art is a tart
Oct. 4th, 2011 10:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vom_marloweSo I have this mini-comic I am working on right now. It's sort of something I got an idea for from talking withyhlee about drawing and inking some time ago.
I haven't done anything substantial since I finished up the Wallace Stevens piece this summer, but boy did I have a great time doing that. My goodness, it was fun. I don't know how much eraser dust I generated, but it was a lot.
I decided I'd just do a fannish thing, based on something I wanted to tackle aesthetically. Not approach it like work or even like fanart, but ask myself what I wanted to work on as an artist (I should maybe don a black turtlenecks instead of my orange and pink koi pjs, heh).
Right now, I'm really interested in:
the human figure (especially in motion, twisting, turning, and hips)
linework and pen/ink (gee, you're shocked, right?)
my colorwork with markers, which I haven't worked on much in a lonnnnng time
patterning (like flowers, lines, crosshatching in swirls, etc)
I've got a basic plot down and some visual ideas, but I'm curious if there are obvious style things that I do that people expect or enjoy seeing in my work. Or what would you enjoy seeing more of?
Alternately, what are you working on, as an artist (being a writer counts!)? Are you looking at sentence structures? Characterization? Thinking of style or plot? Looking thoughtfully at various inks, watercolors, maybe obsessed with the way light plays on water or how to draw a nose?
yhlee about drawing and inking some time ago. I haven't done anything substantial since I finished up the Wallace Stevens piece this summer, but boy did I have a great time doing that. My goodness, it was fun. I don't know how much eraser dust I generated, but it was a lot.
I decided I'd just do a fannish thing, based on something I wanted to tackle aesthetically. Not approach it like work or even like fanart, but ask myself what I wanted to work on as an artist (I should maybe don a black turtlenecks instead of my orange and pink koi pjs, heh).
Right now, I'm really interested in:
the human figure (especially in motion, twisting, turning, and hips)
linework and pen/ink (gee, you're shocked, right?)
my colorwork with markers, which I haven't worked on much in a lonnnnng time
patterning (like flowers, lines, crosshatching in swirls, etc)
I've got a basic plot down and some visual ideas, but I'm curious if there are obvious style things that I do that people expect or enjoy seeing in my work. Or what would you enjoy seeing more of?
Alternately, what are you working on, as an artist (being a writer counts!)? Are you looking at sentence structures? Characterization? Thinking of style or plot? Looking thoughtfully at various inks, watercolors, maybe obsessed with the way light plays on water or how to draw a nose?
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Date: 2011-10-04 04:24 pm (UTC)I especially love the gracefulness of your leaves and flowers and borders. I don't know if that meshes with the idea you have in mind, though.
Mostly right now I am sketching diligently with my brush pen so the ink doesn't dry out in it. I have ordered different ink to try it in fountain pens. It is probably a good thing I can only really use a couple inks at one time or this could get out of hand. But I love ink; I love the way it feels going onto the paper, I love the smell of it (admittedly I haven't had any really noxious inks), I love all the colors. Ink!
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Date: 2011-10-06 11:55 pm (UTC)Aw, thank you for the kind words about the flowers and leaves. The comic is set in a rainforest just so I can draw as many leaves and flowers as humanly possible. *g*
Ink is sooooo wonderful. I love the way the Japanese ink smells, especially. A bit like good incense. *happy sigh* Ink, ink, glorious ink.
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Date: 2011-10-06 11:58 pm (UTC)I look forward to seeing your comic!