School is Out!

Hey guys, long time no art. I decided to keep this post short and sweet. Here is my final I did for my drawing from imagination class. In case you can't tell its Snow White. I opted for this because I thought it would make a nice gift for the girls. Alas, My wife thinks Snow shows a little too much cleavage so maybe when they are older. Enjoy the process!

-Chad.

Free Comic Book Day

Hey Guys, Free Comic Book Day was May 2nd and Joy, the kids and I spent it in St. George UT this Year at Comics Plus. It was a great event, well attended and a fun time was had by all. I have a funny story for the day. A little boy no older than 8 came up to me and asked if I could draw his mom a picture for Mother's Day. I was very impressed with with the little guy's thoughtfulness so I said, "Sure what would she like?". To my surprise he said "Bloodrayne". I laughed in shock but replied "Okaayy!". I started drawing the card and after a while the boy's father came up and I did a double check with him and asked, "Did you know your wife is going to get a picture of Bloodrayne for Mother's Day?". He responded, "She loves Bloodrayne and Witchblade! That's awesome!". Now being doubly impressed with the little guy I gave him a free signed copy of Primecuts #1 and told him: "There you go bud, tell your Mom happy Mother's Day".

Fun stuff!!! Thanks Dave, his family and friends at Comics Plus who made the day fun and exciting. Special thanks to the Star Wars Legion Cedar City Chapter, Spider-Man, Catwoman, and the Joker for making the day especially fun for me and the kids!

That's all for now.

-Chad.

Blue Beetle TBP Cover

Hey all. I know you all have to be saying: "Duuude what happened?" Well long story short, s--- happened. It started with getting some type of food poisoning or stomach flu. I'm not sure which because I never went to the doctor. I suspect food poisoning because I never ran a fever and it all started when I ate an olive from a jar that didn't "pop" when I opened it. This lovely little stint laid me up for four days. I tried working though it but was only able to produce one page in five days. Most of the time was spent hovering close to my toilet, 'nuff said. Next I was informed of the passing of a very good friend and mentor; Arnold Christensen. I found out about his passing 3 hours before his funeral. Mutual friends had tried to contact me though Facebook but I hadn't been on due to the health situation. Long story short I wasn't able to attend the funeral which made me severely depressed. I wish my sad story ended there but the bad luck continued to the point where I started wearing my bicycle helmet indoors while drawing. Slowly I've clawed my way out of being really behind in work as well as school. and I should be able to post some artwork again as releases start to hit the shelves. One of my pieces just released is my first ever cover for DC Comics. Its for the Blue Beetle "Boundaries" TPB. The DC Web site gives Rafael Albuquerque the credit for the cover but I promise if you open it up and read the inside of the book it says my name. Anyhoodle... Less talk more art. See you soon, hopefully. -Chad

More Darned Dirty Apes

It might be April's Fools but this is no joke. Marvel Apes: The Amazing Spider-Monkey is out just in time for the most annoying holiday of the year. Here are some of the pencils. Now do your part to support your local artist and go get your copy today!

Mavel Apes / Darwin

Hey guys! Don't you think its about time we debuted some Marvel pages? Well as I said before this was actually my second gig from Marvel but it made it to print first. Above are a couple of pages for the Darwin Back-up story of Marvel Apes: Speedball Special. Enjoy! Let me know if you can you spot the Wolverine cameo!

Marvel Apes: Speedball #1

Marvel Apes: Speedball #1 is out and it has the first part of the Darwin Story I penciled. I thought it would be out in April under Marvel Apes: The Amazing Spider- Monkey but this will have the second part of the story. My bad! I didn't know until my friend Slade told me he picked it up. I was confused as to how he got a copy a month ahead of time, but after he called I did some googling and found out he was right! Must be nice having a comic store in town. Anyhoo, I did not do the art for the cover. It was masterfully done by John Watson. I'll post some of the pages to wet your appetites soon, but in the meantime go pick up your issue today!

Heads

Quick update sorry I didn't update last week its been crazy busy for me. These are heads drawn from indirect reference, part of my homework for AAU. Can't post my homework this week due to eveyone being nekkid! In other news: rumor has it my Marvel Apes story is out. If that's true I should have more to post soon! As is; I need to get back to it. - C

Castle

Good morning every one! I have a bit of 3 point perspective to show off this Tuesday. As you should all know by now I am taking a drawing class this semester which focuses on drawing from imagination and perspective. I'm proud of myself in that I was able to finish a 5 page essay for another class, draw a page for DC and finish my homework as well as fill out an insurance application. Got to love hitting deadlines. Anyhoo. I feel I'm really getting a better grasp on perspective and can't wait to continue to learn more. Hopefully I'll post again on Friday. Until then: Adieu!

PS- I apologize for the spelling errors. That's what I get for blogging at 4 in the morning.

