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| image         = Travis Charest at Super-Con 2009.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
| caption       = Charest in May 2009&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_name    =&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date    = 1969&lt;br /&gt;
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| death_place   =&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality   = Canadian&lt;br /&gt;
| area          = Penciller, Painter&lt;br /&gt;
| alias         =&lt;br /&gt;
| notable works = &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Darkstars]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,  &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[WildC.A.T.s]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Grifter (comics)|Grifter]]/[[Shi (comics)|Shi]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[WildC.A.T.s]]/[[X-Men]]: [[Golden Age of Comics|The Golden Age]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Metabarons]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| influences    = [[Mike Mignola]]&amp;lt;ref name=Influences/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Adam Hughes]]&amp;lt;ref name=Influences/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Brian Bolland]]&amp;lt;ref name=Influences/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| influenced    = {{plainlist|&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Chrissie Zullo]]&amp;lt;ref name=SigmaStudio/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Shelby Robertson]]&amp;lt;ref name=CreatingGN/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
| awards        =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Travis Charest&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 1969) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[comic book artist|comic book]] [[penciller]], inker and [[Painting|painter]], known for his work on such books as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Darkstars]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,  &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[WildC.A.T.s]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Grifter (comics)|Grifter]]/[[Shi (comics)|Shi]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[WildC.A.T.s/X-Men]]: [[Golden Age of Comics|The Golden Age]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Metabarons]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. He is known for his detailed line work and muted color palette, and is a much sought-after cover artist,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|author=Phegley, Kiel|date=March 7, 2014|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&amp;amp;id=51326|title=EXCLUSIVE: Millar Taps Travis Charest For &amp;#039;Starlight&amp;#039; #4|publisher=[[CBR.com]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; having done extensive cover work for many other books, such as various &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Star Wars]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; series from [[Dark Horse Comics]]. His work has influenced artists such as [[Chrissie Zullo]],&amp;lt;ref name=SigmaStudio&amp;gt;{{cite web|author=|url=http://sigmatestudio.com/2011/05/fables-cinderella-by-chrissie-zullo/|title=Fables Cinderella by Chrissie Zullo|publisher=Creating a Graphic Novel: Art – Food - Photography|date=May 9, 2011|access-date=October 12, 2019|archive-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204151208/http://sigmatestudio.com/2011/05/fables-cinderella-by-chrissie-zullo/}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[Shelby Robertson]],&amp;lt;ref name=CreatingGN&amp;gt;{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.sigmatestudio.com/2009/10/shelby-robertson/|title=Shelby Robertson|publisher=Creating a Graphic Novel: Art – Food - Photography|date=October 28, 2009|access-date=October 12, 2019|archive-date=February 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203212435/http://www.sigmatestudio.com/2009/10/shelby-robertson/}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and [[David Marquez (comics)|David Marquez]].&amp;lt;ref name=CBR&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/cci-david-marquez-makes-his-marvel-exclusive/|author=Sunu, Steve|title=CCI: David Marquez Makes His Marvel Exclusive|publisher=[[CBR.com]]|date=July 14, 2012|access-date=August 20, 2021|archive-date=August 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820174718/https://www.cbr.com/cci-david-marquez-makes-his-marvel-exclusive/}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Early life==&lt;br /&gt;
Charest was born in 1969&amp;lt;ref name=VIAF&amp;gt;[http://viaf.org/viaf/56779467/ &amp;quot;Travis Charest&amp;quot;]. [[Virtual International Authority File]]. Retrieved October 4, 2013.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; on a farm&amp;lt;ref name=Wizard&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Wizard (magazine)|Wizard]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #41 (January 1995). pp 124-125.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in the small Canadian town of [[Leduc, Alberta]]. His parents held various jobs, though he has stated that his mother and sister were skilled designers,&amp;lt;ref name=FumettoLogica&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.fumettologica.it/2020/03/travis-charest-fumetti-intervista/|author=Fiamma, Andrea|title=L’arte di (smettere di) disegnare, secondo Travis Charest|publisher=Fumetto Logica|date=March 3, 2020|access-date=August 16, 2021|archive-date=March 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303111950/https://www.fumettologica.it/2020/03/travis-charest-fumetti-intervista/}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and attributes his early childhood interest in drawing to them.&amp;lt;ref name=FumettoLogica/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Wizard/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://travischarestgallery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=faq#start%20drawing FAQ: &amp;quot;At what age did you  start drawing?&amp;quot;]. The Official Unofficial Travis Charest Gallery; December 1, 2000. Retrieved August 30, 2010&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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His earliest exposure to genre illustration came through &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Metal Hurlant]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, which his uncle collected. American comics were not among his earliest reading, and his initial drawings were of life, such as animals.&amp;lt;ref name=FumettoLogica/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Career==&lt;br /&gt;
