tranimation-art's avatar
Whoo-hoooo! More Shadow art!

I have to say you have the best Shadow art out there. It's so wonderfully versatile! Each piece is really full of personality and a real story behind it (even before one reads the comments).

Great work! Hope to see more soon!
NicolasRGiacondino's avatar
I'm truly honoured that I'm able to do this great character justice, Diane! And more so when I get to hear the praise from its fans, who are the ones that truly make him a legend.
I think the word versatile is indeed one of the best to describe my style; it usually looks as though it would not work with certain types of characters or stories, but ends up being just right fr the job everytime, which is something I'm proud of, of course.

As for more Shadow art... there will be! I still have to add a member to the trio you've seen so far ;)...

Nic.-
tranimation-art's avatar
Your depection of the Shadow is the closest to the one of my childhood. When I was young, I either wanted to be Batman, the Shadow, or a Ghostbuster. And with the Shadow, I primarily embraced the 1930s radio show, the 40s pulps, and the Dennis O'Neil/Michael Kaluta comics, which were both very dark, gritty, and menacing, but with a sense of off-beat humour mixed in. I'm probably one of the few Shadow fans that dislike his "superpowers". I always thought he was mortal with mad ninja skills, who could induce fear and hide in a lit room and you never knew it; I loved the fists and guns and blood, back when he was judge, jury, and executioner.

I think "versatile" really fits your style. There's such personality and story and atmosphere packed into a drawings. The characters aren't part of background, but pop out as its own, as if it's about to jump out of my screen because the paper simple can't seem to contain it. Does that make any sense?

A question out of curoisity: When the trio now in the jungle, is anyone else from the pulp genre going to pop in, like Tarzan or Sheena?