Illustrated Comics
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 The Classics Illustrated COMPLETE and More 405 Comics on 2 DVDs $16.00 Time Remaining: 20d 19h 23m Buy It Now for only: $16.00 |
 The Rare Wood Wally Wood sketchbook illustration comic book fanzine art $10.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 17h 42m |
 Original Kirk Reinert Illustration Art Surreal Drawing Eerie Creepy Comic Signed $195.00 Time Remaining: 7h 26m Buy It Now for only: $375.00 |
 7 VANGUARD ILLUSTRATED SCI FI COMIC SET DAVE STEVENS STEVE RUDE MANY MORE $14.99 Time Remaining: 5d 17h 28m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
 Classics Illustrated Lot of 24 Mixed 110 150 $49.99 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 33m |
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 Classics Illustrated 21 62 VG FN 50 3 Famous Mysteries 1949 No Reserve $4.25 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 11h 14m |
 Classics Illustrated Special 132A VF 80 Story of America 1956 Giant $12.50 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 11h 15m |
 Marvel Comics The Avengers Comic Illustrated Flip Flops $14.99 Time Remaining: 29d 17h 3m Buy It Now for only: $14.99 |
 Classics Illustrated Special 141A VF 80 The Rough Rider 1957 Giant $7.00 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 11h 16m |
 SCREEN THRILLS ILLUSTRATED 1 1962 VG HORROR MYSTERY WESTERN DETECTIVE $11.99 Time Remaining: 29d 17h 51m Buy It Now for only: $11.99 |
 Pulphope Art of Paul Pope sketchbook design illustration manga comic book art $20.00 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 17h 36m |
 1979 Heavy Metal Presents Alien The Illustrated Story Prometheus Origins $14.95 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 9h 41m |
 SCREEN THRILLS ILLUSTRATED 8 CGC 96 OFF WHITE PAGES SINISTER SPIDER SABU 1964 $225.00 Time Remaining: 29d 18h 1m Buy It Now for only: $225.00 |
 Classics Illustrated 53 A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens Comic 15c $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 11h 28m |
 EC PICTO FICTION LIBRARY HARDCOVER Complete Illustrated Slipcase Set HC NEW $142.48 Time Remaining: 14d 15h 55m Buy It Now for only: $142.48 |
 Will Eisner Spirit Portfolio Sketchbook illustration comic book fanzine art $10.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 41m |
 Darkchylde Swimsuit Illustrated Dynamic Forces Exclusive Alternate Cover $4.10 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 20h 14m |
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 Timespirits Original Marvel Comic Art Illustration Tom Yeates Native American 2 $56.99 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 6d 17h 50m |
 FRANK FRAZETTA FANTASY ILLUSTRATED 1 LINSNER VARIANT NM $9.00 Time Remaining: 29d 17h 15m Buy It Now for only: $9.00 |
 Timespirits Original Marvel Comic Art Illustration Tom Yeates Native American 1 $51.49 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 6d 17h 51m |
 Classics Illustrated 43 Comic Great Expectations By Charles Dickens 10c 1947 $10.49 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 7h 28m |
 EPIC ILLUSTRATED 28 BYRNE GALACTUS + CEREBUS CORBIN ART $3.00 Time Remaining: 29d 17h 16m Buy It Now for only: $3.00 |
 FIRST LOVE ILLUSTRATED 20 AUG 1952 GOOD VG $3.50 Time Remaining: 4d 18h 59m |
 Classics Illustrated Jr538 SILLY HANS O VGF $7.99 Time Remaining: 29d 10h 50m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
 Famous Authors Illustrated Golden Age Comic Lot 1950 1951 Ben Hur Hamlet $4.99 Time Remaining: 3d 18h 58m |
 Classics Illustrated Special 159A FN+ 65 Rockets Jets Missiles 1960 Giant $3.16 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 11h 16m |
 Marvel Comics The Avengers Comic Illustrated Large Shopping Tote Bag New $5.79 Time Remaining: 11d 15h 10m Buy It Now for only: $5.79 |
 Vintage Classics Illustrated Comics lot of 6 Nikolai Gogol Howard Pyle $2.25 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 15h 24m |
 Classics Illustrated Comics Mixed Lot of 8 Jules Verne Winston Churchill Dickens $20.00 Time Remaining: 27d 15h 2m Buy It Now for only: $20.00 |