Charest did not initially know how to parlay his drawing ability into a career, as there were no schools where he lived for such an endeavor, and did not foresee it as a profession.&amp;lt;ref name=FumettoLogica/&amp;gt; He worked a number of dead-end jobs,&amp;lt;ref name=Wizard/&amp;gt; and it was while living on his own at age 18 or 19, and became friends with people who read comics, that he realized he could make a career out of it.&amp;lt;ref name=FumettoLogica/&amp;gt; Charest cites [[Mike Mignola]], [[Adam Hughes]], and [[Brian Bolland]] among his artistic influences,&amp;lt;ref name=Influences&amp;gt;[http://travischarestgallery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=faq#favorite%20artists &amp;quot;FAQ: &amp;quot;Who are your favorite artists?&amp;quot;] The Official Unofficial Travis Charest Gallery. December 1, 2000. Retrieved March 9, 2013&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as well as many artists from the early 20th century.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://travischarestgallery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=faq#influenced%20you FAQ: &amp;quot;Who influenced you?&amp;quot;] The Official Unofficial Travis Charest Gallery. December 1, 2000. Retrieved August 30, 2010&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Charest spent six months continuously producing new sample art and sending them to various publishers, including [[Marvel Comics]] and [[DC Comics]].&amp;lt;ref name=FumettoLogica/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=ComicsScene32&amp;gt;{{cite magazine|author=Bittner, Drew|title=Cosmic Cops|magazine=[[Comics Scene]]|volume=2|issue=32|publisher=[[Starlog]]|date=February 1993|page=13 - 17}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was selling plumbing supplies at the time he got his big break in the comics industry.&amp;lt;ref name=ComicsScene32/&amp;gt; In 1992 he got his first paid work,&amp;lt;ref name=SpacegirlBlog&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://travischarestspacegirl.blogspot.com/2012/02/20-years-later.html|author=Charest, Travis|title=20 YEARS LATER...|publisher=Travis Charest&amp;#039;s Spacegirl|via=[[Blogger (service)|Blogger]]|date=February 4, 2012|archive-date=February 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208202551/http://travischarestspacegirl.blogspot.com/2012/02/20-years-later.html}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; when DC Comics hired him to provide the art for a [[Flash (comics)|Flash]] story in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Showcase &amp;#039;93&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #3 (March 1993).&amp;lt;ref name=Wizard/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=SpacegirlBlog/&amp;gt; Charest drew the book from a [[full script]], which he said meant that he did not have to make as many storytelling choices as he would have with a [[plot script]], explaining in a 2020 interview, &amp;quot;My weak point is storytelling, I&amp;#039;m not a great storyteller. I&amp;#039;m good with cars and atmospheric things.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=FumettoLogica/&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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He followed that initial Flash story with another one that appeared in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Flash Annual&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #5 (August 1992), which he calls &amp;quot;my first real thing&amp;quot;, and then a story focusing on an arm wrestling match between the [[Hulk]] and the [[Thing (comics)|Thing]] written by [[Peter David]] in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Incredible Hulk Annual]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #18.&amp;lt;ref name=Wizard/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1993 Charest became the regular artist on &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Darkstars]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, illustrating issues 4 - 7.&amp;lt;ref name=Wizard/&amp;gt; The job was Charest&amp;#039;s first monthly work, and saw him take over the book from [[Larry Stroman]], the inaugural artist of the book and designer of the look of the Darkstars. The book&amp;#039;s creative staff had wanted a Storman emulator, but series writer [[Michael Jan Friedman]] describes their change of mind when they came across Charest&amp;#039;s work, telling &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Comics Scene]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in a 1987 interview, &amp;quot;When Larry left, we were thinking of finding someone who could work in his style. But then when Travis came along, we saw his art was nothing like Larry&amp;#039;s—but his stuff could be great. We wanted him to put his own stamp on this book, and I think he has really done it. Charest expressed surprise at how he obtained his first monthly series work so soon after breaking into the field, stating in a 1987 interview in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Comics Scene]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;quot;I never thought I would get my own book this fast. I was sure I would be doing fill-in work for a long time—it was a surprise to get this big a break...The whole thing, from phoning me to &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Darkstars&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, took about three months. Any time I look at my covers or the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Flash Annual&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, I sit there and go, &amp;#039;Holy smoke! I&amp;#039;ve got a book!