Fine Art in Comics

[Artistsean]

I have noticed that comic artists occassionally reference fine art or classic art in the comics. I have posted some examples, I posted in the Marvel section since I found more Marvel examples. Go ahead and post your own pictures too.

MC Escher
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/623px-Escher27s_Relativity.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/echer.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/escher2.jpg

Michelangelo's Piata
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/2.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/piata.jpg

[Elijya]

there's a website that's been linked to before that shows like 3 dozen comic references to the Piata

[Artistsean]

Do you know the link to that website?

heres another one

Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/vitruvian.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/davince.jpg

[TheCorpulent1]

Yep, Pacheco's clearly an Escher fan. Or maybe a Labyrinth fan:

http://www.geocities.com/soundwaveslabyrinth/pics/lab012.jpg

[Tropico]

Is that Longshot?!?!?!?!:D:D:D:D:D:p

[Artistsean]

Here are just a few Norman Rockwell references
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/rockwell_want.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/rockwell.jpg


http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/rockwellstools.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/rockwellstools2.jpg


http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/infrontofapainting.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/rockwellross.jpg

The last one could also be an homage to Roy Lichtenstein's style as seen in Alex Ross' Astro City cover above.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/O.jpg

[The Question]

Is that Longshot?!?!?!?!:D:D:D:D:D:p



No. It is the Goblin King. Show some respect, or he'll steal your kid brother and then hit on you while mezmerizing you with his hypnotic buldge. :o

[Artistsean]

Uncle Sam, I don't know the artist of the original
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/uncle-sam.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/unclesam.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/uncle-sam-alex-ross.jpg

[TheCorpulent1]

That Hulk cover reminded me of this one:

http://www.kaareandrews.com/img/hulk-49.jpg

It's based off of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are:

http://genedeitch.awn.com/illustrations/CH25-image1.gif

[Artistsean]

I forgot about that one, I liked that cover.

Heres more,

Eddie Hopper's Nighthawks
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/hopper.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Powersdiner.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/simpsonshoppersdiner.jpg

and I think there are more examples of this diner too.

[The Question]

It's been coppied so many times it's not even funny.

[TheCorpulent1]

"Eddie" Hopper? You and he go way back, huh? ;)

The painting is called Nighthawks, by the way.

[Tropico]

No. It is the Goblin King. Show some respect, or he'll steal your kid brother and then hit on you while mezmerizing you with his hypnotic buldge. :o

So you get hypnotized by bulges, huh? Now a lot of things about you are starting to make sense!:eek:

[TheCorpulent1]

It's funny; David Bowie's music is probably less known than his package among this generation because of Labyrinth. :)

[The Question]

So you get hypnotized by bulges, huh? Now a lot of things about you are starting to make sense!:eek:



Not any buldge. Just David Bowie's. :o

[Tropico]

I'd understand if it were the Goblin Queen....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/DDude/BatistaGoblinQueen.jpg

[The Question]

Oh yeah. I'd hit that. :o






.......and David Bowie. :o

[MaskedManJRK]

heres another one

Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/vitruvian.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/davince.jpg

I remember the Vitruvian also being referenced in the Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One story--with Spidey in the middle of it as well.

[Artistsean]

Thanks MaskedManJRK
Found it
Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/spidey-docock-yearone1.jpg

[KevanG]

That Hulk cover reminded me of this one:

http://www.kaareandrews.com/img/hulk-49.jpg

It's based off of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are:

http://genedeitch.awn.com/illustrations/CH25-image1.gif

That hulk cover is now my favorite EVER!!! I still have my copy of "Where the wild things are"

[MaskedManJRK]

Thanks MaskedManJRK
Found it
Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/spidey-docock-yearone1.jpg

The one I was thinking of was actualy the last page of the final issue--Otto's in a jail cell with one of the tentacles drawing Spider-Man in as the Vitruvian Man.

[TheCorpulent1]

That hulk cover is now my favorite EVER!!! I still have my copy of "Where the wild things are"
Sendak's a genius. :up:

[Artistsean]

The one I was thinking of was actualy the last page of the final issue--Otto's in a jail cell with one of the tentacles drawing Spider-Man in as the Vitruvian Man.

I can't seem to find that one. Can you post it?

