Web Design
Using HTML, CSS, PHP, Wordpress, Photoshop and Illustrator to create websites for clients.
Bio
My name is Harry Candelario. I read my first comic book when I was 11 years old, I was blown away by the art and once I learned that it was actually drawn by people, (and I was a people) I was hooked. I started drawing and never stopped. I got into the High School of Art & Design in NYC and 2 months after graduation I started working at Marvel Comics. I worked for various departments until I landed in the "Bullpen" and worked there for a few years. I continued to hone my drawing skills and fulfilled my dream by becoming "a comic book artist" and did that for the next 13 years. I was more comfortable as an inker than a penciller, it was loads of fun and I was better at it than pencilling because of my attention–to–detail personality.
In 1996 I was introduced to Photoshop. It was love at first sight. Comic book work was becoming harder to come by (so many talented artists—so few jobs) I started concentrating on computer graphics and once I heard about the web and web design…I was 11 years old all over again.
I built my first website in 2 days after I got a copy of Adobe Pagemill, it came free with the printer I bought. I noticed the software had many limitations, so I soon started learning to write HTML & CSS. During this time I had to supplement my income so I started doing MAC repair. Making house-calls and setting people up with home office networks. This led to bigger jobs, working for companies as a part-time MAC IT guy, mostly in New York City. I never needed to advertise, my reputation spread simply by word of mouth.
During this time I was still learning everything Adobe and building websites. I was mostly using Adobe Golive for websites. I became too dependent on the software as far as coding was concerned. My wake up call came when I was told I didn't get a job because I wasn't familiar enough with hand-coding. After that I went back to basics and started hand-coding again. Everything improved dramatically.
Now I'm living in North Carolina, working mostly on web design. I started using Wordpress in 2009 and I love it.
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Web Design
I love my job! I build websites. If I'm not working on a project at the moment, then I'm probably planning the next one.
I start out by doing pencil sketches and then mocking them up in Photoshop. Then it's off to Coda and CSSedit to build it. Whether it's an HTML site or Wordpress I try to be as creative as possible while at the same time giving the client what they want. I even do 1 on 1 Wordpress training so they can update their own sites with confidence.
Maxwell's Tavern
The Great Gray Bridge
Fuzion Hair Design
Leonard Golino
Infoscore
Kyle Gallup
Devine Designs by Gary
Optimum Wellness & Energy
Precise Plumbing Estimates
Run It By Fred
Sparks Electrical Company
Rosie's Jewelry
Marie's Lucky Dog
Sal's Meat market & Salumeria
Our Neighborhood Magazine
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Digital Art
I use Photoshop every single day, but I don't usually get the chance to create digital art. I'm more of a Photoshop "go-to guy"
That said, I don't have many "art pieces" but here are just a few that I've done.
This is the final approved sketch done by
Andy Kuhn.
This is the vector drawing done completely in Illustrator.
I took Andy Kuhn's sketch and basically inked it in Illustrator.
This was done for Western Reserve Life Assurance Co.
The color for this was done in Photoshop. when finished the file was half a Gb.
When Dan found out what we wanted to do, he posed for a few pictures
this is the one we decided to use
This is Hector Collazo's pencil drawing of Dan Peters. There were no corrections needed. He nailed it on the first try.
I used Photoshop to paint Hector's pencil art. I used the photo of Dan for the jeans, toolbox and the drill.
This was loads of fun to do
Hector Collazo strikes again. Dan didn't pose for this picture for obvious reasons.
This is 99% finished".
I showed Dan the camouflage toolbox and now he wants one
Here's a close-up view of me getting carried away with Photoshop
I created a Photoshop action of the camo effect. Download a zip of it here
camo.atn
This was done for no particular reason. I was fixing Macs for a living at the time and I just loved the way this version of the iMac looked.
When I worked in the Marvel Bullpen
I used one of these on a daily basis.
It was sitting on my desk so I decided to draw it in photoshop
Someone asked me for a photo of a pushpin, I didn't like any of the ones I found, so I made this one in Photoshop.
I kinda got carried away with the realism a bit
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Comic Art
I started working at Marvel Comics 2 months after graduating from the High School of Art & Design on East 57th street in NY.
I worked in the Bullpen from 1980 to 1989. By 1989 I was an inking assistant for Mark Texeira and Bob Layton. From then on I was a freelance inker until 2001. Some of the titles I worked on were Quasar, X-Force, X-Men 2099, Marvel Adventures and the short lived Spiderman Unlimited, just to name a few.
A Marvel Comics Presents cover I penciled and inked
Cover to
X-Men 2099 #29
pencils Ron Lim
Splash to X-Force #18.
Pencils Greg Capullo.
Marvel made t-shirts out of this one
Ironman #256 pencils John Romita Jr.
This is the only time i ever inked him.
This is the one that started it all for me.
Amazing Spider-man pencils Joe Bennett
X-Force & Champions Annual.
pencils Terry Shoemaker
Marvel Adventures
#12 page 9
pencils Andy Kuhn
Marvel Adventures
#12 page 18
pencils Andy Kuhn
Marvel Adventures #16
pencils Andy Kuhn
Marvel Adventures #16
pencils Andy Kuhn
Marvel Adventures #14
pencils Andy Kuhn
Marvel Adventures #14
pencils Andy Kuhn
The Beast mini-series
pencils Hector Collazo
Spider-man Unlimited #1 page 8
pencils Andy Kuhn
Spider-man Unlimited #5 page 9
pencils Andy Kuhn
Spider-man Unlimited #5 page 10
pencils Andy Kuhn
Quasar #32 page 21
pencils Greg Capullo
Quasar #36 page 6
pencils Greg Capullo
Quasar #38 page 6
pencils Greg Capullo
X-Force #16 page 1
pencils Greg Capullo
X-Force #18 page 22
pencils Greg Capullo
X-Force #21 page 13
pencils Greg Capullo
X-Force #23 page 9
pencils Greg Capullo
Quasar #39 page 14
pencils Steve Lightle
Quasar #39 page 25
pencils Steve Lightle
Cable #96 page 14
Pencils Michael Ryan
Domino mini-series
pencils David Perrin
X-Men 2099 #15 page 20
pencils Ron Lim
X-Men 2099 #23 page 2
pencils Ron Lim
X-Men 2099 #30 page 17
pencils Ron Lim
This is my ink rendition of Norman Rockwell's "Summer Stock". I loved the painting and I just had to do it. This was later used as a pin-up in Will Allred's "Diary of Night" #1
Marvel Adventures #20 pages 16-17
pencils Andy Kuhn
This was never published
Deadly Foes of Spider-man collection cover
pencils Joe Madureira
Marvel made t-shirts and posters of this.
Quasar #32 pages 10-11 pencils Greg Capullo
This was the first double page spread I ever did. I had so much fun inking it.
Spider-man Unlimited #4 page 12-13
pencils Andy Kuhn
X-Force Annual #1 1992 pencils Greg Capullo
I remember drinking lots of coffee when I was inking this
