Posted By Dan Greenfield on Sep 23, 2025 | 1 comment

DESPOP TUESDAYS!

Des Taylor’s art is imbued with cinematic stylings —  so many of his illustrations look like movie stills or animation cels. It’s a technique he’s perfected, so I’m always taken when he puts together something that really drives that point home.

Like this title card of an imaginary Batgirl/Black Canary film:

I’d buy my tickets the day they went on sale, wouldn’t you?

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MORE

— THE INFAMOUS KATIE ROGERS: The Version I Want Everyone to See. Click here.

— PURE ART: The Sublime Simplicity of the Black-and-White Sketch. Click here.

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DES TAYLOR is the man behind creator-owned comic properties Scarlett Couture, The Vesha Valentine Story, The Trouble With Katie Rogers and a new property in the works The Blue Lotus Strikes. His client list includes DC Comics, La Perla, FHM, Cosmopolitan, Universal Music, ITV Studios America and many more. When he’s not working on his own properties or churning out commissions, Des spends his spare time… working some more, hating Arsenal and raising his two baby daughters, Scarlett and Leia-May.