Friday, July 08, 2005

Iron Chef Jim Lee


Iron Chef Jim Lee
Originally uploaded by Gelatomettista.
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Wolverine and Wonder Woman gutting a Sentinel. Here is a larger scan.

43 comments:

David Au said...

I vote for Mr. Jim. So dynamic. An Inspiration as usual. Jeff, awesome work as well; it was a tough choice.

Bill Nolan said...

This one edges out the other, in my mind, because of the clearer image of the Sentinel. Wonder Woman was not prominent enough in either, tho'...

angryf said...

got go with this one, it was a hard choice but the wonder woman made the difference for me

Jon Roscetti said...

Sweet! Tough choice but I gotta go with Jim's only because you can see the Sentinel. Man, do I love the energy of the ink work here.

John said...

Yeah gotta vote for Jim's on this one. More dynamic and you can actually tell they are tearing through a sentinel.

Gabe_Eltaeb said...

Jim gets my vote. But Campbell ALMOST goy my vote with the look on his wolvie's face.

Awesome guys!

Devin Shah said...

jim, you are the master at wolverine, i would love to see you back on the x-men, or maybe the ultimates, any chance?

Unknown said...

You won it hands down. The Sentinel was the deciding piece for me before I even saw both pics. It was in the description of the art and to me it came down to who drew what was agreed on.

Jeff's piece could be Wolvie and WW running through a Colon for all the detail there is. And his Wonder Woman looks pretty weak.

I like how your Wonder Woman hog tied the Sentinel. Jeff's piece of just holding open a whole for Wolverine could have been replaced with nearly anyone. Yours was a destinctly Wonder Woman power being used.

Nice job!

Unknown said...

this one because you can see the Sentinel

this is a genius idea of a competition does this happen anywhere else it's awesome

foti said...

I 2 lavori sono pieni d' azione però preferisco questo.

La faccia incazzata di Wonder Woman è perfetta.. e poi mi mancava un Wolverine stile Jim Lee!

Grande!

/Simone

Craywulf said...

If I can be critical here I have to say the claws do not look right, I like the way Campbell illustrated the claws, but Overall I think your work here looks more finished and we can see the sentinel face and large hand. So the positioning seems clearer.

You've got my vote Jim, keep up the great work and I hope the All Star project goes well for you.

Jason said...

Both sketches came out great, but I love Jim's Wonder Woman.

G said...

I could try to blather on some, but this piece is just more my tastes. And holy crap, I can't believe this was done in one hour. Molto benni, Jim; bravi!

-- Jonathan

Unknown said...

no doubt about it, jim took this challenge to heart. great layouts with the sentinel peaking in the foreground. no doubt a great piece for the auction.

congratulations to both and thatnks for putting in an hour that will go along way for CBLDF.

thanks to JSC for taking the time to join the contest. you're the one that finally got jim to put pencil & inks to paper so i am eternally grateful!

DADICUS said...

Yeah so I'd say if anything Jim, is known for his blistering speed at drawing these amazing pin-ups. with that I have to say "WOW" I've seen Jim draw tons of sketches for people at Cons that are beautiful and this is just AMAZING! I am really floored by how much he did in this pic in a full hour he can really pack a wall'op in ten min' but look what he can do in an hour!!!!!!!!!!! Hail to tha' king BABY!

P.S. I love JCS pic too but had to vote for this beautiful pic!

Peter said...

my vote goes to jim... i like the balance of negative space better

mic? said...

I'm in awe w/ both pieces, but I'll have to give it up to the mentor, Jim effin' Lee.

Both Wolverine's kick surrious culo, so ultimately it came down to the better Wonder Woman and which looked more intuitive in that a Sentinel's gettin' torn apart.

My mind is numb right now. I can't believe Jim Lee just battled J. Scott Campbell. :O The best o' the best!!

Peace...

Grant Gould said...

This was by far the toughest Iron Chef competition yet. Awesome AWESOME job by both artists.

That said..

I gotta give my vote to Jim Lee. Jim's the master when it comes to drawing Wolvie. And while I love the dynamic layout of Campbell's pic, Jim Lee gets props for showing us the Sentinel.

raph said...

great stuff, but i gotta go with jim lee's. love the sentinel in the corner getting rocked, campbell's is great, but there's no sentinel there, and jim's looks a little more finished.

so great, i love it when you guys do this stuff, definitely my favorite challenge since the first between ale and francis

Nick Ellis said...

