ON DETAIL
The Finer Points of a Lot of Ink
It seems I've become at least somewhat known for my excessive detailing and textures. This is great, and I'm pleased to have a trait that is becoming a recognized feature of my art. But - and it's an important but, because it's to do with the craft of storytelling - I do work hard to balance the detailed pages with others that have a large amount of negative space or much simpler compositions, otherwise it's all just so much noise and the point is lost. I LOVE getting stuck into in all the intricacies that are part of making a, hopefully, believable world for my readers, but I try to leave room to breathe too.
A city looks most impressive when you've driven out of the desert to get there...
The above images are both from ‘StarHenge: the Dragon and the Boar’, my magnum opus, and a project some 40 years in the making. Available as a delightful hardback if you don’t already have it!
It is the intricacies that help your central figures and images pop.
Your attention and devotion to detail is part of your signature in line art
sure, but it is wielded so beautifully and with such mastery that it becomes
the framing device for your visual storytelling.
It brings your work to life without strangling it in the bath and leaving a bloody,
splashy mess behind.
Ha! There's a sentence I bet you thought you'd never read about your work.
I know it's one I didn't think I would ever write.
Put another way, your detail is part of your worldbuilding. It not only adds definition for your scene it adds context for your story.
Cheers!
them details, are just outta here! You might be considered "master" position!