My Friend's WorkMy friend has given his consent and here are two of his drawings. I have respected his wish to remain anonymous.
I have always admired his work and have said so. The splendid line work, the utilisation of different methods to create textures and the disciplined use of a limited and matching set of palette lend to give these drawings a mood of mystery. The drawings of his are slightly reminiscent of Moebius' work but he has a strong individual style.
Earlier, in another blog entry, I wrote of a Moebius volume, 'Forty Days in the Desert'. The volume had escaped my notice until he told me of it.
He has numerous sketchbooks with drawings of this quality and in those books, I have not seen a mediocre piece or half-conceived mistake. It's simply overwhelming. The drawings in those sketchbooks are to be marvelled.I have decided to post the entry due today to the next day.
7 comments:
hey.nice drawing!!!
I will let my friend know that. I am sure he will be delighted. He's really good. Maybe, I can persuade him to allow me to put more of his work up here. Thanks.
i think the use of a monochromatic palette works really nice here -lends to the atmosphere of desolation.
your drawing of the woods reminds me of the illustrative style for enid blython books. but lighter pen strokes.
great stuff! :)
Just curious, did he use pastels?
Thanks. Do you do sketches too? Any particular specialisation?
I ask him if he used pastels and will let you know.
cool, thanks :)
Specialisation - medium or subject?
Subject : usually characters and stuff. hardly do landscape because i have this perspective problem i'm still working on. T_T plus i havent mastered the art of blending characters and backgrounds.
Medium : ink, or com graphics. sometimes arcrylic and canvas too.
I do post some stuff up once in a while, so if you're interested check my blog out. ^_^ heh~ shameless self-promotion.
These are pencil and pen drawings i did a while ago. I suppose that would help describe my style
http://phreaque-talk.blogspot.com/2005/08/bleah.html
Hey, I like your ink sketch of a woman in a blindfold. How long ago was that? Perhaps you would like to explore another that avenue? I think there is a lot of potential. Have you done any recent ones?
Characters. Ahh.. So, can I say that your influences are Tim Burton, Sandman (Gaiman), Studio Ghibli and a few others then? (Saw your profile) I seem to detect an influence in the choice of subject there. I enjoy the art direction in Burton's films and I have seen those little books he authored.
Are you familar with Terry Gilliam?
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