ARTIST SPOTLIGHT – Chris Schmidt

This week, we welcome Chris Schmidt to the CBFC Artist Spotlight!

Q. Where are you from?

A. A suburb of Cleveland, OH

Q. How long you’ve been drawing?

A. I haven’t stopped since I was about 2 years old. I used to love to draw my G.I.Joe figures in battles, make up new superheroes, and draw funny pictures of people I knew or saw somewhere.

Q. What materials do you prefer to do your art with?

A. My favorite is probably pen and ink but lately I have really enjoyed digital drawing on my iPad and doing full on traditional paintings in gouache acrylic.

Q. Character you love to draw?

A. I have probably drawn Wolverine the most out of any character, however I love the challenge of designing new characters or drawing a character I have never done before.

Q. Character that you want to draw that you haven’t drawn yet?

A. Oh, man. I don’t know if I really know until I’m asked to draw it. I’ve drawn so many well-know and obscure characters it is hard to say.

Q. What artist inspires you the most and why?

A. My favorite modern comic book artist is Sean Gordon Murphy. I love his style and the expression that goes into his work. There are plenty of new or lesser known artists I enjoy seeing new stuff from too.

Q. What was your first published work?

A. I did some refurbishing of Marvel art years ago, and the first comic I did was “Steve Jobs: Co-founder of Apple” for Bluewater.

Q. Which artist would you love to do a collaboration piece with?

A. I’m open to anything. Sean Murphy would be a life goal. But otherwise anyone who wants to collab just message me! Thanks!

Thank Chris Schmidt for taking the time to answer a few of our questions! Be sure to give him follow!

Don’t forget to check back next week for our next Artist Spotlight! If you’re an artist and are looking to be featured on our page, please hit me up here. I’d love to hear from you.

-Chris