danger girl campbell sketchbook
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J. Scott Campbell (w & a & c) A striking collection of sketches, preliminaries, layouts and designs by comics superstar, J. Scott Campbell. For an added bonus, a super-cool flipbook runs the length of the sketchbook, featuring a sexy Danger Girl shimmying and shaking! It’s sure to keep you flipping pages! HC • PC • $19.99 • 64 Pages • 8” x 12” • ISBN: 978-1-60010-921-8TRANSCRIPT
J. S
cott C
am
pbeLl's
Sketchbook
J. S
cott C
am
pbeLl's
Sketchbook
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DANGER GIRL SKETCHBOOK. JUNE 2011. FIRST PRINTING. Danger Girl © 2011 J. Scott Campbell. AllRights Reserved. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 SantaFe St., San Diego, CA 92109. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With theexception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprintedwithout the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea.IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.
Ted Adams, CEO & PublisherGreg Goldstein, Chief Operating OfficerRobbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic ArtistChris Ryall, Chief Creative Officer/Editor-in-ChiefMatthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial OfficerAlan Payne, VP of Sales
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danger g
irl S
ketchbookintroduction
Photo by Greg Preston
First off
, let me
thank yo
u for
buying a
$20.00
book fu
ll of my
leftove
r Crap!
Heh heh,
just ki
dding. Ac
tually, t
his coll
ection o
f sketch
es and
drawings
has tur
ned out
to be s
omethin
g that I
am very
proud o
f.
You see,
during t
he past
few yea
rs, much
of the
art I've
produc
ed
for Dan
ger Gir
l, such
as chara
cter con
cept dra
wings, to
y design
s,
video ga
me illust
rations
, and jus
t plain o
ld sketc
hing, has
, for th
e
most pa
rt, eithe
r never
been pub
l ished o
r only r
arely se
en. Iron
ically,
many of
these dr
awings a
re some
of my a
bsolute
favorite
s.
I've b
een for
tunate t
o have w
orked w
ith some
of the
most
talented
inkers a
nd colo
rists in
the busi
ness, but
sketchi
ng,
creating
new cha
racters,
experim
enting w
ith my ow
n style,
as
well as o
ther illu
stration
mediums
, has alw
ays been
the mos
t
exciting
part of
drawing
to me. T
his book
repREse
nts a Ra
re
oPport
unity fo
r me to
show oF
f some o
f my pen
cil ing an
d
iLlustrat
ion wor
k witho
ut the f
iltering o
f a coLla
borator
. And Whil
e
drawing s
equenti
al comic
book wo
rk is tr
emendou
sly rew
arding, i
t
involves
a discip
l ine, a r
igidness
that jus
t doesn'
t exist w
hen you
're
drawing s
pontane
ously in
a sketch
book. Y
ou can c
hange yo
ur own
rules, le
ave a dr
awing un
finished
if you wa
nt to, a
void bac
kgroun
ds
or even
complet
ely chan
ge your
style f
rom pag
e to pag
e.
Hope
fuLly th
at's wha
t you'll
see thr
oughou
t this bo
ok. Noth
ing
else insp
ires me
to draw
as much
as anoth
er artis
t's sketc
h
book. To
see the
ir experi
ments, th
eir fl irt
ations w
ith varyi
ng
styles, e
ven the
possibil
ity of an
iLlustra
tion goi
ng in a d
ozen
DiFferen
t directi
ons. Loo
king at t
hese dra
wings in
their ra
west and
simplest
forms h
as alway
s taugh
t me so
much, and
encour
aged me
to pick
up a pen
cil and d
raw.
Laying
out this
book, I'
ve been
reminded
of just
how
much fun
it was s
itting do
wn and d
rawing a
ll these
bits and
pieces o
ver the
last fou
r years
or so. I
hope th
at some
aspiring
artist o
ut there
comes a
way
from th
is book w
ith their
own cre
ative urg
e spark
ed
to pick
up a pen
cil and c
reate so
mething c
ool.
First off
, let me
thank yo
u for
buying a
$20.00
book fu
ll of my
leftove
r Crap!
Heh heh,
just ki
dding. Ac
tually, t
his coll
ection o
f sketch
es and
drawings
has tur
ned out
to be s
omethin
g that I
am very
proud o
f.
You see,
during t
he past
few yea
rs, much
of the
art I've
produc
ed
for Dan
ger Gir
l, such
as chara
cter con
cept dra
wings, to
y design
s,
video ga
me illust
rations
, and jus
t plain o
ld sketc
hing, has
, for th
e
most pa
rt, eithe
r never
been pub
l ished o
r only r
arely se
en. Iron
ically,
many of
these dr
awings a
re some
of my a
bsolute
favorite
s.
