• Real Name: John Stinsman
• Gender: Male
• Age: 37

• Joined: Dec 12th, 2006
• Last Visit: Nov 8th, 2009

User Tags: artist, colorist, creator, inker, penciller, writer

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Chronicles of the 13th Hour (a work-in-progress)

(Updated: 9-16-07) This will be a continually updated and work-in-progress gallery for my upcoming creator-owned series titled: Chronicles of the 13h Hour. It will begin with the final chapter and the story of Or'bella...

My Coloring Process

I take you step-by-step through my self-taught coloring process. If it turns out that I know jack crap about coloring, hopefully you'll learn something!

Misc Works: New and Old

(Updated: 8-23-07) These are images that don't quite fit into the other galleries. A mixed bag that I'll try to continually update with new images and old works from my youth...

Cheesecake tastes good! 

(Updated: 4-17-08)Here's a gallery of ladies in various states of dress and undress for your perusal...

Stormbringers Pin-up, posters and promos

As the title says, here are most of the Stormbringers promotional illustrations I've done so far...

Scarlet Crush #1

A series that I wrote, penciled and created back in 1997, Scarlet Crush was the highlight of my career. Now, thanks to the sweetness of ComicSpace, I can "reprint" it here and share it with everyone.

[ Posted by SWAT on Aug 26th, 2008 1:24 AM ]...

Hey my friend. Drop by when you get a chance. I sent you a couple of messages here and on myspace.

[ Posted by ElisaFeliz on Jul 4th, 2008 12:33 PM ]...

Thanx 4 the add :)

[ Posted by stormborn on Mar 29th, 2008 4:43 PM ]...

Thanks for the add, 13th Hour looks great!

[ Posted by pencilx on Dec 1st, 2007 9:28 AM ]...

Heya' Jon!
Been a while since I last talked with ya.
13th hour stuff is looking AWESOME!
I'll be picking that up most def when it comes out!
Later bro!
-Pat

[ Posted by Capo on Oct 8th, 2007 11:42 AM ]...

Wonderful-looking stuff - thanks for taking us through your coloring process, too! I remember buying lots of Avengylene too in the mid-nineties because of you Extreme Studios guys' wickedly fun style. Those were the days! ^_^

[ Posted by SURFACE on Oct 6th, 2007 1:24 AM ]...

Hi John,
Thanks for the add and invite man, checked out your stuff, looks real nice man! Your coloring as well, I myself have been dabbling with photoshop for only a couple of years-so I'm still only a rookie.
Please feel free to visit my site at;http://www.surfaceartstudios.com look around, let me know what you think, my gallery also features some of my coloring attempts using Photoshop Cs.
-best of luck man,
Shawn Surface
SURFACE ART STUDIOS.

[ Posted by annalouise on Sep 25th, 2007 9:25 AM ]...

thanks for the add c: your work is truly amazing!

[ Posted by Twofold_Comics on Sep 15th, 2007 7:43 AM ]...

Thanks for joining The Fold. It's a pleasure to have you, your artwork looks amazing.

-Twofold Comics

1 Reply [ Latest posted on September 15th, 2007 3:05 PM ]

[ Posted by John_Stinsman on Sep 15th, 2007 3:05 PM ]... Glad to have joined! Thank you very much for your compliments!

[ Posted by hicks_jl on Sep 15th, 2007 9:44 AM ]...

Thanx for the add. Awesome Portfolio. Your style is very unique, I like it. Great job.

1 Reply [ Latest posted on September 15th, 2007 3:04 PM ]

[ Posted by John_Stinsman on Sep 15th, 2007 3:04 PM ]... Thank you very much! I can't tell you how much I appriciate the kind words and support!

[ Posted by mattbluebat on Jul 12th, 2007 2:00 AM ]...

What can I say Man,,,you are on the level...!

[ Posted by SWAT on Jun 21st, 2007 7:16 PM ]...

Hey my friend, thanks for the kind words. It's looking great over here as usual. Very inspirational.