Vampire Hunter

Hey all here is your eye candy for Tuesday. Its an assignment I did for AAU. Fun class with a lot of talented artists. It helps to make me push harder to make my stuff better. More drawings coming on Friday. Check out Jay's link in my side bar. He's one of my classmates. Keep coming back and I'll keep posting. In other news I've gotten some inking samples back for Mark Irwin on My Spider-Man story I did for Marvel, they are looking drop dead gorgeous! I'll see if Steve Wacker will let me post them. Cross your fingers!

Reign in Hell #7 (for reals)

I made a slight mistake last time I posted Reign in Hell pages. I said they were for Issue #7 when they were for #6. Well I've corrected the mistake. These are the REAL pages for Issue #7 which is out on the stands right now so run out and grab it. This issue I had a lot of fun. Got to draw Supergirl, and Zatanna. Hopefully I'll get to draw lots more of Zee. We'll have to wait. Finally I just want to pat myself on the back for posting twice in one week. I hope to keep it up! So check back soon to find out.

George Finished.

Hey all! It seems in this world gone mad I have gotten the posting on Tuesday down now but have dropped the posting on Friday ball. Well Nobody is perfect. Here is the finished George piece! Enjoy! Also I'd like to thank everyone for "following" the blog. Keep it up and tell your friends!

George

Tuesday already. Sonnofa.... Well I gots tons of news. Tons of drawings, but not too much to show due to ND's. Be patient. Its coming and its going to be AWESOME when it does. In the mean time I have a fun piece I've been wanting to do for three years. Finally got an excuse to do it for homework. Meet George the giant bearded dragon. George is my nephew's pet. However I always thought he would be much better at smashing cities that eating crickets. So here you go. Enjoy! I'll post updates on it as i get it done. Now I'm off to murder the family of skunks that have taken up residence underneath my studio (trailer). Say good bye to Pepe Le Pew. I'm going to fill his striped butt full of buckshot.
On another note. My friend Jake Black of showed me a cool new gadget you can add to make sure you never miss a post! So make sure you click the "Follower's link and get the newest updates as I post them.

New Pulp Cover

Sorry I missed Friday's post, its been crazy busy here. Here is a glimpse of a new pulp cover I'm doing for Ron Fortier. I'm digging it so far, hope you do too.

Marvel Gig

I'd like to announce my second Marvel job, solicited for April 2009 (No news yet on my first gig, I'll keep you posted). Marvel Apes: The Amazing Spider Monkey. Which is a contradiction, because monkeys are not apes, but hey! I'm doing the back-up "Darwin" story. Its sure to blindside you! Have your local comic shop put it in your hold for ya! This cover art (shown in the post) was masterfully done by John Watson, you'll have to pick up the issue if you want to see my stuff.

Flashback: Evil Dead

What a crazy week. I got my first assignment for Marvel off! Can't wait to see that one in print. Its going to be a while but I'm still excited. I'm wrapping up another Pulp Cover for Ron. I hope to get it up on the blog soon too. Since I don't have new stuff that I can show I figured it would be a great time to do a flashback. Here is one from four years ago. I was happy to see they still hold up. These are comps for Evil Dead: Regeneration done way back in 2005. I hope to have some new stuff to show soon. Trust me I'm working on it but I want to make sure its on the racks before I post it.

Reign in Hell #6

Hey Guys, Sorry for the down time. The new year has been extremely busy. Which is good because that means my family isn't in a breadline. From here on out expect an update every Tuesday and Friday. Some updates will be new some will be flash backs as I'm prepping for my annual back-up marathon. In the mean time enjoy the Reign in Hell pencils from issue #6.

The Spirit Issue # 24

Holy Cow. I survived Christmas but just barely. A blizzard hit last night and knocked out the power. So we walked to Joy's parents house; they had a wood burning stove and we had no heat. Luckily the power was back on by morning so our pipes didn't freeze but it was scary there for a second.

Well its that time to update my blog. as promised here are pictures from The Spirit Issue #24. I really love this issue. At this point I'm into the character and Wayne is kicking butt (as always) with the inks. Once again Lee Loughridge really goes the extra mile coloring and the issue looks great. If you don't believe me check out this review of the art in CBC:

The art is strong, clean, and crisp, very reminiscent of Val Semeiks in his early days on "The Demon", but with much less hellfire and brimstone. This makes me wonder what Semeiks is up to nowadays and whether or not he has been considered for a turn at the artboard on "The Spirit." Hardin does an admirable job with this issue and the various characters within. I'd like to see more from him. His work here is a nice tribute to Eisner, and fits the all ages feel to the story, but I would like to see him really cut loose on some capes and tights.

Not too shabby if I do say so myself. Anyhoo... if you get the chance go pick it up. Its definitely my best Spirit stuff yet.

