Meet My Work

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hi, kids.

Name´s ELISEU "ZEU" GOUVEIA, 33 years old portuguese comics artist and creator, Blah blah blah blah bla, here´s my stuff:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb372c13/images/IMAGE_4068afde81664.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb36ddf2/images/IMAGE_4068b18555743.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb36ddf2/images/IMAGE_4068b1c5111c3.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_4068bdebd94a5.jpg



So, am I worthy? :cool:

[Gumbo Maximillian]

Interesting redesigns; the first one I take it is Supergirl?


I like the JLAvsAvengers pic as well; very good quality.

[Uatu]

Nice work. I really like how fluid your figures and lines are. And I also like the soft glossiness of your colors.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Gumbo, that really is Supergirl (or at least an attempt to rehash her design :) ) I´m a sucker for Kara, the very first superhero I ever saw in full color when my sister bought this comic at a bus station once, eons ago. The red vape, the bright red boots.. I was hooked! :D

Thanks, Uatu, I´m really glad you´ve liked my style :)

[kmann]

I'm fam. with your stuff from DW...It's always been GREAT!

-Ken

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Heya, Kmann,

great to meet a familiar face from DW around here :)

Thanks, I´m glad you´ve liked my work. :)

[Gumbo Maximillian]

That really is a good super girl drawing; it kind of does it in a more new age way but it captures the general concept of what she is supposed to be.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Gumbo, I´m glad you liked it :) .

For those who like RPGs, here´s my favorite dark sorceress, Final Fantasy X´s Lulu:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_405f8386de2c7.jpg

Here´s another one, this time a personal project from me.
Meet THE INFINITEENS:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_40fb185111185.jpg

[Typo Lad]

Wow.

Do you have a website I could show someone?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Wow.

Do you have a website I could show someone?


Yup! :) (www.etherlair.com)

[Roquefort Raider]

Very nice work indeed!!!

I love your way with colors, as well as the way you figures seem to flow (look at the Flash go)! There's a nice feeling of freedom conveyed by the way these characters move.

Keep 'em coming!

Cheers,


- Ben

[Gumbo Maximillian]

Your Mojo Jojo is pretty cool looking.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Gumbo, that was fun drawing. :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb36ddf2/images/IMAGE_406da8cde09d6.jpg
Powerpuff Girls´Mojo Jojo

Now, then..

Who´s up for some sequentials? :D

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb361a9b/images/IMAGE_4068dc1c6b6e0.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb361a9b/images/IMAGE_4068dc5a0c364.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb361a9b/images/IMAGE_4068dc982711e.jpg

[Rallura]

Welcome to CBR. I really like your work, very fluid, nice colors, and that Supergirl costume is terrific!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, thanks, Rallura, it´s nice to be here :)

How I failed to locate this site in all my years of internet life boggles the mind.

[Typo Lad]

E,

The guy I showed your work to is a publisher. My publisher. he loves it. If you're interested in some work, maybe, drop me a line at morts@luchins.com

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Heya, Morts, thanks :)

[Pól Rua]

Wowee.
Dang. Ding dong diddly dang.
Mojo Jojo.

So cool.




______________________________
Pól.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thaks, Pol Rua. :)

Here´s a southern belle for ya. ;)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb36ddf2/images/IMAGE_4068b1f36b73b.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hi, guys,

today, I´m in the mood to post my Immortal Tristara comics, hope you guys are into High Fantasy ;)

BTW, these pages are 2 years old, so bare with me ;)
Immortal Tristara was written way back in 1993, during my Oh-so depressing college years; a couple years ago I found the pages rotting in a drawer somewhere and nearly had a heart attack; I still liked the story but something had to be done about the (extremelly dated) art.
So I sat down and started redrawing and updating the whole thing.
Which brings us to these pages, hope you folks like them :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_410fd6662e64d.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_410fd687df6b6.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_410fd6a90c35f.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_410fd6c8e09d7.jpg

[Typo Lad]

pleaseohpleaseohPLEASE sign on for LoA!

[davidboring]

Thats amazing stuff Eliseu. Just the kind of stuff Im into.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, guys.

More Immortal Tristara action :



http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_41127b05d94a3.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_41127b3004e3f.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_41127b5899d02.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_41127b84225eb.jpg

[Roquefort Raider]

Wow!

Your storytelling skills are excellent!!! As if being an excellent artist wasn't sufficient.

Keep it up, Eliseu!


- Ben

[meethraa]

This is some good stuff!

I like Supergirl's costume a lot, but I'm curious how different color combinations would look.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Roquefort Raider - Heya, thanks :) I´m glad you´re liking my Immortal Tristara comic, this was the first chapter of a 3-part mini-series I wrote WAAAAY back. :)

meethraa - Hi, meethraa, thanks. Drawing that Supergirl pinup was a riot, I couldn´t decide in what age range I wanted to put her;
I´ve just slapped the basic colours from the classic uniform but, looking back, I regret not having found a way to put blue in there somewhere.

More Immortal Tristara:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications/////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4116a245d6d97.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications/////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4116a271b98e1.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications/////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4116a2979c413.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications/////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4116a2cbbe704.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_411aa8512e651.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_411aa896caa46.jpg

[howyadoin]

I'll second what Roquefort Raider said about storytelling. Even a cursory glance at these pages, ignoring the dialogue, will give you the essence of the story.

[Typo Lad]

Please please please sign up with Arbor.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

howyadoin - Heya, thanks, I have people comment on my art but nobody ever addressed my storytelling, I´m glad you´ve liked it :)


Morts - Hi, Morts, thanks to you too. I did repply to your publisher a while ago saying that I was very interested in hearing more about this project of yours, but I never heard back from him.

Anyway, here´s more Vorisia action, I hope you like them :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_411aa8d2be6f1.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_411aa9153f7b3.jpg

[A D]

Light a man a fre and he´ll be warm for a night.
Light a man on fire and he´ll be warm for the rest of his life.

That should read:

Light a fire for a man and he'll be warm for a night.
Light a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.


And it may actually be lite rather than light but i am no spelling expert.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

<- Spontaneously combusts

[Typo Lad]

Morts - Hi, Morts, thanks to you too. I did repply to your publisher a while ago saying that I was very interested in hearing more about this project of yours, but I never heard back from him.


I mentioned it tonight in an e-mail. You have very soild work with (as Howy mentioned) great storytelling. Your faces are expressive and don't all look the same. This is a big deal with me. Your backgrounds are solid and look real, even the fantastical ones.

Even if Arbor chooses not to work with you, I would love to work with you on another project some day.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thank, you, Morts. :)

As for the possibility of a future project, the pleasure would be all mine :) .

[Typo Lad]

Thank, you, Morts. :)

As for the possibility of a future project, the pleasure would be all mine :) .

