FACEDESK
On the brilliant suggestion of my sister, I’ve decided to post updates to my grand Graphic Novel Project as I work on it during this winter month of January. So: post number one (even though technically the project beginning date hasn’t yet hit me over the head).
I spent most of today cleaning up my room, which is going to be my studio for the next four weeks. There is now a giant-size H&M bag sitting in there FULL of trash. Most of it is old homework, but there’s a fair number of sketches and test papers and loose-leaf doodles. And clothing tags. Anyway it made me realize that I don’t really have much time to do this project, but I really wanna get it done RIGHT.
…Which may or may not happen. I think that I’m a little too idealistic, and I’ve set my sights too high. I thought that I would be working productively and smoothly throughout all of winter break…but I really haven’t, and even now I’m writing a blog post instead of working. Yikes.
In my defense, though, I’m worried about getting the look that I want, and I’m also worried that I’m not yet skilled enough to do this project. I have this vague idea that artists know exactly how the skeleton is put together, so that they can easily visualize and draw it from any angle in any complicated position. I don’t really do that though - I sketch things until they look good enough to fool the layman’s eye and that’s all. Unfortunately, I think that knowledge is something you really need to take on creating an entire graphic novel. Which means, in other words: I’M FUCKED.
But, on a better note, here’s a compliation of my favorite artists that I hope have had some influence over my style, because I love their work so much.
- Deviantartist Klar (http://klar.deviantart.com/) has my admiration for incredible drawing skill and also for being a WoW player. Klar uses color beautifully and her (his?) people have the most interesting faces and bodies.
- Deviantartist Shinerai (http://shinerai.deviantart.com/) draws/digitally paints mainly dragons, but they’re incredible looking dragons. I ADORE how he uses color and effect to make his pieces jewel-bright.
- Deviantartist Loish (http://loish.deviantart.com) crafts really interesting pieces with her sometimes gremlin-like people with fascinating facial expressions. I love her use of color and line.
- And finally, Deviantartist HoboRiss (http://hoboriss.deviantart.com) because her characters are always very grounded in space. She has a unique way of making faces and her line is always interesting. Plus this one time she wrote on my deviantwall. It was neat!
And that’s the end, at least for now. I could write up a huge list of all my other influences, but I think I should keep it short and sweet. Plus I want to get a little drawing done tonight…even though it is getting late. ARGH.
