• SPIDER-MAN AND 12 VILLIANS 1989

The trip was actually really enjoyable since I kinda thought we were gonna stand in one place all day until the end of time. But it was a rather interesting find looking at all the award-winning Illustrations on display. But what caught my eye specifically was the Stan Lee section on the 3rd floor of the Museum. Sure I may not be a particular fan of Marvel anymore since I feel like it’s been oversaturated. But what really think stands out about it other than the actual artwork is the inking. I myself want to be a Manga Artist, so I would mostly work with ink and sometimes even color in my panels. Which working with color is a lot harder since I don’t have a full enough grasp of color shading with markers, pens, and other materials.

The specific piece I saw with Stan Lee (Writer) and John Romita Sr called “Spider-Man and 12 Villains” created in 1989. I particularly like the line and stroke difference in the cover. After doing some research on it I found out that Romita didn’t really want to draw Spider-Man, according to an excerpt from Comics Alliance.

“The only reason I did Spider-Man was because Stan asked me and I felt that I should help out, like a good soldier. I never really felt comfortable on Spider-Man for years. I had felt at home immediately on Daredevil. On Spider-Man I felt obliged to ghost Ditko because — this may sound naive, but I was convinced, in my own mind, that he was going to come back in two or three issues… The only reason it wasn’t better was that I couldn’t ape him any better.”

So it was a surprise to find out that this cover to that Spider-Man comic really only existed as a sense of a sense of helping a friend like Romita said, which I think is a nice sentiment.

Tom Verlaine Concert thumbnails

First I began with an Electric guitar design with line strokes. Later I tried working with a lightbulb, since I was reminded of one of his album covers Light And Cool, which featured such. It was also beneficial since it was a symbolism for “Idea”, and Verlaine was a breakthrough artist in post-punk and unique guitar sounds.

Nathan’s Famous Hotdog Eating Contest thumbnails

Nathan’s Famous Hotdogs hosts a hotdog eating contest at times around Coney Island in the summer. I was more literal with the idea of a hotdog, but also something that associates with fame and paparazzi, one of which features a hotdog on a bun. The first and second sketches features spotlights, with the second sketch featuring a close up of the frank. The third is where it’s bitten off alone on a table with the shot of sunrays. The rest were close ups.

Coney Island recycling event thumbnails

This is a fictional event that’s based on helping clean up any trash or litter left on anywhere in Coney Island. Some elements count the beach, and so what was left in was a bucket to collect litter in. This can be found in the first, second, and fifth thumbnail. That associates with sand castles and the beach, but was also good for referencing garbage collection. A transitional style of dirty to clean was also in plan, on the third thumbnail. I also thought what the idea would look like focusing with a garbage can in the boardwalk area, in the fourth sketch.

E3 2019 thumbnails

E3 2019 being a modern video game press conference is highly digital and extremely favors many sorts of mediums and entertainment industries. One idea was a stage, with reflective surfaces with “E3” on a projection. The next three concepts fiddled with technology, and featured game controllers, mice, in array’d formats. The last one applied everything onto a monitor, accompanied with text.

Central Park Biking event thumbnails

This is fictional event I thought up when imagining what kind of things would be in a Central Park biking event. Bikes were a main part of the concepts, including a close up, distanced silhouettes, and an overhead above branches and a squirrel. All of which were placed in an environment that can be found in Central Park. An interesting concept was bike wheel trails, which is seen in the second image.