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Jason

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About Me

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You can check out more of my work @ Sprinter.deviantart.com

My name is Jason Shoemaker
http://www.geocities.com/sprinterco1990/
I've been interested in comic books since the mid 1980's and have been an aspiring comicbook penciller and writer/creator ever since. (I've tried inking, but, it doesn't seem to be my thing :/ ).
As you can see, I've also recently discovered sketch cards (trading card sized original artwork), and have attempted a few for myself (See: here ). I recently contributed a few cards for Blue Line Pro's Sketch Card Gallery Exhibit and Charity Auction (Proceeds going to the American Cancer Society). My pieces closed 3/15 and brought in $29, and, there are still a quite a few active auctions. :)
My influences include Jim Lee/ Scott Williams, Alex Ross, Adam Hughes, Drew Struzan, and Dave Dorman, among others.

Some of my favorite sites:

My Interests


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I've been drawing for as long as I can remember, I've collected Star Wars stuff since '78/79, and I've collected comic books since the early '80's. I also collect (and from time to time, customize) action figures

Related Links:
Comicspace
DeviantArt

Music:


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Beatles, John Williams Soundtracks, Monkees, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Barenaked Ladies, Outkast, Smashmouth, 50's, 60's, some 70's, 80's

Movies:


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The Star Wars Saga, Disney animated films, the Back to the Future Trilogy, the Indiana Jones Trilogy, Superman the Movie, Hard Days Night, Rumble in the Bronx (and other Jackie Chan movies), Terminator 1 & 2, Deep Impact, Unbreakable, Spider-Man 1 & 2, Liar Liar, Dumb and Dumber...

Television:

Smallville, Heroes, House, Justice League Unlimited (R.I.P :( ), Chuck Jones & Tex Avery cartoons, Family Guy, King of the Hill, Robot Chicken, The Simpsons, TVLand (shows like All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Andy Griffith, Carol Burnett, I Love Lucy, etc...), Bernie Mac, Conan O'Brien, George Lopez, In Living Color, Jimmy Kimmel Live, MadTV, Mr. Bean,...

Books:

Hmmm, last novel(s) I read might have been the Star Wars Zahn trilogy (Heir To the Empire,....); I liked those and Shadows of the Empire. I've also flipped through Tatooine Ghost and one of the post ROTS books, and I liked what I read. I mostly read comics, with Dark Horse's Star Wars titles and the X-Men at the top of my list. Oh yeah, also the collected Calvin and Hobbes strips, How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way, and Drawing Cutting Edge Comics ;) .

My Blog

Sketch Card Artist Spotlight: Jamie Snell

Over the last year, I've gotten to know quite a few artists who work on the sketch card inserts for various trading card sets. StarWars.com spotlights artists who have worked on the Star Wars and...
Posted by Jason on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:26:00 PST

Sketch Card Artist Spotlight: Sarah Wilkinson

Over the last year, I've gotten to know quite a few artists who work on the sketch card inserts for various trading card sets. StarWars.com spotlights artists who have worked on the Star Wars and...
Posted by Jason on Thu, 15 May 2008 01:48:00 PST

Sketch Card Artist Spotlight: Don Pedicini Jr.

Over the last year, I've gotten to know quite a few artists who work on the sketch card inserts for various trading card sets. StarWars.com spotlights artists who have worked on the Star Wars and...
Posted by Jason on Mon, 05 May 2008 12:48:00 PST

Sketch Card Artist Spotlight: Tess Fowler

Over the last year, I've gotten to know quite a few artists who work on the sketch card inserts for various trading card sets. StarWars.com spotlights artists who have worked on the Star Wars and...
Posted by Jason on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:39:00 PST

Sketch Card Artist Spotlight: Mark McHaley

Over the last year, I've gotten to know quite a few artists who work on the sketch card inserts for various trading card sets. StarWars.com spotlights artists who have worked on the Star Wars and...
Posted by Jason on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:10:00 PST

Sketch Card Artist Spotlight: Soni Alcorn-Hender

Over the last year, I've gotten to know quite a few artists who work on the sketch card inserts for various trading card sets. StarWars.com spotlights artists who have worked on the Star Wars and...
Posted by Jason on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:38:00 PST

Sketch Card Artist Spotlight: Kate Bradley

 Over the last year, I've gotten to know quite a few artists who work on the sketch card inserts for various trading card sets. StarWars.com spotlights artists who have worked on the Star Wars&nb...
Posted by Jason on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:51:00 PST

Sketch Card Gallery Exhibit and Charity Auction - Update

A little late, but, here’s a round up... The main auctions (including mine) ended last week, and went pretty well. It was fun the last day or so, as the last minute bids increased; The entire a...
Posted by Jason on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:43:00 PST

Sketch Card Artist Spotlight: Len Bellinger

Over the last year, I've gotten to know quite a few artists who work on the sketch card inserts for various trading card sets. StarWars.com spotlights artists who have worked on the Star Wars and...
Posted by Jason on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:20:00 PST

Sketch Card Artist Spotlight: Ingrid Hardy

Over the last year, I've gotten to know quite a few artists who work on the sketch card inserts for various trading card sets. StarWars.com spotlights artists who have worked on the Star Wars and...
Posted by Jason on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:46:00 PST