[ Posted by SWAT on Mar 27th, 2007 3:18 PM ]...

Thank you once again. So how's everything going with you? I may have asked but are you planning to attend WW Chicago?

1 Reply [ Latest posted on March 31st, 2007 12:51 PM ]

[ Posted by John_Stinsman on Mar 31st, 2007 12:51 PM ]... Nah... No plans for WW Chicago this year. I've only gone on year, long ago, to promote Lady Pendragon-- and it was a great crowd up there! Hopefully I'll make it there again soon enough, though.

[ Posted by marespro13 on Mar 19th, 2007 11:30 AM ]...

cool gallery's

[ Posted by JadeDragon on Mar 12th, 2007 4:10 AM ]...

John,

I just read the words you wrote about Drew. Im so sad. Thats the first I heard about his passing. Damnit, he was a year younger than me. The world of art is missing another one of its brilliant minds.

I admired his work on DarkChylde and was thrilled to meet him a few years back at the San Diego Con. Im sure I told you this story, but I went to a party thrown by Danzig at the Ramada I think. I was so excited that I showed up way too early...like 9:00....and there was only me and two other dudes in the suite. Simon Bisley, me, and Drew. I was such a fanboy, I had brought some of my pages with me and showed Drew and Simon. They were so nice about my crappy pages. I remember being impressed by Drew's sense of style, the cowboy hat and his whole persona was impressive. He was larger than life, even in the presence of Simon. Both amazed me.

I am so saddened to hear about his passing. Just another reminder that each day is a gift. Draw and paint and show the world what you have to share. We are here only a short while and Drew really did himself proud with his time.

May we all do the same.

God Speed, Drew. Thanks for being his friend, John. And mine too.~~~Patrick

[ Posted by DCampos on Feb 26th, 2007 5:33 AM ]...

Hey John, thanks for the add and the kind words. I picked up many an Avengelyne book because of your slick work and I always wanted to do some Scarlet Crush fanart but before I knew it the book was gone. Any thoughts on bringing the series back in the future?

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[ Posted by John_Stinsman on Feb 26th, 2007 5:29 PM ]... There are other ideas that I'd like to bring to light right now, but a revisit to Scarlet Crush again some day would be great! And thanks for the compliments about my older work. While some of that older Avengelyne stuff makes me cringe these days (I'm sure most artist feel that way about their first work), I couldn't be happier that other people really enjoyed it! Thanks!

[ Posted by DCampos on Feb 27th, 2007 5:39 AM ]... I just had a chance to peep the STORMBRINGERS website and all I have to say is, WOW! Is that your work on those sequentials there? You've got this great Gulacy/Jae Lee vibe going on there something fierce. Love your use of shadows and texture and your backgrounds and buildings are amazing. Do you use alot of reference? I'm asking because everything looks so sharp. I was going to pick this book up regardless but now even more so. I totally understand about how looking back at your older work may make you cringe but it's also a good marker in showing how far you've come. In your case, man you are just rockin' those sequentials. Aces!

[ Posted by SWAT on Feb 26th, 2007 12:59 PM ]...

Once again, thank you for the kind words. Your galleries are great my friend.

[ Posted by AlexApprobation on Feb 26th, 2007 12:32 AM ]...

Thanks for posting all of Scarlet Crush #1!

[ Posted by jasonbereklewis on Feb 24th, 2007 6:11 PM ]...

Hey John, You know how much I love Icaria, Max, Lennix and Tyra 69. This is one my favourite ever books - after Stormbringers, please BRING SCARLET CRUSH BACK!!

[ Posted by pencilx on Feb 24th, 2007 5:56 PM ]...

John!
How ya been bro?
GREAT 1st issue of the Scarlet Crush book.
THANKS for sharing that!!! Fun stuff!
Looks like you had a BLAST creating this one.
My best to ya!

-Pat

[ Posted by brokenvoice on Feb 24th, 2007 5:31 PM ]...

Shame about the demise of "Scarlet Crush". Looks like it was shaping up to be something really good. Oh well - better luck with "Storm Bringers"!