Justin3000's Blawg

DR. DOOM Vs. DOCTOR WHO

2011-10-03T20:25:00.001-07:00

A collab piece between myself and art buddy Tressa Bowling. Dig it.

: Justin

DARKSEID Commission

2011-03-30T20:29:00.000-07:00

Here's a sketchbook commission of my 2nd favorite villain of all time; Big Daddy Darkseid of the New Gods.

Beaucoup Pop Episode 1!

2011-03-11T20:09:00.000-08:00

Yo folks! The podcast I'm a quarter of, Beaucoup Pop, has a new episode up. In this one we talk about the comic summer movies coming out. And movies based on board games!

Dig it!

SPIDER-MAN: NEW YORK STORIES

2011-03-10T20:29:00.000-08:00

Hey peeps! I'm wanna pimp a book real quick. Coming out in April is a Spider-Man trade that contains a story I worked on. It was written by Joe Casey and drawn by Jim Mahfood with colors by ME!

It's called SPIDER-MAN: NEW YORK STORIES. Here's Marvel's official solicit:

Written by KARL KESEL, KURT BUSIEK, STAN LEE, SEAN MCKEEVER, J.M. DEMATTEIS, FRANK TIERI, JOE CASEY & MARC GUGGENHEIM
Penciled by PAULO SIQUEIRA, PATRICK OLLIFE, MARCOS MARTIN, STEPHANIE BUSCEMA, VAL SEMEIKS, ERIC CANETE , CHAD WAYNE HARDIN, JIM MAHFOOD & SANA TAKEDA
Cover by PASQUAL FERRY

Revealed at last -- an untold tale of Spider-Man's first meeting with Captain America! Learn the secret history of how the web-head and the Star-Spangled Avenger saved the world from the deadly brains of the Rogue Scholars! Plus: Stan "The Man" on a mission! In the Marvel Universe, he sets out to make Spider-Man the House of Ideas' newest superstar! And in ours, he teams with artist Marcos Martin for a special feature that brings the real world into Spidey's world! Also featuring Frog-Man, J. Jonah Jameson Sr. and Aunt May, Hammerhead, Ben Reilly, Mary Jane Watson, Jackpot, and more!

Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #37; and material from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #634-645 and WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #1, #3-5 and #7-11.

168 PGS./Rated A ...$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5637-6

It's a really cool story and Jim absolutely kills it on art! His Spidey is like nothing you've seen! You can get it on Amazon or go to your local comic retailer and ask them to order it for you. Diamond order code is FEB110682.

Thanks guys. My love for you is never-ending.
XOXOXOXOXOXOX

- Justin

BEAUCOUP POP is LIVE!

2011-03-04T19:15:00.000-08:00

Hey folks! I'm part of the quad-headed beast that is Beaucoup Pop. Check out our Episode 0 available here. Warning: saucy language!

And be sure to check out www.beaucouppop.blogspot.com for all updates and show notes.

Get it! Dig it! Lurve it!

BIOGAMERGIRL #1 - cover

2011-03-02T18:59:00.000-08:00

Hey folks! Here's the cover I rocked for the first issue cover to 'BioGamer Girl' #1. The themes were 'The Walking Dead' and 'The Human Centipede'. I think I merges them well enough.

Hit up their site and buy your copy today!

Hope you dig it. Thanks!

EYAO IV

2011-02-25T18:47:00.000-08:00

Hey folks! Wanted to share with you the piece, "Peter", I have in at Eat Your Art Out IV “The Dark & Cryptic Origins of Nursery Rhymes” currently showing at Meltdown Comics out in L.A. If you're by some chance in the area, please go check the show out. There's some really amazing work on display there and it's all for sale, so if you dig on something, buy that shizz!

Much thanks and love to my homegirl, Jane Dope who got me a spot in the show.

BioGamer Girl #1

2011-02-06T11:48:00.000-08:00

Hey folks! The first issue of 'BioGamer Girl' hits this week featuring cover art by yours truly. Hit the site up and order a copy! You'll dig it.

I'll post the cover here soon, so watch this space.

Fangirl Confessional: Episode 23 is here!!!!

2011-01-14T10:35:00.000-08:00

The fine ladies at Fangirl Confessional let me sit in on their show and it was a blast! Hope you guys give it a listen and dig it.

Fangirl Confessional: Episode 23 is here!!!!: "Hey there wonderful peeps! Just dropping by to let you know that the latest episode with special guest Justin Stewart is now ready for..."

Blank X-Force CABLE!

2010-12-18T13:47:00.001-08:00

Here's another bank cover commission. Feels like I need more random lines though.

BIOGAMER GIRLS

2010-12-08T20:15:00.001-08:00

Hey folks! Here's a piece of art I did for BioGamer Girls. Hope you can dig it.

-Justin

ADAM WAR ROCK Poster

2010-12-06T19:39:00.000-08:00

The badass Adam War Rock got in touch with me about designing a poster for his upcoming show. I really dig his stuff, so I jumped at the chance to hook something up for him.

