#moebius inspired

[priohuq]

So about a week ago I learn about this French artist named Moebius.

I thought his stuff had a pretty cool style so I wanted to try some of the techniques. Suddenly I'm spending a week on this Moebius inspired recreation of a poster from The Martian. (Not literally the whole week, I also started playing Arkham Knight. So more like 6ish hours every other day or so.)

Pencils and other thoughts under the fold.

Some thoughts:

The contour hatching thing I tried on the mountains can look cool, but I'm not sure it really suits me.

Don't try stippling with a dip pen. It's not worth it. At least for me, where my ink tends to dry on the nib very quickly. It was a constant battle. A fineliner might be a wiser choice. Though I wanted to use the same black ink across the whole piece so, wasn't really an option here.

I think I need to clean my scanner.

I realised as I was nearing completion on this, that screentones basically exist to replace/streamline things like stippling. And now things like Photoshop replace those, too.

My hand hurts.

My light source is so inconsistent. Just imagine some spacebirds are flying nearby, casting shadows in confusing ways.

Hey if anyone knows a good way to scan paper that's become warped, like when you do watercolour, or in this case lay down a hell of a lot of ink. Like, how to get it all flat again. Let me know.

[domjordanillustration]

scout sergeant, 14th aerial hussars

moebius hats will always be cool

[motoko-memories]

Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy . Rintarou (Madhouse) . 1994

[eldraftsman]

Some concept art of a project I’m working on

Un poco de concept art sobre un proyecto en el que estoy trabajando

[csooooong]

glasshouse

[translucentmind]

Arzach // Jim Steranko

[frogbite995-blog]

[073bot]

some traditional sketches i’ve put together