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Hello all! Here is some art from the upcoming Omega Chase #6. For more artwork and news related to Omega Chase or my other comic book and illustration projects, please visit my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Julio-Molina-Muscara/142987274512

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Issue 5 from Omega Chase is almost ready to be sent to print! Omega Chase tells the story of Mack Baron, a man who knows who he is but doesn't know where (nor when) he's supposed to be. This issue sheds some more light over the secrecy of Mack's mysterious life and his "powers", as our hero dwells the land of the Dark Elves along a team of warriors who distrust him. Some pages from the issue,

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I am going to use page 55 from my Hulk Fan Webcomic to show how I usually draw a comics page:1) After reading the script, I take as much as I need to imagine how the page could look like. Dozens of ideas run in my head, and I pick what I think works best.2) When I am ready to draw, I scotch a regular "computer printer" page (size A4) on my drawing table, and start doing "thumbnails".Thumbnails

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(Find English version below) Conozco dos opciones para comprar comics en Córdoba: 1) Crossover comics store www.crossover-comics.com.ar Ubicada en la galería Rex (Gral. Pax 174 local 11), es la más grande y además de comics y libros, tiene una gran variedad de muñecos, películas y video juegos.   Pero le pegan un rótulo a la tapa trasera de los comics (lo que decrece su valor como

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Steve McNiven is a Canadian artist who became well known in the media after drawing Civil War for Marvel. He is now drawing "Old Man Logan", a Wolverine story by Mark Millar for which Steve may get a prestigious award. If you like photo realistic style, take a look at Steve's work. Study his lines, and then using photo references, try to mimic his style but also, add some of your own. You don't

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I once had to draw a panel where a man hit a zombie with a rifle. The script said that the man had to swing the rifle as if it were a baseball bat, and that the zombie had to go down to the floor, unconscious. Besides picking an effective camera angle for the reader to understand exactly what was going on, I added gore to the drawing to entertain the reader, AND make the knock out even more

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THE POWER OF SILHOUETTES Top artists frequently use a very simple technique that adds lots of power to their drawings: silhouettes. A silhouette is a dark image outlined against a lighter background. Silhouettes are used to effectively add mood to the artwork. For example, if a figure is walking through a tunnel towards the reader, using a silhouette could make a much more effective drawing

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USING REFERENCE If you would like to raise the quality of your drawings, you have got to use reference. Photographs, other drawings, and nature, not particularly in that order, can be great sources of reference for your drawings. Note: using reference should NOT be confused with tracing. Except when totally necessary (as in drawing a map, a logo or something that MUST look like a photocopy,

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b) Posting your drawings in artwork portfolio gallery websites Another great way to promote your skills as a comic book artist and your drawings is by posting your VERY BEST drawings (only) in image gallery websites. There are many out there, and most offer A LOT for free. I use and recommend the following: GFX Artist Comic Art Fans Deviant Art Art Wanted Having your drawings in these art "

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For those of you who come here for the first time, let me introduce myself: my name is Julio Molina-Muscara, I have a portfolio website at www.julio.ws, I've always loved to draw, and I am a published comic book artist. My credits include the Omega Chase comic book, written by Keith Dallas, published by Th3rd World Studios, and currently available online at Drunk Duck. In this series of posts

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Now you can read my Omega Chase comic book at Drunk Duck, the webcomics community that hosts, as they say, some of the best comic books and strips on the web.Omega Chase is written by talented Comics Bulletin Keith Dallas (United States), pencils and inks are by yours truly (Argentina), colors by (among others) painting-marvel Meha Nathan (India), and lettering by font-sensation Thomas Mauer (

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Finally my very first comic book in print, published by Th3rd World Studios, came out on Wednesday October 3rd, 2007 in comic book stores across the USA! SPECTACULAR!!! Many Thanks in advance if you'd like to support my career as an artist by purchasing an issue. Omega Chase is a monthly book, coming out as a miniseries of 4 issues. You may see more info and previews at www.julio.ws/oc

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Yesterday (October 24th, 2006), the comic book artists group "V de Viñeta" (from Córdoba, Argentina), exhibited 70 original artwork pieces in the show room of the Lino Spilimbergo art school, located in the Ciudad de las Artes, Córdoba, Argentina.The exhibition was called Re-Creando Viñetas ("re-creating panels") .I met the "V" group recently so I had not enough time to prepare the material for

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This past weekend I attended the Imaginario 06 comic book and fantasy convention in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.Imaginario is the most important con of the northern part of Argentina.This was their fifth year and to celebrate it, they invited several top Argentine creators: Lito Fernández, Carlos Meglia, Rubén Meriggi, Robin Wood, Carlos Trillo, Darío Brizuela, Germán Erramouspe and Quique

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My comic book "Omega Chase", which I co-created with (and it is written by) Keith Dallas, is on schedule for its debut this year!Publisher Th3rd World Studios (www.th3rdworld.com) will print "Omega Chase" as a monthly book, most possibly starting November of this year.As of my artistic development, I am just about to draw the final page (23) of issue 3. Once approved, I'll dwelve right into issue

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Introduction "Omega Chase" is the title of the comic book project I am working on since February of this year.I am the "artist", meaning, I do the pencils and inks of the interior pages, and I am also the co-creator.About...Omega Chase is the story of Mack Baron, a guy who despite being a sheriff in the 188os, has recollections of his adventures in Medieval times, knows what happened in NY on

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Today I rented and saw "Fantastic Four".NICE...One of the best comic book-based movies I've seen.I really enjoyed the scenes where Johnny mocks the Thing (just like in the book!) , he plays the playboy (on the motorcycle kissing the girl!) or just shows off himself in front of cameras and people.I also liked the effects very much, specially the Torch and the Invisible Woman's force field.About

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I used to have a personal journal in my early teen years.Way back then (I am in my 30s now), I would sit down and record the most important events of my life in the sheets of my diary.Of course, those events were almost always about the girls I liked, or dated.The diary was my friend. I could tell it anything I wanted. And it listened.Then, I would read what I had written, to relive those

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