semi-OT: Dave Stewart on Heroes

[hellboyone]

Anyone else watching? I'm enjoying the show.

I just found out that Dave Stewart does all the color washes over Tim Sale's ink drawings for the show, making them look like paintings.

(Sorry if there's already a thread...I couldn't find it.)

[Mike Cross]

Watching, liking the show.

Didn't know that Dave Stewart was working on it, though it kind of explains in a small way why he's leaving the Conan comic for other colouring efforts.

[hellboyone]

Yeah, he's not credited on the show. I think he should be, but it's probably one of those TV things. (Not everyone who works on any given show gets credited.)

Some of the artwork can be seen here: http://www.9thwonders.com/gallery/index.php

[Neil Hill]

I'm not much of a Heroes watcher (although I've liked what I've seen so far), but I did want to mention that Dave Stewart is one of the best colorists ever and definitely the best currently working.

[Petersen]

I have been enjoying what I have seen as well. I like Sale's work (the Long Holloween is one of my fave Batman stories) and really liked the iamges he was doing for heroes. Found out about a month ago through the Heroes wiki about Dave's color. The wiki suggested that Sale is colorblind and doesn't color any of his work ever. I don't know how true that is, but found it interesteing.

one of the things I really admire about Dave Stewart, is how versitle he is as a colorist. Take a look at the technique and pallete used on his various color jobs on: Hellboy, BPRD, and New Frontier (and now add heroes as an example). Three very differnt styles of black and white artwork to deal with. Different story telling approaches, line quality, background level, mood, etc.

Ther have been times where Dave will use a tiny splotch of a dissimilar color in someting, a sky, the walls of the bprd, a street..and it's not a color you would expect there if you isolated it, but in the context of all the street and it's color it's the perfect stepping stone to move your eye accross the panel. You will find these splotches are placed in just that way too. He is using color as a tool way beyond establishing time, mood, and character.

[Kelly Tindall]

Some of the early HEROES artwork was coloured by Mark Chiarello, Tim's editor at DC. I know the Uluru monster piece was, for sure... I was sent a copy of it by the props master.

Tim isn't totally colorblind, but he doesn't have much interest in doing the color himself. He loves Dave's work, and I don't think there's any argument that between HEROES, BPRD, Hellboy, New Frontier, Superman Confidential and Conan, Dave is really the best color guy in the business.

I think we need to breed him and Dave McCaig, so that future generations may enjoy their amazing ninja coloring skills.

-K.

[parrish]

I thought I had read that Tim Sale was colorblind. He's not?

[Neil Hill]

I have been enjoying what I have seen as well. I like Sale's work (the Long Holloween is one of my fave Batman stories) and really liked the iamges he was doing for heroes. Found out about a month ago through the Heroes wiki about Dave's color. The wiki suggested that Sale is colorblind and doesn't color any of his work ever. I don't know how true that is, but found it interesteing.

one of the things I really admire about Dave Stewart, is how versitle he is as a colorist. Take a look at the technique and pallete used on his various color jobs on: Hellboy, BPRD, and New Frontier (and now add heroes as an example). Three very differnt styles of black and white artwork to deal with. Different story telling approaches, line quality, background level, mood, etc.

Ther have been times where Dave will use a tiny splotch of a dissimilar color in someting, a sky, the walls of the bprd, a street..and it's not a color you would expect there if you isolated it, but in the context of all the street and it's color it's the perfect stepping stone to move your eye accross the panel. You will find these splotches are placed in just that way too. He is using color as a tool way beyond establishing time, mood, and character.

Masterfully well put, David! I agree that Dave's ability to move between jobs and not have one job look anything like the next, yet still retain the artistic sensibilities that can create something as gorgeous as the colors on BPRD each month, is nothing short of incredible. There's a reason that Mike defers to Dave's colors as the secret to his success. I don't agree that the colors alone do that (more of a synergy between the image and color), but Dave's contributions cannot be sidestepped.

[Kelly Tindall]

I thought I had read that Tim Sale was colorblind. He's not?

He is colorblind, but I don't know to what extent. I've known him conversationally for years, but it's never come up. He raves about Dave all the time, though, so I assume he can at least tell shades... He might be red/green colorblind.

When he gets back from France, I'll ask him.

-K.

[parrish]

I see.

Either way he does do great Lobster Johnson sketches.

http://lobsterjohnsonfanclub.googlepages.com/TimSaleLoJo.jpg