I have no idea when I did this and where the original is, I only have this painting in low resolution format. It was for a publication long time ago. I always love to do like this again in the future, but not the shoe. Pencil/photoshop.

The Master Revisited

Hey! Just adding the gray on my previous black and white which I posted on my gallery at Deviantart. This is one of my method (first step) on coloring in digital or traditional. I really enjoyed drawing old man... plus mechanical. Next... 'The Master Revisited' in color. You can see part of it above, the blog header.

Coming soon

First image of my personal comic to be online soon, my friends Faizalmukhtar was the first person posted it in his blog. He will be co writer for the comic. Everybody can visit his blog by clicking the link here... http://faizalmukhtar.blogspot.com/. This teaser art/concept is for a free reading comic, will be update every week or every two weeks depend on my schedule. I'll post the pages on my Deviantart gallery but without any words or ballons. I'm not ready to reveal about the plot yet but I'll make sure the art will be kick ass (at least I'm trying cos I know I'm not good enough). So wait for more update.

Ink on paper/photoshop

Wolverine - speed painting

Just practicing speed painting using photoshop in only one layer. That mean it's all 100 percent digital. I did this in about 30 minutes. Still preferring hand drawing and coloring in digital or traditional... but this speed painting for sure help me in concept art or character designing.

Calos Meglia passed away!

First: Mike Wieringo, Stan Winston
Then: Micheal Turner
Now: Rest in peace
Carlos Meglia

The master and his student

Actually I did this for a comic... the idea came to my head when I saw 'the Seven Samurai' and 'Afro Samurai' anime. I still not sure which one is suppose to be the master... how about the Cyborg?

The Skull

I did this early this year just for fun... donno what I'm gonna call him... The Skull?

Bad Superhuman

Also as back cover for G3 magazine... It was fun to create this guy's superhero costume... No idea what will I call him but he will make an appearance in current running comic 'Supermarket' in the same magazine. Drawing by me and color on photoshop by me.

Beware!

Back cover/poster for local humor magazine... 'G3' issue no 52. Drawing on paper and color with photoshop.

I'm back!

So I thought I'd post something but there's nothing in almost 7 month since my last post in January with Ladytron pin up, sorry about that. Something really unexpected... my life, my day job and almost everything that everybody won't to know. But it settled down slowly... and here I am.

Collaborated with Shawn Battle on his new self publish under 'Rebel Comic'. And the book will only available in US.

Still on working for my ongoing comic running in local comic magazine called 'Supemarket'. A funny story about a young superhero adventure with his friends. Only available in my country.

Last but not least... my online comic still in progress (again?). Take a long time to publish but only can I say is... it's free. The online comic will update every 2 weeks... The comic is about a new kind of supehero... I won't to tell you everything here but only this tagline as a teaser... "2 worlds, one hero".

see ya!

Ladytron

Click on picture to enlarge

It was fun to draw Ladytron... female cyborg from comic Wildcats published by Wildstorm Comic. It was little bit complicated coz I had to draw all the Ladytron's detail. You can color it if you like. Hmm... if I got a chance to draw comic about Ladytron solo adventure but who knows. Actually I did this for my online friend Kim Loh, also an artist but I never meet her before. You can visit her at http://www.neo-epiphani.com/

Pencil on A4 paper (you can go to my Devianart Gallery for Bigger download).

Happy New Year!

Click on picture to enlarge

Happy new year 2008! This is my first post in 2008 and more to come. Sorry for slow posting but better late than never. Conan was created by Robert E. Howard one of my faves character. I drew this just on A4 paper with pencil. Maybe later I'll paint it in photoshop... so wait for that!

Pencil on A4 paper.

Niezamcomic Myspace

Hey! I have my own Myspace now... please visit me if you have time. Nothing there, still new but will up date later.
Here link to my Myspace:

http://profile.myspace.com/niezamcomic

Supermarket on the way

Hmmm... little bit busy and no time to update my blog. But here I am. Better late than never. Just finished part one for my new comedy Slapstick comic in G3 magazine January 2008 (sorry for malaysia market only). It called 'Supermarket"... never before i draw comic cartoon like this before but i enjoyed it.

'Supermarket replacing my previous ongoing drama comic "Last Exit'. I'm not happy with the result of 'Last Exit', but i promise it will better in it second season.

My new comic project

2 pages still in progress on my desk in my studio

Pictures of my new 2 painted comics project... I will announce soon but I will update it in this blog. One will be online comic and the other you will see it in print (this one will take almost a year). All in the same universe.