The arms are supposed to be Omega Red-inspired, but I just noticed the thumbs are on the wrong sides, so now I have to say it's Constrictor-inspired. Oh well...

Enjoy.

-Justin

Minimalist Batman

2010-11-05T12:58:00.000-07:00

Over at the super-cool Comic Twart blog, they've been doing minimalist art versions of different heroes all week. So it got me inspired to do one. All done in Illustrator.

LESLIE VERNON-final

2010-10-28T21:48:00.000-07:00

Final colors and design. I had a lot of fun putting this together. I love the film, so I guess that made it easy. Enjoy!

LESLIE VERNON-flats

2010-10-26T20:51:00.000-07:00

Here are the flat colors for the LV pinup.
Rendering begins soon.

-Justin

LESLIE VERNON

2010-10-25T20:36:00.000-07:00

Here's the lineart for the pinup I'll have at Scarefest in 2 weeks. Hope to see some of you cats there.

-Justin

6th Dimensional Monstyr!

2010-10-19T20:45:00.000-07:00

Character design for a thing I'm doing. Please to enjoy.

WOLVERINE #1 - SILVER SAMURAI

2010-09-30T22:01:00.000-07:00

Here's another blank cover I got to art all over. For some reason the 'Wolverine' #1s didn't take the ink from my pens as well as some of the more recent blank Marvel books. But I made due with India ink, spraypaint and whiteout.

Please to enjoy!

X-MEN #1 - STRYFE!

2010-09-19T17:06:00.000-07:00

Defaced another new 'X-Men' number 1. This time around it's super-badass Stryfe. Also, with a little (literally) Zero thrown in. Dig it.

Next up, blank 'Wolverine' covers!

New Avengers #1 - GILGAMESH & STINGRAY

2010-08-27T22:48:00.000-07:00

Another blank cover I was allowed to scrib on. This time I was given free reign to do whatever Avengwrs I wanted. So, I picked two of my favorite members.

MONSTER OF ROCK!

2010-08-23T19:00:00.000-07:00

Here's a piece I did for the Art & Story August forum challenge. Inspired by one Mr. Kevin Cross. Enjoy!

REMEMBERING 'RINGO

2010-08-12T20:58:00.001-07:00

It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me that I'm a huge fan of Mike Wieringo. That guy, man, he had something special. His designs were always so slick and had an amazing animated edge to them that just brought all his work to life.

He passed 3 years ago from a sudden heart attack. I never did get a chance to meet him in person, but I did talk to him once.

On a random night in July of 2007, I was working at the computer and decided to take a break, so I headed over to Mike's site to see what was new. When I'd refresh the page, the same two banner headers kept rotating, so I thought, "Man, he needs some new banners up there."

So I grabbed some images he had posted and decided to create some new banners for him as a small design exercise. I sent them off, not really expecting anything, but then less than an hour later I get this in my inbox:

Justin,

Hey, man... I LOVE THESE...!

They're very cool... you really do have a great sense of design. I
tell you what... I'll incorporate them into the que of rotating
banners and also tell folks that you designed them for Monday's post.
Do you have a web site that I could also link to...?

These really do look terrific. I'm honored you'd do this.

Mike

There's really nothing left to say. Here is an artist I hold in extremely high esteem and all I did was a few website banners for him and he took the time to write that. He had no idea who I was and yet, he got right back to me and just made my day. How great is that! I thought to myself, "Sweet! When I get some more time, I'll do a few more."

Less than a month later, he was gone. And I never did do any new banners.

But I think about his email to me from time to time and smile. I'll always think about what could have been and wonder what kind of work he'd be producing these days. Something amazing, I'm sure.

So my request to you guys is this; if there's an artist out there or someone who's work you really get into, take some time out and tell that person. Send an email, tweet a tweet, make a blog post or comment. Just let that person know. You may not think it matters, but it does. Share what you enjoy.

So cheers to you Mike Wieringo. You are missed, but the love of your work continues.

-Justin

X-Men #1 - COLOSSUS

2010-08-06T09:01:00.000-07:00

Hey folks! Here's another blank 'X-Men' cover I was allowed to put all my scribs on. Green Lantern Colossus fools! And yes, in hindsight, I know I should've had him fabricating a Wolverine, but hey, what can ya do?

AVENGERS #1 - CAPTAIN AMERICA w/Union Jack

2010-08-01T14:53:00.000-07:00

YO! Here's another blank cover I got to deface. I was asked to do a Steve Rogers Captain America. So I got to thinking about cool stuff I could do with him pose-wise and got kind of stuck on what to do. I did some searching and started thinking about the Invaders and then thought, "Wait, Cap totally killed Baron Blood that time!" And after that, I was compelled to get it down.

This is the result. Weapons used: pencil, pen, ink, markers, spraypaint and Whiteout.

X-MEN #1-Wolverine!

2010-07-22T20:20:00.001-07:00

Another blank cover I got to doodle on.