[PWN3R]

Here are just a few Norman Rockwell references





http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/rockwellstools.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/rockwellstools2.jpg









wow thats great! :up:

Awesome thread.

[Kool-Aid]

I'd understand if it were the Goblin Queen....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/DDude/BatistaGoblinQueen.jpg



Whats that from? Its Hawt.:up: :)

[Artistsean]

Heres more

Andy Warhol
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/again.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/ffwarhol.jpg


http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/warhol.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Next_Wave_cvr003.jpg

I think the artist is Katsushika Hokusai . The Great Wave at Kanagawa
Japanese Woodblock print.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/japanese_wave.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Next_Wave_001.jpg

[Artistsean]

and more still
Archibald Willard's Spirit of'76, and Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/untitled.jpg

[Doc Destruction]

Anyone have the HoM cover that blatantly ripped off the Spanish king or what have you?

[Artistsean]

Sorry, I do not have that picture.

Norman Rockwell
United Nations
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/rockwellnations.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/kingdomcome.jpg

[Artistsean]

bump

[Artistsean]

yet another Michelangelo's Piata,
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/2.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/deadpool3-63.jpg

some inspired by Michelangelo's Piata:
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/cr07.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/180px-Uncanny136.jpg

[Artistsean]

Hopper's Diner, (Night Hawks)
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/hopper.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/hoppers.jpg

[Artistsean]

American Gothic by Grant Wood
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Iowa20American20Gothic.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/SHE-HULK_11.jpg

and I know there are other American Gothic refferences, I just have to find them.

[ang_hulk]

that shot of nick fury(ult) as uncle sam.

[Artistsean]

Another Pieta

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Jim_Cheung_LADY_DEATH_THE_WILD_HUNT.jpg

[Artistsean]

Found More

Mc Escher's Another World
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/EscherAnotherWorld.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/EscherAnotherWorld2.jpg

and once again
Norman Rockwell
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/infrontofapainting.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/rockwellepollock4.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/rockwellpollock3.jpg

and
Another Andy Warhol
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Andy.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Andy3.jpg

When I find more, I'll post them.
And if you have some of your own, please feel free to post them.

[Max J Power]

heres another one

Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/vitruvian.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/davince.jpg
The artist who drew the Spider-Man cover gave him a humorously large crotch region.

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

Great thread

[Arkady Rossovich]

Yes,i would say its a great thread to see how comics can sometimes draw from more realistic art.

[Artistsean]

I'm glad people like this thread.
See, it helps to know your art history.

[Banshee]

This is an awesome thread.

[Kevin]

"Hey mikey! he likes it!!" I like this thread a lot.

[Artistsean]

Thanks, I am glad you guys like it.

I found another example.

Rene Magritte's Castle in the Pyranees
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/ReneMagrittesCastleinthePyranees195.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/ReneMagrittesCastleinthePyranees-1.jpg

They even mention on the previous page how Rene Magritte's "Castle in the Pyranees" is Magneto's favorite painting.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/ReneMagrittesCastleinthePyranees-2.jpg

And if you find one you can post it too.

[IKnowSomeJudo]

Here's a sculpture from 1915 done by a german artist William Wauer. Look familiar?

http://www.portalkunstgeschichte.de/images/wauer_herwarth1105717441.jpg

[Artistsean]

Sorry, I am not sure if I do recognize it. Could you maybe give me a hint?

I also have a few more, osrt of.

Another Vitruvian Man
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/DiVincivitruvian4.jpg

here is a closer example of Lichtenstein, in style mostly
(blowing up comic pages to huge size so that the dots are big and easily seen.)
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Lichtenstein0.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Lichtenstein2.jpg
The Astro City cover by Alex Ross I posted earlier, that refferences Rockwell's Museum painting, also refferences Lichtenstein's style too.

and I was wrong earlier,
Alex Ross' Kingdom Come was not based on Rockwell's United Nations painting,
It was based on this one, Rockwell's The Right to Know
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/rockwellnations2therealrefference.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/kingdomcome.jpg
but it does look similar to Rockwell's United Nations (posted earlier)

[IKnowSomeJudo]

Sorry, I am not sure if I do recognize it. Could you maybe give me a hint?
Well the face part, along with pointy "ears", looks awful lot like Batman's cowl. Especially the one seen in the movies.

