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.

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ISBN: 978-1-60010-921-8 14 13 12 11 1 2 3 4

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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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