C.Phan-Art

PinUp of the month : May 2011

2011-09-01T07:18:00.000-07:00

With the movie X-Men 1rst Class we had to choose our own mutants to build up the best team ever. Honestly to me the best team is 100% X-Women !
I tried to finish it but I lost the envy so no inks, no color just a quick sketch up and here ya go !

You can check here the other artworks : La pin-up de mai: X-Men First Class

PinUp of the month : June 2011

2011-08-28T12:23:00.000-07:00

And again one more year since the last work. This time I had a break to take a pen and did a quick stuff for the new design of Tigra.
Many people keep the tiger stripes but just change her orange color to a white tiger or modified her hair style, but I have to admit it, it's pretty hard to find a new design for such a simple outfit. You got to find something else and what's better than a funny gear for this chararcter instead of new colors :

You can check here the other artworks : La pin-up de juin : Le nouveau look de Tigra

PinUp of the month : August 2010

2010-09-28T03:12:00.000-07:00

Over a year since I stopped doing some PinUp, I finally get some time to get back on my desk.
Poll of this month : Susan Storm at the Beach !
I deeply love this character and the ideas for her are almost unlimited to make her look sexy and funny !!

You can check here the other artworks : La pin-up de Septembre : Sue à la plage

Buzz Artbook volume 2

2009-11-14T09:00:00.000-08:00

Finally, the Buzz Artbook 2 will never see the light 'cause no one want to handle the project and that's sad....damn sad, I was going to tease my 1rst comic book project with this sketch, whatever, I'm gonna share it here. So The comic book talks about redemption, a guy torn between his lost and the desire to move on but he can't. But very soon, he will discover a new way to see his future.

Buzz Artbook volume 2

2009-09-11T11:50:00.000-07:00

After a long hesitation I decide to post my work about the second artbook. It was suppose to be release this fall but only few people did what we were all suppose to do, finish the work before the end of august. I was a little upset about people who didn't care and start there work the last week of august saying "Oh man I have to do mine right now". Now the artbook will be relase later. Anyway, here what I did :

PinUp of the month : June 2009

2009-07-08T07:49:00.000-07:00

Neil Gaiman was the theme of this month, and I don't know his work I just know what he created but never open one of his book, between Death, Sandmand, the only character I knew was Angela from Spawn, I drew too many fun stuff lately and I wanted to do something darker and I really wanted to add some color here and there but I was too scared to screw the atmosphere so it will stay black and white.

You can check here the other artworks : Pin-Up de Juin : Neil Gaiman

The Dark Knight

2009-06-13T06:08:00.000-07:00

An very talented artist named Julien Moreau inspired me to use his great style to reproduce this Batman, it was a cool project :

PinUp of the month : May 2009

2009-05-31T03:59:00.000-07:00

This month we got two winners, we had to vote for the worst nemesis and I choose Sinestro but the winners are Darkseid and the Green Goblin. I, first up, started something twisted with the death of Gwen Stacy (oh yeah, we don't have to draw both of them) and it frustrated me, it wasn't funny to do and with the summer coming, I needed some fresh stuff, something cool.

You can check here the other artworks : PIN-UP de MAI : les ennemis jurés
first attempt:
final version :

Scarce 72 - The New Warriors

2009-05-21T07:08:00.000-07:00

A french magazine name Scarce release one of my work for the edition of may, the main file concerned the New Warriors and some artists has there chance to appear in ths book and I was in.
here the cover of the magazine and my sketch :

PinUp of the month : April 2009

2009-05-18T10:22:00.000-07:00

I passed on the PinUp of march (Alan Moore universe) I started it with Moore himself in the middle of Mina Harker (league of extraorinary gentlemen), Silk Spectre (Watchmen) and Evey Hammond (V Vendetta) but....unable to finish it well I had to do this month and the citizens voted Catwoman among the villains based on animals and here what it looks like :

