(via Plasticine Tatooine – Stories from the Star Wars second string by Elliott Quince)
Star Wars characters sculpted out of Plasticine? If you’re anything like me, you may find it difficult to resist the mere £4.95 it takes to own this great-looking little book.
From the fantastic blog, http://comicbookcartography.posterous.com/
Something about this picture really grabbed me. I wouldn't mind basing a painting or mixed media work on it in the near future.
Seeing this drawing made me want to pull out the ol' pen and paper myself.
From here,
http://jpcuisonart.blogspot.com/2011/05/illustration-for-rogue-magazine.html#
There is hope...PURE PAJAMAS
Oh, how you had spent hours in your local comic shop bemoaning the fact that comics had lost Marc Bell to the fine art world. Well, guess what, you were wrong! Ol' Simp is back! And Shrimpy and Paul and Taco and on and on. Coming next fall! Oh what a fall!
WOW!
This is a panel from a strange comic I commenced in 2008 called 'Z-Factor'. It was going to be a 22 page homage to the X-men but told in my own way. I was inspired by a few LJ friends who had done various superhereo inspired parodies. My original intentions were to try an make a comic that pushed the techniques, that I was using at the time, to my limits, eg, colouring, inking, lettering. storytelling. For some reason I lost steam with the project, which was probably due to lack of response to the comic. I was also trying to offer the comic on a subscription basis on webcomics nation, which never really works with web comics. Perhaps now with iPads and such things could be different.
What ever happened, it was a bad reason to stop doing something, just because of a lack of feedback or interest. Months after I had done this a few people asked me about it and actually showed some interest. Perhaps I'll return to it one day. I have not even been able to find the orignal art or finished digital images which is scary. I think that they are backed up on a disc somewhere, I hope so anyway! I think there was around 4-5 pages in the end, and if I can find them I'll repost them.
Recently I have been trying to decide if I should make a change in my approach to making comics. Mostly in relation to how I draw and ink my comics. My standard method has been to use my technical pen in my A5 sketchbook. However recently I have come to think that perhaps this is too limiting. I want my original art to be drawn on a larger scale and bolder. Which is difficult to do well with a .05 tech pen.
I think the above image is a good example of how it could work as it was drawn larger and inked with my pentel brush pen. I was hopeful that these extra fine sharpies I had picked up recently may be the solution, but I have yet to find a paper that they work on nicely. I have been hearing a lot about the Tombow brush pens, and I have actually used one and they are amazing. My only concern is that i like to use materials thats are easily sourced locally. I do not want to have to conserve pens or hold back on using them.
Time will tell, I feel as if I still do not have enough room for comics drawing at the moment. I am not sure if that is because our current house is too small have an art area (by which I mean one space to store all my materials books etc) or that it has just been a busy year with multiple things pulling me in different directions. Soon I will be starting a full time job as a Librarian and strangely enough it will be my first time working 9-5 like that. All of my previous jobs have been casual, part time, or cash in hand. It will be interesting to see what this does to my creative output.
