Mark Texeira (/təkˈsɛərə/)[1] is an American comic book artist. Classically trained as a painter,[2] he broke into the comics field in the early 1980s.[3]
When painting, Texeira begins with a penciled layout on loose paper, and following approval of the layout, will acquire reference photos or hire models to pose for him, in order to "capture the feeling of the sketch as closely as possible." Texeira will then apply a few layers of gesso to a Masonite board, and then carefully lay the drawing out in tight pencil, noting subtleties of skin tone and sharpening the image throughout the process. He will then create the underpainting, in which he applies sepias, or a mix of browns, blacks and whites. Any final changes to the painting, such as aspects of a character's facial expression, are made during this stage. He then carefully and thinly applies acrylic paint to achieve the final colors, lightly so as to not lose the underpainting.[9]
^Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1980s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 214. ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9. Transported from the Wild West of the past to a dystopic future society, Jonah Hex had to adapt to the times in this brave new world and series crafted by writer Michael Fleisher and artist Mark Texeira.
^DeFalco, Tom (2008). "1980s". In Gilbert, Laura (ed.). Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. Dorling Kindersley. p. 229. ISBN978-0-7566-4123-8. Created by editor Archie Goodwin and artist Mark Texeira, it focused on teenagers with psionic powers.
^Manning, Matthew K. "1990s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 290: "Writer Christopher Priest and artist Mark Texeira...put a new spin on the life of Wakanda Warrior King, Black Panther."
