Stjepan Sejic
Encyclopedia
Stjepan Šejić is a Croatia
n comic book
artist
currently working as an illustrator
for American
comic book Witchblade
, published by Top Cow Productions
.
, Croatia
at the moment, while he was born in Vinkovci
.
Before he started as a comic book artist, Stjepan wanted to become a lawyer
.
In 2007, Sejic signed a contract with Top Cow, where he will be doing the art for Witchblade from issue #116 to #150. After completion, it will be the longest run of Witchblade ever made by a single artist. Additionally, he illustrated the Witchblade miniseries First Born and Broken Trinity, while also contributing covers to the Top Cow series The Darkness. While working on Witchblade, his popularity grew among fans.
He also cooperates with smaller comic publishing
companies such as Arcana Studio
and Dynamite Entertainment
. The programs he uses to create his art are 3ds Max, Mental Ray
, Photoshop and ZBrush
.
at a public beach, as well as selling fruit on the marketplace afterwards. He later began to think about drawing comics. Šejić was mainly inspired by Italian
comic book titles before he stumbled upon a copy of Witchblade. He became fond of the characters and the artistic style, which lent inspiration to his own. His work is mostly influenced by Marc Silvestri
and Michael Turner.
Šejić started his career as a colorist
, painting covers drawn by Tyler Kirkham, who e-mailed him back when Sejic started sending his work around the artist community.
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
n comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
currently working as an illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
for American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
comic book Witchblade
Witchblade
Witchblade is an American comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner.The series follows Sara...
, published by Top Cow Productions
Top Cow Productions
Top Cow Productions is an American comics publisher, a partner studio of Image Comics founded by Marc Silvestri in 1992.-History:...
.
Biography
Šejić resides in CrikvenicaCrikvenica
Crikvenica is the largest settlement on the coast of the Vinodol coastal area, Croatia, and grew up on an area which was a settlement in the Roman era called Ad Turres. Population 7,121 , total municipality population 11,348 with 90% Croats...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
at the moment, while he was born in Vinkovci
Vinkovci
Vinkovci is a city in Croatia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County. In the 2011 census, the total population of the city was 35,375, making it the largest town of the county...
.
Before he started as a comic book artist, Stjepan wanted to become a lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
.
In 2007, Sejic signed a contract with Top Cow, where he will be doing the art for Witchblade from issue #116 to #150. After completion, it will be the longest run of Witchblade ever made by a single artist. Additionally, he illustrated the Witchblade miniseries First Born and Broken Trinity, while also contributing covers to the Top Cow series The Darkness. While working on Witchblade, his popularity grew among fans.
He also cooperates with smaller comic publishing
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
companies such as Arcana Studio
Arcana Studio
Arcana Studio is a Canadian comic book publisher and art studio founded by former Coquitlam, British Columbia school teacher Sean O'Reilly in 2004.-Overview:...
and Dynamite Entertainment
Dynamite Entertainment
Dynamite Entertainment is an American comic book company that primarily publishes licensed franchises of adaptations of other media. These include adaptations of film properties such as Army of Darkness, Terminator and RoboCop, literary properties such as Zorro, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Alice in...
. The programs he uses to create his art are 3ds Max, Mental Ray
Mental Ray
mental ray is a production-quality rendering application developed by mental images . mental images was bought in December 2007 by NVIDIA.As the name implies, it supports ray tracing to generate images....
, Photoshop and ZBrush
ZBrush
ZBrush is a digital sculpting tool that combines 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing and painting. It uses a proprietary "pixol" technology which stores lighting, color, material, and depth information for all objects on the screen...
.
Early work
Before comics, Šejić worked as a night lifeguardLifeguard
A lifeguard supervises the safety and rescue of swimmers, surfers, and other water sports participants such as in a swimming pool, water park, or beach. Lifeguards are strong swimmers and trained in first aid, certified in water rescue using a variety of aids and equipment depending on...
at a public beach, as well as selling fruit on the marketplace afterwards. He later began to think about drawing comics. Šejić was mainly inspired by Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
comic book titles before he stumbled upon a copy of Witchblade. He became fond of the characters and the artistic style, which lent inspiration to his own. His work is mostly influenced by Marc Silvestri
Marc Silvestri
Marc Silvestri is an American comic book artist, creator and publisher. He currently acts as the CEO for Top Cow Productions.-Early life:Marc Silvestri was born in Palm Beach, Florida.-Career:...
and Michael Turner.
