I was born to Mom and Dad in Bethesda, Md., 1955. I learned fairly early on that my love of drawing pictures could have some advantages. In grade school, I found that I could draw a picture instead of writing some dreary book report. In junior high, I found that I could impress other guys by drawing naked girls and thus avoid getting beaten up. In college I found that a business major was useless to me and that I could draw pictures for a living! After attending the Joe Kubert School of Art in Dover, NJ (Class of '79), I started my art career! A few thousand comic book pages and hundreds of other illustrations later, I'm still at it! And since 1989, I've also been teaching students at the Kubert School to do my job!
My biggest influence as an artist. . . Mom! No joke!
Other influences include:
Oh, the usual lot...Frank Frazetta, Alex Raymond, Hal Foster, Al Williamson, Stan Drake, Jeff Jones, Bernie Wrightson, Joe Kubert, Alberto Vargas, Gil Elvgren, Sorayama, Heinrich Kley, Franklin Booth, Charles Dana Gibson, James Montgomery Flagg, Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, Joseph Clement Coll, Virgil Finlay, the Pre-Raphaelites, Lawrence Alma Tadema, Alphonse Mucha, the Hudson River Painters. . . especially Frederick Church, Thomas Moran, Thomas Cole, Alfred Bierstadt, etc., etc. . . like I said, just the usual few!
My favorite mediums to work with. . .
Again, just a few: Brush and ink; pen and ink; sponge and ink; rag, towel, cloth and hair and ink; watercolor and gouache paints; acrylic paint; ink wash; acrylic wash; gouache wash!; wash cloth; pastels, crayons, bits of dirt, a grubby finger; all kinds of marker pens; a sharpened Popsicle stick; collage!. . . I love collage!; my cat's tail; sometimes even a pencil or three; and lately. . . digital, especially Adobe Photoshop.
To see more of Kims work visit his website:
Other influences include:
Oh, the usual lot...Frank Frazetta, Alex Raymond, Hal Foster, Al Williamson, Stan Drake, Jeff Jones, Bernie Wrightson, Joe Kubert, Alberto Vargas, Gil Elvgren, Sorayama, Heinrich Kley, Franklin Booth, Charles Dana Gibson, James Montgomery Flagg, Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, Joseph Clement Coll, Virgil Finlay, the Pre-Raphaelites, Lawrence Alma Tadema, Alphonse Mucha, the Hudson River Painters. . . especially Frederick Church, Thomas Moran, Thomas Cole, Alfred Bierstadt, etc., etc. . . like I said, just the usual few!
Again, just a few: Brush and ink; pen and ink; sponge and ink; rag, towel, cloth and hair and ink; watercolor and gouache paints; acrylic paint; ink wash; acrylic wash; gouache wash!; wash cloth; pastels, crayons, bits of dirt, a grubby finger; all kinds of marker pens; a sharpened Popsicle stick; collage!. . . I love collage!; my cat's tail; sometimes even a pencil or three; and lately. . . digital, especially Adobe Photoshop.
To see more of Kims work visit his website:
