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Nelson Alexander "Alex" Ross (born January 22, 1970) is an American comic book writer/artist known primarily for his painted interiors, covers, and design work. He first became known with the 1994 miniseries ''Marvels'', on which he collaborated with writer Kurt Busiek for Marvel Comics. He has since done a variety of projects for both Marvel and DC Comics, such as the 1996 miniseries ''Kingdom Come'', which Ross co-wrote. Since then he has done covers and character designs for Busiek's series ''Astro City'', and various projects for Dynamite Entertainment. His feature film work includes concept and narrative art for ''Spider-Man'' and ''Spider-Man 2'', and DVD packaging art for the M. Night Shyamalan film, ''Unbreakable''. He has done covers for ''TV Guide'', promotional artwork for the Academy Awards, posters and packaging design for video games, and his renditions of superheroes have been merchandised as action figures. Ross' style has been said to exhibit "a Norman-Rockwell-meets-George-Pérez vibe", and has been praised for its realistic, human depictions of classic comic book characters.〔Evanier, Mark "Alex Ross' Hollywood press conference". "Point of View" ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1474; February 15, 2002〕 His rendering style, his attention to detail, and the perceived tendency of his characters to be depicted staring off into the distance in cover images has been satirized in ''Mad'' magazine. Because of the time it takes Ross to produce his art, he primarily serves as a plotter and/or cover artist. ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' Senior Editor Maggie Thompson, commenting on that publication's retirement of the Favorite Painter award from their CBG Fan Awards due to Ross' domination of that category, stated in 2010, "Ross may simply be the field's Favorite Painter, period. That's despite the fact that many outstanding painters are at work in today's comic books."〔Thompson, Maggie. "Super-power to the people!" ''Comics Buyer's Guide''. #1663 (March 2010), Page 16.〕 ==Early life== Alex Ross was born in Portland, Oregon, and raised in Lubbock, Texas, by his minister father, Clark, and his mother, a commercial artist〔 from whom he would learn many of the trademarks of his artistic style.〔 Ross first began drawing at age three, and was first influenced by superheroes when he discovered Spider-Man on an episode of the children's TV series ''The Electric Company''.〔〔''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1485. May 3, 2002. Cover〕 He would later be influenced by comics artists such as John Romita Sr., Neal Adams, George Pérez and Bernie Wrightson, and attempted to imitate Pérez' style when he did superhero work, and Wrightson's when he did what he calls "serious" work. By age 16, Ross discovered the realistic work of illustrators such as Andrew Loomis and Norman Rockwell, and envisioned one day seeing such styles applied to comic book art.〔 At age 17, Ross began studying painting at the American Academy of Art in Chicago,〔〔"The Creators," ''Avengers/Invaders Sketchbook'' (Marvel Comics, 2008).〕 where his mother had studied. During his years there, Ross discovered the work of other artists like J. C. Leyendecker and Salvador Dalí, whose "hyper-realistic quality", Ross saw, was not that far removed from that of comics. It was during this time that he formed the idea to paint his own comic books. Ross graduated after three years.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alex Ross」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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