Paper View (4): Mattotti In the Paper View series we watch people draw. Today, we’ve got a big shot: Italian maestro of comics Lorenzo Mattotti! I’m a big fan of Mattotti. I love his color work (mostly crayons and pastels) but every now and again he goes completely black and white. Some of his very best comics he made like that (the somewhat under-appreciated “Stigmates” for instance), and in this video he once again goes for the starkest black on white. The clip is in French (with Spanish subtitles),so you already have two shots at understanding Mr Mattotti. The New Yorker magazine had asked several people for an illustration for the “Hansel and Grethel” fairytale. “Drawing in black and white requires for the artist to be very concentrated to see what’s going on in the drawing.” says Mattotti. “Hansel and Grethel” has always been one of the fairytales that scared Mattotti the most when he was still a child, but being scared is not something he thinks is bad for children. Find the official Mattotti website here.
Séverin Millet Escape into Life? | Online Arts Journal | Poetry, Essays, Reviews, Art 4CP: Color Process Erotica Yes: erotica! And no, I’m not kidding. I think these picture are extremely sensuous. And I think the people behind the 4CP-site have the same idea. Listen to this: Dots emit radiation. So at 4CP you’ll find nothing but single panels or even parts of panels, taken from old comic books. Gone are the page, the frame, the plot, and localized contextual meaning. Take a look at the following examples and when properly aroused, spent some time at 4cp.posterous.com. You can read more about the ideas behind 4CP in the essay "In defense of dots" by John Hilgart.
Mosca Fabrice (fabrice Mosca) February 2012 Jon Whitcomb, the king of American glamour illustration in the 1950s, shares his step-by-step method for how to paint a head in transparent wash: Step 1. “Over softly penciled outlines, Whitcomb paints a light gray tone, which begins to establish the shadow area of his picture. After this has dried completely, he paints a medium gray tone over it, but stops short of the edge of the first wash. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. More Whitcomb samples online at Leif Peng’s Flickr Set ---By the way, I've made it easier to leave a comment by permitting comments from people with no Blogger account, and also by removing the Captcha step. Portugal - Cyril Pedrosa Mouchi (Le Monde de Mouchi... au fil de mes pinceaux et sur le f
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