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!
Showing posts with label The Spirit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Spirit. Show all posts
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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