Week 8, 2022
My work has a wonderful thing which is that it is impossible to learn it all, there is always a technique to try and with each advance more questions open up, sometimes it is a bit overwhelming but with a little step back to take perspective, the worries go away and one can dive into the beauty of the process.
When I draw figurative I use all the photographic reference I can and I apply some processes to transform it to line and grays, so I can integrate 3D objects and it looks great, the problem is when you have to draw something and you can't find the ideal photo, then I draw it by hand and it ends up looking a lot different. In the last project I have done for Marvel I have tried a different approach, instead of drawing with line I have drawn with masses of black using the lasso filler, I'm very happy with the result, here a couple of screenshots.
Since I made Inktober I've been obsessed with an ink for fountain pens, it's called "Carbon ink" and it's from Platinum, I use it with a Lamy pen for the normal line and a Preppy (also from Platinum) that comes calibrated at 0.2mm for fine work.
In last week's Streaming I was talking with Guillem March who is a very nice guy and who has something that I really appreciate, he doesn't talk to look good with you, in art and in life it is vital to have people you admire and who have that attitude.
TV:
Who is Anna? (3/5): It's a true crime with no fatal victims, about a girl who swindles all the high society of New York.
Good Omens T1(3/5): It's what happens when you see something you have high expectations, it's cool but I expected better.
For this cover I didn't feel too sure I could do it with line and I wanted to try graphite with digital color. The result is not bad but I don't think I will repeat because I suffered a lot at the idea of having to go around erasing a pencil hatching... there's no going back.
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