&amp;#039; At Christmas [1991], I was selling plumbing supplies—now I&amp;#039;m pencilling a book I think will take off.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=ComicsScene32/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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During this same period he also produced cover work for other DC titles such as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Outsiders (comics)|The Outsiders]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Batman]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,  and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Detective Comics]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Charest was then contacted by publisher [[Jim Lee]], who offered him work for [[Wildstorm Productions]].&amp;lt;ref name=Wizard/&amp;gt; Charest&amp;#039;s first work for that studio was a pinup that appeared in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[WildC.A.T.s]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #0 (June 1993).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;WildcatsV2#1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Charest, Travis (March 1999). &amp;quot;Welcome!&amp;quot;. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Wildcats (comics)|Wildcats]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (vol 2) #1 [[Wildstorm Productions]], p. 31.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Later that same year, he illustrated &amp;#039;&amp;#039;WildC.A.T.s Special #1&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (November 1993). He subsequently illustrated back-up stories featuring Voodoo and Warblade in issues 8 and 9 of the regular series (February and March, 1994). He became the regular artist of the series with issue #15, illustrating the title during the runs of writers [[James Robinson (comics)|James Robinson]] and [[Alan Moore]]. While his initial work for Wildstorm was characterized by large amounts of [[cross-hatching]], which was popular among the [[Image Comics]] founders and their imitators, Charest&amp;#039;s style began to evolve as he looked to other designers that piqued his interest. His last regular issue on &amp;#039;&amp;#039;WildC.A.T.s&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was #31 (September 1996), though he later returned to illustrate the title&amp;#039;s 50th issue (June 1998). He also did many covers and unpublished private commissions.&amp;lt;ref name=FumettoLogica/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1999, Charest joined writer [[Scott Lobdell]] on a second series of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Wildcats (comics)|Wildcats]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, illustrating five of the first six issues. Charest came to feel that his &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wildcats&amp;#039;&amp;#039; work, both under Moore and Lobdel, had begun to &amp;quot;slide,&amp;quot; and that it was time to do something different.&amp;lt;ref name=Newsarama&amp;gt;{{cite web|author=Arrant, Chris|url=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=116762|title=Talking to Travis Charest|publisher=[[Newsarama]]|date=June 15, 2007|archive-date=June 17, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617183905/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=116762}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During [[San Diego Comic-Con]] that year, the president of the French publisher [[Les Humanoïdes Associés]] invited Charest to lunch, where he offered the artist the opportunity to work on &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Metabarons]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Charest, having long-enjoyed &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[L&amp;#039;Incal]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; by [[Jean Giraud|Moebius]], had aspired to work for the same publisher, and was &amp;quot;thrilled&amp;quot; by the offer, relating, &amp;quot;I was very young, ambitious and they told me that I could make complete pages, painted, not just drawn in pencil. I was going to live in Paris with my girlfriend, painting all day. &amp;#039;It will be great!&amp;#039; I told myself.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=FumettoLogica/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2000 Charest moved to Paris,&amp;lt;ref name=FumettoLogica/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Newsarama/&amp;gt; where he worked with filmmaker/artist [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]] on the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Metabarons&amp;#039;&amp;#039; [[graphic novel]] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Weapons of the Metabaron&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. Charest, having grown tired of superheroes, accepted the job, and planned to paint the entire graphic novel, something he had never done before. The process of that work went much more slowly than Charest had anticipated, and he illustrated only the first 29 pages of the book.&amp;lt;ref name=Newsarama/&amp;gt; Travis describes the feedback he received from his colleagues thus: &amp;quot;My editor encouraged me to be faster, while Jodorowsky always said, &amp;#039;Don&amp;#039;t listen to them, I&amp;#039;ll distract them, you do what you want.