'Blues Selamanya' cover magazine

I did almost all the covers for the magazine... only 'dark area' was done by somebody else as 'fill in' cover.

My last airbrush art (1995)

Airbrush/Acrillic on Bristol


Airbrush/Acrillic on Bristol

Here... my last airbrush art I did around 1995-1996... 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' was the last actually. It was for humor cover magazine called 'Boom'. I did a lot of cartoon work in this magazine. Above: Van Damme movie poster for local editorial magazine.

My First cover job

This is my first cover job for 'Fantasi' issue no. 70-Jun 1991. Fantasi-anthology comic magazine was the best comic magazine at that time. This portrait cover was done in watercolor. I also did several illustration for editorial as well as comic. 'Fantasi' also publish my first work in comic but the comic was so bad.


'Fantasi' issue no. 70 - Jun 1991










My second cover job and first cover using airbrush. This is the only original cover for 'Fantasi' I have. Almost over 10 years I stop using airbrush but I'm planning to use this tool again in future.



'Fantasi' issue no. 75 - November 1991






Actually this illustration supposed to be commision for a
friend. He asked me if I can paint him Superman. I agreed but then he gone and at that time 'Fantasi' editor called me... he asked me that he need cover for urgent and the Superman still in progress, without Blue and Red cape I decided to use it as 'Fantasi' cover.



'Fantasi' issue no. 77 - January 1992









More surrealistic cover... this idea cameout when I created special effect black/white photo for a photographic class during my art study at that time. Also 100% by airbrush.



'Fantasi' issue no. 78 - February 1992








Last cover for 'Fantasi' and the fifth cover for my early proffesional job. Bill Sienkiewicz was among my influance at that time so here you can see wire element in the art. But this is not my last airbrush cover... I also did airbrush cover for humor magazine, novel's cover and advertising. I'll post it here when I get another 'my early art' in future.



'Fantasi' issue no. 81 - May 1992

Kevin Eastman in Kuala Lumpur

Mr. Eastman, my buddy Faizal, me and ghost at the back.

Yes... Mr. Kevin Eastman (TMNT fame) gave a talk on how he created the famous Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle on 24 August at KL Hilton. Also, Joe Pearson, President of Epoch Ink Animation, a respected Hollywood-based producer of world-class animation properties, as he details the creative process of creating global animation IP, from building characters to shaping worlds. The best moment... I got his signature on my Heavy Metal magazine and took picture with him.

Last night I opened 2 boxes of my collection of 'Fantasi' magazine (Fantasi was the best comic magazine at that time... around 1980-1995). I did 4 covers for this magazine if i'm not mistaken. i'll post my first cover job and the rest cover i did for this magazine in the next post. (For more picture please visit http://faizalmukhtar.blogspot.com/)

Step by step Wolverine

Here i demonstrate how i colored my Wolverine piece using photoshop in simple way. But this is my way... others maybe using other way. (sorry bad English, hope you all understand).

Step 1: Drawing stage... using mechanical pencil on paper. If the drawing on A4 paper, 0.3 mechanical pencil was the tool for this stage. But for this Wolverine drawing, I used A3 drawing paper so 0.5 mechanical pencil was the best choice for me. Why i did't use just a normal pencil? Yes i know the normal pencil can give more value line for the drawing but i prefered mechanical for this drawing because it gave me consistent line for crosshatching drawing.


Step 2: Using photoshop, I applied dark brown color as my base color. That mean i gonna use dark to light for shading. I'm using this method for my acrillic painting.

Step 3: Basic color for the skin, costume etc. If i not happy with the color, i just let it go.

Step 4: Adding the highlight, here you can see what i mean from dark to light. At this stage, everything about the detail should be done at this stage. For me this is my hardest stage.

Step 5: I did all color correction with image adjustment (Hue/Saturation). It easy for me but if you want to change overall i advice you to redo again.

Ongoing'Last Exit' comic

My semi comedy/action ongoing comic running in local humor magazine. I'm happy with the story but little unhappy with the drawing. But i have to accept it cos i'm trying to match it with the story. That's why all the figure in the comic look like a little bit cartoon. Although this is not my favourite genre but i'm happy to do it again.

My unfinished 'Echo' comic pages

Just to post a few of my unfinished comic pages published in local comic mag. This were my 'bad' comic, only picture with panel full of face and posing guy. Also full of 'boring' story, suppose to be full of action comic but ending with just talking, talking and talking. But as i told before, i will finish it with new direction and slow progression (better late than never, right?).

