Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Aquaman Painting by John Watson

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I found this painting by artist John Watson during a random Google search. I had never seen it before, or heard of Watson. But this page featured a bunch of his paintings--all centered on superheroes! Some pretty nice stuff.

This painting has a quaint, slightly stiff old-timey paperback feel, and it wouldn't have looked out of place on, say, an early-70s Aquaman novel, if there had been such a thing.

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10 comments:

  1. Erik the Sleeper4:31 AM

    It's a brilliant artwork, but I'm not a fan of this 'badly fitting spandex' look in the outfits that you see a few artists doing. I know it adds a level of realism to the characters, but we are talking about two blokes punching on at 1000ft+ underwater without SCUBA gear.

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  2. Saranga7:05 AM

    It does look rather stiff but on the whole I think I likr it. Not much feeling of movement though.

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  3. Siskoid9:06 AM

    I especially like the lighting!

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  4. Wings12959:34 AM

    It is cool, different. Aquaman's hair throws me a bit though, reminds me of Wolverine or something! :)

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  5. Randy3:32 PM

    Wasn't there an Aquaman Big-Little book in the 60s/70s era? I am almost certain there was. I have a Superman one and a Batman one.

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  6. rob!3:51 PM

    Randy-

    Yep, its right here!

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  7. The Irredeemable Shag11:39 PM

    Rob - Good call! It definitely looks like a book cover from the early 70s. I used to work in a used sci-fi bookstore. This is dead-on for the time.

    Nice painting! Love the Ocean Master expression!

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  8. Diabolu Frank8:12 PM

    More Aquaman from John Watson:

    Fusion Toys - JLA Jigsaw

    Painting over Ramona Fradon

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  9. Diabolu Frank8:46 PM

    I missed this one:

    The Aquaman Family

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  10. wich24:29 PM

    (Rob, when I finally caught up with that Ted White CAP novel, it really disappointed me...)

    (Erik, I get your point, but I think a pinch of realism is needed when you move these character into "3-D" settings...)

    Nice work! I see a bit of Alex Ross influence, and also am reminded of George Wilson's great painted covers - esp. for the PHANTOM pbs.

    -Craig

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