Friday, February 11, 2011

The Art of Sex Appeal with Joe Benitez

Fresh of his 'Lady Mechanika' succes, comic book artist Joe Benitez has created a great new DVD for Gnomon, showing his skills and teaching you how to draw sexy pin ups and great looking female characters comic book style!

Hot off the press, the first issue of 'Lady Mechanika', the brand new series from Michael Turner's Aspen Comics sold out instantly and is in need of a second printing. Written and drawn by Joe Benitez, his creator owned new title fits perfectly with Aspen's comic book line up, along with Turner's 'Fathom' and 'Soulfire'.

The Gnomon Workshop, known for it's in-depth tutorials and DVD's on 3D modeling and sculpting, started a new series of instructional DVD's on comic artwork with celebrated artists like David Finch, Alvin Lee and recently, Phil Noto.
Beside penciling, comic book colorist Steve Firchow shared his insights on digital coloring using Adobe Photoshop while inker Joe Weems tackled non-digital inking comicbook artwork.



Joining the ranks now, is Joe Benitez. In 20 chapters, Joe shows how he captures allure and sex appeal in his work. His 'How-to' title contains 150 minutes of footage and can be downloaded from the Gnomon site. alternatively, if you prefer, there is the possibility to purchase it as a DVD.
Check out the Gnomon instructor galleries, go for more details and watch a sample clip here or check out Joe talking about his latest project in the Comicvine clip beneath!




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