Playlist: Joe Henderson’s Jinrikisha, Herbie Hancock’s Dolphin Dance
The hardest thing I’ve found about coming up with a style is figuring out how much to show, and how much to leave to the imagination.
My new style for Water shows too much, overcompensation for fear of looking manga/cartoon-y. Stupid thinking, that. Just because I can draw every contour of the face doesn’t mean I should; it leaves error in perspective when error could be avoided, and more often than not gets messy and draws attention away from the subtle facial expressions, which I am supposed to be showcasing. I’m just a douchebag lacking tact. ‘Minimalism lets bloom minutiae’ should be the new creed.
Recent shit:
I'm into the caveman brow for Vasily, although he is chinning a bit improperly in the profile shot...
Rough for page one, with next six page sketches bordering it... The stack of the sketches of the first seventeen pages of Water are currently being used as my mouse-pad...