I've b
een for
tunate t
o have w
orked w
ith some
of the
most
talented
inkers a
nd colo
rists in
the busi
ness, but
sketchi
ng,
creating
new cha
racters,
experim
enting w
ith my ow
n style,
as
well as o
ther illu
stration
mediums
, has alw
ays been
the mos
t
exciting
part of
drawing
to me. T
his book
repREse
nts a Ra
re
oPport
unity fo
r me to
show oF
f some o
f my pen
cil ing an
d
iLlustrat
ion wor
k witho
ut the f
iltering o
f a coLla
borator
. And Whil
e
drawing s
equenti
al comic
book wo
rk is tr
emendou
sly rew
arding, i
t
involves
a discip
l ine, a r
igidness
that jus
t doesn'
t exist w
hen you
're
drawing s
pontane
ously in
a sketch
book. Y
ou can c
hange yo
ur own
rules, le
ave a dr
awing un
finished
if you wa
nt to, a
void bac
kgroun
ds
or even
complet
ely chan
ge your
style f
rom pag
e to pag
e.
Hope
fuLly th
at's wha
t you'll
see thr
oughou
t this bo
ok. Noth
ing
else insp
ires me
to draw
as much
as anoth
er artis
t's sketc
h
book. To
see the
ir experi
ments, th
eir fl irt
ations w
ith varyi
ng
styles, e
ven the
possibil
ity of an
iLlustra
tion goi
ng in a d
ozen
DiFferen
t directi
ons. Loo
king at t
hese dra
wings in
their ra
west and
simplest
forms h
as alway
s taugh
t me so
much, and
encour
aged me
to pick
up a pen
cil and d
raw.
Laying
out this
book, I'
ve been
reminded
of just
how
much fun
it was s
itting do
wn and d
rawing a
ll these
bits and
pieces o
ver the
last fou
r years
or so. I
hope th
at some
aspiring
artist o
ut there
comes a
way
from th
is book w
ith their
own cre
ative urg
e spark
ed
to pick
up a pen
cil and c
reate so
mething c
ool.
danger g
irl S
ketchbook
origins
This secti
on
of the
sketchb
ook is d
evoted
to my ini
tial con
cept
drawings
and the
actual
creation
of Dang
er Girl .
on these
pages, Y
ou can
see som
e of the
very
rough e
arly idea
s for
members
of the D
anger
Girl tea
m. I thin
k at one
point th
e team w
as
going to
be comp
rised
of six girl
s but we
decided
that it
was
probabl
y TOO “S
pice
Girls!"
This secti
on
of the
sketchb
ook is d
evoted
to my ini
tial con
cept
drawings
and the
actual
creation
of Dang
er Girl .
on these
pages, Y
ou can
see som
e of the
very
rough e
arly idea
s for
members
of the D
anger
Girl tea
m. I thin
k at one
point th
e team w
as
going to
be comp
rised
of six girl
s but we
decided
that it
was
probabl
y TOO “S
pice
Girls!"
danger g
irl S
ketchbookAbbey Chase
danger g
irl S
ketchbook
natal ia
Inthis
spread
you can
see
how the
process
of
designin
g Danger
Girls
Natal ia
Kassle
, Sydney
Savage a
nd of co
urse
Valerie
came to
be.
Notice t
he “Cow
Girl"
look th
at never
quite
gelled w
ith any
of the f
inal
characte
rs.
Inthis
spread
you can
see
how the
process
of
designin
g Danger
Girls
Natal ia
Kassle
, Sydney
Savage a
nd of co
urse
Valerie
came to
be.
Notice t
he “Cow
Girl"
look th
at never
quite
gelled w
ith any
of the f
inal
characte
rs.
danger g
irl S
ketchbook
Sydney • valerie
danger g
irl S
ketchbook
johnny barracuda • agent o
Here
you can
see som
e of
the very
early d
rawings
of the s
upport
ing Male
cast of
heroes in
Danger
Girl, John
ny Barr
acuda,
Secret
Agent Ze
ro and
Deuce.
Here
you can
see som
e of
the very
early d
rawings
of the s
upport
ing Male
cast of
heroes in
Danger
Girl, John
ny Barr
acuda,
Secret
Agent Ze
ro and
Deuce.
danger g
irl S
ketchbookdeuce • valerie
Amor
e recent
,
and som
ewhat
“real ist
ic"
looking
drawing
of junio
r DG Val
.
This is a
favorite
drawing o
f mine!
Amor
e recent
,
and som
ewhat
“real ist
ic"
looking
drawing
of junio
r DG Val
.
This is a
favorite
drawing o
f mine!
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