I am most impressed with Mark and Dave's work this week.
I have not got a photo of Mark's work as my camera battery died but I will post one next week.
Here is Dave's work.
I am a professional illustrator, providing illustration for books, magazines, posters and (rock band) merchandize . I also storyboard for film, tv, video games and tv ads. Teaching is just something I enjoy doing. Just an attemp to give something back. Not everything I post here will necessarily work for everyone.
Thursday, 25 June 2015
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
APRIL - JULY TERM: WEEK 8
I'm really impressed with everyone's efforts this week. Mark, that's a great piece you are working on. I hope you manage to finish it. Andy, your comic book work is coming along nicely. Ann-Marie. I know it can seem like pulling teeth sometimes but you are making great progress. Richard, Great work on your project. Oliver, I think you have made some positive advances with your project. Keep it up.
Ann-Marie, here is a link to the Becky Cloonan podcast interview. I found it very interesting. I think it will help.
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
APRIL - JULY TERM: WEEK 6
Here are the images from last night's class. Words to follow later
This drawing is basically composed with a circle and an oval.
I have identified these shapes using colour below.
I have identified these shapes using colour below.
I feel confident that you can plot the face and body using the methods discussed earlier in the course.
Just remember to keep an eye on the proportions of the anatomy.
You don't have to follow my figure exactly, feel free to recreate this according to your style of drawing.
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
APRIL - JULY TERM: WEEK 6: PANEL DISCUSSIONS
I am not going to recap everything we discussed in class but I will post the images I promised and a few notes.
There are so many excellent storytellers in comic book art to choose from it was difficult deciding on what to post here.
In the end I picked artists who are known in the field of fantasy art and horror.
The page above, is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat by Bernie Wrightson.
Wrightson, is not only a highly skilled illustrator but also matches this with equal storytelling power.
Just look at the opening panel. The use of solid black. The authenticity of the detail.
Wrightson sets the stage with this panel. This is where the story takes place. In the house and the surrounding land.
The bottom panel cuts to an interior, depicting a loving scene of the story's couple and their affection for animals, which make the panels that follow all the more disturbing. Setting the reader up perfectly.
This story , and others, can be found in this collected works volume.
It's a rather excellent book.
These are the images for Ann-Marie
These panels are taken from Fatal created by Ed Brubaker (Writer) and Sean Phillips (Artist)
These are examples of multi panel pans.
I like the first multipanel how it flows like a camera might pan dawn in an erotic scene in a movie where the director doesn't want to be explicit with the sex scene. Although, I did wonder whether the last two text panels in the bottom actually relate to the imagery, or whether it was just for a fade out effect.
Still, it slows the reader down and makes this a lingering scene. So I guess this is a good example.
This one, however, one works much better in my opinion.
Other comic book artists who make good use of multi panel pans are Frank Miller and Paul Gullacy.
You may find this link interesting.
Monday, 8 June 2015
APRIL - JULY TERM: WEEK 5: MORE FIGURE DRAWING
Here are the images from the last class exercise.
This the end result you are aiming for. Layout-wise not necessarily style of execution.
Here is the inked version
Some skull refs
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