You can check here the other artworks : Pin Up d'Avril : Catwoman

Kakashi

2009-03-18T12:33:00.000-07:00

Here's a gift I did, I didn't know this character at all, my first thought was, "oh he's pretty easy to do", but hell I was wrong, if you don't know a character, how will you be able to find his specific pose ? I start to draw him seriously but everything going bad again and again until I drop the serious and angry idea, then I started to do something more cooler, almost childish and it became more natural and pretty fun to do after all :

PinUp of the month : February 2009

2009-02-25T12:04:00.001-08:00

The PinUp of this month was suppose to be Star Wars and I don't know why we all had to do Vader, I'm not confortable with his design, to many details in black, not easy to highlight them.
I thought we could do many others characters, but Vader must appear in this sketch, so the only way to draw him was to make a page with the entire Siths... but in the end, it wasn't Vader the most difficult character to draw but Grievous. I lost the capacity to draw many characters in one page (when I was young I did that pretty often) and I was glad to try it this time, just to know if I'm still capable to do it so here we go :

You can check here the other artworks : La pin-up de février: Darth Vader

PinUp of the month : January 2009

2009-01-28T03:01:00.000-08:00

The PinUp of this month is a character that I never heard anything of, Killer Frost. I voted for Mister Freeze 'cause we had to choose between a character with freezing abilities but the lady won the poll, I really wanted to draw Victor so I started to think about how I could put this two characters together and here what it looks like :

You can check here the other artworks : la pin-up de Janvier 2009: Killer Frost

Wolverine/Thanos commission

2009-01-27T08:53:00.000-08:00

Here my latest work for a guy called Raul7, he asked me an old school Wolverine and a massive Thanos and here the result, Wolverine was hard to do with the white rip effect 'cause I had to hide the claws effect and the Wolverine's silhouette before painting in red the rest of the page, about Thanos, it was a good exercise, I never tried to do this character before and I always liked him.

PinUp of the month : December 2008

2008-12-31T07:34:00.000-08:00

I'm glad to draw such a great character, I always liked him, since I was a kid. He's mean, tough, totally bad ass and his look is totally spot on even if it's pretty easy to draw a space villain with a massive silhouette but the axe makes the difference. Let some space to Terrax !!!!!
....and by the way...... happy new years folks !!

You can check here the other artworks : La pin-up de Décembre : Galactus & hérauts

Buzz Artbook

2008-12-25T13:44:00.000-08:00

Here my two works I did for the artbook, who will be release in a couple of week from now, it was a good initiative to regroup all the artists who show their talent in the Buzz comics forum into a book, and I was proud to be a part of it.
Here my pages, enjoy and merry X-mas fellas !

You can check some "Work in progress" here : Artbook et buzzukis...

The cover :

PinUp of the month : November 2008

2008-11-29T09:41:00.000-08:00

I pass on the last PinUp of the month (it was supposed to be Dracula) 'cause I was unable to find a good idea, but this month, the theme is much easier than the last month, now we had to deal with the Daywalker "Blade". I really like this character even if the last movie was a huge pain in the ass.

You can check here the other artworks : La pin-up de Novembre: Blade

City Hunter

2008-10-27T03:33:00.001-07:00

After the little manga style with the last PinUp of the month, I tried to keep this good feeling drawing the character from City Hunter, mister Ryo Saeba himself, I never drawn this character before and it was really cool to use the manga style with that type of painting.

PinUp of the month : August 2008

2008-10-10T14:53:00.000-07:00

I decided to do 2 PinUp this month 'cause I always wanted to do a Hulk sketch and I couldn't pass on the wonderful interpretation of Heath Ledger playing the Joker from "The Dark Knight".
He did a terrific work with his Joker's version, a thousand miles away better than I could imagine.
I'll never see the Joker without thinking of his amazing performance anymore so thanks for making a dream come true and Rest in Peace mister Ledger....

You can check here the other artworks : Pin-up d'Août: les films de l'été!

Commission Deadpool

2008-10-08T05:58:00.001-07:00

A little commission who finally wasn't good enough for my customer...as far as I'm concerned, I like it, the hardest part was to fit 2 characters in a same page, I had to cut a little part of the cowl and a half of the robber's body, that's why it didn't work so I'm gonna keep it for myself.