One Eye Ronin

Huh! So busy with my office work... nothing to post. But finally i have something to post... a character sketch/drawing for my online comic (still in the making). One eye ronin only was my experimental design during my free time but i like it very much and i want him to appear in my comic. He is not the ancient samurai warrior but he is in the modern day with the 'mad max' concept. And he not only using a sword as weapon...

My first 100% digital illustration

My first illustration using 100% digital (Photoshop). This illustration (local band group called Enstranged) was done for a local humor magazine called G3. That's why it's look like more cartoon.

Echo

Another link to my art is ready... but this is not my 'another' art gallery. This my web comic online comic gallery. You can click the link but there's nothing yet inside only the title 'Echo'. Yes... that's my online comic title and for local comic reader, some of you will know about 'Echo' comic. It's a bad unfinished comic with character posing and close up in every panel by me that appeared in local comic magazine.

But this time, i re visite the comic. If you familiar with Travis Charest's 'Space Girl' then this comic is something like that but the only different... i got more panel just like normal comic not strip and maybe in color (i donno yet if my online comic will be in color or b/w... juat wait and see). I'll update this comic once in two weeks maybe it faster than that and maybe it will take a month, it's depend cos i'm busy with my office's work. so, stay tune!

US Comic job

Aku baru je dapat offer dari Zachary Sherman seorang penulis komik dari US. Dia ni buat special effect dgn ILM dan pernah bekerjasama dgn. beberapa penghasilan filem seperti:
* Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
* The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
* Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
* The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
* Hulk (2003)
* Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
* Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)

Masalahnya sekarang ni aku dah ada satu projek buat komik untuk US juga. Kalau aku ambik... 2 kerja terpaksa aku buat nanti kantoi. Pehal pun aku tunggu skrip dia dulu, kalau susah terpaksa aku kensel je lah. Mdec pun dah start keluar borang untuk digital comic competition (RM15.000), tak tau la nak masuk ke tak nak (tahun lepas aku tak masuk). Takut tak terkejar. Apa hal pun tengok la nanti perkembangannya.

My comic illustration

Some of my artwork... enjoy! All were published in local comic magazine as poster and cover.

Concept for new comic

Concept character for my new comic? Enjoy!
Sori lambat post drawing... sibuk sikit err... banyak. Ni rekaan konsep untuk komik aku yang bakal diterbitkan kat US nanti. Tajuk dia aku takleh reveal lagi termasuklah publisher dia. Mungkin komik ni akan siap akhir tahun ni. Kalau aku laju... awal lah. Komik ni aku buat sebanyak 4 isu untuk first story arc. Mungkin aku ambik masa sikit pasal banyak detail yang aku nak terapkan. Dah lama aku nak buat komik macam ni tapi aku terpaksa bersabar kerana aku masih banyak kelemahan. Kalau kat local aku banyak lukis komik yang banyak close up dan kadang-kadang takde background (sebab aku banyak keja lain). Tapi kini aku dah full time melukis untuk local cuma komik aku ni agak banyak unsur humor. Tentu lari konsep kalau aku buat yang sesuatu yang dianggap mengarut oleh pembaca local.

Okeh! Okeh! Ada orang tanya jugak tajuk tu, terpaksa aku bagitau... tajuk dia yang unofficial ialah Sword-man. Komik anti superhero (cam Punisher la lebih kurang, tapi dengan pedang). So pueh hati?

Nemesis comic character

Did this two years ago for a local comic. Planning to make him come back with a new twist for my new comic for international publisher, will announce soon (hope will finish soon).

Darth Maul quick drawing

Darth Maul-my favourite villain in Star Wars universe. Pencil on A4 paper.

Nemesis

Detailed pencil drawing I did few years ago for a local magazine but it was publish in colour. More shading then line drawing as you can see with Batman drawing. But it was easy to lay digital color because the shading itself can act as the shadow. But I'm happy with black/white. This is among my favourite character that I create myself. His look evil but never jugde by it's cover. Enjoy it!

Dark Knight

AnotherDrawing but in black/white. Supposed to color it but it was to dark and all the linbe line art was gone. By the way... I just finish coloring wolverine piece and will posting here sometime later and you can see step by step coloring process for the piece in my Gallery's link or Deviant art Gallery later.

The first drawing I did on A4 paper and the second on A3 drawing paper with 0.3 mecahnical pencil.

I'm planning to do a illustration by acrillic for Batman base on 50's Batman TV siries starring Adam West. Now I'm looking for the reference for the character.

