks stage. whereas with a sci-fi piece i would pencil rather tight to convey that tech accuracy the old west is all about loose brush strokes and moody blacks... well for me at least.

ready to go i hit up google for reference but all that came up was lame ass jonah hex movie snapshots. i gave up rather quickly and decided to go from memory... so if the accuracy is a bit off... meh.

for fun, i thought i'd include another western pinup i did years ago showcasing hawk, son of tomahawk and madame 44.

damn, i wanna work on an old west book.

someone hook me up.

... alright time to go out and enjoy my saturday night.

cheers.

Futurama by Ramón Pérez

alright, it's not quite done - so it's in keeping with my track record here. but i thought i'd share the pencils anyways. my concept was - what if the futurama characters existed in the star wars universe...

i'll get it inked up. i promise...

Ostrichard by Ramón Pérez

As much as i wish i could join in every week in reality i am a Twartist in absence for the most part.

However, when i was presented with the ridiculousness of Ostirchard i had to participate. Thanks to Nathan for presenting us with (and introducing me to) Corey Walker's dysfunctional hero. I had a few ideas as soon as i laid eyes on this fine fellow - but the idiotic simplicity of this one won me over.

I wanna do a book starring this guy.

Italian Spiderman by Ramón Pérez

it was my week's choice and i got nothin'... well not yet.

had a ridiculously busy con this past weekend here in mah' hometown of toronto. great show, but no time for leisure doodlin'. but i did start - so i'll post a finished italian spiderman shortly!

cheers,

r.

Ketchup by Ramón Pérez

i seem to be catching up on my ketchups... it's a sad state of affairs really.

so my official "ketchup" is ol' benny grim. i had hoped to colour him up... but time did not allow.

i had hoped to be more prolific with my post this week as i haven't posted in a dogs age on the twarts. but with work, webcomics, trying to buy my first home and all... spare time seems to be at a standstill.

since my offerings are slim, i thought i'd also share a partially inked ARCHIE as well as the pencils for my HELLBOY twart, both of which i hope to ink soon.

The Thing, by Ramón Pérez

it looks like nathan and i were thinking along the same lines...

when i think of the Thing the first thing that pops into mind were the days when he would don his extra large overcoat and stingy brim fedora.

while my piece isn't done yet, i thought i'd share the doodle on a napkin that initiated it... a place holder till the final is done...

the other temptation was to go another more peculiar route. the thing is one of my all time favourite characters (which is funny though, cause i've never liked the fantastic four), however my first exposure to him wasn't through comics but the cartoon show from the late 70s and early 80s...

Archie by Ramón Pérez

okay, it's sunday night and i'm halfway there.

i was hoping to get this done before the week was out, but i was a guest at the new toronto wizard world this weekend which put an end to that thought. however i will try to ink it up before the end of next week and append it to this post.

unlike my fellow twarters i wanted to keep the classic feel of archie but render it more akin to the the newspaper strips of the era like juliet jones by stan drake. i also went so far as to steal a piece of americana by using a composition from a classic norman rockwell image which i have included bellow...

Black Beetle by Ramón Pérez

here i go - sneaking in again last minute. actually i fudged the post time...otherwise i would have been overlapping johnny recon...

(btw fantastic piece m!tch - where do you find the time. damn)

anyway, here's my addition to the fantastic line-up of renditions starring francesco's pulp hero. i want to own a comic starting this guy. hell, i'd love to draw a comic starring this guy :)

enough babbling, it's bedtime...

g'night.

G.I. Robot by Ramón Pérez

i'm not sure if it's a time zone thing or francesco is just eager to get us started... but i'm slipping this one in on eastern standard.

crunching for time this week with a few deadlines looming i decided to keep it simple and do a simple headshot as my fellow twart really covered all the bases with their amazing renditions of our metalloid friend.

so this round was done straight to inks, using a #3 (still working my way up to the #6 mitch utilizes!), along with some zip and a dash of colour in photoshop.

Torpedo by Ramón Pérez

i've been traveling for the past two weeks and try as i might i couldn't get a rocketeer done to post last week, which saddened me immensely (i think i'll have to sneak one in when i can) but there was no way i was gonna miss a chance to try my hand at torpedo!

my train arrived back in town earlier this evening and i raced, luggage in tow, to my studio before going home just so i could get my contribution done. even though it's the a.m. hours of monday - i haven't gone to bed yet so it's officially still sunday in my books.

in the end, here's my tip of the hat to abuli, bernet, & toth... hope you enjoy.

Zorro by Ramón Pérez

first off, a big thanks to chris samnee for letting me be a part of the comic twarts. i am in great company and it's going to be a challenge to keep up! which i like :)

i thought i'd take a different approach to my zorro piece as, not only are all the renditions ridiculously awesome, i wanted to capture that feel of our masked hero sweeping through the scene. it's one element i really enjoyed in a lot of the old zorro serials and even the new movies. a blur of a cape, the flash of a sword.... you get the picture.

hope you like.