PinUp of the month : September 2008

2008-10-05T12:28:00.000-07:00

All right, this month, it's about a very famous manga character back from the 80's, to be honnest I voted Dragon Ball but Cobra is not a bad choice.

You can check here the other artworks : La pin-up de Septembre : Cobra!

PinUp of the month : August 2008

2008-08-28T05:33:00.000-07:00

Okay so this month, we had to deal with the summer blockbuster and I choose The Hulk and it doesn't mean that I will pass on the Dark Knight and believe me, I will NOT pass on The Dark Knight so stay tune.....

You can check here the other artworks : Pin-up d'Août: les films de l'été!

PinUp of the month : July 2008

2008-07-24T02:08:00.000-07:00

This is sadly that I post this sketch, Michael Turner was a great artist, I was a big fan when Witchblade came out here in France. I truely loved the way he worked, his version of the Darkness, Wolverine and Fathom .... blows my mind each and every time, even now I'm still using 2-3 technics he revealed in Wizard like the hair, the hands, the eyes....A lot of french doesn't like his work and they have their rights but as an artist, I respected his devotion, his late work wasn't my favorite but I'm still and ever be a fan. Lately, I bought a lot of stuff from Michael (like the Civil War exclusive cover) thinking one day , I could shake his hand and he could sign'em but that day will never come....I will miss his art. Goodbye Michael Turner.

You can check here the other artworks : la pin-up de Juillet: Hommage!

The Punisher 2

2008-07-17T13:51:00.001-07:00

Still in my Punisher era, I wanted to do that kind of sketch a long time ago, trying something very different of my other works, a sketch who really means something, not just a PinUp or a still, I used a lot of real references to built the entire composition of this page like the coat, the guns, the shadows, etc....

The Punisher

2008-07-12T03:04:00.001-07:00

I have to confess, The Punisher is my favorite character and when I played on the PS2 video game, I had a huge "Punisher" era in my mind and on my work so here my first attempt on Frank, I use the same technic that Jim Lee used when I saw him in Paris for a signing session and through the years, it's still one of my favorite work.

eBay commission : She Hulk

2008-07-03T00:40:00.000-07:00

Like the last She Hulk com', I truely enjoy drawing her (especially working with the color of the different green tone on a green paper) it's like a vacation, just find the good idea, and with Jennifer, it is pretty easy to do, she's a lot of fun and put her in a comical situation is a true happiness.

Lord Darth Maul

2008-06-28T14:27:00.000-07:00

As a big Maul's fan, I had to do this one, the ultimate Sith, it's all about the darkside !!! Such a great design for this character, a black monk with a psycho face paint and a petrifying look. Slay'em all !!!!

Jack Sparrow

2008-06-22T05:28:00.000-07:00

I definetely like this character, and draw him is a real pleasure, the facial expression, the clothes, the hair, Sparrow is 100% entertainment for each artist, and working on a dark paper allows me to work on a light of the face which is pretty useful.

Colossus - Gambit cartoon style

2008-06-20T03:59:00.000-07:00

I try to color this sketches with Photoshop, something who bores me a lot, I hate digital work, I truely prefer the contact of the material to a cold tablet, but as an artist, we have to try everything, and one thing is for sure, it's a huge waste of time, 2 hours for an effect when you can do that with one simple gesture...

Link

2008-06-19T08:45:00.000-07:00

I did this one the same time than Grifter, (Bermejo rules !!!), I'm a huge fan of Zelda (since day one), and Link is a great hero and he reminds me my early day when I was playing on my old Nintendo : "The legend of Zelda". What a wonderful video game, inovating, inspiring, immersive, it carries you in a whole new world of fantasy.

PinUp of the month : May 2008

2008-06-18T06:09:00.000-07:00

This month, the major discussion was about the movie "Indiana Jones : and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", good movie, bad movie ? who cares, it's all about the character.
I was happy to draw Sean Connery (man, I wanted him in the fourth film), but I totally screwed Harrison Ford's face. Later, I saw 2-3 things which could upgrade my sketch like a papyrus paper or something like that.

