Super-Con

Today was the first day of Super-Con in San Jose, CA and I got a free trip down there with the comic company I am now a colorist for. Was very cool. I had been wanting to go anyway simply because two of my favorite artists were gonna be there: Travis Charest and Adam Hughes. So I not only got to sit at a table all day and do sketches but our table was directly across from both Charest and Hughes. While I would have loved to get a sketch from AH they were priced at $200 so that wasn't happening, but Charest was cool and doing free quick sketches and I was one of the first to get one. Was amazing to just watch these guys draw, they make it look so easy and effortless, just pulling whatever character you wanted out of there head and putting it on paper.

Frank Cho was there, another great artist. I almost bought one of his new Jungle Girls sketch books which had some great art in it but I had to keep to a budget. Paul Smith, a classic artist, was there. A really friendly animated guy. There were actually quite a few old pros there and it was incredible to see them working. Real old school pros doing ink washes and watercolors or just beautiful pencil sketches of fantasy scenes and super-heroes. Very refreshing and inspiring to see, especially when everything these days tends to be done digitally.

The show in general was pretty slow otherwise. I think the oppresive fucking heat kept a lot of people away, even inside the con it was balls hot. The fat dude from Lost was there doin' photographs and I can only imagine that motherfucker was soaking wet. I did a couple sketches while there, nothing special, I was pretty happy with one of 'em and the guy said he'd send me a scanned copy of it when he got home which is cool.

Anyway, here's that Charest sketch. It may not look like much, but trust me, this guy is an amazing artist.