It’s the 28th Day of our month-long online Jack Kirby Tribute, suggested/sponsored by Howard Simpson. You can find the work on your favorite social media platforms by the hashtag #KirbyArtTributes.
Today’s prompt is supposed to be Jack’s Silver Star character, but I’m taking the liberty of shifting things around a little bit. Instead, I’m doing tomorrow’s prompt: “Jack Kirby portrait— Draw a portrait of Jack Kirby himself.” My reasoning is because today is actually Jack Kirby’s birthday! Born in 1917, this would be his 106th birthday today (if my math is right). So I feel like posting the portrait today is appropriate. A confession: I’m not really a portrait kind of artist. It took some work to get this to where I felt comfortable with it, but I did get there.
The King’s legacy lives on in all the great work he left us, and all the creative inspiration he’s provided. There are some artists who make you feel like giving up, breaking your pencils and walking away, because you’ll never be as good as they are. But then there are artists like Kirby who, although you know you can’t do what he did, there’s something in the work that fires you up and inspires you to go and create!
I hope you like my attempt at portraiture here, and tune in again tomorrow to see my shot at Silver Star.