deviant art





Login
Join deviantART for FREE Take the Tour Lost Password?
Deviant Login
Buy Art Buy deviantWEAR Buy adCast Buy Premium Upgrade
Shop
 Join deviantART for FREE Take the Tour
:iconratkins:

*ratkins

Robert Q. Atkins
View Badges!
+WatchSend a NoteGive
ProfileGalleryPrintsFavouritesJournal
About Me Deviant Artist Premium Member ratkinsMale/United States Groups group avatar #ComicBookPros
Professional Artists Unite! Recent Activity
Deviant for 9 Years
10 Month Premium Membership
 Statistics 608 Deviations 2,237 Comments 110,333 Pageviews

Storm Shadow Cover to Snake Eyes 10

SnakeEyes #10 on shelves now. Cover process info on my blog!
NEW sketches updated DAILY!!!
[link]
Often I talk about process and give behind the scenes info on the art I do.

Art Book 2010

20 Comments
My new artbook is available to order!!! Just send me a note for the details.

What property do you most want me to make a full theme week on my daily sketch blog 

32%
108 deviants said Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
29%
98 deviants said Teen Titans
21%
71 deviants said Spider-man and villains
11%
36 deviants said Halo
8%
29 deviants said Green Lanterns
34 comments, Previous Polls

Watchers

:icon03081115:
~03081115:icon05rdgz:
~05rdgz:icon0leth0:
~0Leth0:icon127thlegion:
~127thlegion:icon13art13:
~13art13:icon1xander3:
~1xander3:icon218kavi:
~218kavi:icon21gramos:
~21gramos:icon22220:
~22220:icon23narutofan1:
~23narutofan1:icon24kevin:
~24Kevin:icon27poker:
~27poker:icon2e4:
=2e4:icon2pope:
~2POPE:icon3113-studios:
~3113-studios:icon31charlie:
~31charlie:icon3nrique:
~3nrique:icon3pu:
*3PU:icon3rdmillhouse:
~3rdMillhouse:icon3xlt:
~3XLT
All Watchers

Making Comics Podcast with iFanboy

:iconratkins:

I just did a quick 20 min. podcast with Josh Flanagan over at iFanboy about what to put in your portfolio and talked about the Comics Experience class I'm teaching. The class starts up in just 2 weeks, check it out!


here's the link to the podcast:

[link]


And here's a link to know more about the Intro to Comic Art class! If you're wanting to break into comics, this class provides a LOT of info about the basic foundational rules of storytelling. I pull from what I was taught from my MFA in Sequential Art at the Savannah College of Art and Design, as well as my 7 years of experience working in the industry to provide you with insight and instruction!

[link]

I talk more about the specifics of the course in this blog post over at the Comics Experience:


[link]

And here's a write up by a student who took the Intro class:

[link]
4 Comments
  • Listening to: Honor Harrington Audio book series
  • Reading: An X-Men Omnibus you could kill someone with
  • Watching: Legend of Korra: Avatar
  • Playing: With He-Man Action figures
  • Eating: Powerbar!!mmmm.
  • Drinking: back on the Dew...what can I say,...
Making Comics Podcast with iFanboy April 11 4 Comments No Favourites
More Journal Entries

Twitter

Twitter is a free social messaging utility for staying connected in real-time.

JavaScript is required for this module to display correctly.

robertatkinsart on twitter

Friends

:iconthejeremydale: :iconmcornelius: :iconwordmongerer: :iconpencilsandstrings: :iconjoejusko: :iconpaulrenaud: :iconpansica: :iconnoelrodriguez: :iconspacefriend-krunk: :icondavidmarquez: :iconalexpascenko: :icondexstar71: :iconomar-dogan: :iconsinccolor: :iconandrew-robinson: :iconeddybarrows: :iconspidermanfan2099: :iconjohnrauch: :iconjimlee00: :iconthegregcapullo:
All Friends

Comments


:icon:
Add a Comment:
 
Preview   Add Comment
:iconwebwarlock:
~WebWarlock 6 days ago
Great work!

Do you still do commissions? How much do you charge?
Reply
:iconratkins:
*ratkins 5 days ago
Shoot me a note and I can give you details if you're interested. They are in the $200-$300 range.

--
"Why do I always feel like a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest?"

www.robertatkinsart.com
www.tsunami-studios.com
Reply
:iconpojo13:
~pojo13 May 17, 2012
Your work is brilliant, been a watcher for a while now, can't understand why I haven't faved more of you work before, weird!
Reply
:icongothiczartan:
~Gothiczartan May 13, 2012
great art work you did for gi joe comic books idw. would it be possible you add characters for the future issues of gijoe idw?

blowtorch based on the 25th anniversary line/toy package art
quick kick based on the figure from pursuit of cobra
ace based on figure with skystriker jet NOT the 1983 version
sci-fi based on 30th anniversary line
airtight based on renegade package art and figure
updraft
gears power fighter operator
double blast
whiteout
law and order based on renegade version of action figure
techno-viper based on 30th anniversary figure
zombie-viper
payload
dusty based on pursuit of cobra line
Reply
:iconjbyrd117:
~jbyrd117 May 13, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Do you ever have those days where for the life of you, you can't seem to draw well? What do you do when that happens?
Reply
:iconratkins:
*ratkins May 13, 2012
Do script layouts, invoice, get reference compiled for the next issue, mail out artwork, get supplies, read a comic or two then give it another go. There's plenty of things to do that aren't creative that still need done for me to be a freelance artist. I do my best to take advantage of those times when I am creative to do the most work possible. On those days that I'm not feeling it, I do all the other crap.

But if you're under deadline and you're not feeling it...too bad. you just draw, that's part of it being a job instead of a hobby. Even if you're not in the mood, if you're a professional, you do the work.

--
"Why do I always feel like a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest?"

www.robertatkinsart.com
www.tsunami-studios.com
Reply
:iconmrsbonitaprime:
*MrsBonitaPrime May 12, 2012   Digital Artist
Love your art. ^^

--
I'm absolutely deeply passionately IN LOVE with you Optimus,
He is my true love, my everything for he is the most bravest, heroic, smart and very devoted to what he believes in. I will forever love you Optimus Prime.

[My RP Account *AutobotCauseway]
Reply
:iconjtdixon:
~JTDixon May 12, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Robert,

Check my page to see an inking of your Wonder Woman sketch. I hope I did your art work justice!

John Dixon

--
God Bless!

JTDixon
NB, NC
Reply
:iconc-weaponx:
~C-WeaponX May 9, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
hey dude nice work as always... I wanted to ask which issues for gi joe did u do? and what year?
Because i want to get them!

Thanks dude

--
Thanks now save the world!

Look at the DC vs MK picture: [link]
Reply
:iconratkins:
*ratkins May 12, 2012
I launched the series when IDW picked it up in 2009. I did issues 1-6, 13-17, and 23-27 of the first volume. That's trades 1,3, and 5. Then I launchedt the Snake Eyes series with issues 1-4, and Im back on now with issues 13-16. 13 comes out May 23rd!

Thanks,!

--
"Why do I always feel like a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest?"

www.robertatkinsart.com
www.tsunami-studios.com
Reply
:icon:
Add a Comment:
 
Preview   Add Comment