My vote goes to Jim, for two reasons, Wonder Woman and the Sentinel.

Both of you did brilliant Wolvie's, I prefered Jim's meatier WW and if I didn't know the theme I wouldn't know Jeff's pair were going after a Sentinel.

Still, damn hard choice, damn good drawings and I hope you guys get a good showing for the auction.

-n/e

Brendan said...

While I loved Campbell's idea of having Wolvie and Wonder Woman busting out of the Sentinel, for the overall artwork I have to go with Jimm Lee.

Gavin said...

Wow Jim.You never cease to amaze, man. Hope to be half your talent someday. Can't wait for All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder. You got my vote on this one man. Great, great, work.

Ron Lim said...

Gotta go with Jim on this one.

Vita Is said...

Defenitly Jim. I always adore Campbell's works but this one, Wolvie look more slashin and rules the drawing with w.w. Way to go, Jim.

Bert said...

I vote the Jim.

Vince said...

Althought I am a great fan of J. Scott 's work , I go with Jim on this piece !
I think I'm gonna bid at the auction , at least it will help the CBLDF !

Vittorio Giorgi said...

Jim gets my vote!His works seems to me more "complete".

Digital Joey said...

I gotta echo other comments by saying the Sentinel is much clearer in your piece Jim. Nice work by you and Jeff.

Requius said...

Gotta hand it to J.Scott for being such a good sport about this,
but my vote goes to Jim without question.

I'd like to see a Lee/Portacio showdown.

brian. said...

Jim Lee, hands down. Wow...that is amazing.

AnimatorArtist said...

I would go with Jim, very dynamic.
With the sentinel there is a feeling ofmore tension

brett.andrew.miotti. said...

i vote for jim lee. but i agree both wolvies looked badass. jim's was a slightly better wolverine and i think he captured the topic best.

Unknown said...

No contest. I'm with Mr. Lee.

spinkick said...

Jim gets my vote... but I gotta say Jeff's wolverine rocks. For me, Jim's ink job scored some points, actually showing the sentinel is a plus, and Jeff's wonder woman looks a little weak when compared to Jim's. Excellent work by both artists.

Jacob said...

I'm at awe with what Jim Lee can do in an hour. I love both pieces though, but I feel Jim's piece is stronger. I think had the contest had an extended time frame and featured finalized art renditions (although Jim pretty much finished his) maybe the tally might be close. Again, I think Campbell did a marvelous job, in the big picture it's not about speed, or who's better, or whatever. Just excellent pieces by great talent doing a wonderful thing for charity.
I look forward to more contests such as these.
Well done.

Curtis Donnohue said...

While I had been a JSC fan for year and years, I've gotta hand it to Jimbo simply because... well... there's a Sentinel in this one. Jim not only did the job, but he made it more pulchritudinous that our wildest expectations could have taken it. Bravo, mister Lee. Bravo.

Yano said...

Umm, I accidentally voted on the flickr site. But here's what I wrote there:

"Jeff's is great, but I love Jim's because I can feel the action better, I can see the sentinel getting gutted whereas Jeff's feels more like the sentinel is about to be gutted."

Paolo said...
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Paolo said...

going for jim!
It's a pity there isn't the sentinel in Jeff'one..

But Jim, you have to admict that that wolverine pose is really abused (maybe because it works soo good?)

Cia!

GR3GT said...

My vote goes to Jim. I a big fan of Jeff’s work also, but the composition and dynamics of Jim’s piece with the Sentinel are just awesome.

The real winner here is the CBLDF. I commend both artists for taking their time to create these stunning works for charity.

Great job, guys.

-Greg Tumbarello

Unknown said...

My vote goes to Jim's piece.

Both Wolverines are great, both Wonder Women are a little weak, so it's the Sentinel that's the tie-breaker, and Jim's wins it.

Super Edco said...

I like the sparkley eye and machine mouth, and the big ol' hand. Dare I say the sentinel steals it from even Wolvie and WW?

stuff99 said...

a bit late but I vote for Jim's piece...