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neilchenierart


  • Joined: Apr 7th, 2008
  • Last Visit: Nov 19th, 2009

User Tags: artist, comics, commissions, illustrator, penciler, pinups

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Hello All. I'm Neil Chenier, an aspiring comic book illustrator. I'm new to comic space and still getting all my info and art in order,but I should be all set up soon.
Let me fill you in on who I am and what I do. I feel like I've wasted this last 8 or 9 months working a couple of jobs that have kept me from persuing my dream of being a comic book illustrator and have made the decision of going back to serving at a restaurant which pays the bills but gives me the time to draw until I get that elusive contract I'm after.
My education in art includes 3 years of life drawing, design, illustration, painting and a year of sculpture at the Art Symposium here in Winnipeg under the tutelage of an amazing teacher, Wayne Bruckner. I've also taken a few correspondent courses of Joe Kuberts world of cartooning, which I would recommend to any aspiring artist wanting to get into comics. Last and least, I've taken 3 years of advertising art at Technical Vocational school where I learned a few things, including the fact that advertising art is not the career I want.
I decided that this year I'm going to as many conventions as I can to meet as many editors and professionals as I can. In 2008 I've done the Manitoba con, Edmonton con and the Calgary Con which hav been really good for getting the constructive criticism and contacts that I'm looking for. I'll be heading down to Wizard World Chicago, the Sandiego Con and finishing off the summer here at the Manitoba comic con. I'll keep you posted on my travels, contacts and criticisms.

neilchenierart's Bulletins

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Mar 12th, 2009 3:03 AM New Barbarian Queen PinUp posted
Jan 26th, 2009 6:51 AM New Gangrene Pages
Dec 6th, 2008 4:08 AM Darkness sketch added
Dec 2nd, 2008 12:57 PM New Sketches & Tears Of Pearl
Nov 20th, 2008 7:20 AM Cyclops EmmaFrost Commission
Sep 18th, 2008 9:52 AM New Gangrene page uploaded
Sep 10th, 2008 8:07 AM Gangrene Page#5
Aug 31st, 2008 12:11 PM Gangrene Page #4
Aug 31st, 2008 12:09 PM New Commission
Jun 6th, 2008 4:22 AM Commissions
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neilchenierart's Comic Galleries

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GanGrene

Here are pages from "GanGrene", a collaboration with extaordinary writer Barry Hutchison.

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Commissions and Pinups

Assorted commissions and Pinups Ive worked on.

Tags:  comics, commissions, pencils, pinups
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Just Sketches

Here are sketches in different forms for you to enjoy.

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Tears of Pearl # 1

Issue number 1 of Tears of Pearl with Arcana.

Tags:  comic, fantasy, horror, panel to panes, pencils, sequential art
Pages:  1 | 1-24 | 24

Mature Content Mature Content Warning

These are commissions containing mature content.

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neilchenierart's Comments

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[ Posted by EnterTheHero on Jun 4th, 2009 7:27 PM ]...

Hi Neil,
Thanks for the add. You do some really great work, and I think that you're going to go far in comics. If you ever feel like doing a writer/artist collaboration, drop me a line. Best of luck.

[ Posted by stormborn on Apr 22nd, 2009 9:04 PM ]...

Hi - just wanted to drop a note to let you know about my project The White Rose in Small Press Idol 2009.

Come on over to [url=http://www.dimestoreproductions.com]Dimestore Productions[/url] and check out all the Idol action - and if you like what you see, place a [url=http://www.dimestoreproductions.com/forum-t36
664.html]vote for The White Rose[/url] while you're there...

Thanks!
George Burnett
Creator - The White Rose
Member - Comicbook Artists' Guild

[ Posted by Dr_Life on Mar 20th, 2009 12:48 PM ]...

Very nice work!

[ Posted by amikael on Jan 26th, 2009 7:41 AM ]...

Thanks for the comment. Same right back at ya. ;-)

[ Posted by robert on Jan 16th, 2009 4:33 PM ]...

Hope the portfolio reviews go well -- the pages look awesome!

1 Reply [ Latest posted on January 17th, 2009 4:29 AM ]

Remove[ Posted by neilchenierart on Jan 17th, 2009 4:29 AM ]...

Me Too. If not, I've got alot of drawing to do to keep me busy.

Neil

[ Posted by FloatingIslandPress on Jan 16th, 2009 11:55 AM ]...

As always. Absolutely beautiful artwork.

[ Posted by robert on Dec 21st, 2008 4:54 AM ]...

Love the DeathStalker pages, Neil!

[ Posted by PnG on Dec 13th, 2008 7:16 PM ]...

Awesome!
Every page is eye popping.
All the best to all your projects.

[ Posted by mike_bunt on Nov 21st, 2008 7:24 AM ]...

love your work, especialy the GanGrene pages and the Tears of Pearl, amazing detial!!

[ Posted by ramoskaiju on Sep 1st, 2008 10:17 PM ]...

You got some great artwork here.

best.
Wilson Ramos jr.

[ Posted by robert on Aug 17th, 2008 2:13 AM ]...