&amp;#039;&amp;quot; Because Charest could only paint two or three pages a month, and he and his girlfriend had trouble paying the bills that incurred from living in Paris, they left the city&amp;lt;ref name=FumettoLogica/&amp;gt; after only a couple of years,&amp;lt;ref name=Newsarama/&amp;gt; and returned to the United States, where Charest&amp;#039;s girlfriend could work.&amp;lt;ref name=FumettoLogica/&amp;gt; Humanoid Publishing selected Serbian artist [[Zoran Janjetov]], who previously worked on the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Incal&amp;#039;&amp;#039; books &amp;#039;&amp;#039;John Defaul&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Technopriests&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, to complete the art for the project.&amp;lt;ref name=FumettoLogica/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Newsarama/&amp;gt; Confessing that it was too much for him to handle at that point in his career, Charest stated in a 2020 interview that he no longer wished to paint interior pages, as it took him a week to paint an interior page, and that if he wished to produce fully-illustrated work, he would only do pencils and have another artist paint it.&amp;lt;ref name=FumettoLogica/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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By 2007 Charest had settled in California. Among his subsequent work was cover art for [[David Morrell]]&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Captain America]]: The Chosen&amp;#039;&amp;#039; mini-series. He also ran the free webcomic strip &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Spacegirl&amp;#039;&amp;#039; on his MSN group.&amp;lt;ref name=Newsarama/&amp;gt; In 2008, a limited edition printed volume hardcover of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Spacegirl&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was self-published by Charest and Big Wow Art, collecting the first 56 strips of the series.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001HKDWY8 &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Spacegirl Volume 1&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]. [[Amazon.com]]. Retrieved May 19, 2014.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In September 2022, Marvel released &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Fantastic Four|Fantastic Four: Full Circle]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, an original graphic novel written and illustrated by [[Alex Ross]], in which Ross utilized for the titular group&amp;#039;s uniforms a stylized numeral &amp;quot;4&amp;quot; that Charest had designed in 2013. In the 2024 &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Expanded Edition&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of the book, Ross wrote, &amp;quot;Artist Travis Charest had designed a beautiful &amp;#039;4&amp;#039; for an armored suit I saw in his 2013 sketchbook. I sampled his approach and tried to vary it, but eventually, I felt I couldn&amp;#039;t improve upon it. Once &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Full Circle&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was moving forward, I asked Travis for permission to use the exact style of the 4 which he generously gave me.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite comic|title=[[Fantastic Four]]: Full Circle: Expanded Edition|story=Building to a Project|writer=[[Ross, Alex]]|artist=[[Ross, Alex]]|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]|date=October 29, 2024}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Technique and materials==&lt;br /&gt;
Charest usually prefers not to employ preliminary sketching practices, such as layouts, thumbnails or [[lightbox]]ing, in part due to impatience, and in part because he enjoys the serendipitous way in which artwork develops when produced with greater spontaneity.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://travischarestgallery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=faq#techniques|author=Charest, Travis|title=FAQ: &amp;#039;Working techniques&amp;#039;|publisher=The Official Unofficial Travis Charest Gallery|date=December 1, 2000|access-date=August 30, 2010|archive-date=April 8, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010408051318/https://travischarestgallery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=faq}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also prefers to use reference only when rendering objects that require a degree of real-life accuracy, such as guns, vehicles, or characters of licensed properties that must resemble actors with whom they are closely identified, as when he illustrated the cover to &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Star Trek: The Next Generation: Embrace the Wolf]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; in 2000.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://travischarestgallery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=faq#references|author=Charest, Travis|title=FAQ: &amp;#039;Do I use any type of references?&amp;#039;|publisher=The Official Unofficial Travis Charest Gallery|date=December 1, 2000|access-date=August 30, 2010|archive-date=April 8, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010408051318/https://travischarestgallery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=faq}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Charest previously illustrated on regular [[illustration board]] provided by publishers, though he disliked the [[non-photo blue]] lines printed on them. By 2000, he switched to Crescent board for all his work, because it does not warp when wet, produces sharper illustrations, and is more suitable for framing because it lacks the non-photo blue lines.