[Artistsean]

Thats what I thought, but I wasn't sure. Cool.

Arrow Collar ad, I guess this counts.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/ArrowCollarsad.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/ArrowCollarsad2.jpg

[Artistsean]

Remember, if you have any examples of fine art used in comics you can post it too.

[blud_knight]

its not hard to see why comic artists look back and pay hommage to the masters. We are all students of the same great subject. Looking back gives you inspiration. For after all what are we if not the newest generation of pop artists standing at the feet of giants.

[blud_knight]

this is my favorite thread I wish it got more traffic.

[Artistsean]

Thank you so much, I am glad you guys like this thread.
Here some more traffic, by me.
Uncle Sam
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/uncle-sam.jpg
and that Marvel's Ultimate Nick Fury cover someone mentioned
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/uncle-sam4.jpg

and please, feel free to post a pic if you want to.

[blud_knight]

^ that looks more like ultimate Jackson. I am sick of these Muther****ing terrorists on this muther****ing plane

[Danny No-Shame]

More. Please. Great thread.

Anything by Alex Ross is fine art.

[Artistsean]

You want it, you got it:
Vitruvian Man, by DaVinci
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/vitruvian.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/DiVincivitruvian6.jpg
its in there

and as always, feel free to post your own.

[blud_knight]

^ what is that from? It looks like Frankenstein

[Artistsean]

Its from Marvels, the book Alex Ross did before Kingdom Come. Its meant to look like Frankenstein, and there is a small Vitruvian Man in there.

[Artistsean]

Heres yet another one:

Atlas (sculptor?)
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/350px-Farnese_atlas_marble_sculptur.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Atlas2.jpg

[MaskedManJRK]

and that Marvel's Ultimate Nick Fury cover someone mentioned
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/uncle-sam4.jpg

:wow:

I must have this comic. Who do I have to kill in order to obtain it?

[Artistsean]

I am not sure of the number, I think its from series 2, but it is definatly an Utlimates comic.

Another Atlas
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/1507_3718_1.jpg

[Artistsean]

Another Great Artist

Vincent Van Gogh
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r215/proneedham/vincent.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r215/proneedham/vincent2.jpg

wait, whats with the angry face in the RE section?

[Phoney Bone]

Wow, I've never seen that cover before, it's great.

[Artistsean]

Its from issue #19 of Promethea, from Mr. Moore's America's Best Comics.
I like it too, and Van Gogh is great.

[Artistsean]

BUMP, why not.

[Artistsean]

I'm Back, with one more for now.

This one is sort of based on the wave I think.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/japanese_wave.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/AQM_Cv50_solicit.jpg

[Artistsean]

St Michael and the Satan by Raffaello Sanzio
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/stmichaeldefeatingsatan.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/52_30_CVR_varnish.jpg
http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/002556013.cfm

"I left cover #30 for a while and went on to a number
of other covers before I returned to it with the idea of
featuring Bruce as St. Michael battling his Batman
persona as Satan. I got the idea from all of those art
history classed that I took in college, so I pulled out
my old art history books and found some 15th and 16th
century altarpiece paintings of St. Michael."
-J.G. JONES

[IKnowSomeJudo]

This panel from Miller's 300 also reminds me of Hokusai's Great Wave.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/90/262553096_db90c2b288.jpg?v=0

[Artistsean]

Wow, nice find. wish I could find some more.

[Artistsean]

The pendulum swings both ways.
Just thought I would post some fine art that were inspired by comic books.
Andy Warhol's Superman prints
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/warhol-superman.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/warhol-superman2.jpg

[Fenryr]

Not entirely sure where it was, but there's a parody of Dali's Persistence of Memory with Reed Richards stretched all over the place, and the Thing in place of the mountain range in the background.

[Artistsean]

Wow, that is cool. Wish I could find that.
Here are some more based on fine art already posted.

Michelangelo's Piata
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/MichelangeloPiata7.jpg

Di Vinci's Vitruvian Man
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/DiVincivitruvian7.jpg

[Xofenroht]

I hope the right to marry forum threads is included as the next Proposal 2, because this is awesome.

[Artistsean]

I am sorry, I don't keep up with alot of stuff on the Hype forums. What do you mean right to marry forum threads?
Also, Thank you. I am glad that you like my thread.

