Dean Jarvis/Aspiring Comic Book Artist

05/06/2025

Redo of a comic book cover I created way back in 1995 when I was living in NYC. It’s number 2 of 2 I created for an independent publisher. No pay, just… …glory (I mean it was published).

Guess who the guy with the gun was modeled after?

So here’s the cover of issue No. 2 beside the cover of issue No. 1. For some reason I didn’t sign either illustration for publication. Or later. Curious.

01/04/2025

Noticed I had a post up of the Hulk in color, which is framed and hanging on my wall. However, I meant to post it alongside the pencil version of the same illustration. Both are hanging side by side in my apartment. A sort of before and after.

06/12/2024

Buy me!

Hulk in color, framed and hung on the wall.

05/07/2024

Take a look.

05/07/2024

Im thinking about writing a book about my mother. Maybe a graphic novel. There’s a lot of things I suspect in her history, and background before “me”. Anyway, anyone who knew my mother, Darcie Jean Rowe Jarvis born June 8, 1942 in Claiborne County, tazewel, TN back in the day especially before 1962, specifically before April 5, 1962. I’d love to talk to you. Maybe you can help me fill In the blanks that parents always seem to leave lying around. You can reach me here. 😀@

02/08/2024

Hello, my web site (larryjarvis.com) has now been updated to focus on my comic book illustration portraits of some of my favorite comic book characters. Anyone interested can still see my design/ art direction work on several of the social media sites listed at the bottom. Check it out if you get a chance.

I specialize in portraits of popular comic book characters. This page contains examples of my work. If you're interested in purchasing artwork found on this website, please contact me via email at [email protected]. To commission artwork, please contact me at (865) 235-1089.

01/08/2024

Framed 2!

01/08/2024

Framed!

01/08/2024

Digitally inking a cover sketch I did back in 1995 while I lived in New York City. I know I did an inked version back then however that piece and the printed result has been lost. But this is good way to practice digital using my Apple pen, iPad and Adobe Fresco. The other image is the inked version of the 1st issue of same book.

12/10/2023

Well my ink jet printer died today, which means my scanner also bit the dust. That means producing my artwork becomes a little harder. I have been drawing sketches old school style on Bristol board to map out my illustrations and then scanning them into Adobe Fresco to create my final digital drawings. I used Photoshop to add any special effects I wanted. That made printing out any requests or commissions on photo paper.

It’s a fast and simple process that produces high end images. I’ll have to go back to the “take a photo” of my sketches and then importing them. It takes longer because I have to fix bad lighting and bad angles.

Painful.

Unfortunately a new printer is out of reach.

Oh, well, att least I’m still able to use my right arm and draw. 😎

05/25/2023

Asking all those who follow my page Dean Jarvis/Aspiring Comic Book Artist to leave a review of it and my illustration work. Or recommend my page to your friends. Hey its entertaining.

Of course that is if you like my work..

05/25/2023

Okay, pencil drawing of The Invisible Woman from The Fantastic Four. I forgot about it and its not very dynamic but its better than I remember so Im posting it.