You can check here the other artworks : la pin-up de MAI: Indiana Jones

The Joker

2008-06-17T07:12:00.000-07:00

To stay with the Dark Knight universe, here's his insane nemesis : the Joker. He's very easy to do, green hair, big smile, yellow teeth, just find a good facial expression, I will probably try to make a classic version in a cell of the Arkham asylum.

Batman

2008-06-17T05:57:00.000-07:00

I did this Batman for myself and because someone challenged me if I was able to draw the entire JLA in this cartoonish style since the last Flash and Green Lantern. Cartoonish but still threatening, the Dark Knight has to be serious even in this type of exercise.

PinUp of the month : April 2008

2008-06-16T01:04:00.000-07:00

The theme was "the Fairy Tales", and the choices were Peter Pan, White Snow, Monsters, Baba Yaga,... and Red Hood won the poll, I was really happy to draw her, you have a lot of possibility with this character. My first sketch was pretty serious, very primitive and disturbing, something metaphoric, like an adult stalking a child (which is the real theme of this tale).
Finally the theme opened and we all did the same thing,all of us. A psycho, bloody werewolf fighting a sexy Red Hood, I was saying "oh man I have to do something else !!!" And it came naturally, always the same catchphrase "funny and sexy" and here the result.

You can check here the other artworks : la pin-up d'avril:le chaperon rouge
First idea......
and Final version :

eBay commission : She Hulk

2008-06-15T05:14:00.001-07:00

An old eBay commission, I really enjoyed working on this character, she's an amazing source of inspiration, beauty and rage. Working on a green paper is awesome, you can light every details on the body parts, I will probably do more Jennifer Walters very soon.

PinUp of the month : March 2008

2008-06-14T00:41:00.000-07:00

This month, we had to vote for a "metallic character", we had Terminator, the Metal Men, Colossus,....and Ghost Rider 2099 was chosen, I wasn't really happy to draw something with mechanic system but it was at a good moment, a gift for an anniversary of a friend 'cause he really loves the Rider (even if it's not the classic version). You can see the 2nd step of the process without the painting work, on the finish version, it's impossible to see the chrome on the Rider's member (I don't think any scannner can reproduce this effect on a computer).

You can check here the other artworks : la pin-up de Mars: Ghost Rider 2099

Yoda

2008-06-14T00:36:00.000-07:00

A little gift I did for a friend, he asked me a Yoda a few years ago and I finally did one for him, he just makes me laugh.

Tyler Durden

2008-06-13T07:49:00.001-07:00

As I said earlier, it's a very difficult exercise to reproduce a real person, even if it's a caricature and the red paper didn't allow me to reproduce a perfect skin tone, I enjoyed working on the leather of the jacket and I'm pretty sure that I can do something better now. I see now that I forgot to draw the smoke of the cigarette

PinUp of the month : February 2008

2008-06-13T04:02:00.000-07:00

The theme of the poll was "White" and Emma Frost was the best choice to me for a new try with acrylic paint, it was very tricky, you can mess this up but always step back covering your mistakes, I loved this new approach of colouring, and the idea had always crawled my mind, how does the suit hang on her ?

You can check here the other artworks : Pin-up de février: le mois du blanc!

Commission X-men

2008-06-12T14:33:00.001-07:00

Bouzouk asked me 2 commissions (w/ Lobo)and this one wasn't the final product, I drawn a normal Piotr Rasputin when he thought I was going to do the metallic version, he drived me on each and every detail, the guitars, the hat, the size of the" cigarette" and finally he was happy (of course I had to paint Colossus the way he wanted) I never knew if he did the X-Men logo.
I had a lot of fun with this one, especially on Wolverine, honestly who can mess a Logan's sketch up, he's so easy to draw with his specific design.

comics redux

2008-06-12T11:44:00.000-07:00

Another exercise from the french board Buzzcomics, take an old comics and draw an entire page with a new vision, you can do it the way you want and i'ts a really cool work, this time the comics was X-Force 1 by Rob Liefeld, I pick the page 5 and Domino on the cover (you have to choose quick because your page's could be pick by another artist).
You will find here the huge and talented work of each and every artists who participated on this great idea : RG III : X force 1
here the original page....

