Jonathan Marks: Elektra and Wolverine

#jonathanmarks is not only a talented artist and imaginative storyteller—but he’ll also reply to your insta messages, including listening and working with your commission ideas; these days, great on-line customer service can go a long way
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this art piece began with me casually interviewing jonathan which characters he liked to draw; so that kicked off my research of his art online and at a local comic store, where i purchased various issues of his previous work for #marvelcomics, such as death of wolverine – the logan legacy, savage wolverine, and secret wars journal; as an aside, one of his current completed projects is mariner, an ancient rime… filled with his sublime art;
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for me, the joy of commissioning an artist is also about doing research and producing an inspirational creative brief that should empower the artist to create a great piece of work; i first commissioned an artist in my early teens, through #dougsulipa via his legendary brick-and-mortar store #comicworld, eisner-award nominee #georgefreeman (e.g., captain canuck, jack of hearts, and the avengers)—and this project resulted in a large #conan mixed media art piece; i vaguely recall research that included the final piece should channel #barrywindsorsmith’s conan art, plus i think i did some kind of a sketch and some casual textual description of sorts;
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next, from that collection of knowledge about jonathan’s thoughts and art, i photographed some comic panels and gathered some of his existing online art that i thought can work as a narrative piece; then i submitted my research findings to him and described the look and feel i was aiming for; although my creative brief was detailed, i ensured that my outline was very much open to his interpretation—and this is imperative for an artist to be given the freedom to execute their vision;
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thus, as illustrated, jonathan’s execution is amazing, such as #elektra’s expressive fingers gripping her sword as she prepares to attack; and #wolverine, though present with full of strength and ferocity, is a secondary figure to elektra; his lose, yet striking draftsmanship is akin to artists such as bill sienkiewicz and stuart sayger; although the finished piece is purely all jonathan’s artistic and imaginative, narrative skills; plus his colors are a subdued that compliments his eye-catching rendering;
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hoping to revisit him soon for an upcoming piece; ensure to visit jonathanmarksart.com on a large screen to see all his majestic art;
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