I paint in acrylic and sometimes in oil. Sometimes I'll paint my kids. And I'll occasionally do some photography. — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
From an artist's point of view, I always want to work with the writers I admire. — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I never felt that what I was drawing really represented me; it was just something I enjoyed. — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
One of the most difficult things for any artist to do is create a world that looks both completely alien yet real… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
I like a lot of modern art. I like Chuck Close a lot. It doesn't necessarily directly influence the work I draw… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
Whether it be in comics, games or film, you can trace the art direction and influences back to some earlier, real-life historic… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
The thing that weighs the most on how your final artwork turns out is the amount of time you have and the… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
I rarely draw myself, in general, and if I do, I tend to do little cute manga-esque, almost bite-sized drawings of myself. — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
People ask me, 'What happened in your life that might have pushed you as an artist to get to where you are… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
As an artist, as I design and lay out a page, the less-important things, things I want you to spend less time… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
More often than not, the fans really gravitate towards who's on the cover as opposed to how it's drawn or how it's… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
Gene Colan was like no other artist of his generation. His ability to create dramatic, multi-valued tonal illustrations using straight India ink… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
Jerry Robinson illustrated some of the defining images of pop culture's greatest icons. As an artist myself, it's impossible not to feel… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
There is the intent of the writer and the interpretation by the artist. What the writer intended and what the artist interprets… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
One of the key characteristics of the comic book medium is that it is not brought to life by just one voice. — Jim Lee Copy Share
“Mutants, super beings, gods, aliens, a guy who sticks to walls at one extreme, a creature who eats planets at the other; Each one… — Jim Lee Copy Share
I like having pairs of characters to play off each other. I love drawing Batman, but he's more fun with Robin. Batman charges ahead,… — Jim Lee Copy Share
The thing that weighs the most on how your final artwork turns out is the amount of time you have and the speed at… — Jim Lee Copy Share
There's also a lot of punch you get from doing an extreme closeup and have it just be that image with nothing around it.… — Jim Lee Copy Share
Part of running DC Comics is that it's much larger than Image Comics is, or was. There's a challenge to being one of the… — Jim Lee Copy Share
No true fan wants to go to Comic-Con and get assaulted with a marketing blitz about just any old show. — Jim Lee Copy Share
As lifelong fans of comic books, Dan Didio and myself, we definitely have our own takes on what make for successful comics and the… — Jim Lee Copy Share
There is the intent of the writer and the interpretation by the artist. What the writer intended and what the artist interprets is not… — Jim Lee Copy Share
Whether it be in comics, games or film, you can trace the art direction and influences back to some earlier, real-life historic period or… — Jim Lee Copy Share
Al Plastino helped redefine Superman in the 1950s. His work on Supermans Girlfriend, Lois Lane, Adventure Comics and pretty much any title in the… — Jim Lee Copy Share
Many in the creative professions were nerds in their pasts because they spent so long reading comics and using their imaginations when they were… — Jim Lee Copy Share