Signing @ Black Cat

Hey true believers, It is Dec. 13th 2008. My 12th wedding anniversary! Yes that is 12 years of martial bliss. I'm blogging and she's at the laundry mat washing some blankets that the kids peed on last night. OOOh the sweet happiness that is mawwage! Well I do have some exciting news I will be doing my first ever exclusive signing at Black Cat Comics (Dec. 20th) in Salt Lake! I've done signings before (at Dragon's Keep on Free Comic Book Day) but this time I'm the only "Cat" that is going to be there; so its special to me. Of coarse the signing has more to do with the fact that I'm friends with Greg the owner (and I pal around with Jimmy on the Geekshow podcast forums), than the fact that I'm some big huge name or anything. That's what friends are for; right? Right! That and the fact that Greg had to figure a way to get me to come up so I could empty my hold. So take note kids. Be cool to your local comic book store owner, never empty your hold and good things will happen to you too (I kid, I kid)!!!

Well that is all for now. See you next week. I'll make sure to post some Spirit artwork in celebration of The Spirit issue #23 will be out and the release of the Spirit movie (directed by Frank Miller). In the mean time lets all drink some eggnog and try not to trample some poor old dude opening the doors at WalMart (calm the eff down people).

Laters-

Chad

Thank you to Tracy my ever loving friend for sending me a jpeg of the flier for the signing (NO SKETCH CARD FOR YOU JIMMY)! Remember its Dec. 20th @ 11:00am Black Cat Comics in Salt Lake. Be there or be square!

Eclipso: The Music of the Spheres

Hey Guys, my last post got me to thinking... In case you missed what I did for the Countdown to Mystery anthology, DC Comics has been nice enough to collect all of it (minus the 4 pages I did for the Dr. Fate story) into one convenient trade paper back. Its available in time for the Holiday Season. I'm not sure who illustrated the TPB cover (I believe Steven Jorge Segovia [appologies all around if I'm wrong]) but I penciled 66 pages of the interior. Its written by Matt Sturges (of Blue Beetle and Jack of Fables fame) and illustrated by Steven Jorge Segovia, Dan Green, Walden Wong, Wayne Faucher, Robert Campanella and myself. Go stuff your stockings with some!

;-P Chad

Hawk and Dove

Holy cow. I'm sorry for skipping Friday's post. December is a marathon month for me. Joy's birthday was Dec 5th (Friday) and I was scrambling to make it special. It went flawlessly, but alas I neglected my blog.

I've been meaning to post a ton of DC stuff. Seeing as how I got my original artwork back from another issue of Countdown to Mystery; for this post I decided to show the splash page to issue #7. It was penciled by me and inked by the famous Dan Green. The page turned out great so I felt it was worthy to show.

Once again I'm sorry for the long pause in posting. I'll make sure to get more up. I vow to update before my 12th Wedding Anniversary and once more before the Holiday Season. Everybody take care 'til next time!

-Chad.

Reign In Hell

Hey guys,

Reign in Hell #5 is out and yours truly did the pencils to the 8 page back-up at the end of the book. Check it out and let me know what you think.

In other news I have successfully navigated the biggest eating frenzy of the year and I still manage to fit into the same jeans. WooHoo! I owe it all to my trusty tread mill bought with the money I earned doing Marvel Masterpiece Cards. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday too. I hope to keep posting even though things are getting increasingly hectic. My wife's birthday is Friday my anniversary is the week after and then its the Holiday Season. I'm getting a headache just thinking about it.

- Chad

Psylocke

Marvel Masterpiece Artist Proof Cards are done. Yeah! Here is the trickiest card I have done to date. Hope you enjoy.

Typhoid Mary

I have another Marvel Card in process for you. This one is Typhoid Mary. She was one of my faves in comics way back in the late eighties early nineties. I like her new costume but I loved her hair the old style so I made a hybrid of the two. She reminds me of Priss from Blade Runner and Lisa from Weird Science. Tear for the eighties!

Come get some: Punisher!

Well its that time, my deadline for completing all my Marvel Masterpiece Artist Proof Cards is rapidly approaching. So I'm cranking out commissions left and right. Thought it would be a fun change of pace to show a little process on how I create the finished artwork for the cards, so I scanned my WIP. As you can see my dialog didn't make the final cut. Todd Klein I ain't. But it was fun to do none the less. I got a new scanner to do the job of importing the originals into a digital format, but it looks like the colors turned out just as crappy as my other now defunct scanner. I gotta get me an Epson, or maybe start shooting it with my Nikon because the scans just don't do the originals justice.

