Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Another Daredevil cover, this time going all the way back to 2012. This was also traditionally painted, but I did some digital enhancements to the background colours. 24512
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I've done a number of DareDevil covers over the years, but this one is still my favourite. I think it was from 2018. This was when I was really getting into the stride with acrylic paints and the whole sculptural, weighty forms thing I'm still chasing. 411316
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Finally the finished MK3 commission Acrylic paint on watercolour board, 20x15 inches. Varnished and photographed. 16218
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 15/02/2025The only thing I ever touch up are flat blacks as they never photograph flat, which is super annoying. I think my next commission opening will be for Lake Como Con in May, but probably not for anything this large. 080
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 15/02/2025I wanted to take a photo where it shows the painting in a natural context without any adjustments. I don't do digital adjustments to my paintings for print as I try to get them as I want them physically, but I don't really have control over the printing results. 1100
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Iron Man MK3 commission is done. Painted in acrylic paint on watercolour board. 1371
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 13/02/2025MK3 commission in progress Grisaille finished. The volume and depth are good, so time for colour. Going kinda slow as I spent most of the day yesterday looking for some new music to listen to, only to end up playing the same old stuff. Anyway, this is, as usual, acrylic paint on watercolour board. 1274
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 12/02/2025One World Under Doom This started out as me messing around on canvas for the first time. It seems most of my recent covers are kind of accidental. I'll put some proper effort in on the next one! 1388
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 11/02/2025I sometimes use fluid acrylics, but it always feels like it's missing the buttery quality I prefer. 040
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 11/02/2025I use primarily heavy body acrylics on the grisaille stage because it allows me more control than more liquid paint. It's personal preference. I add slow drying medium and water to adjust the thickness and opacity, or glazing medium for layering brush strokes. 010
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 11/02/2025More progress on the MK3 commission Acrylic paint on watercolour board 2292
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Iron Man MK3 commission in progress Acrylic paint on watercolour board 0313
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 24/01/2025This Wolverine commission (I call it the Matador variant!) is now a cover If it feels appropriate I tend to send these high level commissions to Marvel for potential use, but since they weren't commissioned for a particular purpose I never know where they might end up. 1312
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Two 9x10 acrylic paintings Tamsin Isles will have at OAX this weekend Only managed to get two done because as usual my simple plans got a bit too complicated. 0353
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Do you ever get the feeling someone is watching you? 1301
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Blade done for a friend's birthday Acrylic paint on watercolour board 16514
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 27/12/2024If I ever do an Extremis 2, I'll find a way to squeeze in a Porsche and a Panerai! 060
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 27/12/2024One thing I never get credit for but am quite proud of is that I drew Tony in an Audi in Extremis and then Audi became a partner on the film and he drives an R8. I spent a very long time debating what kind of car he would be chauffeured in, and before RDJ "my" Tony had an Audi and wore a Tag Heuer. 2130
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 27/12/2024I think you can really see a direct link between my style on Extremis and my work on the movie and even the movie itself. I think the first Iron Man really embraced so many aspects of Extremis. 140
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 27/12/2024The designs weren't finalised yet, but Jon loved this image so much he mounted a big print of it above his office door with the words "plausibility" below it. 160
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 27/12/2024It was the first keyframe I did for the Iron Man movie. Jon Favreau was so into the look of Extremis he kept asking me to do stuff in that style, so simultaneously with the work on the Mk3 and the Iron Monger I started doing these kinds of comic book-ish images. 170
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Since I posted the Extremis 01 cover yesterday, along with the ground punch cover which celebrated 20 years this year, they were probably the most important images which launched my career along with inspiring the MCU, etc. Here is what I would say is the most important image I ever did for the MCU. 2619
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 26/12/2024I was so broke and concerned with surviving that I was completely unaware of the impact this was going to have. I wanted to do the best job possible, and I think I did, but I am not sure anyone expected the ripple effect this story and art was going to have. 2283
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 26/12/20242025 will mark both the 20th anniversary or Iron Man Extremis and my move to the UK. Both quite monumental events in my life. I painted this cover for Extremis 01 sometime in 2004, I think probably in the summer. I remember painting 02 during that year's Wizard World Chicago. 511413
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Anti-Venom painting done for Marvel Snap Acrylic paint on watercolour board 1436
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 28/11/2024But for all the extreme bodybuilder details, such as all of the smaller muscles, tendons and veins which are so lean and exaggerated, especially in this case in the armpit area, I look at photos of bodybuilders. 110
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 28/11/2024It's quite a bit of work, especially with poses where the muscles are stretched and flexed in extreme ways, especially twisting. I have a lot of experience with anatomy, so I can get the basic shapes laid out, and I have a couple of anatomical figures by my desk. 110
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 27/11/2024New Opeth is still amazing. My favourite album in years. Acrylic paint for this monstrosity 1321
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Our two amazing creatures. 11 month old Maine Coon brother and sister. 2230
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 25/11/2024More pandering! Since Benedict Cumberbatch will also be at Tokyo Comic-Con I thought why not do a print of the only artwork I've done of him, back in the Sherlock days. I haven't done an ink piece like this in a long time, but looking back on this always makes me want to do more. 1272
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Since Josh Brolin will be at Tokyo Comic-con I thought to make this into a print as I will also be there on Saturday only. It's not beneath me to pander. 1405
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 23/11/2024This one is both prog and melodic, but a lot less jazz and folk. It doesn't sound like anything else. Incredible drumming. Deliverance and Ghost Reveries are my favourites, but I think this might be their best album now. 110
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 22/11/2024The new Opeth album is amazing This is still acrylic paint 1387
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Snuck into Thought Bubble to meet my favourite cartoonist, Mr Lovenstein himself, JL Westover. I think my love for his work is well known by now, but he was also a super sweet guy. The rest of the con made me quite sad and I made a hasty exit and went for a burger. 1260
Adi Granov @adigranov.bsky.social · 15/11/2024First post, so it's fitting it is Iron Man. This is the 20th anniversary homage to my original cover which had such a big impact two decades ago. Acrylic paint on board 719642
