“Elementary: The Many Faces Of Sherlock Homes” Art Show By Lin Workman

October 15-31, 2010
Theatre Memphis lobby area
In tandem with the play “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure”

Also I have so upcoming releases from DC Comics that are either available for pre-order or will be on-sale soon. Check ‘em out at your local Comic Book Store:

AVAILABLE October 20th- Brightest Day #12

Written by GEOFF JOHNS and PETER J. TOMASI; Art by IVAN REIS, PAT GLEASON ARDIAN SYAF, SCOTT CLARK , JOE PRADO and DAVE BEATY; Cover by DAVID FINCH; 1:10 Variant covers by IVAN REIS

Don’t miss the hottest event in comics as the biweekly BRIGHTEST DAY continues with the return of the Black Lanterns! Has time run out for our resurrected heroes? Plus, you must not miss the stunning origin of the new Aqualad, the battle between Aquaman and Black Manta, and the bizarre journey of Jason Rusch and Ronnie Raymond as they delve into the inner workings of the Firestorm matrix and uncover its secret!

AVAILABLE on November 3rd- Adventure Comics #520

Written by PAUL LEVITZ; Co-feature written by JEFF LEMIRE; Art by KEVIN SHARPE & MARLO ALQUIZA; Co-feature; Art by MAHMUD ASRAR & JOHN DELL ; Cover by SCOTT CLARK & DAVID BEATY

In the final issue of the first arc of “Superboy and the Legion: The Early Years,” for the first time – a Legionnaire dies! Learn how the consequences surrounding this brutal moment still affect the Legion today!

I also have some secret projects that will hopefully be announced soon, so stay tooned.

October 15-31, 2010
Theatre Memphis lobby area
In tandem with the play “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure”

As a tribute to those who have played Holmes on stage and screen, artist Lin Workman will have a one man show running in tandem with Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure. “Elementary: The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes” is a show built specifically around the Theatre Memphis production. Workman’s art in this show represents many of the real life people who came to fame playing Sherlock Holmes. “I started off doing my favorite Holmes- Basil Rathbone,” Workman says, “ but wanted to show a variety of Sherlocks from different times and with different looks. I have Basil, Peter Cushing, Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Brett, Michael Cain, and a few surprises including James Bragington- a studio employee who was promoted to actor for the first full length British Holmes feature A Study in Scarlet because he looked like Holmes.” The show has been over a year in the works with the first contact being made in 2009 to Workman about a show to run with the Theatre Memphis production of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. That show did not materialize due to a schedule conflict but the communication channels were left open to discuss a show in 2010. The work in the Theatre Memphis show will all be in black and white acrylic paint airbrushed on canvases that are approximately 3’ x 4’.

Workman is an accomplished cartoonist and muralist and has work that has appeared in the Memphis Flyer and The Commercial Appeal locally. He has been published nationally in Airbrush Action Magazine and Amazing Figure Modeler. He has completed murals for Pancho’s Restaurant, McDonald’s, Haunted Web of Horrors haunted house and Fitzgerald’s Casino in Tunica. Formerly an artist and screen printer in the t-shirt industry and a graphic artist designing tombstones and other monuments, he is the creator of the web-comic Scared Silly and is the co-creator of the self-published comic book series Bushi Tales. He was recently a Star Wars sketchcard artist on The Empire Strikes Back 3-D card set by Topps. Workman has also served as President and Vice President of the Mid-South Cartoonists Association.

An artist’s reception for the collection created by Workman for this show will be held October 20, 2010, from 6pm – 8pm at Theatre Memphis, 630 Perkins Extended, in the upper and lower lobbies. The event is free and open to the public with the artwork available for purchase. Theatre Memphis will receive a portion of the proceeds from the sales.

Performance dates for Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure are October 15-31, 2010.

Theatre Memphis is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization located at 630 Perkins Extended (corner of Perkins and Southern) and is a community theatre whose mission is to provide outstanding theatrical experiences to enrich the lives of our audiences and participants.

Visit their website at http://www.theatrememphis.org for more info, or check out more of Lin’s work at his site- linworkman.com.

I’ve been reading the magazine for years now and have had a few of my paintings and tees featured in their Reader Gallery before.

But I’ve never been THE Reader Gallery- much less have it be a two page spread!

More info about this issue on my site- linworkman.com.

Stay tuned for more info on my upcoming Sherlock Holmes art show at Theatre Memphis this October.

