artist that have ... next leveled..

[southpaw]

from when they first became comic book professionals..

when they became..."fan favorite artist" or "names"


and then went above that to go to the next level...



as far as comic book.. artist..

I can name only two so far..

Travis Charest and Jose Landronn

which are the others... like to see their evolution..

[bushiboy]

I agree with Charest, and would like to include Gene Ha, who is also a swell, funny guy.

[50%grey]

Charest definately had the most dramatic change.

Jeff Matsuda is another good one.

Jason Pearson's stuff changed alot since he penciled legion, but thats more atributed to companys letting him have more control over which style he draws in.

Joe Mad used to be a straight up Art Adams clone.

Barry windsor Smith's style changed dramaticaly from his days on
Conan.

[Mike]

I agree with all of your choices. What about Bryan Hitch? He started out as a kind of Alan Davis clone, then became a fan-favorite on Authority and is now incredibly good on Ultimates. Just kind of slow in the whole process.

[alentrix]

Greg Capullo changed dramatically as well. Look at his style on his early X-men days and look at the last Creech book. It's like 2 completely diffrent people. I liked his stuff on Spawn with Mcfarlanes inks. Looked a bit Mcfarlanish but when his second Creech series came out, his stuff was great. And his layouts have always been awsome.

[Finnegan]

you should see Capullo's Quasar stuff


=BoB=

[Mike]

I loved Capullo's Quasar stuff. I couldn't get into his later Spawn and Creech stuff. :(

I think he had a lot of potential with his X-Force run, it's just that the inker didn't seem to be a good match.

[Finnegan]

ditto... i loved his quasar and xforce stuff

he really went in the mcfarlane direction after Angela, and that's where i lost interest. i could never get into creech


=BoB=

[alentrix]

Originally posted by Finnegan
ditto... i loved his quasar and xforce stuff

he really went in the mcfarlane direction after Angela, and that's where i lost interest. i could never get into creech


=BoB=

I've never seen his Quasar stuff. I'll have to check that out. I used to love Mcfarlane when I was younger, and as I got older I saw that Capullo did the stuff that Mcfarlane couldn't or didn't. There was muscle structure and a point to the form. With Mcfarlane it was all pretty, with Capullo it had function as well.

[jeremy dale]

I collected Quasar out of HABIT until Capullo came on-- THEN the book RULED.

I've liked SOME of his Spawn work, but his new Creech series thing isn't my cup of tea.

Jeremy

[Ian Miller]

Yeah, Capullo is a prime example of an artist advancing to the next level. I must also say that Rick Leonardi's Nightwing and Batgirl work is far superior to his somewhat sketchy art on Uncanny X-Men. Maybe he's drawing cleaner now, or maybe it's due to Jesse Delperdang's inks. Also, Silvestri's gotten better. His work is a lot more detailed and organic looking than his older work.

[jeremy dale]

YEAH! I'd forgotten about Leonardi-- I'm a HUUUUUGE fan of his work right now, whereas his older work didn't appeal that much at all.

Jeremy

[muthmaniac]

Steve Epting.

I remember having an old Avengers book, and really disliked his work there. But, the new El Cazador books look beautiful! I mostly got into his newer work with the last arc he did on the Aquaman book before it was cancelled.

He does really nice work.

Another is Mike Deodato, Jr. His work that was on that last Hulk arc that he did (from what I saw, as I don't buy the book) looked really incredible. Plus, those sketches that he was doing a couple of years ago were really nice.

Neither of these guys are all that flashy, but if you just study their work, it's really amazing, in my opinion. :)

[shinolahead]

http://images.comicbookresources.com/litg/wd_09_cov.jpg

Tony Funkin' Moore

[muthmaniac]

Originally posted by shinolahead
http://images.comicbookresources.com/litg/wd_09_cov.jpg

Tony Funkin' Moore


Can I change my answer??

*Good lord!*

[alentrix]

Originally posted by shinolahead
http://images.comicbookresources.com/litg/wd_09_cov.jpg

Tony Funkin' Moore

Holy shit!

[bindlestitch]

Gotta agree with Tony Moore, gotta agree with Dedato (sp?) Jr. and I have to add Scott Mcdaniel. His work on Batman is an about face from his work on Daredevil in the mid to late 90's. I was fond of both styles but he really seemed to come into his own on Nightwing.

[DrVictorVonDoom]

Yeah, that Moore fellow has been blowing me out of the water with every thing he does.

Joe Quesada has come a long way, I think - I remember around the time that he and Kevin Smith relaunched Daredevil I read an issue he'd drawn from the mid-90s and was really impressed at the improvement in his work.

[eugene]

Im gonna go with Ryan Benjamin, A sleeper in the comic book industry mos def.

-Eugene

[southpaw]

has any of the artist.. became more well rounded and done both color and inks in their work like landron and charest.. in their quest to evolve better...

[Ian Miller]

I know Chris Bachalo is doing colors for his run on Captain America. His style is a bit more abstract and sketchy than it has been before, but his use of detail is amazing and his backgrounds are very intricate. I'd say he's also progressing.

[Justice41]

Hitch, Charest, J.G. Jones, R. Benjamin, Keown, G. Horn, Joe Q, Stelfreze, And a lot more.

[RenoWolf]

Cassady
Mahnke (although I'm a huge fan of his Major Bummer work)

[Steampunk]

Originally posted by UniverseX259
Yeah, Capullo is a prime example of an artist advancing to the next level. I must also say that Rick Leonardi's Nightwing and Batgirl work is far superior to his somewhat sketchy art on Uncanny X-Men. Maybe he's drawing cleaner now, or maybe it's due to Jesse Delperdang's inks. Also, Silvestri's gotten better. His work is a lot more detailed and organic looking than his older work. leonardi's work certainly looks a LOT better than it used to...i think that's mostly (i haven't seen pencils from him at all) due to the inkers he's worked with in the past few years...the slick style just looks so much better over him than dan green or whoever was inking him back in the xmen days

on the other hand, i LOVED dan green inking silvestri on wolverine...i pretty much hate a lot of that top cow house style inking, but i've become a big fan of the silvestri/green combo since i picked up essential wolverine...



Originally posted by UniverseX259
I know Chris Bachalo is doing colors for his run on Captain America. His style is a bit more abstract and sketchy than it has been before, but his use of detail is amazing and his backgrounds are very intricate. I'd say he's also progressing. i'd agree with "abstract," but maybe not "sketchy"...i tend to think of the stuff buckingham and pennington were inking to be much sketchier in feel (but not meaning a lack of detail or whatever)

chris is an amazing colourist too! i'm blown away by his cap stuff...check out his vertigo covers on "hunter" or whatever it is...mixed media at it's finest!!!


i'll have to agree with tony moore and john cassaday, and i'll throw in david mack...compare his black and white calibre issues to his new painted work...wow!