How are you with distopian landscapes?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Does it have hot babes? :cool:

[dub7246]

More than worthy my friend. Great stuff! Nice fluid, solid figures, you really have a good grasp on the female form :D

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks,dub7246 :)

Well, been away from this forum a few days, so sorry for only uploading these now :)


http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_411fda0c493f8.jpg

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications//////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_411fdb654e219.jpg

[Typo Lad]

Does it have hot babes? :cool:

A couple, yeah. Mind you, one has heavy facial scarring and the other's skin has been replaced with metal, but they're still pretty hot.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

ew
Heavy facial scaring, you say?
Something will have to be done about that :)


More Immortal Tristara action :)
http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications//////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_411fdbae2e641.jpg

[Typo Lad]

ew
Heavy facial scaring, you say?
Something will have to be done about that :)


C'mon...the Briude of Frankenstien look is IN this year.

http://www.matthewchilders.com/usedparts/justice3.jpg

Actually, the original artist is still on this, he insists. Matt Childers from Comic Book Idol.

Wanna render a book about angels? There's lots of good stuff. Satan gets some, people are set on fire, and we see the Spirit of Books get all pissed off.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

LoL
I was just kidding.

Presently, I have other projects I´m fully dedicated to bringing to life for other creators, but as a freelance artist I´m always on the lookout for a new opening :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4124b9d65a560.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Not many high fantasy fans in here, are there? ;)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_412bc2610c360.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_412bc29257ea2.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_413f24212e64a.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications/////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_414e0bff2e640.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Aaand the ending.

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications/////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_414e0c526b6d4.jpg

Man, I can´t believe.....
ZERO repplies to all these pages. :(
How fast one falls from grace........

Maybe I should start drawing Spidey and Wolverine or something....http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0681069201/2wasntme.gif

[Rallura]

I think that people looking but not responding happens a lot over here.

It's really gorgeous, is there more? And, ok, this is embarassing, but, any chance you, or some kind soul, can type up the dialogue for me? It's my bad eyes, something about the font, I just can't read most of it.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hi, Rallura,

thank you for repplying to my thread, I´m really glad you´ve liked my work. :)
There are more pages and I´ve been considering posting them online as an ongoing comic, but my present schedule makes it nearly impossible.

About the same reason why I won´t be able to type down the dialogue either, sorry about that.

Thanks again for your comments :)

[Rallura]

Not a problem. I am amusing myself pretending it's a quest for marshmellows.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

LoL

Not exactly, picture it as The Great Escape meets Troy meets Shawshank Redemption ;)

[JadeDragon]

"In my dreams theres a world on fire."

WOW! Great stuff, Eliseu!! I cant believe I have been missing out on all the new stuff here! How did I miss this?

I am really enjoying your work. Terrific art and its just the kind of story I dig.

Way to go! I cant wait to see more. Thanks for sharing!

Cheers!~~~JadeDragon :)

[Roquefort Raider]

Eliseu, I can't believe you're not yet rich and famous with such beautiful work. But if there's any justice in this world, you will be! Your storytelling skills are really impressive.

Thanks for allowing us to read that story!

Cheers,

- Ben

[Eliseu Gouveia]

D´Oh!
I feel HORRIBLE, I´ve completed neglected this thread and haven´t updated it in AGES.
Sorry about this, guys..... :(

Thank you, JadeDragon, and welcome to my art thread. I hope you continue to enjoy reading the adventures of my Immortal Tristara.

Thank you too, Roquefort Raider :) . Money and fame? LoL This is the comicbook world, money and fame have no saying in it :)

I´ve been literally buried in deadlines lately, so much in fact that I don´t even have time to go outside anymore.
Hence why there hasn´t been more Immortal Tristara pages in the last few days.
However, so you don´t feel ripped off or anything, here´s an oldie but a goodie :
Meet Bella, from a project called INTREPID I did once for the guys at Crucial Crisis Comix. She may be kinda supersmart and all, but her hairstylist is just awful :cool:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb36ddf2/images/IMAGE_40697bb099cfd.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hi, Guys,

Here´s a little revamp on the General Jinjur character I did recently for a couple of very fine folks, hope you like her :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb372c13/images/IMAGE_41781d0777a2b.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Sesshoumaru.

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb36ddf2/images/IMAGE_417c14681adc6.jpg

[GammaPro]

You make me sad. Though I have long since given up drawing because I realized I am a much better writer than artist, seeing your terrific work still brings back memories.

Not to say I was anywhere as good as you. I wasn't. Thank you for sharing.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thank you, GammaPro,I really appreciate your kind words :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

So, who´s up for a little dose of :rolleyes: IMMORTAL TRISTARA chapter #2?

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_415b11f91d4d3.jpg

[Rallura]

Is there more?

And that woman is clearly withholding marshmellows from that mob.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Lol
Thanks, Rallura, that´s something I hadn´t thought about :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_415c606acaa3e.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

One more :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_417d84739c412.jpg

[Draconomicon]

I cannot believe your work isnt published somewhere.
Its incredible.

[Typo Lad]

I cannot believe your work isnt published somewhere.
Its incredible.

I tried to get him work, but the pay was too little.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, thanks, guys :)

Actually, I have been published before.
I´ve got 9 years experience working as a freelance illustrator and a couple albums released out here in Portugal.
Image recently published CLOUDBURST, written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray that had my art on it and I should have a couple stuff exploding on the shelves shortly (I hope ;) ).

Here´s one more:


http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_417ea01c9eb21.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

One more:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_418b1141b4ac3.jpg

[Dark Sun]

are you a professional dude?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

are you a professional dude?

Hi, Dark Sun.
A professional, moi?
Well, I like to think so :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_418d90c4d4689.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

´Beboping around´.

What can I say, I had 40 minutes to spare..... :p

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb36ddf2/images/IMAGE_419424ebbbfe5.jpg

[Dark Sun]

sweet man. have u happend to read my story concept?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

sweet man. have u happend to read my story concept?


Thanks, Dark Sun.

Story concept? :confused:

Did you e-mail me one?

[Dark Sun]

its in this never ending forum titled dark sun

[i_mmmchocolate]

One more :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_417d84739c412.jpg


Wow, I love that.


You're so talented!

[JTPencils]

Eliseu, man. Impressive as always. Been a fan of your work since I saw the Wraith stuff you did along time ago. Nice clean lines, and no muddying of the image with senseless and unneeded clutter. Very very sharp work. Keep at it, and I will always look for more from ya!

[tgfx]

nice work man. Very nice.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Heya, guys, thanks a lot for your comments, I really apreciate any feedback I can get my hands on :)

Here´s another Immortal Tristara page I cooked up a couple days ago. lemme know what you think about it :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4194386af1b45.jpg

[Dark Sun]

not sure i like the angle of the bottom panel, right up the butt of that flying thing....but the arts clean and brilliant. did you take a peek at my story concept btw?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Dark Sun.

I did take a look at your Dark Sun thread and you have an interesting story concept going on in there.

[Dark Sun]

i am coming up with a background story to the main one, kinda involving aliens and stuff. there needs to be a reason for the darkness and the virus. im also thinking the virus isnt gonna be a virus but more a black spore which multiplys and wipes out millions straight away and fills up the sky with a black smog sorta thing. but why would aliens let this happen? im writing 2 aliens into the story. good and bad of course. so i am working on the origins of the 3 stones and the history of these 2 alien species and how they affect the story. im thinking the 3 stones might be part of the good alien technology they hide in the stones away from the bad aliens. anyway theres alot of comlicated things which need to be ironed out and such so keep watching my other thread or u can contact me via email if u wanna discuss it more.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7bf8a1230/images/IMAGE_4068b7bab4ab9.jpg

[Dark Sun]

thats really beautiful man. its not just cause i love redheads, its a truly awesome piece. do you have a name for it or is it part of a fantasy world of yours.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks. Dark Sun :)

This is a cover for a Immortal Tristara-like comic project tentativelly called Prime Sorceress which I just can never seem to be able to find the time to sit down and draw.

