It's time once again for Awesome Art Picks. Each week we scour the internet for great comic art that won't appear in comic books. Why won't they be in comics if they're so great? Comic artists simply love to draw. It's a way for them to let out steam or even experiment on characters they might not normally get to draw in the books they officially working on.
Let's begin this week with some updates from Phil Noto. It's always a treat when Phil posts on his Tumblr account. Check out his hauntingly beautiful Elektra and Daredevil.
If that wasn't enough, check out his 1970s version of Black Widow. It's from an old pitch that he and Ivan Brandon were working on. Does this mean the pitch wasn't accepted? That's just crazy.
Okay, how about one more from Noto? Here's Emma Frost and Joe Strummer (from the band The Clash) in London, 1979. Amazing, as always.
Hopefully you read Wonder Woman #1 this week with art by Cliff Chiang. Last week I posted some Wonder Woman pics from Cliff but I somehow missed this commission he posted of Kitty Pryde from the Baltimore Comic-Con.
Mitch Breitweiser posted some interesting pieces this week on his website. First up is a "Loki study for [his] issue of Journey Into Mystery." Mitch doing a Journey Into Mystery? Sounds good to me.
The next couple demonstrates that even a simple drawing can speak volumes. Here's a Nick Fury done on his iPad!
Here's a sketch of Clark Kent. Again, even with the simplicity, it speaks volumes. It's almost like less is more.
Have we seen or heard from Doom Patrol in 'The New 52'? Here's a sketch Gabriel Hardman posted.
Did you see our little Inkwash & Watercolor article with Joel Gomez? Check out his stuff including his amazing Batman Beyond pages. Here's a Darkseid he did.
It was recently Supergirl's birthday. Peter Nguyen started a little sketch and says it's "part of something bigger" he's working on.
We posted a sketch of Magneto Peter did before. Now it's in color!
I haven't made a decision on what I think of the new OMAC series. But here's a sketch by Dan McDaid.
Paolo Rivera is getting ready for NYCC. As it approaches, he decided to post commissions he did last year. These are watercolor on paper, 9 x 12." Here's his Namor and Peter Parker/Spider-Man.
And our last piece comes from Tony Harris. He posted a commission he did on Indiana Jones.
What do we have to do to get Tony on an Indiana Jones book?
That's it for this week. What did you think of this batch? We'll have another installment next week.