Šejić started his career as a colorist
Colorist
In comics, a colorist is responsible for adding color to black-and-white line art. For most of the 20th century this was done using brushes and dyes which were then used as guides to produce the printing plates...
, painting covers drawn by Tyler Kirkham, who e-mailed him back when Sejic started sending his work around the artist community.
Arcana Studios
- Arcana Studio Presents: Free Comic Book Day (covers and interiors) #2006–07
- Ezra vs. 10th Muse #1 (2006)
- Ezra: Evoked Emotions #1–3 (2006–07)
- Kade: Sun of Perdition (covers and interiors) #1–4 (2006–07)
Dynamite Entertainment
- Army of DarknessArmy of Darkness (comics)Army of Darkness comics are based on the film of the same name published originally by Dark Horse Comics, and later by Dynamite Entertainment who initially published them through Devil's Due Publishing....
#9–17 (2009)- Home Sweet Hell #10
- King For A Dav #13 (2008)
- The Long Road Home #6–8 (2008)
- Battlestar Galactica #5–8 (2007)
- Season Zero #1–8 (2007–08)
- Zarek #1–4 (2006–07)
- Brothers in Arms #1–4 (2008)
- Painkiller JanePainkiller JanePainkiller Jane is a fictional character, a comic book heroine created by Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada for Event Comics in 1995. Originally a five-issue mini-series, the character went on to star in numerous crossover titles with the likes of the Punisher, Vampirella, and Hellboy. Recently, the...
: Everything Explodes , Part 1 (2007) - Red SonjaRed SonjaRed Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, is a fictional character, a high fantasy sword and sorcery heroine created by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith, and loosely based on Red Sonya of Rogatino in Robert E. Howard's 1934 short story "The Shadow of the Vulture"...
Annual 2006 - Savage Red Sonja: Queen of the Frozen Wastes #2–4 (2006)
- Savage TalesSavage TalesSavage Tales is the title of three American comics series. Two were black-and-white comics-magazine anthologies published by Marvel Comics , and the other a color comic book anthology published by Dynamite Entertainment.-Marvel/Curtis:The first of the two volumes of Savage Tales ran 11 issues, with...
#2–4 (2007) - Savage Tales: The Witches Familiar #1 (2007)
- Savage Tales: Beautiful Creatures/Sellsword #5 (2007)
- Terminator: Revolution (2008)
- Terminator 2: InfinityTerminator 2: InfinityTerminator 2: Infinity is comic book series by Simon Furman and Nigel Raynor, published by Dynamite Entertainment. It is set in 2009, after the 2004 Judgment Day depicted in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines...
#1–5 (2007) - Xena: Warrior PrincessXena: Warrior Princess (comics)Xena: Warrior Princess comics, are spin-offs from the series of the same name, itself a spin-off series of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.Topps Comics and Dark Horse Comics created a series of comics tying in to the property...
: Dark Xena #1–4 (2007] - Xena: Warrior Princess Annual #1
Image/TopCow
- Ant: Nineteen Ninety-Two, Part 1 (2007)
- AngelusAngelus (comics)The Angelus is an American comic book antagonist published by Top Cow Productions which first appeared in The Darkness comic in 1997. The Angelus has been featured in comics with her enemies The Darkness and the Witchblade....
(cover and interiors) #1–6 (2009–10) - Angelus Pilot Season (cover and interiors) #1 (2007)
- Art of Witchblade (cover and interiors), one-shot (2008)
- Artifacts (cover and interiors) #0 (2010)
- Broken Trinity (cover and interiors) #1–3 (2008)
- Prelude (cover and interiors) (2008)
- Aftermath (2009)
- CyberforceCyberforceCyberforce is an Image Comics super-hero team created by artist Marc Silvestri and writer Eric Silvestri in 1992. Silvestri would begin performing both the plotting and pencilling chores, but the series was subsequently drawn by other artists, including David Finch...
/Hunter-KillerHunter-Killer (comics)Hunter-Killer is a comic book series from Top Cow Productions, Created by Mark Waid and Marc Silvestri. Silvestri provided the art for the first story arc while Eric Basaldua and Kenneth Rocafort drew the remaining issues. The series started in March 2005.The protagonist of the story is a young...