[Draconomicon]

I'd love to see you draw a DnD Planescape book. Your phantasy and art is great and it would be a pleasure to follow you giving the schemes and fights of the fiends face.

[Solaris]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7bf8a1230/images/IMAGE_4068b7bab4ab9.jpg


Good Gods, I'm impressed! You've done some fantastic artwork... and I WANT this picture! I love the detail work on the tower, the woman's pose, and the stained glass window...

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Draconomicon, I do have to confess I have a thing for High Fantasy; between it and drawing spandex-clad superpeople, it´s kinda hard to choose. :p

Thanks, Solaris, really glad you´ve liked it my Alessa Nostromara :) I really-really would love to have the chance to finally draw this comic one day, it has some of the strangest high fantasy concepts my derranged mind ever managed to cook up. :D

[howyadoin]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7bf8a1230/images/IMAGE_4068b7bab4ab9.jpgThat is nothing short of fantastic. Nice work, man.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Howyadoin :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7bf8a1230/images/IMAGE_4068b769d94b4.jpg

[Dark Sun]

awesome!!!!!!!!! give us more i say!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, dude :)

I´ll try, but in all honesty, deadlines are beginning to get kinda tight around my neck......

[Dark Sun]

oh, do you get paid to draw?

[Roquefort Raider]

Thanks, Howyadoin :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7bf8a1230/images/IMAGE_4068b769d94b4.jpg


Wow!!!

Eery and beautiful. That's just magnificent, Eliseu!

[atoningunifex]

I love your attentnion to detail. The books in the tower made me clap my hands with gleeful gleeness.

[Leo]

Though I've only glanced at this thread, I have to say that your colours are brilliant. In general, the coloured pictures I've seen tricked my eyes into a 3D effect, the hues were blended so finely.

Of course, your line work is highly commendable also, with lots of details. Which to me honest, I expected right off the bat. The inks capture a lot of movement and unfold your stories in fantastic ways.

[ScottDMSimmons]

I really love the Immortal Tristara pages! Those are beautiful. They have a classic, Silver-Age, mixed with fantasy art feel to them. The inks are impressive, and I love the contrast. Will this be (or has it been) published? And if so, will it be black and white?

And when is your Infiniteens coming out? Your website says you are done with it (over 190 pages!), but may still want to tweak it abit. Did you find a publisher?

--Scott

[howyadoin]

Thanks, Howyadoin :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7bf8a1230/images/IMAGE_4068b769d94b4.jpgAgain, wow.

Just... wow.

[ChibiStarJumper]

*stares in amazement* The funny thing is, my friend Prentice looks like the Kara on your site. Perhaps I can get her to cosplay that version. ^_^

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hi, guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG, can´t believe I´ve been away for so long.
God, someone must definitelly be putting some overtime into ruinning my X-Mas season, first it was the flu that chained me to a bed for a week, now some morons playing with wires in my building rendered me internetless for another week or so!
So, what you´ve all been up to while I was busy soaking, tell me everything!


Dark Sun - Heya, Dark Sun.
Yup, I´m a freelance illustrator and comicbook artist; been working as a children and schhobooks illustrator since 1995.

Roquefort Raider - Hi, Roquefort Raider, thanks. :)

atoningunifexI - LOL Thanks, glad you´ve liked the books; I get a kick at making tiny little details and sometimes hiding them in my drawings.

Leo - Olá, Leo, thank to you too, I´m really glad you´ve liked my work. I try to get my hands on as much feedback as I can get, so I really appreciate your comments.

ScottDMSimmons - Hello, Scott, arigato, Immortal Tristara was submitted to several publishers and none showed any interest in publishing it, that´s why I decided to disclose the pages in here instead of letting them rot away in some obscure drawer.
The Infiniteens will be published by Committed Comics, but I don´t have dates yet; it may take a while since the pages (all 198 of them :) ) will still have to undergo the editorial process.

howyadoin- LOL Hi, Howyadoin, thanks.

ChibiStarJumper - Hi, Chibistarjumper, thanks. It´d be really cool (no, BEYOND cool!!) if you got your friend to cosplay that Kara. I have to confess I´m an absolute sucker for cosplayers, there was a comicbook convention here a couple weeks ago and a couple guys and girls showed up dressed as Tidus, Aeris and Vincent and I almost wept because I didn´t have a camera handy.


Here´s something I believe I owed to someone for a long time; it has a couple glitches due to the speed at which I made it, but hope you like it :

http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0681069201/spike.jpg

[Roquefort Raider]

I can't believe no one is interested in Tristara. From what we've seen here, I don't think it's irrational to say that it's as good as a lot of what is being published today, and way better than a whole lot more.

Keep trying, it's bound to be recognized for the good material that it is!


- Ben

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Roquefort Raider, I sure hope so :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Meet Rogue, X-Men´s southern belle:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb36ddf2/images/IMAGE_4068b1f36b73b.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Anyone Silent Hill players out there?

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb36ddf2/images/IMAGE_405f845e29826.jpg

[ScottDMSimmons]

ScottDMSimmons - Hello, Scott, arigato, Immortal Tristara was submitted to several publishers and none showed any interest in publishing it, that´s why I decided to disclose the pages in here instead of letting them rot away in some obscure drawer.
The Infiniteens will be published by Committed Comics, but I don´t have dates yet; it may take a while since the pages (all 198 of them :) ) will still have to undergo the editorial process.

Wow, that's incredible. I can't believe noone showed interest. Have you considered Image since they changed publishers this year? (and since they did Cloudburst with you?) Might be worth another shot, since it's another pair of eyes. I just think this is gorgeous work. Maybe one of the new publishers in the last two years, like Kandora Publishing (dealing with similiar genres as CrossGen), would be interested.

Glad to hear Committed will be publishing your other book. I'll be on the lookout!

--Scott

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thank you for your kind words, Scott, I gave up on trying to get Immortal Tristara published but I do have other projects that I´d love to see in print someday :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Took me three and a half hours (THAT was some lunch break) to get my girls to settle down;
From "Oooh, let me retouch my make-up!" to "Ew, don´t put me next to the undead!" to cries of "Ten-hut! Semper Fi! Do or Die!", my ears were ringing after the chore was done.
Anyway, hope you like it :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_41c9712f69d78.jpg

Merry Christmas, everyone! :)

[ResidentLilly]

Love the work here too...damn dude. It is shocking sometimes who is and is not working in comics. WAY back I tried to break in and just hit wall after wall after wall. It can be frustrating and humiliating sometimes. But your work is really damn tight...like it a lot.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, ResidentLilly :)

Well, I´m on my Boogiepop Phantom phase right now (that´s anime for the rest of the class :) ).
Nagi is kinda nice, I guess, with all her "Defender of Justice and Champion of the Inocents" routine, but Toka just wins my heart ten times over, she is SO cool!!! :P

- Switch Fanboy mode off, E.!
- Ooops! Yessir!


