Before I became a professional comic book colorist, I was a commercial artist. I did posters, T-shirts, painted signs and trucks, illustrated role-playing games, and anything else I could do to pay the rent. But even after I began my comic book career, over the years I’ve gotten some interesting side jobs. This one was Read More …
During the 13 year run of Armature’s weekly comic strips, every once in a while, I would use different characters. One that took on a life and story of his own was Uncle Biz. Originally he was just a one-shot joke about how big-time capitalists like to rig the system so that they always win. Read More …
Sometimes as a fan, you have to go a long way to attend conventions. Take San Diego, for instance, which is a long way from anywhere that isn’t in Southern California. But once in a while, a convention drops into your back yard. The first comic convention I went to was Cotati-Con #1 (Which turned Read More …
For 13 years, Armature was a weekly comic strip in the Independent Coast Observer, our local paper up here in Southern Mendocino County. After 5 or six years in black & white, I finally got to do color. This is a random sampling of some of them. I’ll definitely be posting more of these. Read More …
After the Image Explosion peaked & Olyoptics had several companies spin off to go independent, (I’ll talk about that in a later column…) I scaled back and just did a little computer coloring while I began my long slow learning curve on Photoshop. By this time our old software was obsolete. Photoshop was so different Read More …
In our human existence, one thing we all share is light & color. Visible light is just a tiny fraction of the vast Electromagnetic Spectrum, but it’s crucial to our perceptions of the world. The Electromagnetic Spectrum is an energy wave that transmits power throughout the universe. It starts with long, slow-rolling waves like AM Read More …
This issue of Spawn was special to me. Not only did it have one of my favorite covers of my career, it was the first major appearance of Armature. The issue was written by Dave Sim, and drawn by Spawn’s creator, Todd McFarlane. Its theme was creators’ rights. One of the reasons Image Comics was Read More …
Here is a color guide from my first Fantastic Four coloring job. Fantastic Four #13 was the first Marvel comic book I ever bought. Jack Kirby inked by Steve Ditko. (Probably because of the Super Apes…) The Red Ghost and his Super Apes in the mysterious blue area of the moon! And the first Read More …
Back around 1984, my adopted son, Joaquin Sherman, used to hang out in my studio when I was coloring comics. One day he made a little headless man out of copper wire that sat on my desk for a long time. After staring at it for four months, for some reason, I put some Sculpey Read More …
One Universe of Light! Four worlds of color, Steve’s color educational information: This is my science and art theory blog. Through the 4 worlds of color, I can teach you how to see the universe with better eyes, and help you understand why I call color the “Silent Soundtrack.”
