Scott DuBar Illustration

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  • Wonder Realtor, Part 3 | Nest Realty

    Wonder Realtor, Part 3 | Nest Realty

    Heather Griffith, Wonder Realtor part 3

    Wonder Realtor, Part 3 came out yesterday in this week’s C-ville. I decided to change things up a bit this time and went for a comic book cover approach. Given all the various powers being highlighted, there really wasn’t room to take a story based approach. All in all, I think it worked out really well and gives that feeling of a comic book packed with action and adventure that I was going for. Right now, there’s just one more ad to go. If Heather gets enough votes and wins Best Realtor, then I may get to do an additional Wonder Realtor ad. Keeping my fingers crossed!

    I’ve included below a gallery of all the little action scenes from the ad, along with a work in progress image, and a shot of the ad from this week’s C-ville.

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  • Wonder Realtor Part 2 | Nest Realty

    Wonder Realtor Part 2 | Nest Realty

    Wonder Realtor

     

    Here’s part two of a four-part ad series, The Adventures of Heather Griffith Wonder Realtor, for Nest Realty of Charlottesville. Heather’s in the running for Best Realtor in C-ville Weekly’s yearly Best of C-ville issue, and decided to do a whole series of fun comic book style ads while voting is taking place. (You can see part one here.)

     

    Wonder Realtor Part 2 by Scott DuBar
    Heather Griffith, Wonder Realtor Ad part 2 | Client: Nest Realty
  • Best of C-ville Ad | Nest Realty

    Best of C-ville Ad | Nest Realty

    Best of C-ville

     

    I was contacted recently by local Charlottesville business Nest Realty to do a series of comic book style ads for realtor Heather Griffith. Heather has had the honor of being nominated as Charlottesville’s best realtor in C-ville Weekly’s yearly Best of C-ville issue. Voting takes place this month, and to help inspire voters, Heather asked me to illustrate four comic book style ads highlighting the heroic lengths she goes to for her many happy clients. I have to say, this may be my favorite assignment I’ve gotten so far this year and I’m really looking forward to working on the next three ads!

     

    Best of C-ville

     

    Here’s a shot of the ad from the current issue of C-ville. It’s been awhile since I’ve illustrated or designed anything for a newspaper, and I’m so happy everything came out well. The colors are bright, and the text is sharp. Stay tuned for the further adventures of Heather Griffith, Wonder Realtor!

  • Wrong Planet

    Wrong Planet

    Wrong Planet Scott DuBar

     

     

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    A Charles Addams-style cartoon of a weary space traveler who unknowingly arrives at…The Wrong Planet! Wrong Planet was a single-page comic I did for a graphic novel class I took while attending VCU. I came across my rough pencils for this when I was organizing my art drawer a few weeks ago and thought it would be worth finishing up. I’m so glad I did! Not only was it a lot of fun, but I’m really happy with how it came out. Since most of the panels are more or less square, I went ahead and broke them up into individual images so I can post them as my first-ever Instagram comic. Below are images of the original pencils I did way back when, along with a recent progress shot of the inking done with a combination of brush and crow quill pen.

    Wrong Planet

     

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  • Supervillain Throwdown!

    Supervillain Throwdown!

    Webcomic Supervillain Throwdown cover art by illustrator Scott DuBar

    Webcomic Supervillain Throwdown page 1 by illustrator Scott DuBar

    Webcomic Supervillain Throwdown page 2 by illustrator Scott DuBar

    Webcomic Supervillain Throwdown page 3 by illustrator Scott DuBar

    Webcomic Supervillain Throwdown page 4 by illustrator Scott DuBar

    Recently, I was going through a drawer of old artwork when I happened across this four-page comic I did while taking a graphic novel class at VCU. We were told to create a super-villain with a defined set of powers/abilities. Once that was done, we were put into groups and had to come up with a story together where our characters fight. Even though we all worked on the story together, we were each left to make our own version and come up with our own dialogue. My character was The Mezmerizer, whose powers included disorienting people and projecting energy. I was always very fond of him, but never quite got around to using him for anything outside of this particular story. Overcompensation-Man was created by designer Matt Leahy, and Octo-Girl was created by illustrator Ally Hodges. Put it all together and you get webcomic Supervillain Throwdown!

    I originally drew and inked the pages for class, but we were not required to color them. It was always in the back of my mind to go ahead and add color, but between graduating and starting a career, it got lost in the shuffle. I’m glad I went back and did this- I had a lot of fun revisiting these characters. Who knows, if I dig a little deeper in my art drawer, I may find a few more comics that get the finishing up treatment.

  • Preview early draft of Kid Hercules

    Preview early draft of Kid Hercules

    Kid Hercules

    Kid Hercules was a personal project I started years ago that I’m finally getting back around to. Since then, I’ve made several refinements to how I draw the main characters, in addition to expanding the story to an epic, multi-part series. Pop over to KidHercules.com for a peek at the original first three pages, and stay tuned for further updates! www.kidhercules.com

  • Story Starters With YA Author Lamar Giles

    Story Starters With YA Author Lamar Giles

    Last weekend, I attended a local SCBWI event (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) in Richmond, Va. Among the three excellent panelists was YA author, and 2015 Edgar Award Nominee, Lamar Giles.
    Lamar did a super-fun Mad-Lib-style exercise with us called Story Starters, where he and the audience create a unique opening line by committee. Once the line’s created, the writers/illustrators in the audience have 15 minutes to write or sketch whatever that line inspires.
    The sentence we came up with was “Alice never wants to hurt anyone again, but the robots won’t end the experiment.”  Here’s what I came up with in 15 minutes:
    I liked the sketch so much, that I went ahead and did a more finished version at home:
    The cool part was that Lamar was pretty excited to share what everyone did on his blog, so I happily sent him both the sketch and the finished piece. Much to my surprise, not only did he post my images, but wrote up a pretty great review of my work as well. You check it out here: http://www.lrgiles.com/story-starters-scott-dubar-illustrator/ And for everyone interested YA fiction, definately check out Lamar’s books Fake ID, and Endangered.
  • New Web Site For Kid Hercules

    New Web Site For Kid Hercules

    Announcing the all-new, official Kid Hercules web site! Featuring daily drawings from my 365 challenge, a brief synopsis of my upcoming series, and a few action-packed illustrations of the world’s strongest kid in full, blazing color! Check out all the awesomeness at www.kidhercules.com.

  • Kid Hercules 365 Challenge Update

    Kid Hercules 365 Challenge Update

     

     

    Here’s just a few samples of my ongoing 365 challenge for a character I’m developing called Kid Hercules. I actually completed the challenge back in April, but have a pretty big backlog of images to upload. This has been such a great project and something that has helped improve my work in ways I never expected!

    You can follow my progress over at kidhercules365.blogspot.com and check out everything I’ve been able to post so far.

  • Comic Ground: Cartoons for Common Ground Magazine

    Comic Ground: Cartoons for Common Ground Magazine

    Healing Circle Closed | Client: Common Ground Magazine
    The Power of No | Client: Common Ground Magazine
    San Francisco’s Common Ground magazine is leading up to its 40th anniversary with an issue devoted to the importance of humor. Editor Rob Sidon, who knew me from my days doing comics and short animations for a meditation center in India, called me up to ask if I had anything on hand. Alas, I had none. But that didn’t stop me from putting pencil to paper.
    The first one, like most good humor, is actually based on a true event. The second one I did is a variation on an idea I had for a Grumpy Cat meme playing off Ekhart Tolle’s The Power of Now.
    You can check them both out, along with the whole issue, here: http://www.sopdigitaledition.com/commonground/#/20/