Well, without further ado, heeeere´s.........BOOGIEPOP!

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb36ddf2/images/IMAGE_41cc3718e8a6c.jpg

Hope you like it :)

[Dark Sun]

merry xmas and thank you for your art this year eliseu, may the new year be good for us all.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thank you, Dark Sun.

Merry Christmas to you too and a Happy New Year :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7bf8a1230/images/IMAGE_4068b84d4bb01.jpg

Cover for my 1993 short tale "Spirits of the Forest"

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Heather from Silent Hill 3:
http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb36ddf2/images/IMAGE_405f845e29826.jpg

[kossori]

Really great, awesome work!
I have to say that the Storm pic is my fave so far.

Even though those action pages looked fantastic!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Kossori, I´m kinda fan of that pic as well (Ororo is my favorite X-Girl).

It´s been a while since I posted anything, been busy in my intergalactic conquests and all, but here I am, back to my doodling ways.
This time, meet Major Motoko Kusanagi from the anime masterpiece Ghost in the Shell.....


http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_41f3cedcf04fa.jpg

Hope you like it :)

[Dark Sun]

brilliant!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Dark Sun :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_41fbe02064ab5.jpg

[Typo Lad]

All of the sudden, I hate Gambit a little less.

[Rallura]

What stands out to me over and over through all of your work is the amazing expressiveness of the faces.


That, and the marshmellows.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks a lot, guys.

lol
Morts, I have to confess I´ve always had a beef with Remy, so this could be interpreted as a catartic drawing, an attempt to make him more.... likeable in my eyes .

Heya, Rallura, thanks :)


Me and a couple guys were discussing at the Avengers forum how an european line up of superheroes would look like and eventually, it lead to guys pitching what they would imagine superheroes from around the world to look like.
I had an hour free (my computer´s busy capturing a couple Urusei Yatsura episodes from the VCR to my hardrive :cool: ), I remembered an old design I had stached in the back of my mind based on the old 1500´s ships sails and off came...


http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb372c13/images/IMAGE_420d57ffaad90.jpg

Name: Sónia Santos
Age: six................ I mean, eighteen
Nationality: Portuguese
Height: 1, 70 m
Weight: 55 kg
Powers: telekinetic flight (top speed 250 km/s)
concussion blasts
Story: Daughter of a former retired superhero who trained her since childhood to "take the family business", Vela´s shy ways hide a determined heart eager to prove her worth in the field. This will be her very first assignement.

Note: In portuguese, Vela means sail (or candle).

[ScottDMSimmons]

Eliseu,

Just beautiful beautiful stuff as usual... I really like the drawing of Vela/Sonia. Great work, keep it up, and keep us posted on your published work so we can run right out and buy it.

--Scott

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Scott :)
Glad you´ve liked my Vela.

I´ll start posting more about stuff I´ve got out there as soon as they start hitting the shelves :)

[meethraa]

Great costume design on Vela.
I usualy have a problem with the fact that every portuguese super hero's costume (like "Lusitano", "Tagus", etc) has to be a sort of variation of the Captain America idea of having the flag colous and symbols all over the place, but this one works pretty well and doesn't feel forced at all.
Very nice.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Meethra. :)

Yeah, I too was never a big fan of Captain Portugal-type heroes either, I mean, if you look at the american landscape, how many are there waving the flag?

Sure there´s Captain America (and his clones) or Wonder Woman, but the large majority (and the most popular) don´t even have the stars and stripes in their costumes:
Batman
Superman (3-primary-color-scheme is there but no stars and stripes)
Wolverine
Spider Man
Hulk
(......)
Gambit

I think the key here is the character, building someone solid or that can at least stand straight; you develop his/her concept first and foremost. Slapping a flag in it to wrap up just seems like a cop out.
IMHO.:)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Meet Jenna.
She´ll be having you for dinner.

Literally.

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_4214e5dc6739e.jpg

[ScottDMSimmons]

You are amazing!!! I really like the way this looks dynamic, even though it's actually a static pose, because of the mummy wraps flying around. Another great aspect is the colors...and how with them you have played with the darkness in the flesh areas to amplify the lighting effect. This is a great example of handling different textures as well (hair, skin, cloth, fur).

--Scott

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hi, Scott,

thank you for your kind words, I really appreciate your post :)
I had a lotta fun drawing this pic, Jenna is a character that is growing oin me by the second.
I do keep making a mistake with her, though; initially, the script and character description stressed that she was a cute-looking girl, so I actually have to make a voluntary effort to draw a cute girl instead of a voluptuous babe.

Sometimes, though, my Muse kinda slips. :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Been a long whilse since I last posted anything, so here´s a cover I did for Frank Dirscherl´s THE WRAITH, some time ago.
Hope you like it :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_407ddeb63a997.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Got a whole afternoon for myself.
Thought I was finally gonna catch up with my sleep, but my Muse had other plans.

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb3668b9/images/IMAGE_4272c143be662.jpg

Hope you like her :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Here´s a pic for The Charlatan, an all-ages superhero series I´m working on for General Jinjur about a dad who´s ready to do anything for the sake of his family:
http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_429be6386ff20.jpg

Here´s a couple pages from another all-ages comic series I´m working on right now for Funnel Cloud 9 Publishing called Genie featuring a young boy who finds, you´ve guessed it, a genie.

http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0681069201/genie-02-03.jpg
http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0681069201/genie-03-03.jpg

[Nikita]

Thanks, Gumbo, I´m glad you liked it :) .

For those who like RPGs, here´s my favorite dark sorceress, Final Fantasy X´s Lulu:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_405f8386de2c7.jpg



Lulu from Final Fantasy X!!!

AWESOME.

Dude, will you marry me? :D

[Eliseu Gouveia]

LOL
Thanks, Nikita. :)

Well, it´s official, FC9 just got the ball rolling and here are the covers for Infiniteens#1, on the shelves beginning October.

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_42ecfb8b8e47f.jpg
Infiniteens alternative cover 1

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_42ecfc6c1b0f1.jpg
Infiniteens alternative cover 2


In red (and pink), meet the teamleader, Nadia "Tripper" Markov.
On her right is her second-in-command, the superstrong Luther "Vest" Kilmore.
To her left, please allow me to introduce Miss Beverly "Twinblast" Garcia.
To her left, Julian "Visionary" Lerner is always ready to spring into action.

Hope you like em :)

Party on!

[Rob H]

That second cover has alot of energy. I'm loving it. Well done.

[ScottDMSimmons]

YAY! I am so happy that the book will be coming out!
Congrats on the deal, and I look forward to picking it up!

I am going to get the version with the first cover.
I think Twinblast looks great there, and it's a very unique costume too.

--Scott

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Heya, thanks, Dr. Flem. :)

Hi, Scott, thanks for picking it up, I´m really looking forward to hear your opinion on it. :)

I too like Twinblast´s uniform a lot. Initially, Nadia had one very similar but put together they looked too "Man in Black", so I redesigned it.

......er, I mean, Nadia redesigned it, She´s the group´s fashion guru.

[Typo Lad]

You have to let us know when this is listed!

