I completed most of this piece at the Illustration Academy this summer. The assignment was given by Chris Payne, and the assignment was 'a conversation'. So, through much processing and ideation song, 'The Devil goes Down to Georgia' by Charlie Daniels came to mind. I was inspired by boss battles I wanted to give it a David and Goliath feel.
The piece is 20"x16" which felt a little daunting, tackling pretty much the entire thing with a dip pen. The washes were added in the end. I wasn't planning on adding ink washes; I wanted to get tone with line, but I felt it appropriate and I think that it helped add a sense of atmosphere in the image.
A goal I had was to pencil in as little as possible. Mostly just to keep the almost endless hatching and drawing fun for me. Because there was no way I was penciling in that beard and tracing it in ink. I got away with only marking in the face, most of the violin and part of the hand. The rest was exploration. It was a blast and Im pretty happy with the result.
Another goal was that I wasn't going to white out my mistakes, and there were ALOT of mistakes. Instead I planned on just scratched them out with a razor. You can see in the detail shot below, I scratched out little Johnny twice. That was scary. He needs to be redone, but he'll do for now.
beeeaaaarrrd. I have one too.
I just realized I forgot the strings on the Devil's violin... I'll be working on that! In the mean time let me know what you think! Thanks!
beeeaaaarrrd. I have one too.
I just realized I forgot the strings on the Devil's violin... I'll be working on that! In the mean time let me know what you think! Thanks!
19 comments:
... Crazy.
This is incredible! Everything is about that expression! Gosh! We should totally do a collab sometime together, I love you!
This looks awesome!! This piece turned out so frickin' cool!
Very nice, Will!
Wow, it really developed into a strong piece. It's good you kept working on it.
dude.. awesome piece.
i love all the different textures you created and how you pushed and pulled different parts of the picture.
i look at this piece and the first thing that grabs me is the beard.. very well done.
I LOVE IT! What a unique idea for the conversation piece!
love the intricacy of the lines. I am very impressed.
definitely one of the most beautiful and breath-taking of your drawings!
this
is
AWESOME
also, i didn;t know about the whole razor vs white-out thing... that's pretty cool!
amazing! really creative idea for the assignment, love the devil & atmosphere!
oh WEOWOW NICE
this is nice man. love the lines and detail.
uuuh this came out soo nice man! sweeet inks
Wow! This piece turned out awesome!
Really glad you didn't spill a bottle of ink on it...
Love it!
It looks like a good decision to add the ink washes - it adds a lot of luminosity to the foreground - well done!
thanks guys! Jordie- lets do it!
Robyn- haha, me too, good one.
Very cool
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