 ROY G KRENKEL Comic Book Page from the 1950s Original Illustration Art $51.00 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 18h 20m |
 EPIC ILLUSTRATED 4 CGC SS 98 NM MT Starlin Neal adams 4 signatures MARVEL 1980 $149.99 Time Remaining: 1d 10h 15m |
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 The Illustrated Tarzan Book No 1 by Edgar Rice Burroughs $49.99 Time Remaining: 15h 39m |
 Marvel Comics The Avengers Comic Illustrated Large Tin Tote Lunchbox New $15.95 Time Remaining: 9d 15h 44m Buy It Now for only: $15.95 |
 THE CHILLERS ILLUSTRATED 1945 Horror Pulp Digest in VFN $19.99 Time Remaining: 3d 18h 57m |
 Epic Illustrated 13 $0.99 Time Remaining: 15h 12m |
 Classics Illustrated Junior 557 Silly Willy GD 20 $4.00 Time Remaining: 28d 16h 14m Buy It Now for only: $4.00 |
 Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated Nos 3 4 8 1998 99 Corben Peni Gaiman $15.00 Time Remaining: 19h 25m Buy It Now for only: $24.00 |
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 Classics Illustrated Lot of 24 Mixed 151 167 plus Gold Keys $49.99 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 33m |
 19 Antique Classics Illustrated Comic Books Golden Age 1944 1950 $9.50 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 14h 3m |
 VAMPIRELLA 32 Warren SEXY HORROR Ramon Torrents ILLUSTRATED HORROR TALES 72 LK9 $12.99 Time Remaining: 2d 13h 39m Buy It Now for only: $12.99 |
 December 1945 Classics Illustrated No 26 Frankenstein $5.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 19h 36m |
 EERIE 32 Warren TOM SUTTON Richard Corben SYD SHORES Illustrated Horror Tales LK $9.99 Time Remaining: 3d 11h 20m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 HUGE CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED GOLDEN AGE UP COMIC COLLECTION RUN KEYS MUST SEE NR $4.69 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 13h 22m |
 CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED No 133 THE TIME MACHINE by HGWells HRN142 Reprint Edition $0.99 Time Remaining: 3d 6h 30m Buy It Now for only: $2.25 |
 VAMPIRELLA 73 Warren HORROR Gonzalo Mayo BILL DuBAY Illustrated Horror Tales LK9 $9.99 Time Remaining: 2d 13h 5m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 Classics Illustrated 169 O VF+ 85 Negro Americans FINAL ISSUE 1969 $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 19h 59m |
 The Illustrated Story Of Ghosts 24 World Around Us Comic 1960 VG+ FN $12.95 Time Remaining: 29d 15h 52m Buy It Now for only: $12.95 |
 Epic Illustrated 34 February 1986 Alan Moore Rick Veitch $7.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 17h 8m |
 Lot of 25 Classics Illustrated comic books wide variety FREE SHIPPING $36.12 Time Remaining: 5d 18h 21m |
 1 VANGUARD ILLUSTRATED Yeates Bryant Rude VF NM New 1 10 Comics 375 Shpg $2.25 Time Remaining: 27d 11h 2m Buy It Now for only: $2.25 |
 SHI The Illustrated Warrior 7A NM $2.25 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 13h 38m |
 Heavy Metal march 2009 03 adult illustrated fantasy magazine $4.86 Time Remaining: 26d 15h 33m Buy It Now for only: $4.86 |
 Classics Illustrated 77 The Iliad HRN 166 Good + 25 $2.49 Time Remaining: 1d 19h 7m |
 Classics Illustrated ADVENTURES OF CELLINI 38 HRN 37 Original FN+ $39.95 Time Remaining: 3d 17h 10m |
 CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED 10 HRN 166 Very Good Robinson Crusoe Twin Circle Comics 68 $5.00 Time Remaining: 28d 15h 40m Buy It Now for only: $5.00 |
 1951 FAMOUS AUTHORS ILLUSTRATED 13 SCARAMOUCHE comic book KIEFER art $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 6d 18h 11m |
 Heavy Metal sept 2004 09 adult illustrated fantasy magazine $4.86 Time Remaining: 26d 15h 34m Buy It Now for only: $4.86 |
 CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED COMIC BOOK LOT OF 4 VERY GOOD CONDITION $1.25 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 19h 54m |
 1948 Comic The man In The Iron Mask Classics Illustrated Issue 12 1948 $7.00 Time Remaining: 7h 49m Buy It Now for only: $10.00 |
 Classics Illustrated 59 Wuthering Heights HRN 169 $5.04 Time Remaining: 19d 10h 28m Buy It Now for only: $5.04 |
 EERIE Comics Sept 17 Illustrated Terror $8.95 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 2d 10h 40m |
