Comic Artist Mark Spears

[MarkSpears]

Wants to go to Mark Spears art school (^_^)

LOL, thanks

 

[MarkSpears]

Been busy lately, thought I'd give you a sneak peak at some Batman concept work I'd doing....

 

[Green Lantern]

Awesome Mark, great work, looks even better colored

 

[Cobblepot]

Been busy lately, thought I'd give you a sneak peak at some Batman concept work I'd doing....

Much better than the Superfriends Batman.

 

[ComicChick]

looks great so far!

 

[sidkumar]

Been busy lately, thought I'd give you a sneak peak at some Batman concept work I'd doing....

Very nice.

 

[CyberMonkeytron]

Nice work- I aways like your stuff. Its great to see some people out there drawing an older, more classic school of style.

I dont quite think your colouring is as good as your lines though.

So do would you say you make much of a living on your pieces? Im away interested in peoples beliefs in if there is much of the future in doing art. Im lucky enough to do being a job where I get paid (a little )to draw- but you need to be very talented (like yourself)or be at the right place at the right time (like myself) to have one.

Do you have any advice to anyone who is thinking of getting a job in the industry?

 

[MarkSpears]

I'm really a penciler. I don't try and be an inker or colorist, some jobs call for that but I really love penciling and I think that is were I am best used. For concept work they want a colored final version for the sculptor to know what the colors will be when it's finished.

As far as making a living do this, my advice would be have a style that can be used for different things. Some people love to do a animated style like Bruce Timm's or a manga type style you see in some of the comics. Although those are great styles, they don't cross over well to other markets. In my same style I have done work for novels, comics, concept art, etc. In the end though I would say draw the way that makes you happy. As for me, I tried to get comic work back in 97 a few years out of highscool. I was turned down and was told to practice and get better. That was the last time I looked for work, everything that I have gotten since has been them contacting me. So I'm not really sure how hard it is right now trying to land some of those jobs. I am going to shop some sequential samples around soon because I enjoy doing sequential art so much and want to do it again. So we'll see.

Also working in the comics field usually means your working freelance, that has it's perks and it's disadvantages.

Nice work- I aways like your stuff. Its great to see some people out there drawing an older, more classic school of style.

I dont quite think your colouring is as good as your lines though.

So do would you say you make much of a living on your pieces? Im away interested in peoples beliefs in if there is much of the future in doing art. Im lucky enough to do being a job where I get paid (a little )to draw- but you need to be very talented (like yourself)or be at the right place at the right time (like myself) to have one.

Do you have any advice to anyone who is thinking of getting a job in the industry?

 

[Spoarz™]

Dude, your work is so beautifully old school, I love it!

 

[Spoarz™]

Just in case someone opens this thread without seeing the first page!

How awesome is that?

 

[ComicChick]

it is very awesome!

 

[MarkSpears]

LOL thanks guys!

 

[kalelinri]

can you do a routh drawing as superman

 

[MarkSpears]

Hi guys! Here are some things I've been working on....

 

[ampersand]

Sweet new stuff Mark

btw man, where ya been?

 

[blksuperman2]

Hi guys! Here are some things I've been working on....

Boy do I love Powergirl. Hubba Hubba.


Her Head just looks in a different angle than her body though

 

[MarkSpears]

Well me and my wife had a baby at the end of March and then I was given a major deadline with some Marvel work that I just finished up on Monday. So I been real busy. Good to be back

Sweet new stuff Mark

btw man, where ya been?

 

[MarkSpears]

Here is a Frankenstein Monster project I was working on.

 

[ampersand]

Sweeeeeeet

 

[Babs Gordon]

great stuff, mark. it's all really cool.

although the jugs on the superheroines might eventually get in the way in their line of work

 

[doommachine]

Haha... 'Mysteriously constructed from the corpses of both the Green and Grey Hulk...'

Love the Frankenstein.

 

[MarkSpears]

Haha... 'Mysteriously constructed from the corpses of both the Green and Grey Hulk...'

Love the Frankenstein.

haha, well I tried to do something a little different with him. I made him yellow with yellow eyes like his description in the book. Hulk was actually inspired by Frankenstein when Kirby first drew him so I guess everything comes full circle.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

GOD it's nice to see some real old-style art. Reminds me of everything I saw as a little kid in the 70's.
I had to stop buying comics in the 90's when everything became EXTREME with every character laid over the same symmetrical, gritted teeth, Michael Jackson nose, and a trillion scratchy little meaningless lines everywhere ( i.e. Rob Liefeld/Todd MacFarlane ) template.

It's like the nice, solid old kind of art where the characters are the star as opposed to the artist, like John Romita, Sal+John Buscema, Al Milgrom kind of art.
Makes me want to try to commision you to do something for me.

Weird though, 'cause someone mentioned John Byrne on the first page and I was like "Wha??", but then I saw that smaller colored Batman and it looks like it was taken right from a Byrne comic.


Heh, I like the stuff so much it seems a shame to say anything bad at all, but I do have to say, that Power Girl is terrible.
Love the rest though
The Frankenstein is intense. I'd say that's my favorite so far.

 

[MarkSpears]

Thanks for the comments. I guess I would say my Batman is a little Neal Adams, a little Byrne, a little Buscema. I'll post the bigger image so you can judge for yourself. As for Powergirl, is it the perspective or just the way she's drawn?

GOD it's nice to see some real old-style art. Reminds me of everything I saw as a little kid in the 70's.
I had to stop buying comics in the 90's when everything became EXTREME with every character laid over the same symmetrical, gritted teeth, Michael Jackson nose, and a trillion scratchy little meaningless lines everywhere ( i.e. Rob Liefeld/Todd MacFarlane ) template.

It's like the nice, solid old kind of art where the characters are the star as opposed to the artist, like John Romita, Sal+John Buscema, Al Milgrom kind of art.
Makes me want to try to commision you to do something for me.

Weird though, 'cause someone mentioned John Byrne on the first page and I was like "Wha??", but then I saw that smaller colored Batman and it looks like it was taken right from a Byrne comic.


Heh, I like the stuff so much it seems a shame to say anything bad at all, but I do have to say, that Power Girl is terrible.
Love the rest though
The Frankenstein is intense. I'd say that's my favorite so far.

 

[MarkSpears]

Here is the Batman design for the figure.