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By Periscope Studio, on October 21, 2010, 5:55 am in: Ben Dewey, benefits /
Comments are closed Ben Dewey produced this custom cover painting for the Hero Initiative’s latest benefit and he’s decided to make it count. The image in question features no less than 19 of the Avengers of past and present teams, assembled to help raise money at auction for retired and struggling comics professionals.
Ben started by looking at Wikipedia for the rosters of the Avengers in various incarnations and with the help of other studio members whittled his initially insane list of “every single avenger ever” down to a couple sticky notes filled with a manageable number of names. “It started as a way to challenge myself” Ben said, “I had done a Josie and the Pussycats cover for The Hero initiative before and I wanted to top that image.”
 Initial Sketches  blocking in characters  More underpainting It took about 20 hours and in the long run Ben had to yield to a similar pragmatism in the process of painting; “Sometimes you have to stop before something gets over worked. I realized it would be tough to get it totally polished at the scale I was working and that I’d better put down my brush before I went nuts trying to render everything.”
 Refined rough with some detail  Refined Rough 2 (cover detail) More of his work can be found the upcoming book BADASS! by Ben Thompson. He’s also illustrating the autobiography of former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde, and has a story in a Robert E Howard anthology coming soon from Dark Horse Comics.
Ben updates his free web comic, Tales from the White Pony on Monday and Thursday.
By Periscope Studio, on March 31, 2010, 10:46 am in: Ben Dewey, benefits /
Comments are closed Continuing this week’s showcase of Archie Covers done by Periscope members for the Hero Initiative. The Hero Initiative is a charity providing aid to comics legends who find themselves in need. Today we’ve got Ben Dewey’s over-the-top interpretation of Josie and the Pussycats. Can an Archie cover rock any harder? No. No it cannot. Click to make enormous.
By Periscope Studio, on March 30, 2010, 6:45 am in: benefits, Rich Ellis /
Comments are closed This week we’ll be showcasing a series of Archie Covers done by Periscope members for the Hero Initiative. Hero Initiative is a charity providing aid to comics legends who find themselves in need. First up: a cover drawn by Rich Ellis featuring Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.
More info on the benefit auction and how to get involved with the Hero Initiative.
By Periscope Studio, on September 10, 2009, 10:19 am in: benefits, Colleen Coover /
Comments are closed Three 6″X9″ watercolor & ink sketches by Colleen Coover are on eBay to benefit Comix 4 Sight! . You can view and bid on all of the items that are currently up for auction, here!
Comix 4 Sight is a benefit to help veteran comics writer John Ostrander pay for surgeries not covered by his health insurance, but necessary to prevent his losing his sight to glaucoma.
Bidding ends September 14, 2009 (20:05:38 PDT), so get on it!
By Periscope Studio, on June 26, 2009, 6:00 am in: benefits, Ron Chan, Uncategorized, wolverine /
Comments are closed The final day at Periscope Studio for the Wolverine 100 Week featuring an illustration by Ron Chan.
By Periscope Studio, on June 25, 2009, 6:00 am in: benefits, Rich Ellis, wolverine /
Comments are closed The forth day at Periscope during the Wolverine 100 Week with a card by Rich Ellis done for The Hero Initiative.
By Periscope Studio, on June 24, 2009, 6:00 am in: benefits, Jonathan Case, wolverine /
Comments are closed Third day of the Wolverine 100 Week at Periscope Studio featuring a card by Jonathan Case done for The Hero Initiative.
By Periscope Studio, on June 23, 2009, 6:00 am in: benefits, Ron Randall, wolverine /
Comments are closed The second day of Wolverine 100 week and we have a card by Ron Randall done for The Hero Initiative.
By Periscope Studio, on June 22, 2009, 12:25 pm in: benefits, Dylan Meconis, wolverine /
Comments are closed This is Wolverine 100 week at Periscope Studio! The Hero Initiative has received cover illustrations by Steve Lieber, Colleen Coover, Jeff Parker, and Dustin Weaver.
And although we ran out of blank covers the studio hasn’t run out of intiative with members providing cards and illustrations.
Today is a Wolverine card by Dylan Meconis.
By Periscope Studio, on June 9, 2009, 5:11 am in: benefits, dustin weaver /
Comments are closed Over on his Livejournal, Dustin has posted about creating this stunning piece for The Wolverine 100 project to benefit The Hero Initiative.
 Dustin Weaver's sketch cover of Wolverine-Weapon X for The Hero Initiative
You can also see completed work by Colleen Coover and Steve Lieber and some preliminary sketch work by Jeff Parker.
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