Glen Orbik grew up in Nevada and later moved to California where he attended the California Art Institute and studied under the school’s founder and renowned illustrator Fred Fixler. When Fixler eventually retired Orbik took over teaching the figure drawing classes at the institute; a prestigious post he held until his death in 2015.
Glen frequented his local prop houses in LA for props and costumes then staged the scene with professional models or friends. He photographed the scenes then made pencil sketches to ensure that the scenes worked with the narrative of the book, before painting the final composition in oil on canvas.
Creative Works
Glen Orbik created some of the worlds most memorable designs for comic books, novels and movie posters. He received many awards and accolades from his work, amongst them, the commission to design the 25th anniversary cover for Stephen King’s IT.
Glen worked with such literary figures as Stephen King and Ray Bradbury as well as brands such as Marvel, Sony, Star Wars and Warner Bros/DC Studios. He created covers for Superman: Lex 2000, The Life Story of Flash and other books. In comics, Glen worked in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s with a run of covers for Batman: Shadow of the Bat and Vertigo’s American Century.
He also painted poster work for films including spiderman and the hulk movies and left a considerable legacy of revered artworks in the much loved retro genre of pulp noir.
Glen’s works are collected by some heroes such as Alex Ross, Ray Bradbury and Stephen King.
A little known fact: He painted at night and slept during the day. One of his friends described him as a vampire because of his nocturnal tendencies.
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