Each and every week we gather up the best comic book art that you will not see in comics. The reason you won't is because artists often do sketches for fun and commissions and post them on their websites, blogs and Tumblrs. Many artists often arrange commissions through their sites so check them out for more detail if you're looking to own a cool original piece. Last weekend was Emerald City Comic Con. Some of our 'regular' artists here were there and posted some of the sketches they did. Also, in case you missed it, you'll find the video and images from the Mystery Art Challenge conducted at the con.
Phil Noto posted this stunning Scarlet Witch image yesterday on his Tumblr. He also posted an older/current(?) version of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
Skottie Young was at ECCC. Here's some sketches he posted on his Tumblr.
Chris Samnee continues to post great sketches on his blog. Let's hope he continues to do so each week.
Dustin Nguyen took part in the Mystery Art Challenge. You'll see his sketch down below with the others. Here's a couple pics he posted on his Tumblr. Looks like he's hoping for a Li'l Gothams black and white statue.
Mahmud Asrar posted some more pre-show commissions from Comic Action Essen 2012 on his Tumblr.
Marcio Takara posted some commissions from ECCC on his Tumblr.
Michael Walsh also took part in the Mystery Art Challenge. He also posted this Venom sketch on his Tumblr.
Terry Dodson posted a few commissions from ECCC on his Deviant Art page.
Peter Nguyen usually ends up being the first in the Mystery Art Challenges. It just works out that way. You can see his entry below. Here's some commissions he did at ECCC, posted on his Tumblr.
Robert Atkins posted some new sketches on his blog this week. Check out the SPIDER-MAN cover reproduction.
Agnes Garbowska also took the Mystery Art Challenge. Here's some pics she posted on her Tumblr.
Peter Krause has been doing some Batman villain sketches. He posted black and white and colored versions on his Twitter page.
Check out the Havok pic Todd Nauck posted on his Tumblr.
Joel Gomez posted a couple new sketches on his Tumblr. Check out his Kiani pic and a quick sketch of Bowser.
Brett Booth posted some new sketches on his blog. He also posted a couple creator owned characters. The last sketch is a character he calls Parsec.
Chris Giarrusso posted another sketch cover on his website.
Gabriel Hardman posted some of his ECCC sketches on his blog.
Francis Manapul recently did a sketch of Billy Batson/Shazam for a friend and posted work in progress pics on his Instagram.
Artists often get...interesting commission requests. Here's one that Brian Buccellato did at ECCC. I knew he wouldn't post it anywhere so I took a pic of it before he gave it to the lucky lady. I'm sure you can figure out who's in the sketch.
Earlier this week, I posted the video of the Mystery Art Challenge. Basically it involves a familiar character and a random object. The artist don't know ahead of time. You see their reaction on camera and they have seconds to decide what to draw. This challenge was Green Arrow...and coffee.
Here's full scans on the pics.
There's a good chance for another Mystery Art Challenge at WonderCon in a few weeks.