Petar meseldzija

-By Petar Meseldzija In 1983, Swedish publisher Atlantic, who at that time was the copyright holder for the production of the Tarzan comics worldwide, being dissatisfied with the poor quality of the Spanish version of Tarzan (except for the episodes done by the gifted Jose Ortiz) handed the job ov

This painting of a giant was made during my studies at the Art Academy and is one of the illustrations from a book I was busy with at ...

Today's image is an unfinished sketch from Petar. I wanted to comment on this piece for a couple of reasons. First, I was following along on MuddyColors that Petar was working on a sketch based on Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer. Petar reproduced that sketch about 8 times, tweaking the gesture and pose until it was EXACTLY what he wanted. In some cases, the changes were so minor that one might not have even noticed the difference unless it was pointed out. Yet he redrew the figure again and…

Petar Meseldžija

Petar Meseldžija, The Legend of Steel Bashaw

-By Petar Meseldzija A few years ago, in a post titled Turbulence, I confessed that I was experiencing a major crisis. It was not only the creativity crisis, but an all permeating, comprehensive one. Back then, I used the words of Andrei Tarkovsky to clarify things and help myself out of

Striving to become a Master in one’s craft is the Way to be a perfect student. There is no end to the process of becoming a Master. One is always a student. The more knowledge and skill one gains, the more obvious it becomes how minuscule and insignificant one’s knowing and ability is against the