tot ziens ~ !

[lookingland]

should it surprise anyone these days that i'm still trying to come up with the right medium for Razi-el? and should it surprise anyone that this would involve reinventing the wheel (that's almost a pun: wheel, ophanim, get it? wow bad).

so this is kaspar anselm, léonard's father (who's been dead for at least seven or eight years when the story opens). we only see him in flashbacks, but he's a powerful presence in léonard's life. i'm thinking of moving back into a smaller workspace (about 2.5 x 3.5). the larger, freer palette was just a little too loose for me and given that i'm not all that good compositionally, it grew daunting within a matter of pages (i mean honestly, just how many ways can you arrange boxes?).

i've always liked this about eddie campbell's work: it's generally predictable and then along will come a set of panels that will goose you and you go: squee! but you need the ordinariness of the box after box after box in order for that to happen.

this is how i was building Slaughter's Mountain originally, but it got away from me because i was working in about a 4.5 x 6 (it's amazing how much difference an inch can make!). i also was not "inking", but doing everything with paint and i've decided that's something i don't have any patience for. i need the inking so i can be less constrained about the paint. now i just need to remind myself to be a little looser about the inking (i did this with a quill instead of a pen and the effect is much sketchier, less cartoony).

see? it's all about having boundaries in order to break them!

: D

anyway, i think i'm going to give this a serious go and see where it gets me. i'll give myself a scene (like i did with The Red Door) and see if it works out. give it a fair shot.

Comments

[bachsoprano.livejournal.com]

Question for you: is Kaspar blind? He looks like it from this image...

Interesting how a smaller workspace changes things for you....any chance you might consider posting the same image drawn on the two different sized workspaces? I'd be interested to see how your technique changes....

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

hmmm ~ actually his eyes are closed. maybe it's not so good to work in this small a format after all ~ hahahahaha ~ this image is only slightly bigger than a business card and my inking is clumsy at best.

interesting thought about comparing the two pictures. i might give it a shot and see what the difference is.

: D

love, love,

[inkidink.livejournal.com]

LOVE the sketchy stuff!