Just finished Matt Wagner's newest graphic novel in the series Grendel. It's also the first I've read, though I've heard about the others. Luckily, it's pretty much a standalone, I enjoyed it nearly to its fullest extent without actually having read any other Grendel comics. It was great; a story of depth and perception. The art and presentation were awesome as well. I loved it, it inspired me to draw and read the other Grendel comics!
My cousin, who plays guitar, always says he can hear things in music which I cannot. However, he could not notice various subtle nuances in style and appearance which I noticed in pieces of art.
Well maybe, like musicians and their hearing, artists have a 'finer gaze', which allows them to see beyond the scope of normal human ability.
Just as writers must be able to recognize deeper themes behind words, and mathematicians require the ability to see through numbers and equations to the logic beneath, I think that each person has a varying degree of higher intuition into the skills which they find come natural to them.
I think that is the mystery of each skill which is not our own. We can sense something deeper, meaningful, and terribly important - but just out of reach - in that which we do not possess, do not understand, but merely know of.
Philosophers, then, can open their minds to encompass the universe.
Well maybe, like musicians and their hearing, artists have a 'finer gaze', which allows them to see beyond the scope of normal human ability.
Just as writers must be able to recognize deeper themes behind words, and mathematicians require the ability to see through numbers and equations to the logic beneath, I think that each person has a varying degree of higher intuition into the skills which they find come natural to them.
I think that is the mystery of each skill which is not our own. We can sense something deeper, meaningful, and terribly important - but just out of reach - in that which we do not possess, do not understand, but merely know of.
Philosophers, then, can open their minds to encompass the universe.
Another character design. Tried to go for a more rough, quick, stylistic approach with the coloring.
Character face concept art by Eva Widermann, who does lots of art for the Dungeons and Dragons book:
No More Heroes character art:
No More Heroes character art:
Working on a character concept. Swordswoman Rose/Rosa. More practice with body sketching as well as different methods of coloring.
