Saturday, May 23, 2009

J'Adore les Bande Desinees!

I just came back from a 9-day vacation in France and one of the things I like to grab when I'm anywhere in Europe is a graphic novel (or bande desinee, in French). The Europeans really know how to draw out a comic! There's lots of commitment and discipline in their penciling, inking, and colouring, which is something I aspire to have someday. Some of comics are still coloured traditionally with gouache and watercolours. Every panel, every drawing is so tight and well-referenced. Every character drawing is loyal to their design and the backgrounds are well-detailed. Overall, so confidently done!






One European comic artist I admire is Italian cartoonist Milo Manara, who has done a lot of erotic comic art. But check out this video and be amazed. No pencils required!


Now I got enough fuel to get back to working on AWOL'd volume 2.

2 comments:

Zen said...

Nice. Very inspiring. Makes me feel as if I should draw women more. French stuff is some of the best in the world in my opinion.

I picked up some comics from Poland when I went there last year. I should post those up. Soaking in some overseas stuff can really expand your sensibilities.

Tyrone said...

Thanks for the post Loo ...
Milo is pretty awesome ...