Smack Down

This was an ultimate Friday Flashback! While picking up my studio today I found a box with a ton of old cards in it. Inside I found these cards I did for Fleer back in the day. The cards were to coincide with the WWE PS2 game. At the time I was with Origin Studios. we had to take low res game art and digitally paint it up to be a hi-rez piece of art. I was really proud of how they turned out then and I was thrilled to find them today. Hope you get a kick out of them too.

Happy Halloween!

Hi all, Well I'm back from vacation and I'm exhausted. We spent 10 days on vacation which included 2 days in Las Vegas 3 days in Disneyland, 1 day at Sea World, 1 day at the San Deigo Zoo 2 days on the road and one day unpacking and resting back home in lovely Cedar City (Enoch) Utah. Well. Its Holloween today and I have some good treats for you! I just got back my pages from DC for CtM # 7 and 8. So I wanted to post the pencils and inks. Pencils are done by yours truely and the inks are done by Walden Wong and the script was done by the lovely Gail Simone. Hope you enjoy them! -Chad

Update

Busy busy! Holy cow time flies when you're having fun. I'm busting my butt to get ready for my family's vacation. I've been cranking on The Spirit # 24 and trying to get done before we leave. I'm just going to post a quick update, when I get back it will be a rush to get my Marvel Cards done.

Prelude to War Pages

Hi all! I'm not going to ask how everyone's week has been. Seeing as how the United States is staring the second great depression in the face. I'm disappointed in myself for not doing my two posts per week goal. Time flies when you are having fun and your retirement is IRA's are worthless! Anyhoo... as promised here are those Warhammer Pages!

Marvel Masterpiece Artist's Proofs.

Hey all, I hope everyone had an awesome week. Mine was quite eventful. It started on Monday with a lovely bout with the stomach flu. Ended with me completing my 8 pages for Reign in Hell #6 and shooting off 4 Marvel Masterpiece Artist Proof Sketch cards. Since my marvel cards are always a big hit on the blog I had a sort of urgency to get them up. I have less than a month to complete seven cards for series II so if anyone is interested let me know and I'll get you one! I vow to start posting twice a week. I know I still haven't gotten the Warhammer pages up which I need to but hey. I will soon!

Spirit #21 Pages

I've never struggled so much with comic pages as I did with the pages I did for Spirit #21. It is an incredibly daunting task to work on the creation of who is widely agreed to be the best sequential artist in history. I need to thank my editor Joey Cavalieri for giving me not only the chance to work on the Spirit but also the advice and encouragement that allowed me to get the job done. These pages are two of my favorites from the issue. It was also a great honor to work with Sergio on this book. If you never worked on a Sergio Aragones script you're missing out. Sergio draws out the entire issue in cartoon / thumbnail form. I can't tell how much of a nostalgia trip it was working on this book. I felt like a 12 year old with my Mad Magazine collection all over again. I had so much fun with the scripts I met up with Sergio at Comic Con 2008 and had him sign them. Awesome! Anyways, back to my pencils, I hope you like them and go out and grab the issue!

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

Holy Cow! I was very excited this week to receive my comps for the Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning from BooM! I did the line work almost a year ago for the Dark Elves and High Elves. I even did some comps for thumbnails for the Chaos storyline. However I haven't been able to show any of the work because the graphic novel was to be released with the games. Well the day has come! The Graphic Novel is finally here. Happy Day right? Well not so fast. I open up the book and to my disappointment 5 of the Dark Elves pages are printed with low-rez line work. WTH. Well there is no point crying over split milk, but needless to say I was a little pissed. Oh well. I will try and get some pages up for every one to check out in the next couple of days.

The Spirit #21

Hey Guys, another week has flown by, but I have some exciting news! My first stand alone comic from DC (Countdown to Mystery was an anthology) is out. The Spirit #21 hit the racks this week. It has a stunning cover by Paul Smith and interior pencils by yours truly! I'm really excited how it turned out. Wayne did a top notch job with he inks and the colors by Lee Loughridge are phenomenal! Sergio and Mark did an excellent job with the story so make sure you take the time to pick it up and take a look (that means buy it to all you wiseguys out there)! I'll make sure to upload some of the art that I did now that the story is out. Keep checking back for updates!

School Daze

Holy cow, Its that time of year. Back to school time. Ugh. I hate school. Rather, I hate going to school and working full time. Right now I feel like I'm walking in the middle of the road. To celebrate the start of the school year I'm ditching work and school; and I'm going to Lake Powell on Friday. So I won't be here tomorrow. Everyone take care and have fun!

Marvel Masterpieces Series III

Hello True Believers! Here today, in a Hardin Art Studios Blog exclusive, are all 25 Marvel Masterpiece Sketch cards I did for series 3. I will post 5 on Digital Webbing, Myspace, Facebook, and Scoundrel's but right here is the only place where you can see all 25. I'm going to try and get more exclusive with art here on the blog to boost subscribers. So make sure you subscribe and visit weekly!