And I still want to work on soemthing with you, one day. Your stuff is awesome.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Heya, Mordechai, Long time no see :)

I think Infiniteens #1 is already on this month´s previews but I´ll have to check that out with Tilman, our head honcho.

Working with you would be great, it´s just a matter of clearing my table from all the stuff I have going on. Genie and Infiniteens for FC9, Charlatan for General Jinjur...

[abbas.khan]

Eliseu - i've been drooling over your work for sometime. is there anyway i can get my hands on your work?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hi, Abbas Khan,

thank you for looking at my work, I don´t know if you realise this but you´ve just made my day :)

If you wanna check out my other endeavors, I´m presently pencilling and inking Genie (http://fc9.net/images/GenieCover1b_small.jpg) (written by Jim Keplinger, the mind behind Shadowhawk) for FC9 (Funnel Cloud 9 publishing).
It´s an all-ages adventure/fantasy book centered around Jeffery, a young boy who frees the Genie Xanda and as a reward is given 3 wishes that will change his world forever.

Moonstone Books is also about to launch a two-part mini-series called Revenge of the Mummy (http://www.moonstonebooks.com/images/mummycolor.jpg), written by Justin Gray.
It´s an action, high-octane B&W book that follows the quest for revenge waged by an undead against the man who killed her.

I´ve also done Cloudburst (http://www.newsarama.com/Image/Cloudburst01rev.jpg) for Image comics, written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray
Set in the future, it´s a fast-paced sci-fi extravaganza that tells the adventures of Lauren Moore, a young scientist set to terraform a desert planet that hides unspeakable horrors beneath the ground.


And General Jinjur publisher is launching Charlatan (http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_429be6386ff20.jpg) (written by Gil Lawson) by the end of this year.
It´s a superhero saga about a man who unknowingly enlists in a war for the faith of the universe to protect his family.

[A D]

IMO, the pic in your "Revenge of the Mummy" link is your best, or atleast my favorite =)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

LOL
Thanks, A.D.

Unfortunatelly that image on the link is not mine, it´s a cover drawn by Kalman Andrasofszky who´s handling the covers for both Revenge of the Mummy #1 and #2.

[A D]

LOL, hmmm sorry bout that.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, no prob, everyone is entitled to their own taste.

Personally, I´m insane for Russ Manning but I can´t get most folks of my generation to like his work.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hi, guys,

here´s a couple random pages from my Infiniteens

"Something wicked this way comes"
http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb361a9b/images/IMAGE_405f8725111a3.jpg

"Haunted child"
http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb361a9b/images/IMAGE_406c7c396b6da.jpg

"Ghost memories"
http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb361a9b/images/IMAGE_406c7c0453038.jpg

Done with my trusted Photoshop 5.5 and my beloved Wacom Volitos tablet, hope you like them :)

[Crowley]

amazing stuff... great work man!

one thing though... 300 dpi scans... don't let pixels screw up your beautiful work.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Emperor :)

Actually, all my latest work (Infiniteens, Charlatan, Revenge of the Mummy) is done at 450 dpi.

Except Genie since the letterer has a standardised working area customised to 300 dpi.

[ScottDMSimmons]

It's been noted by others (and how I teach) to scan artwork in at least 400dpi, not 300dpi. Allow yourself room to breathe.

The Infiniteens pages look BEAUTIFUL! Plus, they are making me New England (especially Maine) EVEN more!

--Scott

[Eliseu Gouveia]

LOL
Okay, now this is just too spooky.

How did you do that?
Not even our head honcho, Tilman Goins or even Aaron Weisbrod (who´s helping me streamline the script) knew that I placed Cape Ruseur in Maine.
I had several atates to pick, from Connecticut to Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont...
Actually, I came THIS close to picking Vermont (really loved the name). but its coast line is so tiny.......
It all came down to Massachusetts VS Maine.

Massachusetts had Boston, (which I just love) but Maine had Bangor.... and Stephen King :D

[howyadoin]

"Something wicked this way comes"
http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7cb361a9b/images/IMAGE_405f8725111a3.jpg
The guy with the pink hair reminds me of the old Ranxerox stories in Heavy Metal.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

OMG,
It´s so weird that you should bring that name up, I used to LOVE Liberatore´s Ranxerox.

However, this guy was inspired in a punk I saw in a documentary a few years ago. I remember that he was abnormally thin, so for this guy I had to beef him up a bit ( otherwise I´d scare the readers away :) ).

Nice to see that we have very similar tastes..... :p

[The Defenestrator]

Okay, you hooked me! That there's some beautiful artwork. I'm pre-ordering Infiniteens from this copy of Previews.

[ScottDMSimmons]

How did you do that?
Not even our head honcho, Tilman Goins or even Aaron Weisbrod (who´s helping me streamline the script) knew that I placed Cape Ruseur in Maine.
I had several atates to pick, from Connecticut to Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont...
Actually, I came THIS close to picking Vermont (really loved the name). but its coast line is so tiny.......
It all came down to Massachusetts VS Maine.

Massachusetts had Boston, (which I just love) but Maine had Bangor.... and Stephen King :D

Wish I could claim psychic abilities, but your drawings FELT like Maine to me. New England may have been expensive, but it was really beautiful. I used to live in Attleboro, Massachusetts. It was about 30 minutes south of Boston and 5 minutes from the Rhode Island "border". My girlfriend (now my fiance) and I would take day trips whenever we could. We explored Rhode Island (doesn't take too long--LOVE Newport), hit a park in New Hampshire (saw the mountain face before it fell), visited Conneciticut frequently, and travelled up into Boston and Salem. But nothing beat Maine for me.

Bar Harbor, Maine was the only place Shannon and I have ever been where I didn't feel I was on a schedule ("must do this, this, and this" mentality--happens even in San Diego). For once in my life, I actually had a vacation even from my normal "busy" self. I just relax and take in the scenery and stroll or drive around. It's so beautiful there, I could get lost in the beauty of walking around in Acadia Park. I love the restaurant there with their popovers, optional outside dining, and lake view. We usually hit the Old Soaker brewery on the way out to get root beer (love that stuff!). When we return, we know we will finally take that catamaran off to Nova Scotia. We saw it take off very few hours from one of our hotel rooms looking out onto the islands. I love the little town (look of a fishing village), the small Italian restaurant, and the look of the ocean and islands out there. :)

--Scott

[ScottDMSimmons]

Don't mean to derail the thread, but here are a few of my favorite things about Bar Harbor, Maine. Maybe you can find some reference image ideas here:

(The town) http://www.barharborinfo.com/

(The park) http://www.nps.gov/acad/

(The park's restaurant) http://www.jordanpond.com/

(More images) http://www.acadiamagic.com/JordanPond.html

(The catamaran) http://www.catferry.com/

And here's picture of Shannon and me outside near the outdoor tables of the Jordan Pond Restaurant in Acadia Park.

--Scott

http://www.scottdmsimmons.com/acadia.jpg

[kalabine]

wow!

only just found this thread, but i have to say this is some of the best artwork i've found on here

and as for tristara - looks lovely...

[Eliseu Gouveia]

The Defenestrator - Heya, The Defenestrator, that´s AWESOME!
Thanks a lot, man, you just got a reserved seat near the pooltable at the Sea Bride.
Be warned though............ it´s a fishermen´s bar (and all that that implies :D).

