Awesome Art Picks: Maleficent, Batman, Cyclops, and More

Each week we gather up the coolest comic book art you won't see in actual comics. The reason you won't is because artists often draw sketches for fun or commissions and post them on their websites, Tumblrs or blogs. Some artists even arrange commissions through their sites so be sure to check them out.

Francesco Francavilla has been posting new art on his Tumblr and putting them up for sale on his online shop.

Gabriel Hardman posted a couple new pieces on his Twitter page. The X-Men cover is up for auction on eBay for the Hero Initiative. Still a couple days left!

Peter Nguyen posted a few new sketches on his Tumblr including more X-Men goodness.

Paolo Rivera posted a Daredevil commission on his blog.

Yildiray Cinar posted some more sketches on his Instagram page.

Reilly Brown is getting ready for the New York show in June and posted this Deadpool sketch on his Tumblr.

Brett Booth is making up for not posting new sketches on his blog last time with a few new cool ones.

Ryan Stegman posted some recent commissions from Cherry Capital Comicon on his Tumblr.

Skottie Young is ready for Maleficent. He also posted some other new sketches on his Tumblr.

Joel Gomez will be at Long Beach Comic Expo this weekend. Here's a couple sketches he posted on his Tumblr.

I love seeing new sketches from Ryan Ottley's on his Tumblr.

Philip Tan never ceases to amaze with the sketches he posts on his Facebook page.

Agnes Garbowska posted a work-in-progress sketch of Buffy on her Tumblr.

Denis Medri posted a couple new sketches on his Deviant Art page.

J. Scott Campbell posted a sketch of Belle from Dallas Comic Con on his Instagram page.

Marcio Takara posted some new commissions on his Tumblr.

Dustin Nguyen posted this Maleficent piece on his Tumblr that was apparently unused by Disney? What? He also posted some Harley's and a Harper sketch.

Todd Nauck will also be at Long Beach Comic Expo this weekend. Check out his recent sketches posted on his Tumblr. You can info on his panel and commission rates HERE.

That's it for this week. Hopefully we'll get a Mystery Art Challenge done this weekend. We'll be back next time with more sketches.

Lookin' good again this week. Nice to see Maleficent.

Everyone had great pieces, but I always like Todd Nauck.

Maleficent is beautiful!

can't wait to see that this weekend.

Godzilla and Maleficent were my favorites

All of these kick ass comic characters here. I feel bad for liking that Belle the most. It's beautiful in such a simple way.

@pokeysteve said:

I was thinking the exact same thing.

Brett booth art is awsome!! Nightwing's butt looks fucking hot

Philip Tan and Brett Booth art is always awesome.

The ones of Melificent are nice, But this is beautiful

By Stanley Lau

All of these are great.

That is a GREAT Galactus!

That Godzilla is without a doubt my favorite selection this week.

Didn't realize how many Wests had Flash powers now...

I love that Supergirl, and Maleficent

I like everything from Nguyen's Maleficent to that one Galactus

Booth and Nauck rule, Francavilla yawn worthy as usual

Love the one of Flash's new TV look

Everything is absolutely beautiful this week.

beautiful stuff here!

nice

Very nice art this week. In fact I think I'll do a little sketching myself...

That Godzilla is fantastic, very nice work there as usual by Brett Booth! AND HOT DANG, so much child-hood nostalgia with that Belle by Campbell! I love it! It's not the most involved but it has such a sweet innocence to it… well, compared to other Campbell drawings ^_^

@pokeysteve: And don't feel bad at all, sometimes the simplest things can be the best!

Brett Booth's sketches are infinitely better than his stuff DC publishes (his recent work on the Flash has been terrible). They are always fantastic.

Awesome pics! I loved Godzilla and Yoda.

@staypuffed: I was thinking the exact same thing. Sometimes his faces look a bit off but his details are beautiful. I usually think his stuff is excellent.... And then it gets coloured....

I liked the Mystique one.

Booth and TV Flash and Godzilla.....just made my day

Rogue being my favorite comic book heroine and Nauck being one of my favorite artists, I must say, her face looks a bit too cartoon-ish for my taste. But it's a great drawing otherwise. And Booth's art is great considering his early work looked a bit too much like Jim Lee. His stuff is awesome these days. Philip Tan just continues to take my breath away with his black and whites. I may need to "like" his Facebook page.

I noticed that too! Maybe it's the inker or colorer? His genius with a pencil could get lost along the way somewhere.

Godzilla looks awesome!

Love Love Brett Booth. The Nightwing one is just great.

I'm not gay, but Dick Grayson has a nice butt on him here. Lol.

This is definitely my favorite part of Comicvine

I love every image, Ororo's standing out the most by Cinar followed closely by Nguyen's Raven. Beautiful.

@tparks said:

I'm not gay, but Dick Grayson has a nice butt on him here. Lol.

My immediate thought was "Dat a$$" followed quickly by "Didn't Booth do another epic butt shot in the actual book? Yep:

@clayscarface: Lol. Brett Booth sure does like drawing Dick's booty.

for ages ive always wanted to be a comic book artist. the problem is i have no idea were to start like i dont even no im good enough to be one i just really need help. another problem is that i lack resources and pople around me who know wat im on about

any takers???

There's too much awesome art here.