{"id":4883,"date":"2013-12-20T05:46:04","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T12:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/?p=4883"},"modified":"2013-12-30T18:02:33","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T01:02:33","slug":"witch-king-of-angmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/?p=4883","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Round: Witch-king of Angmar, Elementals, Image"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Witch<\/a><\/p>\n

As part of his private, ongoing Nazgul Art collection, illustrator Matt Kish<\/a> had me draw the Witch-king of Angmar (from Tolkien’s<\/strong>\u00a0Lord of the Rings<\/em>). Matt has an extensive blog showcasing all of his acquisitions<\/a>, with a \u00a0variety of unique interpretations: Josh Simmons<\/strong> & Patrick Kyle<\/strong> among them. \u00a0All formidable & beautiful & I’m honored to be lined up next to such company.<\/p>\n

\"Witch<\/a><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 *<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Elementals-1.Final\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Commission:\u00a0Elementals<\/em>. It was interesting drawing these characters –\u00a0Fathom, Monolith, Vortex and Morningstar –\u00a0because I had never read the comic. Always heard of it, 80s ground level superhero comics are in my wheelhouse, but I never dug in for no particular reason (same thing for similar staples such as\u00a0Zot!, Grendel, Mage, New Wave<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0DNAgents<\/em>). Who am I to pass on a chance to hunt for back issues, though? So\u00a0I got the first few based on\u00a0this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elementals<\/em>\u00a0– created by\u00a0Bill Willingham<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(who has always been the guy who drew those\u00a0Justice League<\/em><\/a>\u00a0annuals\u00a0to me<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"ELEMENTALS.pencil\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Elementals.sketch\"<\/a><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 *<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"FIFFE.IMAGE.final\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Commission: draw some core characters from the Image Comics universe in a\u00a0Copra pose<\/a>.\u00a0This reminded me of being 12 in the early 90s and how cool it was to see these comics come out for the first time. Following these creators at Marvel was fun and all, but there was something about them doing their own thing that seemed raw and immediate and fresh. I was genuinely excited when these comics were coming out, so it was a treat to get to draw them here.<\/p>\n

Character & Creator:<\/p>\n

Spawn<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Todd McFarlane<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Void (WildC.A.T.s<\/a>) –\u00a0Jim Lee<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Brandon Choi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ripclaw (Cyberforce<\/a>) –\u00a0Marc Silvestri<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Badrock & Shaft (Youngblood<\/a>) –\u00a0Rob Liefeld<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Witchblade<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Marc Silvestri,\u00a0David Wohl<\/a>,\u00a0Brian Haberlin<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Michael Turner<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadowhawk<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Jim Valentino<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Savage Dragon<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Erik Larsen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As part of his private, ongoing Nazgul Art collection, illustrator Matt Kish had me draw the Witch-king of Angmar (from Tolkien’s\u00a0Lord of the Rings). Matt has an extensive blog showcasing all of his acquisitions, with a \u00a0variety of unique interpretations: Josh Simmons & Patrick Kyle among them. \u00a0All formidable & beautiful & I’m honored to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69,5],"tags":[146,145,149,148,147],"class_list":["post-4883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-process","category-art","tag-elementals","tag-image-comics","tag-j-r-r-tolkien","tag-lord-of-the-rings","tag-witch-king-of-angmar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4883"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4942,"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4883\/revisions\/4942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}