Thought I'd post this panel mid build... it's from the freelance commission I have on the board at the moment. I really enjoy seeing other peoples' workings and rough pencils, all the energy and movement and choices that go into a finished piece. I used to to show this kind of working drawing quite a lot when I was running projects in schools, to kids frustrated beyond reason when their big idea had seemingly failed after the first few strokes of the pencil, to show them there wasn't a graphic they saw anywhere in print or pixel that didn't start out as a rough sketch first...and then probably several.
This panel is from an old Persian tale for a UK schools publisher, and even though the Getty library and various archives are great for reference, I seem to have got more in the mood by happily rereading EP Jacobs' "Blake and Mortimer and The Mystery of the Great Pyramid"... a series that isn't everyone's cup of tea but has become a real guilty pleasure in the last couple of years. (Click images to view).
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| Primary: 8.5 x 5cm thumbnail |
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| Secondary: 28 x 18cm rough pencil drawing |
That's really cool to see...it is a big leap from the first sketch to finished item, and one that is hard to visualise at first.
ReplyDeleteThanks Francesca... Can't recommend prelim' mini-sketches enough; I used to get so precious over a drawing that wasn't going right that I'd try and work around the mistakes I was making rather than altering them.
ReplyDeleteI love to see the art in layout stages! I can really your skill from the rough sketches on to the pencils! Really great.
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