ScottDMSimmons - Hi, Scott, thanks for the pics (thanks for your pic too, in this internet thing it´s always good to see people´s real faces instead of usernames).
Great resources for picture reference too, I have tons of material here (even things I thought I´d never need to know like what are the state´s bird and tree), but the more pics for inspiration I can get the better :),

kalabine - Hi, kalabine and welcome to this little gallery of mine :)
Glad you´ve liked the stuff in here, it´s interesting you should bring Tristara up; working on 2 monthly titles I barely have time to do anything else, so to me Tristara came to represent the very definition of "Unfinished Business".
I really hope I manage to find the time to finish it someday.

[howyadoin]

OMG,
It´s so weird that you should bring that name up, I used to LOVE Liberatore´s Ranxerox.

However, this guy was inspired in a punk I saw in a documentary a few years ago. I remember that he was abnormally thin, so for this guy I had to beef him up a bit ( otherwise I´d scare the readers away :) ).

Nice to see that we have very similar tastes..... :pYeah, I was a pretty fan, too. Wonder if that stuff's ever been collected.


Hmmm. I should draw a Ranx pic myself...

[Eliseu Gouveia]

I got a couple shorts through Heavy Metal but never found it in the form of album anywhere.

Liberatore is simply amazing!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Still hot out of the oven, here´s a lil´something I did for the "Draw me a J: Powergirl" thread. :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_42fc0c4639157.jpg

[Gumbo Maximillian]

Impressive.

[Prime7023]

Incredible artwork. I wish i could draw with even 1/10th of your ability.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks a lot, guys :)

Here´s the cover for issue#2, let me hear your thoughts on it :)
http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_43221c8d22e63.jpg

INFINITEENS #2 - While trying to save the survivors of the crashed Sagitarius airship our heroes are ambushed by a group of Event Children.

[Gumbo Maximillian]

I'm not exactly good enough to make artistic criticisms but it seems to be done well.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

I'm not exactly good enough to make artistic criticisms but it seems to be done well.

Thanks, Gumbo.

But do you like it? :)

[Deskad]

Eliseu

Some people can draw and some people can DRAW!

You are one of the later. Awesome, awesome work.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Heya, Deskad, thanks :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

An oldie but always a goodie, meet my old comic Silversparrow


http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_435ef432f2daa.jpg

Got some free time on my hands and used it to tweak it up a bit, but hopefully you never saw the original version to notice the differences anyway ;)

[Gumbo Maximillian]

Thanks, Gumbo.

But do you like it? :)


Yeah; its okay, one thing that might make it better would be that instead of having his whole body coming through just have a part of him like his arm blasting through the wall and have it take up about the same amount of space as his entire body on the cover.

So is Silver Sparrow your first character?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Nah, I´ve had other previous characters.
My very-very first one I created when I was about 10 and was called (don´t laught) Dr. Dinossaurus. :D

Here´s how a brief background story of Silversparrow:

SILVERSPARROW was created in the period between 27 May 2003 (tuesday) and 16 Jun 2003 (Monday).
For three insane weeks (all of its 48 pages were done in the span of 21 days), a hobby that I started by drawing for fun a pannel during my meal breaks at the kitchen table escalated into a full-blown production.
The most interesting thing about this comic is that I did it without a script (which explains why the "Soaring" and "Skygirl" chapters are so much shorter than the "Broken Wing" episode: NO planning!)
It´s true that by page 7 of "Soaring" I already had some ideas of where I wanted to take my little Jessie, but drawing without a safety net or the restraints of a pre-written script are the main reason why this was such a fun trip to make.
Did the work suffer from it?
Definitelly!
There are pages where the background work is simply laughable while in others, alien concepts such as cross-hatching and rendering were simply thrown out the window.And the anatomy?
Forget about it! There was no time to cross-check this elbow or that head proportion,
I just wanted to DRAW!
I needed to vent out my creativity by drawing just for the pleasure of drawing.
And it worked.
It was fun, it was cwayzee and I hope I get to repeat it again someday

That´s the official version.
The real one?

I´ve always wanted to make a Supergirl comic.
Supergirl was the very first superhero I ever saw, thanks to a comic my sister once bought at a stand when I was a kid.
With that possibility out of the window for the time being, I did the next best thing and created my own SUpergirl ;)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Another Soaring Silversparrow page revised. :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_4367d4ff15616.jpg

[countryfan2004]

AWESOME WORK!!! I decided to see if you posted any other stuff besides the Jubilee pic. I love fantasy! The one in the first comic with the big rhino-type things and the archers riding cat/wolf-like things reminded me of Lord of the Rings.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hi, countryfan2004 :)


Welcome to my little art thread, glad to find another fantasy fan around here :)
I decided to give Immortal Tristara a little rest because the story is a bit depressive (I wrote it in 93, a really bad year for me) and was starting to mess with me.

Here´s another revised Silversparrow page, hope you like it :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_436e4ba7928c3.jpg

[Eliseu Gouveia]

It´s Game Time :) :

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_43725073a02c5.jpg

[Venoman]

wow im really interested in your sequences....dont you have a comic out yet? i mean if you still live in portuegal obviousy its gonna be alot harder.. im surprised at how many professional types there are on the forum... anyway your drawing style reminds me of GTA the game... its very good, nice bright colours that keep me interested

[Hellboy_is_cool_indeed]

______________

[ScottDMSimmons]

Eliseu, you continue to amaze!

I really like your SilverSparrow work... keep it coming!

--Scott

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hi,guys,

thanks for your comments and sorry for not replying earlier (I get embarrassed posting without any artwork to show for

Venoman - Thanks, dude. Yeah, I have a couple comics out Vengeance of the Mummy by Moonstone Books, Genie by FC9 and am presently working on Charlatan for General Jinjur.

Hellboy_is_cool_indeed - I thank you for having considered me for your project but unfortunatelly, right now I´m a bit buried in work. Silversparrow is actually my way to vent some creative steam out at the end of the day (yes, that´s right; I relax from spending whole days in front of a drawing board by... spending more hours in front of a drawing board - gawd, I´m hopeless...... :cool: )

ScottDMSimmons - Thanks, Scott, I´m really glad you like my Jessie girl.

Time to kick the engines up a notch :)

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_407de0e0a3940/images/IMAGE_43780b1d5fb1a.jpg

[ScottDMSimmons]

Yeah, I have a couple comics out Vengeance of the Mummy by Moonstone Books, Genie by FC9 and am presently working on Charlatan for General Jinjur.

Has Infiniteens come out yet??

--Scott

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Has Infiniteens come out yet??

--Scott

Not yet.:(

Soon, I hope.... :)

[howyadoin]

Silversparrow is actually my way to vent some creative steam out at the end of the dayI'm diggin' this. I look forward to seeing more.

[Gumbo Maximillian]

Wait; is that hitler shooting out lighting bolts?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Howyadoin :)

LOL
No, Gumbo, that´s not Hitler (but he could be :) ).
It´s just a garden-variety supervillain I created on the spot just to open up the battle sequence.