 Epic Illustrated 8 82 James Romberger Carl Potts Arthur Suydam Weirdworld Comics $4.95 Time Remaining: 27d 7h 53m Buy It Now for only: $4.95 |
 NOVEMBER 1947 CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED NO 43 GREAT EXPECTATIONS COMIC BOOK $190.00 (7 Bids) Time Remaining: 6d 16h 36m |
 5 PAGE COMIC BOOK COMMISSION YOUR STORY FULLY ILLUSTRATED WOW $649.99 Time Remaining: 3d 7h 47m Buy It Now for only: $750.00 |
 Heavy Metal may 2004 05 adult illustrated fantasy magazine $4.86 Time Remaining: 26d 15h 36m Buy It Now for only: $4.86 |
 Ben Hur 147 Classics Illustrated Comic HRN166 FN $2.80 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 19h 12m |
 Heavy Metal mar 2001 03 adult illustrated fantasy magazine $4.86 Time Remaining: 26d 15h 40m Buy It Now for only: $4.86 |
 Alex Raymond Flash Gordon July 8 1934 sunday newspaper comics illustration art $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 44m |
 Alex Raymond Flash Gordon April 15 1934 sunday newspaper comics illustration art $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 44m |
 VAMPIRELLA 70 Warren KEN KELLY Ramon Torrents ILLUSTRATED HORROR TALES 1978 LK9 $12.99 Time Remaining: 2d 14h 19m Buy It Now for only: $12.99 |
 Alex Raymond Flash Gordon July 15 1934 sunday newspaper comics illustration art $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 44m |
 Epic Illustrated 1 $3.99 Time Remaining: 26d 19h 4m Buy It Now for only: $3.99 |
 JEFF SMITH BONE AND BEYOND signed by Jeff Smith lavishly illustrated exhibition $20.00 Time Remaining: 1d 7h 54m Buy It Now for only: $35.00 |
 Lot 9 Classics Illustrated Junior Dell Disney Gold Key Comics GUC $4.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 10h 3m |
 EPIC ILLUSTRATED OCTOBER 1982 FN SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY $2.39 Time Remaining: 9d 19h 21m Buy It Now for only: $2.39 |
 Classics Illustrated 66 HRN0 The Cloister and the Hearth 1st Print $5.99 Time Remaining: 3d 17h 5m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 VAMPIRELLA 59 Warren HORROR Carmine Infantino NINO Sexy Illustrated Horror LK9 $10.99 Time Remaining: 2d 13h 23m Buy It Now for only: $10.99 |
 Alex Raymond Flash Gordon Feb 25 1934 sunday newspaper comics illustration art $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 44m |
 Alex Raymond Flash Gordon July 22 1934 sunday newspaper comics illustration art $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 44m |
 Classics Illustrated Junior 553 King Thrushbeard GD+ 30 $5.00 Time Remaining: 28d 15h 45m Buy It Now for only: $5.00 |
 Alex Raymond Flash Gordon April 1 1934 sunday newspaper comics illustration art $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 44m |
 True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated 1949 43 FR $4.50 Time Remaining: 28d 5h 58m Buy It Now for only: $4.50 |
 Alex Raymond Flash Gordon July 1 1934 sunday newspaper comics illustration art $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 44m |
 Alex Raymond Flash Gordon June 3 1934 sunday newspaper comics illustration art $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 44m |
 EPIC ILLUSTRATED FANTASY SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE OCTOBER 1981 NEW UNREAD NM $9.99 Time Remaining: 25d 13h 59m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 Alex Raymond Flash Gordon June 24 1934 sunday newspaper comics illustration art $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 44m |
 Adventure Illustrated 1 Tom Sutton Pat Boyette Comic $5.95 Time Remaining: 7d 10h 14m Buy It Now for only: $5.95 |
 Alex Raymond Flash Gordon Feb 11 1934 sunday newspaper comics illustration art $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 44m |
 Alex Raymond Flash Gordon May 27 1934 sunday newspaper comics illustration art $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 44m |
 Classics Illustrated Jr539 THE ENCHANTED FISH 576 VGF $5.99 Time Remaining: 28d 19h 40m Buy It Now for only: $5.99 |
 Alex Raymond Flash Gordon April 8 1934 sunday newspaper comics illustration art $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 44m |
 CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED 48DAVID COPPERFIELD500 $5.00 Time Remaining: 29d 14h 58m Buy It Now for only: $5.00 |