[Xofenroht]

I am sorry, I don't keep up with alot of stuff on the Hype forums. What do you mean right to marry forum threads?
Also, Thank you. I am glad that you like my thread.

I meant, I have romantic feelings for this thread and would like to spend the rest of my life holding it in my arms and sometimes arguing with it about the lipstick stains on my collar.

[Artistsean]

Oh, Ok. I understand now. I normally just call it by its propostion number.

thanks.

I hope it passes and you two can be very happy together.

[Artistsean]

If you guys want to post any art you find being refferenced in a comic feel free to.
Just letting you know its open to everyone to do that.

[TheDemon'sHead]

Great thread. Probably one of the more intelligent ones on the Hype.

[Phoney Bone]

Michealangelo's Piata is one of the most copied peices of artwork in comics ever. (Just elaborating on your above post buddy!)

http://www.geocities.com/mbrown123/greatest_comics/deathcapmarvel.jpg

Most people take these as being references as well

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/e/e7/180px-Crisis7.jpg

http://www.zone-sf.com/images/bat-strip2.jpg

Just a couple of the many examples.

[Artistsean]

Thanks, good finds ya go there.
Glad others are looking for images too.

[Artistsean]

Here are some Zombie versions of classic works of art by Raise the Dead
Warning, the images bellow are gross and creepy!

Uncle Sam
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/uncle-sam.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/uncle-sam5.jpg

Norman Rockwell
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/rockwellstools.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/rockwellstools3.jpg

Andy Warhol's Marilyn
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Andy.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/Andy4.jpg

There is also a Judge Dredd #18 out there somewhere that has a repeating image of Dredd's head that looks very similar to Warhol's Marilyn

[Phoney Bone]

Suydam has gotta realize he's the luckiest guy in the world, right? What perfect timing for him haha....

[Artistsean]

Norman Rockwell's Shiner
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/RockwellShiner1.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/RockwellShiner2.jpg

[Ash J. Williams]

Do you know the link to that website?

heres another one

Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/vitruvian.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/davince.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v719/TMNTguy/extreme%20things/leo-vinci.jpg

[Showtime]

Really good thread, one of the best I've seen around.

[Artistsean]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v719/TMNTguy/extreme%20things/leo-vinci.jpg
Great find.
Thanks for helping out.

If you can find any others feel free to post them.
Really good thread, one of the best I've seen around.
Thanks, I love hearing that.
Because this was a thread I wanted to see too.

[Kahoot]

Cool thread.

[The BatDude]

Here are some Zombie versions of classic works of art by Raise the Dead
Warning, the images bellow are gross and creepy!

Uncle Sam
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/uncle-sam.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/uncle-sam5.jpg

Norman Rockwell
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/rockwellstools.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/rockwellstools3.jpg

Andy Warhol's Marilyn
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Andy.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/Andy4.jpg

This is going to be off topic but......is anyone reading this comic?

[Ash J. Williams]

This is going to be off topic but......is anyone reading this comic?
I am, why?

[Artistsean]

Not like I have to say it but...
Vitruvian Man, by DaVinci
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/DiVincivitruvian9.jpg

Norman Rockwell

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/infrontofapainting.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/rockwellpollock4.jpg

When I find more, I'll post them.
And if you have some of your own, please feel free to post them.

[Kahoot]

Not like I have to say it but...
Vitruvian Man, by DaVinci
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/DiVincivitruvian9.jpg
Nice, what is that from?

Not only is it Vitruvian Man, by DaVinci but Spider-man The Other which I like, unless it's just another Other.

[Artistsean]

It is a "What If: The Other"
What if it didn't stop there or something. I don't know because I never read it.

[The BatDude]

I am, why?
I picked up issue 3. Just wanted to know if the first 2 were woth the money

[Ash J. Williams]

I picked up issue 3. Just wanted to know if the first 2 were woth the money
Yeah, I'd say they are.

[Artistsean]

Andy Warhol
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/warhol.jpg


Scarface: Scarred for Life #3
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/Andywarhol3.jpg
(sorry its so small, this is the only picture online I could find. But you can see what it shows right?)

Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/davinci-mona-lisa.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/davinci-mona-lisa2.jpg

Some of these aren't as subtle of examples as I was hoping to find. But theres alot more comics out there.

If you find any of them feel free to post them.
I'll post more soon.

[Artistsean]

And yet another

MC Escher
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/623px-Escher27s_Relativity.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/alpha_flight_1_tpb.jpg

If I find more later, I'll post more.
You can do the same, even if its not a cover of a comic.
Like if its a panel from inside a comic.

[Artistsean]

Another

Uncle Sam
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/uncle-sam.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/uncle-sam6.jpg

I'll try to find more, based on art I haven't posted yet.
But if you find any, based on art already posted or based on art that hasn't been posted yet, feel free to post it.

[Kahoot]

Another

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/uncle-sam6.jpg

I'll try to find more, based on art I haven't posted yet.
But if you find any, based on art already posted or based on art that hasn't been posted yet, feel free to post it.

lol I love it!

[shapeshifter]

Another

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/uncle-sam6.jpg

I'll try to find more, based on art I haven't posted yet.
But if you find any, based on art already posted or based on art that hasn't been posted yet, feel free to post it.

i want that poster!

[Artistsean]

Here is another variation on the Uncle Sam poster, mostly in idea alone and not pose.
Its from Wizard Magazine:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/uncle-sam7.jpg

American Gothic by Grant Wood
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Iowa20American20Gothic.jpg

Told you there was more:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/AmericanGothic3.jpg


Andy Warhol
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/again.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/Andy5.jpg

[Sugarculted]

Alfons Maria Mucha

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8786/expobkf5.jpg




http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a273/spyderx11/X-Men%20art/FrostMarkbrooks.jpg

[Artistsean]

Great find, and its new too. Thanks for helping out.
Any other help you want to give would be very much appreciated.


Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/vitruvian.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/DC598-I-19.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/Normal_resurrectionman.jpg
If you look closely you can just about make it out, its Ressurection Man's logo.

[Sugarculted]

Found another from a different thread.
http://media.monstersandcritics.com/articles/1176437/article_images/wolrig05covcolb.jpg

[Artistsean]

Once again thanks for helping out the thread. Great find too,

once again here is another, don't think I need to repost the original,
DiVinci's Vitruvian Man
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/artistsean/DiVincivitruvian10.jpg
WOW, I knew the Piata was done alot (has a website dedicated to it I think),
but the Vitrunian Man can have a website dedicated to comics copying this work of art all on its own.

[Artistsean]

Found something new, from the pages of a recent Avengers comic featureing Hawkeye. Enjoy

Gustav Klimt's The Kiss
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/klimt_kiss.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/klimt_kiss2.jpg
Whats nice is that this is a refference but is also very different.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/TheAvengers81Back.jpg
I think this sort of counts. Its an advertisement for an art school on the back of an Avengers comic, featuring Norman Rockwell. Sort of counts but maybe not in the same way as the rest of the stuff on this thread. Just thought I'd post it anyway.

And as always, if you find some examples of fine art featured in comics (covers or pages), don't hesitate to post them.:yay:

[Artistsean]

Michelangelo's Piata
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/2.jpg


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/artistsean/MichelangeloPiata8.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/artistsean/MichelangeloPiata9.jpg

Post them if you got them :woot:

[Artistsean]

Uncle Sam
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/uncle-sam.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/uncle-sam8.jpg
Not only another Uncle Sam pic, but another Uncle Sam from the Ultimates.

And I Want You
to post some examples of fine art in comics.

[rogue trooper]

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l296/shazam-kree/brain.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l296/shazam-kree/connor.jpg

[Artistsean]

Oh wow, nice find.
You wouldn't happen to know who the artist is would you?

Thanks for helping out, feel free to post art everybody else.:yay:

[rogue trooper]

Oh wow, nice find.
You wouldn't happen to know who the artist is would you?

Thanks for helping out, feel free to post art everybody else.:yay:


The upper one is from Frank Frazetta. It's called "The Brain".

[Artistsean]

Cool, Thanks for posting. Keep them coming.:woot:

Here is one that I am not sure, 100%, if it counts. I don't read Liberty Meadows and I don't know if this came from a comic book or was just made as a stand alone image for the internet or something.
But in any case, it looks like it was inspired by this Norman Rockwell (you can even see a Norman Rockwell magazine cover in there)
heres the picture :

Norman Rockwell Triple Self Portrait
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/Rockwellselfportrait.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/Rockwellselfportrait2.jpg

Its 3:46, Do you know where any Fine Arts refferenced in comics is?
Then post them please.

