With the graphic novel being underway for over a year now, I thought it would be a great time to think about re-doing all of drawings so far in a new style. Haha! Most of the work that's been going on has been story-writing, dialogue, and chapter planning. So with all that in mind, I'm interested in seeing what other stylistic options I've got right now before I really hit the boards and produce. So here are a couple different approaches. I'm leaning heavily towards the brush image. it's efficient, inexpensive, dynamic, and takes about a tenth of the time as charcoal. Any feedback from you guys would really help...I'll be posting more tests over the next couple days. So on with it:
This is the original finished charcoal image I worked off of:
This is just a re-drawn sketch from the charcoal:
Here is the marker study, using grey-wash markers, and micron pens:
This is the brush study. No preliminary sketch, marker study used as visual reference:
And last, a fun treatment to the brush study using halftone for background/shading:
4 comments:
I have always been a HUGE fan of your marker/micron work, and this piece is no different. The brush is interesting, but a little boring for my taste. I just don't feel like it has enough detail to tell your story. The brush illustrations have a nice balance of weight, but if you haven't been following the story like I have I doubt that you would be able to know what they were thinking or feeling.
Happy Belated New Years BTW
word. That's the biggest issue right now with markers... I'm having a tough time portraying the level of emotion/details I want in the characters... still got more coming... tighter marker work over pencil sketches. and Happy New Years to you too buddies!!!
Happy new years buddiesies...
I don't care for the brush, as it's difficult to tell who is who or what they are emoting.
The Charcoal I like best, sorry.
Yo Amory - the marker one I think is pretty awesome.
Keep up the great work.
Eric
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