Byron Draws – The Art of Byron Wilkins

WHAT I DO

Create Amazing Illustrations

I have a classic drawing style going back to my roots of watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in the 1960s.

My talents have been utilized by a variety of advertising agencies including doing work for NBC Sports and NASCAR. I am also an independent comic creator working on not only my own comic creations, but other notable comics as well.

Drop me a line today and see how I can help out with your next illustration project!

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A Sampling of My Latest Drawings

Children's Book Cover — Children’s Book Cover
The cover from “Sammy’s Big Adventure” for which I was hired to illustrate.

Children's Book Sample Page — Children’s Book Sample Page
A page from “Sammy’s Big Adventure” an independently published children’s book. I was hired to illustrate the entire book as well as the cover.

The 10th and 11th Doctors of "Doctor Who" — The 10th and 11th Doctors of “Doctor Who”
A commission of the 10th and 11th Doctors from the TV series “Doctor Who” including the famous Tardis and time-traveling background.

Birthday Car Commission
Another birthday car commission, but this time I had to draw a caricature of the owner as he listen to classic rock records on his old-style stereo.

Costume Players (cosplay) Commission
The two gentlemen created costumes to appear as Cogsworth and Lumiere from the animated movie “Beauty and the Beast” and hired me to recreate their costumes in detail.

Bug Car, Joker, and Baby Groot
A birthday present car commission which had to include the Joker from the 1989 film “Batman,” Baby Groot from “Guardians of the Galaxy,” and Mount Rainier from Washington state, where the car is located.

Super Heroine Concept Character
A concept character drawn as part of my proposal to do work for an advertising agency needing an artist to draw superhero characters for an upcoming advertising campaign.

Super Hero Concept Character 2
A concept character drawn as part of my proposal to do work for an advertising agency needing an artist to draw superhero characters for an upcoming advertising campaign.

Logo for Conference
I created this logo for a major conference held on the topic in the logo. The logo was used on all print materials and on the conference’s website.

Custom Podium Line Drawing
I designed a custom podium for the City of DeKalb, and with my drafting experience, I was able to produce a detailed line drawing that any carpenter could use to construct the unit.

Plat for Subdivision
A detailed map of a subdivision for a custom home builder. The major items were hand drawn but the bushes and trees were added using a customized brush.

Roger & Jessica Rabbit
A Jessica and Roger Rabbit Easter themed drawing from the movie “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”

Happy Birthday from Spider-Man
Drawn for a client’s daughter’s birthday. Her favorite superhero is Spider-Man so I had him perched on a window eating her birthday cake.

B&W Illustration for Book
I drew B&W illustrations for an informative book for survivors of suicide.

"Safe At Home" Coloring Book — “Safe At Home” Coloring Book
A coloring book for young children which explains how they may help keep their elderly grandparents safe at home.

Ghostbusters "Afterlife" Ecto-1 — Ghostbusters “Afterlife” Ecto-1
Drawn using a variety of brushes to recreate the rust and storm effects in the background.

The Blues Brothers and Car
The Blues Brothers and their car the Bluesmobile as seen in the 1980 film. The Chicago skyline was created from a licensed stock image.

Magnum P.I. in his Ferrari
Cartoon drawing of Magnum P.I. in his 1984 Ferrari 308GTS.

2005 Dodge Magnum and Owner
Cartoon caricature of a Dodge Magnum and it’s owner.

Digital Painting Dog Portrait
A dog portrait in a digital painting style with a touch of Florida added in the background. The final print was on a canvas like material to simulate an actual painting.

Digital Painting Dog Portraits
An owner’s three dogs portraits done with a digital painting style. Final print was done a canvas product to simulate an actual painting.

Graduation Portrait for Daughter
Client’s daughter loves “Harry Potter” and wanted to be drawn a character from the movie for her high school graduation present.

Wile E. Coyote
The ever-determined Wile E. Coyote in another scheme to try and capture the speedy Road Runner.

Captain America from Marvel's Avengers — Captain America from Marvel’s Avengers
Captain America wielding Thor’s hammer Mjölnir from the Avenger’s movie “Endgame.”

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Superman! Clark Kent changing into his Superman uniform from the 1983 “Superman III” film.

I am the TICK!
The Tick from the 1980’s cartoon series seen on Saturday mornings yelling his trademark call to action.

Dr. Byron Orpheus & Daughter
From the cartoon series “The Venture Brothers,” Dr. Byron Orpheus and his goth-like daughter are an interesting pair of the supporting characters.

Edgar Allan Poe Caricature
Edgar Allan Poe drawn in a Hanna-Barbera cartoon style emulating the 1970’s cartoon character Blue Falcon from the “Dynomutt, Dog Wonder” series.

Read About My Latest Projects!

Jack Sparrow Running Scared

Byron Wilkins

July 12, 2024

I was attending a comic convention where the theme was pirates, and I originally was going to draw Captain Jack Sparrow running from a bunch of natives as seen in one of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies. But when I did a rough sketch, I felt I was bringing nothing to the scene. I…

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Children’s Book Illustrations

Byron Wilkins

November 1, 2023

For the children’s book series “Sammy’s Big Adventure” written by Pete Mravetz, I was hired to create character designs for the title character and all the supporting characters. The characters were to be drawn over images taken by the author of each town or place that the lead character, Sammy, visited with his family. This…

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Creating Backgrounds for Comics

Byron Wilkins

July 27, 2022

Many comic artists, myself included, complain about drawing backgrounds, particularly if they include a crowd of people. I use Clip Studio Paint EX to create all of my artwork and I found some cool brushes to ease the pain of drawing a crowd scene. And they were free too! Search the Materials in Clip Studio…

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Kids Coloring Pages

Byron Wilkins

July 2, 2022

I’m making up some fun, easy to color pages to hand out for free to young children at an upcoming comic convention. I am a big fan of Saturday Morning Cartoons from the 1960s and “Underdog” was one of my favorites! I would pour a big bowl of Cap’n Crunch cereal and watch cartoons from…

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Hair Coloring Process

Byron Wilkins

June 21, 2022

I thought I’d share my basic cartoon hair coloring style. This is my original character Lorraine from “1977 the Comic” and I have fussed for years and years over her hair and coloring style. This is one I’ve settled on, but I still shake it up depending on how much detail I need to put…

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Drawing the Ecto 1 from Ghostbusters

Byron Wilkins

January 19, 2022

The image gallery below showcases each step of my process of creating this drawing of Ecto 1 from the movie “Ghostbusters Afterlife.” In the movie, Ecto 1 has seen better days and I show you how I recreate the aging of the car. Click on any image to start the slide show. Each image has…

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