The Color Dojo's Tom Chu has been along time friend of Section 8 and has worked with Wilson Ramos-Jr. over the last 10 years.

Born in Taiwan, Tom had always been immersed in the popular culture of cartoon and comics, due to the closeness of Japan, but it wasn’t until Tom relocated to the U.S. at the age of 13 did he began to take interest in producing art in his favorite genre.

Inspired by the artists who eventually formed Image Comics, Tom worked hard on his craft, and was even accepted to attend the Joe Kubert School of cartoon and graphic art in Dover, New Jersey.

As fate would have it, the same day he received his acceptance letter, he had a chance encounter with an industry professional in the computer coloring department, his interest was piqued, and immediately threw himself into the world of photoshop, though it was hard in the beginning, and he had thoughts of quitting the field and go back to school for other career choice, Tom stuck with the job when he was discovered at a convention in New York City by Billy Tucci, the creator of Shi and the owner of Crusade Entertainment.

It was there where Tom met some of the industry greats, J.G. Jones, Kevin Lau, etc. So even when Crusade closes it’s doors, Tom’s hope was high, as he smoothly made the transition over to the giant in the industry, Marvel Comics.

Tom started out doing covers for Marvel, though then editor Ruben Diaz and Zena Tsarfin. Tom was provided with an opportunity to color the interiors of Deadpool and he seized the chance, which parlayed into a full time gig that lasted over 10 issues.

Though Tom still stays up many nights working, he is glad that he’s able to turn his childhood dream into a rewarding career.

PROJECTS:

CRUSADE ENTERTAINMENT

* Shi: The Series - Interiors

MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT

* Team X 2000 - Cover
* Avengers Forever - Covers
* Deadpool – Covers and Interiors
* Iceman - Interiors
* Bloodstone – Covers and Interiors Space Knights – Covers and Interiors
* Weapon X - Interiors
* Gambit - Interiors
* New X-Men: Academy X - Interiors
* Colossus - Interiors
* Exiles - Interiors

IMAGE COMICS

* Howard Shum’s Intrigue – Covers and Interiors

DC COMICS

* Big Daddy Danger - Interiors

EA SPORTS

* NBA Street Vol. 2 Cover Painting

ADAM POLLINA PRODUCTIONS

* Conceptual designs for Terminatrix for T-3: Rise of the machines – Digital Colors
* Conceptual designs for Madison Square Garden events – Digital Colors
* “Eyes Wired Shut” Music video of The Punisher Soundtrack – Photos and prop making

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