Jim Calafiore
@jcalafiore.bsky.social
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Comic creator; beer lover. Is there anything else to life?
THE INCREDIBLE HULK! 9x12 head sketch done. That’s a whole lotta green.
about 18 hours ago
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THE HULK! Started the 9x12 head sketch. I don’t know if that’s the final background. I have to do the face next, and see how it balances out.
1 day ago
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Morning sketch: THOR! Well… THROG!! actually. I dunno, some days you just feel like drawing a frog.
3 days ago
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Working on more BOMBER NOSEART inspired pinups. Layouts for CATWOMAN, ROGUE & JEAN GREY. Yes, I know UNTOUCHABLE is misspelled on Rogue; I’ll correct that in pencils.
4 days ago
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Morning sketch: DR FATE! Working on a Dr Fate something for a project, and wanted to do a quick study with an effect similar to one I used on a Deathlok sketch a ways back that I liked.
5 days ago
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Morning sketch: THE INCREDIBLE HULK! Quick study for a color head sketch I’m planning, similar to the motif I used for ULTRON.
6 days ago
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Best reason to not draw today: PLAYING WITH PUPPIES!
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7 days ago
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Morning sketch: SUE STORM. Before attempting it full size, I decided to do a quickie daily sketch size. Probably not the color or background I’ll use; just wanted to try out a technique for the transparency of her lower half.
8 days ago
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From The Files: While I’m knee deep in taxes, here’s a SPIDER-MAN from 1999. This was just in pencil. I think I did it for a Wizard School on how to do perspective.
11 days ago
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THE HULK! One guess what I’m doing today…
12 days ago
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SUE STORM! Working on an 11 x 17 color piece of the Invisible Woman. This is the rough layout. I want to see what kind of transparency effects I can do with the color markers. At this moment, I have absolutely no idea how I’m going to do it. Should be an interesting experiment.
13 days ago
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PENNYWISE! 11x17 commission. Collector requested my take on an IT movie promo image. Went grayscale to pop the red balloon.
14 days ago
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DAILY SKETCH PORTFOLIO- Get a lot of asks from collectors for what’s available. When I reorganize the portfolio for con season, it’s a good time to show it. Each is 5x8; spreads 8x10. Any piece more than $60 has a little tag on it. All of Wolverine flip book is at the end. Message me if interested.
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15 days ago
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ULTRON REDUX! Not a repost; I did more work on it. I didn’t think the outline of the head was delineated well enough by the background color. I beefed it up. Compared to yesterday’s version, I think it reads better now.
16 days ago
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ULTRON! 9x12 con-style head sketch. Finally home and back at the table (after shoveling a foot of snow).
17 days ago
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Daily sketch: DOCTOR BONG! Anyone remember Dr Bong?
18 days ago
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Morning sketch: DOCTOR STRANGE! summoning a tiny CLEA. Anyone know if she had a last name?
20 days ago
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Morning sketch: COLOSSUS! Started drawing just a bulky figure without a character in mind. It evolved into Peter.
21 days ago
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BATMAN! I’m on the road for a few days, so only time for the 5x8 daily sketchbook sketches. Wanted to work on extreme down-angle here, which I sometimes have trouble with.
22 days ago
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WOLVERINE! The whole flip book in one video. I looped it once. The flip book actually didn’t work out. Working on each page loosened the spine. They’re misaligned. So I’ll be breaking it up; any and all of these are available.
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23 days ago
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WOLVERINE! Flip book. Last three pages. Anyone who remembers the very first page of this, the last page matches. It’s a loop. Video of the whole thing coming tomorrow.
24 days ago
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WOLVERINE! Flip book. Next three pages. Oops, I think he noticed us…
25 days ago
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WOLVERINE! Flip book. Next four pages. I mis-counted. NOW there’s only six to go.
26 days ago
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WOLVERINE! Flip book. Next four pages. Six left to go…
27 days ago
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WOLVERINE! Flip book. Next four pages. It’s getting serious.
