Visual Reference For Comic Artists: Vol 2 Ships In December

**Buddy Scalera** · 10-01-2002, 06:52 PM

VISUAL REFERENCE FOR COMIC ARTISTS: VOL 2 SHIPS IN DECEMBER
Follow-up CD-ROM contains 500+ ALL NEW photos

The second volume of the CD-ROM “Visual Reference for Comic Artists” will ship in December, 2002 in time for the holiday season.

Published through After Hours Press, the $10.00 CD-ROM contains 500+ photos of all-new male and female models in dramatic superhero poses.

“Visual Reference Vol. 2 makes a great stocking stuffer for the comic artist in your family,” says Buddy Scalera, creator. “People who bought Vol. 1 told me what they wanted to see on Vol. 2, so I shot a lot of special material.”

The CD features all-original photographs of people, places and things. There are shots of male and female models, an 18-wheeler truck, an airplane cockpit, lots of rubble, lots of cityscapes, and all types of common everyday objects a comic book artist may need for reference. There are even photos for hard-to-draw scenes like kissing and drinking.

An online preview is available at: http://www.buddyscalera.com/

The models are posed with guns, weapons, and other objects that allow an artist to get perfect perspective and anatomy. Shots include straight-on, birds-eye, worms-eye, etc.

The CD is Mac and PC compatible and will be available through most comic book stores and the Joe Kubert School.

Featured in Diamond Previews October, 2002 (page 218; OCT02 2281).

Quotes from Pros:
"The disk is great! Every artist should have a copy in their studio!"
-- Tom Raney, artist

"I wish I had this disk when I was first starting out. This is perfect for aspiring artists and professionals working on a monthly book."
-- Jimmy Palmiotti, artist, writer, editor

Visual Reference for Comic Artists is the perfect tool for any artist -- beginner, veteran or otherwise. It turns countless hours of searching for the right reference into time well spent at the drawing board.
-- Mike Marts, Marvel Comics editor

"This is something I've hoped would be produced for a long time! This disc is a spot-on, smart tool for the modern illustrator. It's a whole new way to bring the art of computers and comics together."
-- Darick Robertson, artist

"Photo reference is an important part to making your drawings believable. The Visual Reference for Comic Artists CD is a great way to get photos when you need them the most. I highly recommend it!"
-- Dan Fraga, artist

Background

Scalera wrote and co-wrote 10 popular issues of Marvel Comics’ Deadpool. His work also appears in X-Men Millennial Visions, Marvel Knights Millennial Visions, Marvel Millennial Visions, and X-Men Unlimited. Scalera recently wrote Weapon X: Sauron. Scalera also self-published the horror title Necrotic: Dead Flesh on a Living Body through After Hours Press.

Scalera is currently writing Decoy: Storm of the Century for Penny Farthing Press and is contributing to Comiculture magazine.

Additional sample artwork and photography available through Buddy Scalera at WizBuddy@aol.com.

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**jeremy dale** · 10-02-2002, 09:48 AM

Hey, guys-- honestly, Buddy is a really nice guy. I met him at this summer's WizardWorld Chicago and he knows his stuff. I bought the first CD jsut to get him off my back-- but it actually comes in quite handy with photo reference of things you can't find easily online OR offline.

I highly recommend the new disc, if it's ANYTHING like the FIRST one. Just an opinion.

THINCAGE GIVES IT 4.3 out of 5 STARS FOR COMIC ARTIST GOODIES!

lol
Jeremy