Adam Hughes Quotes:- Adam Hughes (born May 5, 1967) is an American comics artist and illustrator best known to American comic book readers for his renderings of pinup-style female characters, and his cover work on titles such as Wonder Woman and Catwoman. He is known as one of comics’ foremost cheesecake artists, and one of the best-known and most distinctive comic book cover artists.
Throughout his career, Hughes has provided illustration work for companies such as DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros. Pictures, Playboy magazine, Joss Whedon’s Mutant Enemy Productions, and Sideshow Collectibles. He is also a fixture at comics conventions where his commissioned sketches command long lines.
Inspirational Adam Hughes Quotes
“That’s a comic cover’s job: Attract someone’s attention and persuade them to try the issue out.”
Adam Hughes
“I’ve been drawing for as long as I can remember. I think all children draw as soon as they figure out their thumb and can grab crayons. The only difference with people like myself is that we never stopped drawing.”
Adam Hughes
“Color always vexed me because I would fight with the media I was using. I love coloring in Photoshop, and it’s freed me to pursue ideas and techniques I wouldn’t have otherwise attempted. Since I get to take an assignment from concept to final execution, I have more freedom in my idea-making processes.”
Adam Hughes
“I think all children draw, as soon as they figure out the thumb and can grab crayons. The only difference with people like myself is that we never stopped drawing.”
Adam Hughes
“I get less and less sketching done at shows, as more and more people want to come up and talk or get stuff signed. Most requested character? Probably Catwoman.”
Adam Hughes
“‘All-Star Wonder Woman’ would get worked on in what is laughably referred to as my ‘spare time.’ I just ended up with less and less time to devote to it. Eventually, we all realized that it was taking forever, so we just all agreed to hold off on it ’til the time was right to do it properly. Well, I still have a contract; DC never tore it up.”
Adam Hughes
“A great comic book cover occurs when it gets a potential reader to pick the book up and start thumbing through it. That’s a comic cover’s job: Attract someone’s attention, and persuade them to try the issue out.”
Adam Hughes
“I’ve always loved pinup art, and I’ve always enjoyed drawing women. I think it was a conscious decision that has resulted in me getting almost exclusive work on comics where the main character is female.”
Adam Hughes
“I was born in Riverside and spent my whole growing-up years in Florence, a little township on the Delaware River. I tell people that I’m from the West Coast of New Jersey.”
Adam Hughes
“I’m still awaiting the idea of drawing comics for a living being a reality. I feel like I’ve been dodging work for 20 years, and at some point, I’ll have to get a real job.”
Adam Hughes