 Alex Raymond Flash Gordon April 22 1934 sunday newspaper comics illustration art $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 44m |
 Alex Raymond Flash Gordon June 10 1934 sunday newspaper comics illustration art $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 44m |
 Screen Thrills Illustrated 1963 1 FN $53.00 Time Remaining: 26d 12h 39m Buy It Now for only: $53.00 |
 Alex Raymond Flash Gordon May 20 1934 sunday newspaper comics illustration art $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 17h 44m |
Illustrated Comics
Digital Art: Explore Illustration
Digital illustration is big business these days. A quick look at roadside billboards, club flyers or magazine covers should be enough to convince anyone that the art of the digital designer has never been in higher demand, and its popularity just keeps on growing.
But defining exactly what digital illustration is proves tricky. We all know what the words mean, yet the myriad of ways in which illustration can be applied makes it one of the most versatile of the creative arts and as such, it's pretty difficult to pin down.
With a strong creative vision and the right software, concepts can be articulated in limitless ways; each style opening new doors for expression. The one crucial skill that ties it all together is the need for some innate artistic ability. You don't need to be a virtuoso with a pencil to be good at computer art, but there's no doubt that most professional illustrators are proficient with traditional art techniques.
The basics of image structure are the same across mediums, after all, and with software increasingly able to mimic traditional drawing methods, the transition to digital has become almost seamless. Let's take a closer look at the main branches of digital illustration and discover a little more about how the experts put them together.
Vector art
It's no great accident that vector illustration is currently one of the trendiest and easily recognisable of the digital art disciplines. The signature flat colours and clean lines are easy to spot and quick to grab attention, which of course makes the style hugely popular with advertisers looking to catch the eye of potential consumers. In addition, their reduced colour palettes and scalable technology means they are perfect when it comes to artwork for the Web.
Created with precision by manipulating Bezier paths, the mechanics of vectors are based on mathematic principles that make them infinitely scalable without suffering degradation. This trait is extremely attractive to illustrators because it means images can be shrunk to a stamp or stretched to a billboard, without having to be redone. Paths are also easy to edit at a later stage, making vector images quick to tweak and rearrange if need be.
Vector shapes are often produced with photographs or hand drawn scans as templates, digitally tracing as much of the outline and detail as needed. Programs such as Flash can even create vectors automatically by tracing over photographic or pre sketched material, allowing picture elements to be created quickly and with little effort. However, the real artistry comes when choosing which elements to take to the digital image, and knowing how to colour and arrange the final illustration.
Keeping up to date is crucial and, since digital artists typically spend hours in front of a screen involved in their masterpieces, it's all too easy to become isolated from what's going on around you. Styles ace constantly changing and trends can come and go at great speed, so keeping your finger on the industry pulse is vital. Not only does it make good commercial sense, but it can also act as a rich muse from which to draw ideas
Mixing media
While vector art focuses on clean shapes, simple forms and bold chunks of colour, other digital illustration techniques take things in the opposite direction. Since the arrival of Photoshop in 1990, artists have been able to digitally manipulate photographic material and combine it with other visual ingredients, and when layers arrived with Photoshop 3.0 five years later, the stage was set for a new form of digital image. In 1995, digital photo illustration was born.