&amp;lt;ref name=Materials&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://travischarestgallery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=faq#materials|author=Charest, Travis|title=FAQ: &amp;#039;What materials do I use?&amp;#039;|publisher=The Official Unofficial Travis Charest Gallery|date=December 1, 2000|access-date=August 30, 2010|archive-date=April 8, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010408051318/https://travischarestgallery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=faq}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Charest uses mainly [[2H lead]] to avoid smearing, and sometimes [[HB lead]]. For [[ink wash]], he uses [[Rapidograph]] ink, and waters it down to three hues in order to achieve light gray, medium and charcoal tones, in addition to straight black. He applies the wash with watercolor brushes of various sizes. To ink linework he uses Rapidographs of all sizes. For color work, Charest uses Aquarelle watercolor pencils and [[acrylic paint]] for airbrush work. He also uses white [[Pelikan]] ink for additional effects such as highlights, fades and blends. Charest stated in 2000 that while he did not use a computer for his artwork, he would be using one soon, and anticipated they would be a necessity for professional artists.&amp;lt;ref name=Materials/&amp;gt; By the 2020s, he was producing artwork digitally, which allows him to complete pieces more quickly. His cover for &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Batman/Catwoman]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #6 (October 2021), for example, was made entirely in this method, which he explained was due to time constraints that required him to finish it more quickly.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|author=Charest, Travis|publisher=[[Twitter]]|url=https://twitter.com/TravisCharest/status/1360693415000698881|title=Travis Charest on Twitter|date=February 13, 2021|access-date=August 20, 2021|archive-date=February 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213205306/https://twitter.com/TravisCharest/status/1360693415000698881}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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According to Charest, the time he needs to finish a given page varies, depending on how fast his editor needs it, and what he is being paid,&amp;lt;ref name=HowLong&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://travischarestgallery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=faq#whole%20page|author=Charest, Travis|title=FAQ: &amp;#039;Just how long does it take you to finish a  whole page?&amp;#039;|publisher=The Official Unofficial Travis Charest Gallery|date=December 1, 2000|access-date=August 30, 2010|archive-date=April 8, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010408051318/https://travischarestgallery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=faq}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; though because he came to prefer producing artwork that takes longer than the norm to complete by the time he left [[Wildstorm Comics|Wildstorm]], he stated in 2000 that he no longer found it feasible to be the regular artist on a monthly series.&amp;lt;ref name=Leaving&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://travischarestgallery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=faq#leaving|author=Charest, Travis|title=FAQ: &amp;#039;Why am I leaving Wildstorm?&amp;#039;|publisher=The Official Unofficial Travis Charest Gallery|date=December 1, 2000|access-date=August 30, 2010|archive-date=April 8, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010408051318/https://travischarestgallery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=faq}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He points to &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[WildC.A.T.s/X-Men]]: [[Golden Age of Comics|The Golden Age]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; as an example of a book that took him considerable time (under a year), though he stresses that he finished it on time.&amp;lt;ref name=HowLong/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Influence==&lt;br /&gt;
Charest&amp;#039;s work has influenced artists such as [[Chrissie Zullo]],&amp;lt;ref name=SigmaStudio/&amp;gt; [[Shelby Robertson]],&amp;lt;ref name=CreatingGN/&amp;gt; and [[David Marquez (comics)|David Marquez]].&amp;lt;ref name=CBR/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Personal life==&lt;br /&gt;
As of 1995, Charest was living in [[San Diego, California]].&amp;lt;ref name=Wizard/&amp;gt; As of 2020, he had a wife and a ten-year-old daughter.&amp;lt;ref name=FumettoLogica/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Bibliography==&lt;br /&gt;
===Interior comic work===&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Flash (comics)|The Flash]] Annual&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #5: &amp;quot;Family Business&amp;quot; (with [[Mark Waid]] and [[Craig Boldman]], DC Comics, 1992)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Hulk|The Incredible Hulk]] Annual&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #18: &amp;quot;Mano A Mano&amp;quot; (with [[Peter David]], [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]], 1992)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Darkstars]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #4-7 (with [[Michael Jan Friedman]], [[DC Comics]], 1993)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Showcase (comics)|Showcase &amp;#039;93]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #3: &amp;quot;Delay of Game&amp;quot; (with [[Michael J. Martinek]], DC Comics, 1993)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;DC Universe: Trinity&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #1: &amp;quot;Darkstars&amp;quot; (with Michael Jan Friedman, DC Comics, 1993)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Green Lantern Corps Quarterly]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #6: &amp;quot;What Price Honor?