Lin

Here’s how our Mikah temple print started off.

It was a bit “sketchy” at first…

Then Dave tightened up the figure and added the background.

Then came the inks. Dave then sent me the b/w digital file over the internet.

I opened it up in Photoshop and dropped flat colors in. I mostly used the select and fill tools at this stage and colored in channels- this helped keep the file size down.

Then I used the airbrush and gradient tools to do the shading and effects. I also added snow and some blurring effects on a separate layer.

There are lots of great books out there on coloring comics and working in Photoshop. A couple I’ve used are Hi-Fi Color for comics by Brian and Kristy Miller and The DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering. Both are available on-line and in most comic shops and book stores.

I’ll be posting more how-to’s over in our Bushi Tales forums. If you have a tutorial you’d like to share please do!

Hope to see you there-

Lin

I’ll be on to help promote the upcoming MidSouthCon (Olive Branch, MS next month: March 12-14).

I was on the show a while back talking about Bushi Tales with Alex and Marybeth and had a great time.

Should have some paintings with me and may do a bit of sketching live. Wish me luck!

You can also see one of my Superman paintings in an interview about the con on Fox13 here and here! (Thanks, Carlin!)

Don’t forget- the con is next month (March 12-14) and will have comic guests Gail Simone, Kevin J. Anderson, John Jackson Miller, and many more!

Lin

Here are a couple of his new projects that are coming out soon-

JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRY FOR JUSTICE #7 (OF 7)

On Sale FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Written by JAMES ROBINSON; Art by MAURO CASCIOLI with SCOTT CLARK & DAVE BEATY!

This is the big one! After the catastrophes seen in issues #5 and #6, a hero loses control, leading to an unexpected ending that will fundamentally change the lives of the World’s Greatest Heroes forever. This issue launches a major storyline in the DC Universe and is not to be missed.

TITANS #23

On sale MARCH 17

Written by EDDIE BERGANZA

Art by ANGEL UNZUETA with SCOTT CLARK & DAVE BEATY!

Spotlight on Red Arrow! As Roy Harper lies in critical condition after the events of JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRY FOR JUSTICE #5, his fever dreams show him the perfect future life he wants for the Titans. Unfortunately for him, it’s a life the Titans will never see.

Be sure to stop by the Bushi Tales table at the Pheonix Cactuscon this May to see what else Dave has been up to.

Hopefully he’ll be able to announce what else he’s got lined up soon.

Congrats, Dave!

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Lex Luthor For Sale

If you’d like one of my paintings now’s your chance!

I originally did this to show at the Superman Celebration in Metropolis, IL a couple years ago, and ended up donating it to the HERO Initiative art auction at the Phoenix Cactuscon. Noel Neill (the ORIGINAL Lois Lane) was kind enough to sign it for me before the auction (she starred with Kevin Spacey in Superman Returns).

Well, it’s back up for auction- this time on ebay by Brandon Ladd Burkey, owner of Crossroads Entertainment Co., LLC. and the guy who bought it in Phoenix. Minimum bid is $200 and apparently you get one of my sketchbooks, too.

Best I remember this one is approx. 2′x3′ and it’s airbrush acrylic on canvas.

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PHOENIX OR BUST!

Speaking of PHX, it’s official- Dave and I have been listed as guests for this May’s Phoenix Cactuscon. We’ll be there with Micah and Nicki and are looking forward to checking out the new con digs!

Oh- Noel Neill will be there, too!

Hope to see you there-

Lin

Acrylic on canvas (airbrushed)- 2′x3′

I’ll have this painting and others on display at my art show this Friday, Oct. 23rd at the Adam Shaw Studio in Memphis, TN. Check out my site for more details.

Other things going on this week:

-Don’t forget to check out the DCU Halloween Special. It hit’s stands this Wednesday and has art by our own Dave Beaty!

-Haunted Web of Horrors will be open again this weekend.

-RiverArtsFest 2009 is quickly approaching- in fact it’ll be here this weekend, too!

This annual festival is one of the Mid South’s longest running fine arts festivals.  RiverArtsFest 2009 will be a 2 day celebration of the visual and performing arts with attractions and activities appropriate for all ages.

The event, which is free and open to the public is held in the heart of our redeveloped downtown Memphis area on Historic South Main.

-New blog update on Comic Whore- Con Game pt1- Convention Basics.

Type at ya later,

Lin