[Hellboy_is_cool_indeed]

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[Eliseu Gouveia]

Sure, I´ll have a pow-wow with my muse and see if something comes out of it :)

Someone´s been busy... :D

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[Hellboy_is_cool_indeed]

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[Hellboy_is_cool_indeed]

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[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, that is a nice art you´ve got in the first link (I got the dread "forbidden" from the other ones).
I don´t know why you inverted it to get a black background over a white lineart, though.

IMHO, the reverse works much better in fleshing out the quality of the linework.

[ScottDMSimmons]

Eliseu,

I love this stuff! Please NEVER stop doing this (your art).You are way too talented.

Got a question-- supposedly on EtherLair you said these could also be found in the Online Comics section within the Gallery. I can't find that section. Is it not ready there yet?? I can look here, of course, but I am just curious when it will be on your official site.

Any chance for a SilverSparrow Profile Page (ala Who's Who) listing her powers, origin, and whatnot?

Scott

[Hellboy_is_cool_indeed]

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[Eliseu Gouveia]

ScottDMSimmons - Hi, Scott, thanks for your post.
There´s a slight navigation issue on my Etherlair, the Online Comics Gallery is only accessible if you first enter the gallery through any of its sub-sections and then hit "Top" (the link is not visible on the front page where I usually post my pseudo-blog). Sorry about that. :(
Hmmm, a "Who´s Who" in the Silver Sparrow universe.... it´s a great idea!!
Unfortunatelly, I don´t have much of a background work done on their history, powers and capabilities.
Silversparrow was written/drawn at the dinner table and since I was making stuff up as I went along, there´s plenty of unresolved issues lying around (who´s Jessie´s mom and dad, etc, etc).
There´s Jessie, her older sister Jenny, their Aunt Jackie (former Silversparrow I) and Major Evil (I had such a blast coming up with that name :) ).
They re all Wind Riders except M.E. who´s also a cyborg due to an all-out fight with Aunt Jackie that crippled her legs and ruined much of his body.
And that´s about all that there is....

Hellboy_is_cool_indeed - Thanks, I really can´t promise you anything since my Muse is the most fickle thing I know.

Really weird week I´m having, this page was finished 5 days ago but I only had time to sit and color tonight. Sorry about that....


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[holden rules]

hi there they are great picture that you have done. i wish i could draw like that..lol

[holden rules]

Thanks, Gumbo, I´m glad you liked it :) .

For those who like RPGs, here´s my favorite dark sorceress, Final Fantasy X´s Lulu:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_405f8386de2c7.jpg

Here´s another one, this time a personal project from me.
Meet THE INFINITEENS:

http://www.etherlair.com/gallery/publications////FOLDER_405f7ba2a6050/images/IMAGE_40fb185111185.jpg


great drawings keep up the great work on ur drawings

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks a lot, guys :)

Man, four consecutive pages without drawing Jessie.... I´m starting to feel the withdrawal effects settling in... :p

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[DOOM2099]

Holee Freakin Crap. That is awesome. I much prefer the black and white pencils, though. Just something about the sweet pencil work that you lose when you color it.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hey, thanks, Doom2099. :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Go get them Jessie :)

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[ScottDMSimmons]

I love panel 3 here. The poses are dynamic, and then you have some great dialogue.... the strict instructor, the nervous youth, followed up by the protective orders from another... "I don't want minors on the front line." Things I'd almost expect to hear people say to Robin, Jakeem, and Stargirl, but they never seem to.

Do you have names for the two others in that panel, or are they just "background" characters? By their dialogue, they sound pretty important.

--Scott

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hi, Scott,

Thanks, you hit it right in the money with the Robin/Jakeem/Stargirl remark and it´s actually the main reason why the character resembles a certain dark knight. ;)

Jessie´s teachers in pannel 3 don´t have a name.
I thought it´d be better to leave most of Silver Sparrow´s background in the open so that there´s plenty of room to develop if I ever were to come back to it one day (many things were done that way: for instances, Jessie never got a surname).

Funny detail about this page: The Rubberband.
It came to me in my sleep, I was having one of those plot-convoluted dreams my subconscient likes to throw at me once a year when "Bam!" , a group of elastic men apropriatelly called the Rubberbnd.
I pressed the emergency button and woke up automatically, reached for a post it, wrote it down and felt back to sleep.

And contrary to 99% of the stuff I write down from my dreams, it actually kept making sense in the morning :D

[Eliseu Gouveia]

More on Silver Sparrow II´s little baptism of fire. :)

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[TroyCarlson]

More on Silver Sparrow II´s little baptism of fire. :)

Oh brilliant! One of my favorite pages yet! I love her expression as she shows off to the crowd.

This looks like a book I would really enjoy. Congrats, Eliseu. Beautiful work.

[Tre Styles]

Go Eliseu! Go Eliseu! :) Love it. Awesome and inspiring! I want to buy this book, like yesterday....

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hi, Troy, thank you for your post, that is one of my favorite pannels as well (coming up with what Jessie´s colleagues would look like was a riot). :)

Aloha, Tre Styles, lol, nope, no plans to have Silver Sparrow published, it´s just an artist having fun at the dinner table with a mechanical pencil and a machine type paper :D

[Eliseu Gouveia]

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[Gumbo Maximillian]

So Silver Sparrow is going to beat that guy huh?:)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Well, that was the plan...... :p

[Dark Sun]

i have been away for a while but i am back and loving your work more than ever mate keep up the freakin fantastic work ;)

btw what are you doing these days? working with anyone? has dc or marvel hired you yet? i am still in eed of a concept artist if you arent busy but you look like you got your hands full with multiple projects.

also on your website you mention you have an online comics section but i cannot find it, i would really like to view some of your series from start to finish mainly the silversparrow but would be interested in anything you do :)

[Hard Way Studios]

Your work is beautiful, it has a special touch to it, feel free to check out my site as well as I would love to hear what you think of our work at http://www.hardwaystudios.com!!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hi, Dark Sun, thanks and welcome back :)

These days I´m working on Charlatan, the flagship title for General Jinjur, The Last Bastion, written by Brandon "G.I.Joe" Jerwa for Speakeasy and waiting to get started on Moonstone Books´Vengeance of the Mummy, writen by Justing Gray.

I have a navigation prob in my site, the Online Comics section is not viewable from the home page, you have to enter the galleries and press Top.
From there, you´ll be able to see all the different sections.
Really sorry about that, I´ve been meaning to address it, but my doodles just keep geting in the way :D

Hard Way Studios - heay, there, thank you for your comments, I´ll check the link to your site as soon as I finish typing this post.
in the meantime....


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[Eliseu Gouveia]

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[Tre Styles]

Aloha, Tre Styles, lol, nope, no plans to have Silver Sparrow published, it´s just an artist having fun at the dinner table with a mechanical pencil and a machine type paper

so...so...I won't be able to get the Silver Sparrow action hero set either? :( *sniff..sniff...bawahhhh...lol. But seriously, I wish I could do that at the dinner table! :D

And what a revelation! So Evil dude is her.....???