&amp;quot; (with [[Ruben Diaz (comics)|Ruben Diaz]], DC Comics, 1993)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[WildC.A.T.s|WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ([[Wildstorm]]):&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;Destiny&amp;#039;s Hand&amp;quot; (with [[Steve Gerber]], in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Special&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #1, 1993)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;Voodoo: Passed Lives&amp;quot; (with [[Steven T. Seagle]], in #8, 1994)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;Warblade: The Bonds of Blood &amp;amp; Steel&amp;quot; (with [[Jeff Mariotte]], in #9, 1994)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;End Program&amp;quot; (with [[James Robinson (comics)|James Robinson]], in #15-17, 1994–1995)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;Hard Hunt&amp;quot; (with James Robinson, in #18, 1995)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;Wild Storm Rising&amp;quot; (with James Robinson, in #20, 1995)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;Call of the Wild&amp;quot; (with [[Alan Moore]], in #21, 1995)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;...as It is in Heaven&amp;quot; (with Alan Moore, in #25, 1995)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;Khera&amp;quot; (with Alan Moore, in #26, 1996)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;Cataclysm&amp;quot; (with Alan Moore, [[Dave Johnson (comics)|Dave Johnson]] and [[Aron Wiesenfeld]], in #28, 1996)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;Fire from Heaven, Parts Seven and Thirteen&amp;quot; (with Alan Moore and [[Ryan Benjamin (comics)|Ryan Benjamin]], in #29-30, 1996)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;Cats &amp;amp; Dogs&amp;quot; (with Alan Moore, Jim Lee and [[Josh Wiesenfeld]], in #31, 1996)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;Reincarnation&amp;quot; (with Alan Moore, in #50, 1998)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Gen¹³|Gen&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;13&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #0: &amp;quot;Things Change&amp;quot; (with [[Brandon Choi]], Wildstorm, 1994)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Union (comics)|Union]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #7: &amp;quot;One Month&amp;quot; (with [[Mike Heisler]], among other artists, Wildstorm, 1995)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Grifter (comics)|Grifter]]/[[Shi (comics)|Shi]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #1-2: &amp;quot;Final Rites&amp;quot; (with Brandon Choi, Jim Lee, Peter Gutierrez, [[Billy Tucci]] and Ryan Benjamin, [[Image Comics|Image]], 1996)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[WildC.A.T.s/X-Men|WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Golden Age]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (with [[Scott Lobdell]], [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]], Wildstorm, 1997)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]] v2&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #7: &amp;quot;Crossroads&amp;quot; (with James Robinson, among other artists, Marvel, 1997)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Aliens (comics)|Aliens: Havoc]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #2 (with [[Mark Schultz (comics)|Mark Schultz]], among other artists, [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]], 1997)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Wildcats (comics)|Wildcats]] v2&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ([[Wildstorm]]):&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;Balance of Terror&amp;quot; (with Scott Lobdell, in #1, 1999)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;Second Skin&amp;quot; (with Scott Lobdell, in #2, 1999)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;Flavors&amp;quot; (with Scott Lobdell, in #3, 1999)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;Firefight&amp;quot; (with Scott Lobdell, [[Carlos D&amp;#039;Anda]] and [[Anthony Winn]], in #4, 1999)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;quot;The Chase&amp;quot; (with Scott Lobdell, [[Joe Casey]] and [[Scott Benefiel]], in #6, 2000)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Metabarons]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (with [[Alejandro Jodorowsky]], [[Les Humanoïdes Associés]]):&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sans Nom, le Dernier des Métabarons (The Last Metabaron)&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (one-shot, 2002)&lt;br /&gt;
** &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Les Armes du Meta-Baron (Weapons of the Metabaron)&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (with [[Zoran Janjetov]], [[graphic novel]], 2008)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Ultimates|Ultimates Saga]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (with [[C.B. Cebulski]] and [[Mindy Owens]], Marvel, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Captain America (comic book)|Captain America]] v1&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #616: &amp;quot;Origin&amp;quot; (with [[Ed Brubaker]], Marvel, 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Millarworld|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Ambassadors&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]] #3 (with [[Mark Millar]], 2023)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Cover work===&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Darkstars]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #1-3, 8-11 ([[DC Comics]], 1992–1993)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Detective Comics]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #652-653 (DC Comics, 