My drawing of STEEL made Comics Alliance's BEST ART EVER (This Week) List! (((airhorn)))

On Friday my friend Mike Hawthorne pointed out to me that the illustration I drew of Steel made Comics Alliance's BEST ART EVER (This Week) List, which was celebrating the 75th Birthday of Superman.

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30 Minute Sketches- "Constantine" and "Kid Loki" by Samax Amen

Here's a couple 30 minute sketches I did for the Daily Sketch Challenge.

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A couple #DrinkandDraw Sketches by Samax Amen

character design for a comic I'm working on (more on that later)

zombie sketch

Did these at a Drink and Draw DFW meet up.

Old Convention Sketch- "Sleeping Tiger" by Samax Amen #fromTheArchive

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30 Minute Sketch- "Stitch" by Samax Amen

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30 minute sketch "Major Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)" by Samax Amen

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30 minute sketch- "Wolverine" by Samax Amen

Daily Sketch for Monday was Wolverine, so this is mine.

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Drawing my wife again...

 Here's a cartoony caricature drawing I did of my wife Friday night while she was out at the movies. For the first step, I drew the original piece with a crappy ball point pen [I love drawing with crappy ball point pens...] on a regular sheet of copy paper. 

Next, I put it on my lightbox and inked it onto a sheet of 110 lb Premium Cardstock paper. I used a COPIC Sketch Marker (E79 Cashew). So, yeah... the piece is really dark brown instead of black, but my scanning skills are poop. Since I draw comics, I usually only need black linework, so I approached this piece the same way I do comics. After scanning, I adjust the Levels (control L) and Brightness/Contrast (alt + I > A > C) to get the cleanest and blackest black I can. It sounds complicated, but the whole process took less than 30 minutes.
Anyways, I hope you like it. If you have any feedback or questions, please get at me via comment or social network. If you're real shy, just email me.
peace,
Samax
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ChampBackers Caricature #14- Kristina Florita

My friendship with Kristina Florita goes all the way back to the MySpace Era. I can't tell you how many times her off-center sense of humor boosted me out of my sensitive art nerd malaise.... Even though our relationship is internet-based, I consider Kristina a real friend. So it didn't surprise me THAT much when Kristina jumped on the Champion of Children Kickstarter campaign. As one of the first 30 backers, she earned this caricature below...

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My art is featured on this upcoming hip hop album

Here's a youtube promo for the upcoming album The Corners Involved by the true-school rap crew Live Percenters. For my part, I drew the black and white headshots you see in the video, which will be used in a collage for the album art...

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3 Steps to Killing the "Starving Artist" mindset (and some new art) by Samax

Here's a piece I did for an art contest on Facebook. I hate contests for all sorts of reasons, but I took it as an opportunity to start a discussion about the "Starving Artist Mindset" and the importance of teaching artists of all sorts to overcome it.

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ChampBackers caricature #13- Khalid Birdsong

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SOLD!

Untitled (Misty Knight)- SOLD!

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If you like MISTY KNIGHT and Samax Amen's art, you NEED to read THIS

Who wants a Misty Knight drawing by me?

So y'all already know Marvel's got your girl Misty Knight anchoring the new all-female superhero team comic Fearless Defenders. And you already know I freaking LOVE Misty Knight. And you also know I'm broke. That's where YOU come in! Hit me up on the paypal button below, and I'll draw you a fresh drawing of everyone's favorite dark Knight detective (my favorite, anyways) on the Fearless Defenders #1 Sketch Cover Variant! While supplies last of course...

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Join my fan club between now and Friday and get this greeting card free.

"Love Is..." by Samax Amen

Since Valentine's Day is right around the corner, I decided it was only right to hook up my fans with a greeting card to help them make their shopping a little easier...

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