Comment on Opening the Tomb by DouglasRamsey
Thanks, I was hesitant about going back to the well with this shadow effect, after having just used it in my last Christmas painting. But the two are kind of bookend companion pieces anyway and it’s a little hard to avoid when the focal point is also the light source. I’ve heard that Starlin was an artist but I don’t think I’ve actually seen his artwork. I only know him from the writing he did back in the 80’s.
Doug, I'm always a little afraid to reference comic artists from the past because not everyone will be familiar with them. But Jim Starlin was both writer and artist for a number of pretty good to really good comics in the 1970s into the 80s. You might look at Dreadstar, Death of Captain Marvel, and the Warlock saga to get an idea of what I'm talking about. While I don't agree with his philosophy (or what you get from his works) he could truly tell an engaging story. And his art had something about it that was really attractive to me--still is.
Yeah, I agree. I really liked Starlin’s writing. He was on Batman during most of the one year of my childhood that I actually had a subscription to the title.