Rough Justice: The DC Comics Sketches of Alex Ross
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- ISBN13: 9780375714900
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Product Description
Alex Ross opens his private sketchbooks to reveal his astonishing pencil and ink drawings of DC Comics characters, nearly all of them appearing in print here for the first time.
Thousands of fans from around the world have trilled to Alex’s fully rendered photo-realistic painting of their favorite heroes, but as they may not realize, all of persons works start as pencil on paper, and the origins of the finished images are rarely seen. Until now.
From deleted scenes and altered panels for the epic Kingdom Come saga to proposals for revamping such classic properties as Batgirl, Captain Marvel, and an imagined son of Batman named Batboy, to unused alternate comic book take in thoughts for the monthly Superman and Batman comics of 2008-2009, there is much to surprise and delight anyone who thought they already know all of Alex’s DC Comics work.
Illuminating everything is Alex’s own commentary, written expressly for this book, explaining his though processes and stylistic approaches for the various riffs and reimaginings of characters we thought we knew everything about but whose possibilities we didn’t fully know.
As a record of a pivotal era in comics history, Rough Justice is a must for Alex’s legion of fans, as well as anyone interested in masterly comic book imagination and illustration.
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fantastic work , nice book , the only problem is that it doesn’t contain all of alex ross’s DC drawings .
but still a fantastic collection for any alex ross fan .
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
I dont need said,but ALEX ROSS is a genius.
Perfect no more.Thanks Alex Ross.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I was really looking forwards to this since first hearing about it. This really is an brilliant companion to any of Ross’s additional books , being that this book is mostly pencil renderings with a few colored works. It also gives Alex’s own personal insight on a lot of the projects that did and didn’t make it past the proposal stage. That to me is really some of the coolest stuff because this might be the only real chance to see some of that work that isn’t going anywhere. (Alex’s rework of Captain Marvel) . If you are a fan of Alex’s work or concept thoughts in comics, then you should pick this book up !
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2RIIGCM2ETMKT I would say this book is as excellent as Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross, his additional art book featuring his paintings.
In this book, we see the groundwork he lays for persons paintings. There are sketches storyboards and layouts, character designs, covers and hand scribbled notes. Many of the sketches, like various iterations for covers, are appearing from the first time. And it’s not really all black and white, there are a few pieces painted quickly with colour for quick colour tests. I’ve to add that the scans are really excellent also, showing off the marvelous shading and grain.
You get to see the final pencil stage, before shadows and paint are added, as he focuses on the contours and surfaces. The usual powerhouse cast of DC characters are all in: Batman, Superman, Marvel Woman, Aquaman, The Flash, Green Hurricane lantern, Black Canary, and many more. But it’s not all character art. There are also design sketches for the Justice Batmobile, logo designs and concepts he did for a literacy battle (which shows Batman hanging from a stone gargoyle from some skyscraper while reading a book).
The drawings look really reasonably different lacking the colours and I could barely recognise to compared with the original paintings from his previous book. But make no mistake, the same flair and realism is still there on every page. You can still see the intense attention paid to the detail of musculature, composition, lighting, facial expression, drapery and mood.
There’s also commentary by Alex Ross himself, in addition to the hand scribbled notes. He talks about his designs, the creative process and on why some thoughts just didn’t make the cut.
Highly recommended to fans and comic artists.
(More pictures are available on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5