Wolverine pin up

Unfinished Wolverine Pin Up (click on picture to enlarge)

As I promised before, here the drawing of Marvel character I have done for Fan Art. But it's not finish yet. This pin up only warming up for a comic project with one of the comic publisher from US. I'll not telling you which publisher (not comfirm yet) but this project will finish until end of 2007 or never... depend on schedule of my office job.

My first comic con

Haa... ni la gerai/booth yang aku lepak. Nampak tak artwork aku yang Ori tu. Kat sebelah tu brader Gayour, yang duduk atas kerusi merah pakai baju hitam tu aku la. Haa... tak nampak... pendek umur la.

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Festival yang berlansung kat Damansara Cathay Leisure merupakan comic con yang pertama aku join. Selama ni pun aku tak pernah join apa-apa event seperti Comic Fiesta dan lain-lain lagi. Satu pengalaman berharga bagi aku dapat jumpa ramai artis tapi masalahnya aku segan nak jumpa diorang ni sampai kena tunggu diorang tegur aku dulu. Memang segan nak jumpa pasal diorang tu berpengalaman besar.

Simple Tips untuk pelukis komik/kartun yang baru (Malaysian Only)

Simple Tips untuk pelukis komik/kartun yang baru (Malaysian Only)
Ramai yang aku jumpa pelukis komik atau kartun yang tak tahu cara yang 'betul' untuk menghantar karya ke penerbit.
Kat bawah ni aku senaraikan beberapa 'perkara' yang sepatutnya dielakkan tetapi berlaku bila berhadapan dengan editor atau penerbit.


1. Aku jumpa ramai pelukis baru yang sering menghasilkan komik sehingga berpuluh-puluh mukasurat sebelum berjumpa dengan editor atau penerbit. Apabila karya mereka di'reject' pastinya berlaku kekecewaan yang melampau. Jadi sebelum menghasilkan 'real' komik hubungi penerbit dahulu untuk menunjukkan contoh lukisan atau karya. Kepada yang tak dapat datang untuk berjumpa editor sila poskan fotokopi contoh komik tersebut dan tunggu jawapannya.

2. Kebanyakkan pelukis sering membebel atau memprotes apabila banyak artwork diedit, contohnya dialog. Pelukis harus ingat yang artwork mereka telah dibeli oleh penerbit dan ianya telah menjadi hakmilik penerbit jadi penerbit berhak melakukan apa saja terhadap karya mereka. Di sini pelukis haruslah melahirkan karya yang betul-betul bermutu sehingga penerbit berpuasharti tanpa perlu mengedit lagi.

3. Anggaplah segala komen dari editor/penerbit sebagai cabaran untuk menghasilkan karya yang lebih bermutu bukan untuk mengkondem editor tu balik kat kawan-kawan. Pengalaman aku sebagai editor aku telah menyenarai hitamkan beberapa pelukis komik yang bagus/tak bagus akibat perangai 'buruk' tersebut. Dan ini mungkin akan menutup periuk nasi mereka sendiri ternasuk menjadikan gelanggang komik semakin kecil. Ramai pelukis yang terlalu sensitif sehingga tidak boleh menerima segala komen yang diberikan oleh editor.

4. Kekemasan masih tidak diutamakan dalam menghasilkan komik. Terutamanya dari segi layout. Lukisan bagus tapi petak atau kolum senget dan tak kemas. Kertas lukisan kotor dan seperti kena minyak masak dan bermacam lagi. Malah cara menyusun folio untuk ditunjukkan kepada editor berterabur. Ini semua menjadikan ediror/penerbit hilang mood untuk menatap komik korang dan ini menutup peluang korang.

5. Mengkopi karya pelukis ternama pada permulaan adalah bagus tetapi bila korang dah sampai tahap semakin hebat, korang kena cipta stroke yang tersendiri. Melainkan stroke korang tu lebih baik dari stroke pelukis yang korang tiru tu.

6. Kepada pelukis komik yang baru berjinak-jinak dengan bidang ini (yang baru datang dari kampung), jangan bermimpi ingin menjadi pelukis komik sepenuh masa. Nasihat aku cari kerja lain yang mempunyai masa terluang pada sebelah malam atau sabtu/ahad. Dan waktu sebegini boleh korang luangkan masa untuk melukis. Korang boleh menjadi pelukis komik secara profesional bila korang dapat peluang di US dan mendapat tempat sebaris dengan pelukis komim ternama lain. Ramai pelukis komik/kartun yang aku jumpa bercita-cita nak jadi pelukis pro tapi miss soru. Malah ada juga p[elukis ternama kita yang aku kenal terumbang-ambing hidupnya. Jadi... cari kerja lain.