1992)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #488-490 (DC Comics, 1993)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Tim Drake|Robin III: Cry of the Huntress]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #3 (DC Comics, 1993)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Robin: Tragedy &amp;amp; Triumph&amp;#039;&amp;#039; TPB ([[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]]; DC Comics, 1993)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Outsiders (comics)|Outsiders]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #1α, 1Ω (DC Comics, 1993)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[WildC.A.T.s|WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #19, 22-24, 40 ([[Wildstorm]], 1995–1997)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Shattered Image (comics)|Shattered Image]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #2 ([[Image Comics|Image]], 1996)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Wetworks]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #32 (Wildstorm, 1997)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Divine Right: The Adventures of Max Faraday]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #1 (Wildstorm, 1997)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Phantom Guard]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #1 (Wildstorm, 1997)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Stormwatch (comics)|Stormwatch]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #1 (Wildstorm, 1997)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Wildcore]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #1 (Wildstorm, 1997)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[DV8]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #14 (Wildstorm, 1997)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Gen¹³|Gen&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;13&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #25 (Wildstorm, 1997)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Battle Chasers]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #1 ([[Cliffhanger (comics)|Cliffhanger]], 1998)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[C-23 (comics)|C-23]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #0-3 (Image, 1998)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Danger Girl (comic)|Danger Girl]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #3 (Cliffhanger, 1998)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Wildcats (comics)|Wildcats]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #5, 7-11 (Wildstorm, 1999–2000)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Star Trek: The Next Generation: Embrace the Wolf]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; GN (Wildstorm, 2000)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (comics)|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #1, 3-6, 25 ([[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]], 2006–2008)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Star Wars: Legacy]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #14-19, 28 (Dark Horse, 2007–2008)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Captain America|Captain America: The Chosen]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #1-6 ([[Marvel Comics|Marvel]], 2007–2008)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Star Wars: Dark Times]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #11 (Dark Horse, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Star Wars: Rebellion (video game)|Star Wars: Rebellion]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #15 (Dark Horse, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Invincible Iron Man (comics)|Invincible Iron Man]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #3 (Marvel, 2008)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Atomika (books)|Atomika]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #10 ([[Mercury Comics|Mercury]], 2009)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Skaar (character)|Skaar: Son of Hulk]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #11 (Marvel, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Purge (comic book)|Star Wars: Purge – Seconds to Die]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #1 (Dark Horse, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Astonishing X-Men]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #31 (Marvel, 2009)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Avengers: The Children&amp;#039;s Crusade]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #2 (Marvel, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Mighty Thor]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #1 (Marvel, 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Chrononauts: Futureshock]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; #1 (Image, [[variant cover|variant]], 2019)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|date=July 22, 2019|title=Netflix Invites Readers to Binge Mark Millar&amp;#039;s Next Comic Book|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/mark-millars-chrononauts-futureshock-be-released-binge-format-1226093|access-date=July 22, 2019|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|last=McMillan|first=Graeme|language=en-US}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
===General references===&lt;br /&gt;
*{{gcdb|type=credit|search=Travis+Charest|title=Travis Charest}}&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.comics-db.com/comics/search.cgi?query=Travis%20Charest&amp;amp;bool=and&amp;amp;substring=1 Travis Charest] at the [[Big Comic Book DataBase]]&lt;br /&gt;
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* [http://www.travischarestgallery.com/ Travis Charest Art Gallery]&lt;br /&gt;
* {{Comicbookdb|type=creator|id=1410|title=Travis Charest}}&lt;br /&gt;
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