GanGrene is excellent -- very strong work.

[ Posted by the_mcc on Aug 16th, 2008 11:22 PM ]...

Those GanGrene pages are kick ass Neil. Your style reminds me of Jim Lee's. I'm guessing you were an X-men fan back in the day. What did you think of Chicago? I drove down with a couple of buddies, and had a riot. Good luck with whatever your working on.

P.

[ Posted by Evan_Q on Jul 3rd, 2008 10:18 AM ]...

Chenier's work is always fun

[ Posted by clarkkent on Jun 17th, 2008 6:34 PM ]...

Hey man, I love your work. I keep coming back to your page to see if there is anything new and am disapointed when there isn't. I guess every hour on the hour is a bit much, lol. Keep up the great work.

1 Reply [ Latest posted on June 19th, 2008 9:13 AM ]

Remove[ Posted by neilchenierart on Jun 19th, 2008 9:13 AM ]...

Hey! Thanks a lot. Don't worry, I'm working on something sexy right now, unfortunately my "job" takes up a little more time than I'd like. I'll send a bulletin when I've got it up.

[ Posted by KurtisWiebe on Jun 6th, 2008 12:11 PM ]...

Thanks Neil!

How have things been going lately? Any progress with editors?

1 Reply [ Latest posted on June 6th, 2008 2:03 PM ]

Remove[ Posted by neilchenierart on Jun 6th, 2008 2:03 PM ]...

Well I sent out 48 portfolio packets to various editors at Marvel, DC and Darkhorse and got 1 reply back from DC, 1 Reply from Wildstorm, and a generic reply from Darkhorse that had some useful information. The two from DC/Wildstorm were nice, basically said the same thing "I'm on the right track/ Well on my way, a lot of the stuff is nice but need to work on a few things" and asked me to send them some more stuff down the road. So I wanted to get some commissions out of the way, then I was going to get back to doing some sequentials.

[ Posted by KurtisWiebe on May 30th, 2008 1:41 PM ]...

What publishers will have reps at the manitoba con?

1 Reply [ Latest posted on June 4th, 2008 5:23 AM ]

Remove[ Posted by neilchenierart on Jun 4th, 2008 5:23 AM ]...

I'm not sure, let me ask and I'll get back to you.

[ Posted by jl1 on Jun 2nd, 2008 11:15 AM ]...

Oi Neil!

Really nice work you have there. KEEP IT UP!

JL

1 Reply [ Latest posted on June 4th, 2008 5:09 AM ]

Remove[ Posted by neilchenierart on Jun 4th, 2008 5:09 AM ]...

Thanks Jose, You too.

[ Posted by kfreeman on May 30th, 2008 8:22 PM ]...

Thanks for the kind words! Yeah, that's a nice piece you pointed out. Keep up the good work!

[ Posted by stormborn on May 30th, 2008 7:07 PM ]...

Thanks for the add, Neil - terrific stuff in your galleries:) Best of Luck on your quest!

[ Posted by KrisC on May 30th, 2008 2:46 PM ]...

Free Comic Book Day - sorry lol. Most of the shops around here have artists as guests. I was drawing at a place here.

[ Posted by KurtisWiebe on May 28th, 2008 4:30 PM ]...

Neil, you going to Toronto Paradise Con? I think I'm gonna hit it up this year, if you are going we should meet up, bro.

Kurt

[ Posted by robert on May 22nd, 2008 7:14 PM ]...

I was at the big show in Calgary at the end of April; didn't make the trade show in Edmonton the week before that because I attended the NYCC. If you get a chance you should try to make it to Pure Spec (http://www.purespec.org/) in Edmonton in October -- previous years have featured a lot of great comics-centred programming.

[ Posted by markalester on May 15th, 2008 12:12 PM ]...

Thanks for the add Neil. Great work!

1 Reply [ Latest posted on May 17th, 2008 4:25 AM ]

Remove[ Posted by neilchenierart on May 17th, 2008 4:25 AM ]...

Thanks Mark. You too. Keep it up.

[ Posted by KrisC on May 5th, 2008 12:53 AM ]...

Great work bud. Love the work!

Did you draw anywhere on FCBD?

1 Reply [ Latest posted on May 8th, 2008 5:28 PM ]

Remove[ Posted by neilchenierart on May 8th, 2008 5:28 PM ]...

Thanks man. I'm sorry, I don't know what "FCBD" is.

[ Posted by Evan_Q on Apr 30th, 2008 4:36 PM ]...

Hey where's all your artwork? You got a bunch of it posted on Comic Art Fans - why not here? Too cool for school? I kid I kid

1 Reply [ Latest posted on May 1st, 2008 2:56 AM ]

Remove[ Posted by neilchenierart on May 1st, 2008 2:56 AM ]...

Sorry. I've been out of town at some conventions, but I'm trying to get all my work up and running right now. I may need your help though. I'll let you know.

[ Posted by KurtisWiebe on Apr 30th, 2008 11:43 AM ]...

Neil,

Glad to see you on here, it was really a pleasure to meet you! Good luck with Boom, let me know how that goes.

Kurt

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