Based on the traditional method of using scissors and glue to cut and paste photos and artwork together in new arrangements, it's a technique that has always been popular with children but has now become the favoured strategy of many an adult illustrator. This is primarily due to Photoshop's specialised, yet accessible and intuitive, toolset, but also reflects the success the strategy can have when attempting to convey a complicated collection of ideas.
Sketching toons
While everyone knows that Photoshop is the king of detailed mixed media illustration, less well known is the fact that it's also astonishingly good at producing line and comic style artwork. Deftly sidestepping the need to use intricate filters and effects, the hand drawn, hand coloured look is gaining favour with artists and art directors alike.
Because of the time saving tools that Photoshop offers, professional comic book artists are beginning to use the software to colour their hand drawn sketches and are taking digital art into previously unexplored areas. Using a mixture of both hand drawn and digital painting, new styles are surfacing that are making a massive impact on the established illustration industry.
Realer than real?
But for many artists, the Holy Grail of computer art is realism. Recent advances in graphics technology have enabled software developers to accurately simulate
real world drawing and painting tools by modelling how inks, chalks, oils and paints behave when they are applied to different surfaces. Using random particles to create natural looking strokes on simulated materials, you can now produce painted images that are all but indistinguishable from their hand made equivalents.
Since you can also grab a graphics tablet and paint directly onto your digital canvas, digital painting is less a description of an illustration style and more a literal possibility. As well as further mimicking the traditional within the digital arena, it's also easy to pick up and get started. To this end, having some experience with real world painting is a definite advantage.
Because the technology behind natural media is so intricate, there are only a handful of programs that can actually achieve believable results. The most specialised is Corel Painter, which takes the possibilities to extremes by providing an array of simulated traditional drawing and painting tools. It even goes so far as to model the way that watercolour Paints behave when wet, with drips, runs and splashes. However, with some crafty brush creation and expert manipulation of layers, equally exciting effects can be replicated in your humble copy of Photoshop.
Pixel power
But although illustration software is advancing, it would be a mistake to think that the industry is focussing purely on pushing the undiscovered boundaries of digital imaging. In among the simulated paintings, clean vectors and intricate photo collages, a resurgence of old school pixel techniques is proudly celebrating the humble beginnings of computer art.
Pixel illustration is arguably where the whole digital illustration shebang began, back in the days when computer screens could only display a small number of colours at a low resolution. But, like so many limitations, this situation forced creativity and produced a unique style that's now being snapped up in an industry that's constantly on the lookout for something different.
Because low resolutions mean large pixel sizes, pixel art uses geometric rules that ensure perspectives are correctly maintained . A by product of this is the familiar isometric view that's so common in this style of illustration, yet it does lend itself surprisingly well to conceptual art.
Pixel art continues to gain momentum, with increasing numbers of advertising and editorial commissioners looking to capitalise on its retro style designs. The bold use of colour and scrutinising detail also make it ideal for clients wishing to attract close attention and its popularity shows no signs of slowing.
Make it yours
With so many creative styles to work with, there are many entry points into the world of digital illustration. If you already own an imaging package, then you've got all the tools you need to get started. The disciplines we've delved into cover the majority of styles that are suited to computer art, but who knows what some hot new illustrator will come up with tomorrow. The range of software available combined with the sheer diversity of human experience, means that there is unlimited opportunity for individual expression.
So if you think you could be the next big thing then don't delay because, whatever your style, now is your chance. The hipness of digital illustration is just beginning to break into the consciousness of the mainstream and there's never been a better time to explore your creative potential.
About the Author
Magnetic Code website design can work in a variety of digital art styles, and promotes clean HTML and CSS programming. For an example of pixel art work, try Expert Found such as this review of Fat Loss 4 Idiots.
who illustrated these comics?
who is the illustrator for watchmen comics and sin city comics? is frank miller the one who actually illustrated sin city? please help!
Frank Miler wrote and drew the Sin City comics. Dave Gibbons was the artist on Watchmen.
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