I don’t get why this is “magic.” The step that he left out is the actual creation of the drawing, which is obviously just a trace from a photograph. Not actually “magic.”

Considering the amount of photos that Maleev uses in his work, for tracing figures, background images, etc., I find his stuff incredibly dull and lifeless.

“Magic,” it is not.

He left out the final step – having David Mack appropriate your work and not give you any credit!

I like the simple pencil drawing best, reminds me of some of Mckean’s stuff (Cages).

Once in awhile Maleev will use a style I’m not huge on (the boring but appropriate style for that Illuminati one shot) but for the most part I really dig his stuff (his recent Nova covers have been a bit different from his other work but equally amazing).