087: Ivy-Tusi Two by Sanya Anwar

Poison Ivy by Sanya Anwar

‘Tusi #: 087 

Artist:  Sanya Anwar
Subject: Poison Ivy
Date: March 27, 2010
Location: WW Toronto, Direct Energy Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 

Note(s): I saw first saw Sanya’s work (checkout her blog and Deviant Art sites as well) last spring at WW Toronto.  I commissioned a Batusi sketch but had to leave before it was completed.  A friend picked it up for me but we didn’t get a chance to meet again until Fan Expo 2010 to make the exchange.  Totally worth the wait.  

In the course of getting web links for Sanya,  I stumbled across her blog and read that she was at Fan Expo…and I never noticed.  D’OH!

036: Poison-tusi

Poison Ivy Doing The Batusi by Afua Richardson

‘Tusi #: 036

Artist:  Afua Richardson
Subject: Poison Ivy (from Batman’s Rogues Gallery)
Date: February 8, 2009
Location: New York Comic Con – Javits Center, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Notes: I became a fan of Afua’s work the moment GENIUS hit the comic book stores.  I actually voted daily during the Pilot Season period, something I had never done before and probably will never do again.  Thankfully there were others who felt the same way so look out for a 5 issue run of GENIUS in 2009. I went to the NYCC hoping to get 3 sketches from artists whose work I like and I was lucky to get a great piece from one of them!

004: Ivy-Tusi

Poison Ivy doing the Batusi by Agnes Garbowska

‘Tusi #: 004
Artist:  Agnes Garbowska
Subject: Poison Ivy
Date: February 3, 2008
Location: Hobbystar Winter Toronto ComiCon (Metro Toronto Convention Centre), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Notes: Its fun to watch artists mimic the “hands gliding over the eyes” motion while they are trying to figure out the initial composition