Rad VOLTRON Fan Art 'The Defender' Created by Ian Glaubinger
I guess I'm feeling nostalgic today. Earlier I posted a He-Man and the Masters of the Universe fan poster. Now I have another '80s cartoon art piece to share with you featuring Voltron. The illustration is called "The Defender," and it was created by Ian Glaubinger. It presents Voltron in a way that I've never really seen before. It's done a playful and fun style, that I think fans of the the franchise will appreciate.
I came across the art over on /Film, and they did an interview with the artist. While talking about his style he explains how it came about:
"I used to draw 'the Marvel Way' or at least I thought I was. That was my trajectory. Then 2 things shaped my 'unique style' in the early 2000’s. They were 'fun' and 'style'.
"Fun: The amazing Walt Simonson, my sequential illustration teacher during my junior year of college. He noticed my sketches and thumbnails had much more life and movement but when I moved into the finalized pieces they often became very flat and stiff. He encouraged me to work in a more fun style as it might better suit me and he was totally right on that one.
"Style: Believe it or not, the very short lived cartoon “Clerks: The Animated Series” literally changed they way I would draw forever. The way artist Stephen Silver designed those characters and that world basically changed the way I would draw forever. From the bizarre shapes of characters, getting likeness with very few (specific lines), the line thicknesses, even to the way I draw hands and fingers (I call them french toast stick fingers). Now my style has since evolved and changed a bit since then but I feel it all really started for me when I saw that cartoon in the early 2000’s."
If you like the stuff that the artist has created, you can buy yourself a print of "The Defender" right here. I've also included a couple of rough sketches that the artist completed before he produced the final design.