[Kahoot]

Cool, Thanks for posting. Keep them coming.:woot:

Here is one that I am not sure, 100%, if it counts. I don't read Liberty Meadows and I don't know if this came from a comic book or was just made as a stand alone image for the internet or something.
But in any case, it looks like it was inspired by this Norman Rockwell (you can even see a Norman Rockwell magazine cover in there)
heres the picture :

Norman Rockwell Triple Self Portrait
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/Rockwellselfportrait.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/Rockwellselfportrait2.jpg

Its 3:46, Do you know where any Fine Arts refferenced in comics is?
Then post them please.
If it wan't for your post I'd never have picked this one up.
http://wizarduniverse.com/_images_/005261/MoonKnigth15cover.jpg
http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/005261328.cfm

[dchisholm]

a lot of earlier quesada work is mucha inspired...
and aren't there some famous classic statues scattered throughout mignola's work?

[Artistsean]

If so, can anyone post any of those pictures?

In the meantime
Here is one based, based on a sculpture based on a photo.
I'm actually surprised it took me this long to remember this one.

The Iwo Jima Monument by Dr. Felix de Weldon
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/artistsean/IwoJimaMemorial.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/artistsean/IwoJimaMemorial2.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/artistsean/IwoJimaMemorial3.jpg

and remember
I Want You
to post some examples of fine art in comics.

[Archangel]

Oh my god, that JSA picture is god awful. :csad:

[dchisholm]

quesada channeling mucha:

http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/data/media/128/zero-blue.jpg

http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/data/media/128/marvelknights8.jpg

[Artistsean]

I am sorry but those pictures don't seem to be coming in. all I see are red Xs.

[Artistsean]

Another
Uncle Sam
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/uncle-sam9.jpg

and remember,
I WANT YOU
to post any fine arts in comics
you can find.

[Artistsean]

Here is another, a new art too.

Andy Warhol's Mic Jagger
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/artistsean/warhol_jagger0A.jpghttp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/artistsean/warhol_jagger0B.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/artistsean/warhol_jagger2.jpg

[Artistsean]

Found this one yesterday.

MC Escher
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/623px-Escher27s_Relativity.jpg


http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/seannneedham/EscherCrazyStares5b.jpg

Remember, post them if you got them.

[Artistsean]

Bump.

[Lady Stormcrow]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/olorin/RaftMedusa.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/olorin/raft.jpg

[Artistsean]

Wow, nice find. Thanks for looking too. Glad to see some new art, what is the art called or the artist who made it?


Michelangelo's Piata
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/2.jpg


This sort of reminds me of the Piata,
This is from a comic called Grounded.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/artistsean/MichelangeloPiata10.jpg
So is this, check out the statue.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/artistsean/MichelangeloPiata11.jpg

[Lady Stormcrow]

The one I posted is a painting called 'The raft of Medusa', though the artists name escapes me, and the panel is from the comicbook 'Asterix and the legionary'.

[Mladen]

The one I posted is a painting called 'The raft of Medusa', though the artists name escapes me, and the panel is from the comicbook 'Asterix and the legionary'.

Gericault

[Lady Stormcrow]

Thanks ^_^

I love this thread, it's such a good idea!

[Artistsean]

Thanks, glad you like it.
Wish more people would post, but I am glad that some people are.

I am on the look out for new Fine Arts in Comics, anyone have any ideas where I should look?

And remember, post them if you got them.:yay:

[Artistsean]

Norman Rockwell Triple Self Portrait
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/Rockwellselfportrait.jpg


This one sort of reminds me of Norman Rockwell's picture, or maybe its reminding me of a different one. In either case I'm posting it.
If it reminds you of a different work of art let me know which one.


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/artistsean/Rockwellselfportrait3.jpg

And remember,
If you have some fine arts refferences used in comic books, post it please.

[Artistsean]

this one is sort of more of a concept,
maybe it belongs here and maybe it doesn't. I don't know since i don't remember any official Samson paintings or sculptures.
So I guess this one is more inspired by or influenced by or something.

