Steve Lieber

More naked people holding still while I stare at them.

steve — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:51:53 +0000

It’s such a pleasure to work from life. Here are three charcoal (and a bit of conte) drawings from this week.
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Life drawing at Hipbone.

steve — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:04:13 +0000

It’s always such a pleasure to put my comics and agency work aside and do a few hours of drawing a model from life. Here in Portland, we’re lucky enough to have Hipbone, a drop-in life-drawing studio. I went last night with Erika Moen and Tina Kim and had a great time. Here’s a few of the more finished drawings. (Fist click brings up a small image that you’ll have to click again to make bigger. I need to figure out the new wordpress gallery interface.)

Off to Algeria

steve — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 01:21:39 +0000

Sunday morning I’m off to the city of Algiers in (where else?) Algeria, where I’ll be a featured guest at FIBDA: the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d’Alger . I don’t know how regularly I’ll be able to get online, but I’ll do my best to post notes, observations, and anecdotes to my twitter and google plus pages. I’m also hoping to not make a stellar gathering of international comics talent think I’m a total dink. We’ll see how it goes!

Birthday today.

steve — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:35:34 +0000

I’m 44 and I’m happier than I ever expected to be. I love my wife, my job, my studio/substitute family, and my city.

I don’t want any presents. The best thing I could get for today is a whole bunch of new readers. If you haven’t picked it up yet, go download my comic Underground for free and read it. Pass it along if you like it!

Thunderbolts/ Luke Cage pinup for Periscope’s weekly challenge

steve — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:56:41 +0000

Periscope Studio has started up a weekly(?) art challenge on our tumblr site. This week is sketches of Marvel Comics’ Thunderbolts in its current mode as written by Jeff Parker. I decided to go for a big shot of the group’s leader, Luke Cage, calmly explaining something to a robot. Click the image to embiggenize.

The original art is available at the Periscope Etsy store.

Pin-up for Poison the Cure.

steve — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:04:26 +0000

Portland’s Alex Cahill and Jad Ziade have a new issue of Poison the Cure coming out soon. Here’s a pin-up I’ve drawn for them of their character Miguel in his dream-state Aztec-warrior aspect.

New Avengers cover for the Hero Initiative.

steve — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:34:29 +0000

Here’s my contribution for the latest Hero Initiative charity auction. You can see great pieces by lots of other artists at The Hero Initiative’s New Avengers 100 page.

Thank you Portland Opera!

steve — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:44:38 +0000

I was one of the many local cartoonists lucky enough to attend the dress rehearsal of Portland Opera and Body Vox Dance Company‘s staging of Pagliacci and Carmina Burana. There are a ton of great sketches online already: Erika Moen, Ron Chan, Natalie Nourigat, and Mike Russell. Lots more coming, too. Watch twitter for the #pdxoperacomics tag.

The night was spectacular, starting with appetizers at Mortons and a fascinating tour backstage. I loved both shows, and the transition between the two was beautifully handled. I doodled all through the performances, but didn’t produce much worth showing. I’d brought tinted charcoal paper thinking I could do some nifty things picking out highlights with white conte, but the combination of a dark room and low contrast paper made it virtually impossible to see what I was doing. One sketch came out okay, the rest, ehhh.

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My drawing for Wonder Woman Day 2010

steve — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:27:23 +0000

I’m contributing to Wonder Woman Day 2010 an all-ages benefit and celebration for domestic violence programs, including Bradley Angle and others. They always get a ton of terrific art, and they’ll be selling the originals by silent auction. Here’s mine!

Thor sketch.

steve — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:25:53 +0000

Sketch of Marvel Comics’ Thor in his original Jack Kirby costume, drawn mostly in airports across these great United States. The original is available for sale in Periscope’s Etsy store.

Thor, drawn in ink and wash by Steve Lieber. Thor is (c) Marvel Comics