Conflict in the Hall of Justice

I took the original DC Comics Kevin Maguire/Terry Austin artwork from 1987's Justice League no.5 comic book art and extended it out into a larger scene.

[Workflow: I used Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) to create my draft work items, and then progressed to the final image with further prompts.  Final clean-ups and alterations within Affinity Photo.]

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Guy Gardner ready to attack Batman!

source image by Maguire/Austin

layout drafting

testing colors

more refined colors

The Wizard of Oz #4 - Pulp Fiction Comics Exclusive Variant Cover

I've created an imaginary variant comic book cover for IDW Publishing this time. Inspired by the original 1957 Classics Illustrated Junior #535 - The Wizard of Oz, painted by Dik Browne.

[Workflow: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) prompts for base pieces. Affinity Photo collaged components, logo, issue headers, designed the barcode, layering FX, sunflare, and shadows, and inserted creator credits. Additionally, I used Topaz Gigapixel to upscale various elements of the image flow as needed.]

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final trade dressed cover art for IDW 

virgin cover art

working photo layers

new Oz logo

Dik Browne's 1957 Oz cover

initial sketch

color testing sketch

new modern CIJ logo

Grandmother Clutching Her Pearls

My wife is always talking about needing a meme image of a grandmother clutching her pearls.  I took some time to run through Nano banana and feed it sample art, to make what I wanted.   I then cleaned them up in Affinity Photo, fixing AI glitches as required.

Some of the mimicked art styles are spot-on; others are a poor derivative.

Enjoy!

Powerpuff Girls style (sort of)

Jay Stephens' art style

MAD Magazine art style

The Simpsons' art style

South Park art style

Ugly Americans' art style

Generic 1970s cartoon style

Adventure Time art style

Basic modern animation style

Chibi style

Disney Alice in Wonderland art style

Peanuts style aka Charles M. Schulz

Sabrina the Witch 1970s cartoon style

Scooby Doo cartoon art style

Generic Eskimo grandmother

Wendy the Witch 1970s cartoon style

1950s Romance Comic Book art style

Hanna-Barbera art style (sort of)

Archer TV series art style

Archie Comics art style

Bob's Burgers art style

Darkwing Duck art style

Fat Albert cartoon art style

The Flintstones' cartoon style

Francisco Ibáñez art style

Hayao Miyazaki art style

Hermelinda 1980s art style (sort of)

Kilowog modern art homage in the style of Keith Haring

Kilowog in the style of 1980s modern art, inspired by the original Keith Haring 'Untitled' 1984 art piece.

[Workflow: I fed several of Keith's artworks into Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) to create multiple base samples. I then imported these into Affinity Photo, where I began collaging various components. Cleaned up many issues created during image overlays, halftoned it, and I also used Topaz Gigapixel to upscale some elements of the image flow as needed.]

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Justice League #41 - ComicBase Exclusive 'JL#1 Maguire Homage' Cover by TrUzApalOOza

I've created another imaginary DC Comics variant comic book cover.  Inspired by the original Kevin Maguire/Terry Austin artwork from 1987's Justice League no.1 comic book art.   

[Workflow: I sourced images from various DC comic book covers and fed them into Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) to create multiple base pieces. I then imported these into Affinity Photo, where I began collaging various components. I then finalized the "versus Toyman" logo, adjusted the layout of the blank sketch cover, designed the barcode, and inserted patriotic-hued creator credits. Additionally, I used Topaz Gigapixel to upscale various elements of the image flow as needed.]

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