Samson
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/samson.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/samson2.jpg
(Alex Ross has stated that this page he wanted Superman to be like Samson.)
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/samson3.jpg

And as i always say, if you have any fine art from comics then why aren't you posting them?

[Kahoot]

Another
Uncle Sam
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/uncle-sam9.jpg

and remember,
I WANT YOU
to post any fine arts in comics
you can find.
I just got the TPB of Buffy Season 8: The Long Way Home today and that's at the back, I was all excited coz I thought I had one but I failed :(:csad:

[Artistsean]

Sorry,

Well, here are some more. Guess what art was refferenced in these three:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/DiVincivitruvian11.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/rockwellstools4.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/IwoJimaMemorial4.jpg

Points to anyone who guesses correctly.

[Artistsean]

Got another "Iwo Jima Monument by Dr. Felix de Weldon"
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/IwoJimaMemorial5.jpg

And now for something New!
Not sure who the artist is, probably find out, but the theme of this painting is what I think the comic is refferencing:

Saint Sebastian, Patron Saint of Soldiers (I think)
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/SaintSebastian.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/SaintSebastian1.jpg

[Artistsean]

If anyone can find some art, go ahead and post it.

[Artistsean]

MC Escher
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/623px-Escher27s_Relativity.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/EscherCrazyStares33.jpg

[Kahoot]

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/EscherCrazyStares33.jpg

What is that comic about? Looks cool.

[Artistsean]

American Gothic by Grant Wood
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Iowa20American20Gothic.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/AmericanGothic4.jpg

and another new one
Rosie the Riveter by J. Howard Miller (I think)
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/Rosie-the-Riveter.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/Rosie-the-Riveter2.jpg

I'm surprised I didn't think of that one ^ sooner.

And remember, if you ever come across a work of fine art in a comic... post it please.

[Artistsean]

Uncle Sam
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/uncle-sam.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/ttg_cv55_r1_solicit.jpg

It also reminded me of this:
Obey Giant by Frank Shepard Fairey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_Fairey)
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/ObeyGiant.jpg
How these are posted everywhere, many times like wallpaper completely covering a wall on the street.

[Artistsean]

Michelangelo's Piata
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/2.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/greenarrowblackcanary4.jpg

and more to come later

[Ash J. Williams]

Shepard Fairey's a genius.

[Artistsean]

That he is.

And here is some more.

Manet's Lunchion on the Grass
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/LuncheonontheGrassedited.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/LuncheonontheGrass2munchinedited.jpg

(I edited both the Lunchion by Manet and the Munchin' on the Grass by Steve Rude because I didn't think I could post nudity. Look them both up for the full, unedited, images. But I wanted to alert everyone to both works of art. Munchin' can be found in Steve Rude's Artist in Motion.)

[Artistsean]

Here are a few more

The Uncle Sam Recruitment poster
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/uncle-sam10.jpg

Michelangelo's Pieta
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/MichelangeloPiata12.jpg

and I am not sure if this is from an official comic,
but Leonardo's Vitruvian Man
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/DiVincivitruvian12.jpg



And if you feel like posting some fine art from comics, then post.
Don't let me stop you.

[Artistsean]

Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/davinci-mona-lisa.jpg


http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/davinci-mona-lisa3.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/davinci-mona-lisa4.jpg

a Vincent Van Gogh self portrait.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/VanGoghPortrait.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/VanGoghPortrait2.jpg

Atlas (sculptor?)
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/350px-Farnese_atlas_marble_sculptur.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/Atlas3.jpg

[Amazing Afroman]

bump

[Mercy]

Michelangelo's Pieta
http://www.thexaxis.com/minis/phoenixendsong4.jpg
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/pieta9.jpg
I guess it's kinda the Pieta.

[Captain Useless]

Here are a few more





and I am not sure if this is from an official comic,
but Leonardo's Vitruvian Man
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/DiVincivitruvian12.jpg



And if you feel like posting some fine art from comics, then post.
Don't let me stop you.

Holy *****, that's hilarious!

(Poor Bruce :( )

[Captain Useless]

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5267/invincible059009gy0.jpg

Ryan Ottley is one of the rare artists who just seems to improve his art all the time.