...and my version....

...and finally my version of Domino for the cover and colored by Tink (who's a very cool girl btw and a talented colorist).

eBay commission : Wonder Woman

2008-06-12T05:58:00.001-07:00

Another eBay commission, I thought that was a cool idea to explode her armor but when I had to ink and color each breakin' part, it was a living hell, I really liked her facial expression, you can see my devotion to the fantastic work of J.Scott Campbell, maybe one of my favorite artist in the world.

PinUp of the month : January 2008

2008-06-12T05:43:00.000-07:00

This time, we had to choose a sidekick and it was Harley Quinn who won the vote, it was my first shot about this character and I was pretty glad about my idea, sexy and funny, I wanted to do a Joker but no place, no time....

You can check here the other artworks : Pin-up de Janvier: Harley Quinn

Grifter

2008-06-11T05:41:00.000-07:00

I did this one just after a signin' session of Lee Bermejo (he came to Paris with Camuncoli, Jim Lee and Gab Dell'Otto) and I was stunned about his sketch, full of details and very intense with the simpliest line ever, so I tried to use the same technic and one of my friend told me that I have to use this kind of ink more often.

Cartoon style

2008-06-11T04:56:00.001-07:00

Here my very first attempt with a cartoonish style, I try this after seeing the work of Skottie Young, I had a lot of good comment about that and I continue in this way but sometimes, it becomes a handicap when you draw a classic sketch, I keep a bad cartoon line when I ink my old school sketch and it's hard to step back when you enjoy your new playground.

Indiana Jones

2008-06-11T04:43:00.001-07:00

Another thing that I'm not confortable with, drawing realistic people based upon a photo, I always have to compare it with the original picture and it's always a disaster. But I keep trying and this Indy was pretty cool.

PinUp of the month : December 2007

2008-06-11T02:36:00.000-07:00

This time, the poll concerned the magicians and it was Zatanna who won just ahead of Mandrake, the funny things was a lot of us had the same idea (especially the rabbit)

You can check here the other artworks : ZATANNA: LA pin-up de décembre

eBay commission : Ultimate Invisible

2008-06-10T13:25:00.001-07:00

An old com' I made on eBay, I started that kind of work with brand new technics (color paper and stuff) especially to perfect my drawing women skills because I was so bad at this exercise, I hated drawing women so I was pretty glad for one of my first com'. The hardest part is to draw something sexy, funny and keep the charsima of the character .

Commission Invincible

2008-06-10T10:07:00.000-07:00

Another com' for a guy called snoopy, I didn't know this character at all and it was pretty funny to imagine which kind of pose I could make for an unknown character, I suggest different background but he chooses the simpliest one.

PinUp of the month : November 2007

2008-06-10T04:54:00.000-07:00

A french board (Buzzcomics) try every month to built a little contest, I try to participate every time to show my skills and it's a pretty good exercise.
That time, the vote goes to Black Widow, I wasn't really happy with the final product but I had a lot of work and she wasn't my priority at this time.

You can check here the other artworks : La pin-up de Novembre: La veuve noire!

Commission Submariner

2008-06-08T13:45:00.000-07:00

Here another com' for a guy called Namorlabien, he was really happy about this one (more than me). You don't really see the gold paint on his armor plates but I liked his facial expression..."I'm a King, don't mess with me !"

Commission LOBO

2008-02-07T07:19:00.001-08:00

One of the 1rst commission in my life, a LOBO for a guy named Bouzouk. I didn't draw something like this (bloody and hardcore) since my early Spawn years, it was cool to find this feelings again, rage and violence in this sketch.

An attempt with acrylic paint... Doomsday vs Hulk. I did this one after seeing the cartoon Superman : Doomsday (what a joy to see Superman beat up to death) and I thought : who is the most powerful between these two monster ? I put a quarter on the green guy !