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| Sun Cries Morning (2014) - outlines technical pen on approx. 8" x 14" smooth bristol |
If there's one thing I miss about my high school-era art, it's spontaneity. Before I learned how to concept or thumbnail my pieces, I simply drew. That was it. I'd make changes as I went along. While it didn't necessarily equate to strong compositions, there was a freedom in this approach that I have largely lost since graduating college. Nowadays I usually can't create something new without overthinking it to death.
I want to reclaim my old spontaneity and put it to good use. Let's call this an exercise in confidence and decision-making.
Sun Cries Morning is a partial rework of a piece I drew in 2005. It was inspired by the song "Down in the Park" by Tubeway Army (Gary Numan's short-lived punk / post-punk band). I sketched the new piece without any prior thumbnails or drafting, and I opted for weighted lines to give a trompe l'oeil effect.
The only major elements I kept from the original are Paranoid, the tree, and the Möbius strip.
More progress to come soon! This serves as practice for the illustrations I want to make for Brainsick when it's published.
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| Sun Cries Morning (2005) Pigma Micron on 8" x 11" sketchbook paper |
Sketched in Grey Col-Erase pencil.
Above left: plain outlining done; ready to finish weighted inks.
Above right: tools of the trade! Technical pens and a Copic Multiliner for the border.
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