7. Penuhkan ilmu di dada sebelum pergi 'berperang' kalau tidak jangan memandai nak bercakap pasal copyright atau apa-apa yang berkaitan dengan industri. Ada pelukis tu nak sangat publish komik lepas publish sendiri kemudian tertipu akhirnya atau kecundang di tengah jalan. Jangan beranagn nak keluarkan buku sendiri, aku sendiri tak teringin nak keluarkan buku sendir sebab aku masih 'lemah' lagi. Ada jugak pelukis yang bergaduh nak copyright sendiri... hah ambik kau, tapi jika karakter korang belum diregister bermakna copyright untuk ciptaan korang itu masih lagi 'bebas'. Dan jika karakter ciptaan korang tu tak bagus jangan beria-ia nak bergaduh pasal copyright. Aku ada jumpa seorang pelukis yang berjuang pasal copyright, bila dah dapat dan dah register... tak ke mana-mana ciptaannya itu. Sebab mungkin tak bagus... pastu takde duit nak publish sendiri. Bila dapat publish sendiri kecundang.

8. Kepada yang menghantar secara post... harap jangan hantar yang original kerana segalanya tak akan dipulangkan. Kepada yang berjumpa sendiri dengan editor pun diharap dapat menyediakan satu photokopi untuk ditinggalkan kepada editor kerana editor menerima banyak artwork jadi kemungkinan untuk men cari balik artwork yang ingin dipulangkan agak memakan masa. Jadi sediakan PHOTOSTAT SAHAJA!

9. Aku akan tambah lagi di waktu yang lain.

My comic magazines

US/UK (Sorry bad English)
I like comic medium very much... I start collecting comic since 12 years old. Action comic was the first comic followed by epic illustrated magazine. But all of them were gone in my hand. From Marvel to DC, from manga comic to Hong Kong Kung-Fu fighting comic. I'm trying to collect every comic in the world but only a few I have. I did a research about comic, drew comic... if my friend buys comic for their X-men character or Superman, but buy it cos it's comic. There are lot of single comic now day but only few comic magazine you can find in the comic shop.

2000AD a comic magazine from UK among the top. But don't forget Heavy Metal... I have been collecting this mag since I was 17 and stop until a few years ago. But now I'm ready to continue collecting Heavy Metal. Actually I have this mag from underground source because it was banned from Goverment. But 2000AD still survives in Malaysia market and you can get it even at kedai mamak. Other mag from Marvel called Epic Comic also one of the best comic book in the form of magazine. But sadly no longer available in the market. There also Frazzeta's Fantasy Illustrated, I only have it 4 to five issue. That's all cos they stop running it. And the only beautiful comic magazine so far... Penthhouse comic. That's why I called it beautiful mag, but it's truly good design mag. Anyone who wanted to see it... contact me cos I have in about 20 over copies/issues.

JAPAN
So far from Japan, the best comic magazine is Shonen Jump. Range Murata also trying hard to publish comic in magazines format but much expensive than Shonen Jump, its called Robot published by Wani Publishing Japan. Robot focus more comic art controled by Range Murata himself but it worth to have it.

MALAYSIA
From local (Malaysia) the best comic magazines so far but no longer in market, Fantasi which I collect a whole issue but after I graduate from Mara University of Technology more than 10 issue missing and damage. Gila-gila, Ujang, Gempak to name a few were survive until now in the market. But Gempak was a big 'victory' in Malaysia comic scene.

Girls portrait

Here is the illustration I did for a local mag. Another beautiful girl.
Pencil/photoshop

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Festival 2006

I'll be at Sci-Fi & Fantasy Festival 2006 Cineleisure Damansara, Malaysia on 15 Dec (Friday) & 17 Dec (Sunday). If i get enough time, there also limited edition sketch book (a lot of your favourite character such as DC and Marvel heroes as well as my own creation never publish before), comic zine, posters for sale. Maybe if somebody need me to draw his/her portrait, that's the time for it. Also be there Gilamon team, Kin Sun from One Academy and others plus Gayour. See you soon!



My Studio-Notice the poster Star Wars at the back? I will bring it the original to the Festival.

Star Wars gallery?

Acrillic/prisma color on illustration board



Acrillic/prisma color on colored paper

This is my Star Wars art i did a few years ago. I enjoyed doing illustration by acrillic medium which is for me very easy to handle. I planned to do more Star Wars portrait illustration in the future but for the first, wait for Darth Maul together with Marvel Ultimate superhero art end of December.