Carmine Infantino

092406: Finished one of my favorite SW covers.
073006: Steve Leialoha really did an exceptional job on this first Infantino cover of SW. I think Leialoha is one of the few that really knows how to handle Infantino's sketches. Again, I really had fun with this piece.

091706:Finally finished. I changed the colors here to reflect dusk.
080206: This is an incredible piece by Infantino and Leialoha. Though is one of the series where SW is chained up or tied up it's one of the best Infantino pieces. I'll try to get this one finished up first.

090906: I can't believe I finally finish this color vairiant. I ended up changing the color of Jerry Hunt's pants and shirt. The original were magenta and orange. What was that all about?
080306: I remember being so disappointed when SW9 came out, not because of the cover but because Wolfman left and would change the direction of SW forever. What's worse was the character Wolfman created specifically for Spider-Woman went to her male counterpart. Though I still I love this cover especially with my favorite Infantino inker, Bob Wiacek. Though the building perspective is a little funky.

082006: Though I would have preferred the front end, it's still a great Infantino classic. Here SW's hair is extremely exagerated in length, an Infantino trademark I might add.

080606: An interesting character (Gypsy Moth) created for SW. The arc was a little too short. The Infantino cover somewhat didn't look right. SW's right breast seems to be flat or nonexistent. I've tried to manipulate the shadows to bring it forward but it's not enough. I'll attempt to re-illustrate it when I finish the coloring. Also she has heels on this scan while she has no heels on the printed cover.

080106: Another classic Infantino-Leialoha piece but after reading the issue, it could have shown Spider-Woman with SHIELD taking down PYRO TECHNICS INC. Here, I used a mask in Illustrator rather than Photoshop, so I did not have to create 2 layers in Photoshop to mask out the banner for the talk balloon.

063006: This 1978 Carmine Infantino fully rendered pencil piece was intended for the first issue of original Spider-Woman series but we all know Joe Sinnott's piece was used instead. Over the years the piece was up for auction for awhile and many comic book art collectors passed it up. When Fred deBoom (comicartfans.com) acquired the piece, he he commissioned Bob Wiacek to ink it in 2005, and he added "Wiacek literally saved the piece.."


I was completely obsessed with this piece. This should have been used for the first issue of the original series. Don't get me wrong, Sinnott's version is an encredible piece, but I was detemined to see how it would have looked like should it had been used. It was for this reason I started the Spider-WomanArt.blogspot.com. So after a few attempts, it finally started to come together. I really suprised myself. I think this is my best work so far.

I forwarded the copies to Fred and Bob and they were pretty surprised as well. Fred emailed the copies Joe Quesada at Marvel and he indicated that he would forward it to the sales guy to see if there were any interest. How awsome would that be. This piece would make a great variant for the new Spider-Woman Series in 2007. I wonder if Bendis would like it...

062606: I emailed Marv Wolfman asking if he had any other concept sketches of the Black Cat that was intended for Spider-Woman (40s Femme Fatale-slouch hat and black dress), I got a response indicating that the cover was the only sketch. Though I was disappointed when I read from his BLOG that he was never happy with the stories and never enjoyed the book, I've recreated the cover and I'm finally letting go of this obsession for the time being. Unless I can get someone to work with me on the 40s Femme Fatale concept ;)

062206: I completely refined the shadows and highlights and added midtones. After using the tablet awhile, I've used practically no blurs to soften strokes.

061106: This is my first attempt coloring Comic Book art with Photoshop. The artwork is from an unpublished cover of Spider-Woman #9 by my favorite Spider-Woman artist Carmine Infantino with Steve Leialoha on the inks. It was a challenge coloring this piece because I did not have a wacom tablet yet. It was all done with mouse clicks. The highlights are a bit weak and the overlook is a little muddy. I may redo the shading with I get the tablet.