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 Art tips and techniques, reviews and interviews from my studio. Archived here and at World Famous Comics. Comics 101 for 01/03/2002 The Art of CCG Illustration Week Three: What is a paintbrush without the hand that wields it? A few years ago, another oppurtunity to illustrate for a collectible card game presented itself to me. The project was for a new ccg based on the widely popular Microsoft video game, Age of Empires. I 'm always wanting to brush up on my traditional painting techniques so I broke out my tubes of acrylic and brushes and jumped head first into this new project. I chose a traditional technique as opposed to my comic art style I painted electronically for my Rage cards. For these illustrations (Ex. A, B and C), I was working from photo reference of actual models in costumes that posed for these drawings. This approach lent itself to a more realistic, modeled feel for the characters and environment often seen in the fantasy illustration genre.  Example A  Example B  Example C While in art college, I was fortunate enough to learn traditional painting techniques from the various illustration and painting courses I had taken. Though I enjoy cartooning and working often in a comic art style, it was my training in school as an illustrator more specifically that allowed me to be successful. I found learning strong design skills, color sense, and various techniques were all equally important for me to adapt to the required technique on my various projects I chose. Come back next week as we look at another step by step feature of the creation process for my Age of Empires cards from line drawing to to the final, published card. -Joe Recent Columns:
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