29 days ago
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WOLVERINE! Flip book. Next four frames. And yes those are his fingers on the last frame.
29 days ago
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Morning sketch: WOLVERINE! vs ninjas. Decided to get back to the flip book I forgot about. Here’s the next sequence. Nunchucks!
about 1 month ago
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MORBIUS! I forgot to post the in-progress pics, which I always think are fun to show. Here it is with the finished version again.
about 1 month ago
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THE PHANTOM’s daughter JEDDA from DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH. This issue 8 page when printed had a series of tiger heads overlaid in photoshop. For the collector getting the original, I went back in to add the tiger. I think it carries well.
about 1 month ago
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MORBIUS, THE LIVING VAMPIRE! 9x12 Finished colors. I wanted to let the blacks bleed into him, and have the all the red be one solid color and blend in with his costume red and see if it read okay. Verdict? (This is available.)
about 1 month ago
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MORBIUS, THE LIVING VAMPIRE! Working on a 9x12 color piece. These are the pencils. I’m going to try something different with the color. We’ll see how it goes…
about 1 month ago
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GALACTUS & SILVER SURFER! Finished! This is available for anyone interested.
about 1 month ago
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GALACTUS & SILVER SURFER! 11x17 Color stage done. Always interesting to see without the blacks filled in yet. And you can see where my test scribbles in those areas.
about 1 month ago
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GALACTUS & THE SILVER SURFER! 11x17 in progress. This’ll be in color, so this is the basic outlines without the blacks filled in. Next step: color.
about 1 month ago
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SUPERMAN! Tried another one of the design things. It’s an interesting effect.
about 1 month ago
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HARLEY QUINN & WHITE RABBIT! Finished the other two bomber nose-art pinups
about 1 month ago
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THE FLASH! 9x12. Weird idea I had for a design-y thing. Converted the line work into vertical lines so the background shows through. Interesting effect.
about 1 month ago
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RED SONJA! Finished bomber nose-art inspired commission. She is a She Devil.
about 1 month ago
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RED SONJA! Pencils for the second bomber nose-art pin-up. SHE DEVIL.
about 1 month ago
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Morning sketch: OOGIE BOOGIE! Collector requested. After this, I’d have to move on to the secondary characters; the big guy with the axe in his head would be fun.
about 1 month ago
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WHITE RABBIT! Pencils. Starting some new B52 bomber nose art inspired pinups. I wasn’t familiar with this Batman villain. Most time consuming part is the hand lettering. On to inks…
about 2 months ago
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KINGPIN! 9x12 con-style head sketch. Purple’s pretty strong, but it just isn’t the Kingpin without the purple ascot. This is available btw.
about 2 months ago
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CAPTAIN AMERICA with the RED SKULL! 11x17 commission. It was also a bit of an experiment to see how the markers could hold the background. There’s no black inking in the background.
about 2 months ago
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No drawing today. One guess why. (And it ain’t football.)
about 2 months ago
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Finished colors for the cover for the new book ONES & ZEROES. Their Kickstarter starts soon:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mdo...
The original art will be a pledge level I believe.
about 2 months ago
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NIGHTCRAWLER! Finished 9x12 con-style. I wanted to have fun with the pink BAMF.
about 2 months ago
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NIGHTCRAWLER! Pencils for a 9x12 con-style. It’s going to be in color with the elf engulfed in cool (hopefully) BAMF effect.
about 2 months ago
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MEPHISTO! 11x17 full commission finished. The lava field was fun.
about 2 months ago
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CAPTAIN AMERICA & the RED SKULL! Rough layout for a commission. 11x17. It’ll be color too. Whenever I do a side pose of Cap, all I can think about is that Heroes Reborn cover and worry about sticking his chest out too far.
about 2 months ago
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MEPHISTO! (and GHOST RIDER!) Working on the commission. Mid-pencils. MEPHISTO on his skull throne. Lots of background yet to come.
about 2 months ago
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