#2 (2009) - CybladeCybladeCyblade is the name of a fictional character from Top Cow Productions. She is a member of Cyberforce.-Publication history:After her initial appearances in other comics, Cyblade was one of two properties to win the first Pilot Season in 2007, meaning Cyblade would appear in her own eponymous...
#3 (2009) - DarknessThe Darkness (comics)The Darkness is a series of ongoing American comic books created by Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis, and David Wohl and produced by Top Cow Productions. The comic first appeared in 1996 and enjoyed an initial period of relative success during the Top Cow/Image Comics boom of the late 1990s. However,...
#75 (2009) - Darkness Level, 5-part miniseries, (covers and interiors): #1–2; (covers): #3–4 (2006–07)
- Darkness: Empire #1–6 (2007–08)
- Darkness/PittPitt (comics)Pitt is a fictional character who appears in a comics series by American publisher Full Bleed Studios. Created by Dale Keown, he first appeared in Pitt #1 . Pitt is a human/alien hybrid, created by an alien race known as the Creed, genetically engineered to serve as a killing machine...
#1–3 (2009) - Darkness/Witchblade/Angelus Trinity: Blood On The Sands (2009)
- Darkness/WolverineWolverine (comics)Wolverine is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Born as James Howlett and commonly known as Logan, Wolverine is a mutant, possessing animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, three retracting bone claws on each hand and a healing...
: Old Wounds (painting over Tyler Kirkham pencils), one-shot (2006) - Dragon Prince #1 [Cover] [Sept. 2008]
- First Born (cover and interiors) #1–3 (2007)
- Aftermath (cover and interiors), one-shot (2008)
- First Look (cover and interiors), one-shot (2007)
- Fusion: Gods & Monsters #1 (2009)
- MagdalenaMagdalena (comics)The Magdalena is an American comic book heroine created by Top Cow Productions. She did not have her own on-going series for many years, but had two limited series and has been featured in comics with The Darkness, the Witchblade, Tomb Raider, The Angelus and Vampirella. She first appeared in The...
/DaredevilDaredevil (Marvel Comics)Daredevil is a fictional character, a superhero in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Daredevil #1 .Living in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood...
, one-shot (2008) - Unholy Union #1 (2007)
- WitchbladeWitchbladeWitchblade is an American comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner.The series follows Sara...
(cover and interiors) #105–107, #116–138, #140–141, #144–145 (2007–11) - Ravine (cover and interiors) (Soon) (2011)
- Witchblade/DeviDevi (comics)Devi is the fictional character created by Shekhar Kapur and Virgin Comics, as part of their debut Shakti line, which focuses on Indian settings. The character is loosely based upon the mythological figure, Durga.-Plot summary:...
#1 (2008)
Marvel
- Realm Of Kings: Inhumans #5 (2010)
- Devices & Desires #4 (2010)
- Duty Calls #1 (2010)
- High And Mighty #2 (2010)
- Weapon of Mass Distraction #3 (2010)
- She-HulkShe-HulkShe-Hulk is a Marvel Comics superheroine. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Buscema, she first appeared in Savage She-Hulk #1 ....
: Cosmic Collision (2009) - X-Men: Endangered SpeciesX-Men: Endangered Species"Endangered Species" is a 2007 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics. Starring the X-Men, it ran from June to October 2007. It begins with the Endangered Species one-shot written by Mike Carey and drawn by Scot Eaton....
(2007)
Radical Publishing
- AladdinAladdinAladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland ....
: Legacy Of The Lost (interiors) #2–3 (2010) - Freedom Formula #3–5 (2008)
- Hercules: The Thracian Wars (2008)
- Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead - Dead Letters #2 (2009)
- Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead - Read Me First #1 (2009)
Zenescope Entertainment
- 1001 Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad
- Grimm Fairy Tales #1, 6 (2007–08)
External links
- www.SEJICART.com – OFFICIAL homepage
- Nebezial – CGSociety – Sejic on CGSociety
- Nebezial – dA Community – Stjepan Sejic' gallery on DeviantArt
- ComicsContinuum.com – Article on Stjepan and his contract with Top Cow (scroll down)
- ComicsBulletin.com – Darkness/Wolverine – Issue with Sejic's colors.