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Tre Styles.
Nope, I´m affraid there isn´t any Silversparrow action figure in the near future. :p

Major Evil is not Jessie´s relative, he just used to have something with her Aunt, the former Silversparrow.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

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[Eliseu Gouveia]

Boom. :)


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[Gumbo Maximillian]

See; thats the problems with Superheroes they never realize you should keep things that dangerous in a dead solar system and away from their home planet.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

LOL
Yeah, who wants to sleep with an ultimate nulifier under the pillow? :D

Ba-da-boom!

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[Eliseu Gouveia]

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Kids....

[Typo Lad]

Words fail me.

Really.

[FloppyEaredLizard]

incredible. Your work is as good as I have ever seen. Your unique approach to coloring, as well as your your redesign skills, are a refreshing break from the sameness I see on the stands. Your JLA/Avengers battle is not only great composition, but coupled with your takes on the characters, is overall my fav. Love the Supergirl and the bg design as well. FANTASTIC!!

[Jaye]

Kids....

Spectacular. Wow.

[Tre Styles]

oh. my. God.

....

....

whoa.

:cool:

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks for your comments, guys, glad you´re liking the story :).

Thank you too, FloppyEaredLizard, and welcome to this lil art thread of mine. On the JLA/Avengers piece, to be honest, I´ve always been affraid people would consider me my vision of how this fight would go biaised. :p

[hitokiri_]

would you send a sniper after me if i say it's ugly?

i keed. dang, these works are great.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

LOL
Thanks, Hitokiri.

Hey, first time I see you in these here parts of the CBR. :)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

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[Eliseu Gouveia]

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Merry Christmas, Jessie.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Have I shown this to you guys before?

An oldie but always a goodie.´Modeling a head´

or

"How I spend a perfectly good afternoon loitering about at my computer :D "

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[hitokiri_]

LOL
Thanks, Hitokiri.

Hey, first time I see you in these here parts of the CBR. :)


because it took me some time to figure out how to post here.

:D

seriously, your work made me post here.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Oh.
Thanks. :p


Stick around, there is a lot of raw talent in this forum to discover.

Who knows, you may stumble into the future Brian Hitch or something.... :D

[hitokiri_]

bah! don't be too modest, you should get a work from dc or marvel. they should kick out rob liefield and put you in.

[ScottDMSimmons]

Who knows, you may stumble into the future Brian Hitch or something.... :D

Okay, now you just have me curious to see what your take on The Ultimates might look like!

--Scott

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Heya, guys,

Guess who´s back from a couple of sweet, short leisurely days ?
Time to get back on the horse and check what kind of fun Jessie´s been up to.

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hitokiri_ - Thanks, man, I really appreciate it.

ScottDMSimmons - LOL, Scott, you shouldn´t get my Muse inspired, otherwise I can´t get any work done.
Ultimates... Ultimates..... :p

[ScottDMSimmons]

Supposedly even though you aren't able to send in submissions to the submissions editor at DC Comics, you are still able to send packages directly to the editors of books you'd be interested in doing.

Easily, Eliseu, I could see you doing work for DC on Supergirl, JSA, or JLA. I would send them the SilverSparrow work.

And again, I think you'd be a decent fit for the Ultimates, Ultimate FF, a Spidey title, or even New Avengers. How long has it been since you sent work to Marvel?

--Scott

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Scott. I like the titles you mentioned, though I´d probably enjoy doing any other one that dropped on my lap (I´m not picky when it comes to drawing. :p ).

I haven´t submitted things to the big three in years.
3-4 years, maybe more...
Back then, however, I would submit samples regularly.
Spent truckloads of cash photocopying pages and shipping the packages not only to them but to everyone else from Slave Labor Graphics to Crossgen.
And if there´s one thing I´ve learned is that mailing art samples to comicbook publishers is THE greatest waste of time and money.
Going to the cons in person and showing stuff there is the only way you can get the slightest chance of breaking in.

Which makes it kinda sucky when you live in the other side of the pond......

[Typo Lad]

Every time I check this thread it depresses me.

Why?

1) Because you're not working on a comic I read.

2) Because you're not working on a comic I write.

It's all very sad.

[Shade]

I just found this thread and cannot believe how amazing this work is. Why I am not seeing your work on a monthly title from someone is beyond my comprehension. Just stunning work.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Typo Lad.
Don´t be sad, though. Who knows what the fiuture might bring?

Thank you too, Shade, I really appreciate your words.

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[Eliseu Gouveia]

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[Typo Lad]

Stop Taunting And Post More!

[morphosiscomics]

AWESOME WORK!

Do you plan or have you published a book?

Cool stuff!

;)

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Typo Lad Well, I´m am uploading them as fast Ias I finish them.


morphosiscomics - Thanks. In the US I did the artwork for Image Comics´one shot Cloudburst, written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray.
I´m the artist for FC9´s Genie, written by Jim "Shadowhawk" Keplinger
I´m the artist for Moonstone Books´Vengeance of the Mummy, written by Justin Gray and I´m the artist for General Jinjur´s flagship title, Charlatan, soon to be released.



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[Typo Lad]

You know E, going over my filles, I think I just found the perfect comic for you to illustrate.

Not that you have the time or I the money.

Damnit.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

LOL

Hey, you can never tell how the table turns, we may find ourselves working on a project when we least expect :)

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[Tre Styles]

I am SO into this story right now. *hands on chin and sitting on the edge of my seat....* I hope Jessie will be okay. She's somehow been transported to "our" Earth right, and she's lost her powers? Gettin Chills.... :cool:

[ScottDMSimmons]

I absolutely LOVE the last three panels of the most recent page.

Very realistic characteristic detail on the girl.
Shadowy ominous look of the forewarning character.
Then a nice little reverse, showing him leave.
NICE NICE black and whites.

Any chance you could post this page again, without the word balloons?

--Scott

[Typo Lad]

LOL

Hey, you can never tell how the table turns, we may find ourselves working on a project when we least expect :)

Oh that would rockl wouldn't it?

Want me to PM you a link to the story to read in your boredom one day?

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Hi, guys,

thanks for your posts :)

Tres Styles - Thanks, I´m sure Jessie will be fine, the surgery went well and now she just need to get her wings working again :)

ScottDMSimmons - Thanks, Scott, I´m gonna upload that page 7 without the baloons a.s.a.p.. Really glad you´ve liked the sequential there, a couple years ago I would pull my hair out at any "talking heads" sequence I stumbled into, but over time I started finding that just two people talking in a sequence/page doesn´t necessarily have to be a snore if you work into trying to make it interesting.

Typo Lad - Well, right now, between Silversparrow and my other gigs I barely have time to breathe but sure, I´ll take a look into it :)



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[ScottDMSimmons]

ScottDMSimmons - Thanks, Scott, I´m gonna upload that page 7 without the baloons a.s.a.p.

Excellent! Look forward to seeing it.

This is one of my favorite threads. I think your work is great.

--Scott

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Here it is, sorry for the delay :)

Page #7 (http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0681069201/artzeu/silverb07clear.jpg)


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[ScottDMSimmons]

Thanks, Eliseu, for the posting of the page without balloons. That's wonderful work.

I've recommended your thread a few times to students who like comics. I think seeing how various comics artists work helps them see different ways of staging scenes, and again I love how the blacks are put in to help make the page visually interesting.

--Scott

[Eliseu Gouveia]

Thanks, Scott, you´ve kinda got me at a loss for words now. :)

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