Category: Fan Art

Spidey

A fun little sketch-up of a movie version of The Amazing One. Spider-Man fan art by Rene Arreola.

Gorgon – From Pencil Drawing to Oil Painting

“Gorgon” oil painting fan art by Rene Arreola In Photoshop, you can easily add the Color Halftone effects. Visually, a striking character design: Gorgon of the Inhumans. I painted this several years ago using traditional oil paints (instead of water-mixable oils) on a gessoed illustration board. It measures about 16” x 20”. This particular design […]

Superman

“Superman” fan art by Rene Arreola. “Superman” fan art by Rene Arreola. As in with my fan art painting of Starfire, this version of Superman is from DC’s short-live “New 52” lineup of comics. I have enjoyed the most recent portrayal of the Man of Steel in movies such as “Man of Steel”, “Batman v […]

Starfire

“Starfire” fan art by Rene Arreola. “Starfire” fan art by Rene Arreola. Growing up, I managed to discover the work of George Perez on the New Teen Titans. His work stood out to me, and he was a fan favorite back in the 80s. Starfire was a character on the New Teen Titans team that […]

Thanos

“Steve Rogers” from Earth X. Fan art by Rene Arreola. “Thanos” fan art by Rene Arreola Revisiting an old Thanos drawing by turning it into a color painting. I remember becoming somewhat familiar with the character of Thanos via the original Marvel Graphic Novel “The Death of Captain Marvel.” At the time, sometime around the […]

Superman vs Kalibak

“Superman vs Kalibak” – Fan art by Rene Arreola “Superman vs Kalibak” – Fan art by Rene Arreola My comic book collection consists mainly of Marvel. I have a handful of DC. But, when DC introduced it’s New 52 years ago, I saw it as the perfect opportunity to jump into the DC universe of […]

Earth X: Steve Rogers

“Steve Rogers” from Earth X. Fan art by Rene Arreola. This is Steve Rogers (aka Captain America) from the Earth X storyline from Marvel. This particular vision for this character is taken from the Alex Ross design. It was a storyline where everyone in the world gained superpowers! The drawing I did here references a […]

Anakin Skywalker

Young Anakin Skywalker, a fan art pen and ink drawing on paper. As featured in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. The boy who would eventually become none other than Darth Vader. There are elements to this drawing that are using pen and ink as well as ink and dry brush. That is […]

Medusa

This fan art is of Medusa. This is an older drawing that hasn’t seen the light of day in probably over 20 years. It’s originally from one of my old sketchbooks. I used to carry these around when I was attending San Jose State University, many moons ago. Inspired by Jae Lee’s Inhumans series from […]

Yondu Udonta

Yondu Udonta, a fan art featuring this Guardians of the Galaxy character. I’m always going to be partial to the original Marvel comics version. I enjoyed the Marvel Cinematic Universe version in the movies, but from a purely visual angle, this one can’t be beaten in my opinion.