[Manic]

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5267/invincible059009gy0.jpg

Ryan Ottley is one of the rare artists who just seems to improve his art all the time.
This is the thread for comic art that's made to mimic classics and masterpieces, like all of the previous posts of comic covers that look like Leonardos and Michelangelos.

[Captain Useless]

Give it time.

[Manic]

Give it time for what? Is it supposed to look like a painting or sculpture I don't recognize? Give me a frame of reference, man!

[Captain Useless]

So close now...
It's almost finished.

[Manic]

So close now...
It's almost finished.
Right. Okay. It's pretty obvious you're intentionally avoiding making sense. Our conversation is done.


In the mean time, I'll actually contribute to this thread...

http://www.numutant.net/whistlers-comic.jpg

[Ash J. Williams]

Gotta love Veitch.

[Artistsean]

Right. Okay. It's pretty obvious you're intentionally avoiding making sense. Our conversation is done.


In the mean time, I'll actually contribute to this thread...

http://www.numutant.net/whistlers-comic.jpg

Beat me to it. Thanks for contributing,
Thanks to all who have posted stuff. I had thought this thread died.
Glad to see I was wrong.

Here are some more.
American Gothic by Grant Wood
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Iowa20American20Gothic.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/AmericanGothic5.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/AmericanGothic6.jpg

Norman Rockwell references
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/rockwell_want.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/rockwellepollock5.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/rockwellepollock6.jpg

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/SisteenChapel.gif

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/SisteenChapel2.jpg

[Artistsean]

Wolverine Art Appreciation Month
Marvel prepares to showcase Wolverine from a very different perspective

Marvel is proud to announce that in honor of Wolverine's 35th anniversary, numerous Marvel titles will feature Wolverine Art Appreciation Variant Covers in April, as part of Wolverine Art Appreciation Month
http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.7254.Wolverine_Art_Appreciation_Month


Andy Warhol's Marilyn
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Andy.jpg


by Morry Hollowell, using the art of Frank Miller
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/Andy8.jpg

Vincent Van Gogh's portrait
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/VanGoghPortrait-1.jpg

by Laura Martin
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/VanGoghPortrait3.jpg

[Artistsean]

CM Coolidge
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/CMCoolidge.jpg

by Paolo Rivera
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/7254new_storyimage7312707_full.jpg

Edward Gorey
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/EdwardGorey-1.jpg

by Skottie Young
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/EdwardGorey.jpg

Cave paintings
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/cavepaintings.jpg

by Ed McGuinnis
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/7254new_storyimage7474403_full.jpg


Roy Lichtenstein
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i129/needhamsart/Lichtenstein0.jpg

by Juan Doe & Russ Heath
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/Lichtenstein4.jpg


Gustav Klimt
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/klimt_kiss.jpg

by Gerald Parel
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/klimt_kiss3.jpg

[Artistsean]

Rene Magritte
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/renemagritte-1.jpg

by Jason Chan
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/renemagritte.jpg

Japanese Woodblock
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/JapaneseWoodblock-1.jpg

by Alina Urusov
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/JapaneseWoodblock.jpg

Pablo Picasso
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/PabloPicasso.jpg

Not sure of the artist
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/PabloPicasso2.jpg

Salvador Dali
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/SalvadorDali-1.jpg

by Paolo Rivera
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/SalvadorDali.jpg

Edvard Munch
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/EdvardMunch-1.jpg

by Gerald Parel
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/EdvardMunch.jpg

[[A]]

wow, all those Wolverine images are great

[[A]]

Here's another take on American Gothic

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8195/img001zot.jpg (http://img268.imageshack.us/i/img001zot.jpg/)

[Artistsean]

Here is one from Paolo Rivera
It can be found at his blog:
http://paolorivera.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-04-24T00%3A00%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=8
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/art/AmericanGothic7.jpg

Alphonse Mucha
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/art/AlphonseMucha.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/art/AlfonsMariaMucha4.jpg

Andrew Wyeth
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/art/Wyeth.jpg

Paolo Rivera (You can find his process for this pic at his blog)
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/art/Wyeth2.jpg

Some Michelangelo Piatas
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/art/MichelangeloPiata15.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f358/seanstarrunner/art/MichelangeloPiata14.jpg