SHAZAM

I've loved Captain Marvel since I saw a cartoon with him and his family back in the 80's. I always found the idea of a kid becoming something so powerful and being responsible enough to wield that power very amazing and inspiring.

I try to draw correlations between characters and drawing them and did so with Thor and the good Captain and as much as I enjoyed drawing it, I didn't like the outcome. I did it on two sheets within my sketchbook and felt the piece could be more dynamic. The bug was in me to draw Marvel again and so I did throughout my time at Awesome Con while it was slow.

In between projects I got to color this bad boy and get it show ready. I loved playing with the colors and hope to do the Thor/Shazam crossover again soon=]

Hustle Flow!

"A Reason to Smile!" Vol.2 has successfully been funded as of May 22nd and I couldn't be more excited. I have now also visited 3 schools and have 2 more in the next 2 weeks where I will be a part of career days and book reading's to elementary children. I am on the path I believe I am suppose to be on and it is such an elating feeling! The first 500 copies that I had printed of the book from the kickstarter campaign are sold out, the second small run of 125 have sold out as well, with at least 50 going to schools. I cant wait to get started on drawing book 2 and you can expect to have it in your hands in October!

If you're not following me on Instagram, you can find me at http://www.instagram.com/thelearningcurv which I update much more frequently. I have a LOT of artwork to share with you... but I'll just leave this here for now=]

2015

I am very happy to share these illustrations with you. I have started off 2015 drawing my very own character as apposed to those from mainstream media and I am so proud to share them with you. The last entry for 2014 showed a preview of "A Reason to Smile!" and 2015 starts off with more adventures for Luiza Brillante! If you'd like to see these images during their development, head to instagram.com/thelearningcurv and follow me there!

I hope you enjoy what you see today. If you'd like copies of these prints ($20 for 1, $30 for the two), or a copy of "A Reason to Smile!"($20) you can use paypal.com to send your payment to thelearningcurv@gmail,com and I'll ship you your copies ASAP! Please be sure to add $6 for your copy of the book to pay for shipping and handling.

A Reason to Smile

I have officially met my goal of $7,000 on kickstarter at

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/969189472/find-a-reason-to-smile

for my book "A Reason To Smile" and you can get your copy there until April 23rd. After that you can send me an email at thelearningcurv@gmail.com and order your copy along with the great merchandise that you can get with the book! 

I am beyond excited and happy right now and I can't wait to get this book in my hands and in yours!

I hope you have found your reason to smile today=]

A Reason To Smile Kickstarter

It has finally arrived!!! Well, it's launched=] head to:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/969189472/find-a-reason-to-smile

and you can see all of the wonderful rewards for such an amazing project, yes, I said amazing! I am extremely proud of this project and everything I've done to bring it to kickstarter and I hope you get a chance to view it and contribute to it.  Wouldn't it be great if you can be part of why such a good thing happens?  Talk about a reason to smile! 

Luiza lost her smile, get the book and find out why and how she gets it back!

The Stray?

Vito Delsante was recruiting artists to auction off their art for Stubby Dogs. "StubbyDog is working to bring an end to prejudice and discrimination against pit bulls."  You can find them at https://www.facebook.com/stubbydogs I decided to show a happy Pitt in the costume of Vito's successful kickstarter, The Stray, to celebrate both his success and their desire to do something good for the misunderstood dogs. I hope you enjoy it!

New York Comic Con!

New York Comic Con is October 10th - 13th and I can't wait! I have my table assignment and I'll be at table P10 in the middle of the show!  Come stop by and say hello, I'll have a lot of new work for you to see in person! 

Comics and the Amazing City!

I have lived in this wonderful city of NYC since my early childhood and am proud to be a New Yorker. It's served as the supporting character for a lot of art I've done throughout the years and I felt the need to share some of those pieces with you.  

2006, 20th st. and 5th ave.

2006, Grand St. in Chinatown

2006
Vanderbuilt Avenue

I was requested to have this image look like Spidey did in part 3...
That may be why so few have seen this image=]

2008 Big Apple Con exclusive
This was the first exclusive piece at my very Comic Con I attended as an artist

2008
Pearl St.

2008
40th St. and 5th Ave.

2009
Inspired by NYC corporate buildings in Midtown

2009
The Fashion District
40th st. and 7th ave.

2010
Union Square
14th btw 4th ave and Broadway 

2011
Rockerfeller Center
49th St. btw 6th and 5th ave

"Sticks on the Lamb", Shaun Hurley's story with his wife about Sticks the Giraffe forced into hiding after running into problems with the mob... Such a fun project! I hope I get to do more like this!

One thing I love about inking my own work is being able to edit and fix what I may not catch in my pencils.  It's a definite learning journey I go on with each piece.

Are you going to Heroes Con? Cause I am=]

I have been attending & exhibiting my art at Comic Book Conventions since 2008 & every artist worth their salt raves about Heroes Con. It's always been said that it is geared toward artists & is VERY artist friendly. What artist wouldn't want to attend a show with that kind of reputation?

I will be attending the show this year for the first time. I have been hearing more recently that Heroes is a show where original art is better received than prints. That made me take the time to do some Sketch Covers to have available at the show. I have pretty much every sketch cover ever produced, so if you'll be at the show you could either request one from me beforehand or get one at the show. 

Hope to see you there! 

Nova Prime

For a long time I've enjoyed the art of Mahmud Asrar mahmudasrar.deviantart.com, Yildiray Cinar http://cinar.deviantart.com/, Chris Stevens http://christopherstevens.deviantart.com/ and others who have created beautifully rendered images with markers.  I've always been inspired and finally have been able to afford the markers and am now am trying to get myself to another stage in my work. I hope you enjoy this piece, I knocked it out in a few hours with the distractions of the day and hope to do many many more like this!

Chicago Bound!

I can't wait til this weekend, I'll be celebrating my birthday and exhibiting my art at the 3rd largest show in the country! Come check me out if yo're in Chicago, tickets are on sale at www.c2e2.com for cheaper now than they will be at the door! Get them now=]

Sketch Cards

As I try to venture into new directions with the comic art, I have tried my hand at the Sketch Card format. I just recently bought some Prismacolor markers, so I will be coloring these bad boys soon enough.  This was definitely challenging simply because I've never done them before.  Coming up with new poses seems easy enough but with application comes the actual problem.  I don't generally draw this small for finished work (usually only thumbnails are sized this size at 2.5 by 3.5, everything else i draw is either 9x12 or 11x17) so it was nice to see that I can do it, though I can see places where I need work.

I hope to be Rittenhouse bound ;-)

Who is your favorite villian?

Clash of the Titans!

Here we have Thor vs. Wonder Woman, and strangely enough those asked on Facebook went with Wonder Woman, but Thor wins out on Deviantart.com.... I go for Wonder Woman myself, I think it'd be nice to see her win this=]

I guess it starts today.....?

hey, please don't egg me or throw tomato's, I promise I'm not that bad..... meh, maybe i am=]

I have a page on thelearningcurv.deviantart.com and see that a lot of the artists on there have spots over here so I thought I'd try it out and see what all the hub bub is about. I hope to be uploading some art sometime soon, and would love to hear what any and all of you have to say about my attempts to create.....here's a taste of what you'll see from me.....