Eisner certainly has a distinctive style. His handling of the shadows I found to be the most challenging, and I ended up using a brush pen and a fountain pen to try to get his full effects. I'm not displeased. Though, I think I used too much yellow. You can see (I hope) that I've tried to replicate his most famous work and style, a la Spirit. In my rendition, I retell his origin of the Octopus (where he did look like a nerdy white guy, as I've depicted). The key difference being that I've opted, post accident/button press, to have him look like Samuel L. Jackson's portrayal in the recent movie, directed by Frank Miller (as opposed to the ever-shadowy figure from the comic series). I like how I ended up handling the first and last panels (that shrug just makes me happy), and although everything could use more work, I have spent many hours on this already. Higher resolution available upon request!
Monday, February 15, 2010
The Emergence of the Graphic Novel/Will Eisner
Eisner certainly has a distinctive style. His handling of the shadows I found to be the most challenging, and I ended up using a brush pen and a fountain pen to try to get his full effects. I'm not displeased. Though, I think I used too much yellow. You can see (I hope) that I've tried to replicate his most famous work and style, a la Spirit. In my rendition, I retell his origin of the Octopus (where he did look like a nerdy white guy, as I've depicted). The key difference being that I've opted, post accident/button press, to have him look like Samuel L. Jackson's portrayal in the recent movie, directed by Frank Miller (as opposed to the ever-shadowy figure from the comic series). I like how I ended up handling the first and last panels (that shrug just makes me happy), and although everything could use more work, I have spent many hours on this already. Higher resolution available upon request!
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