Why Black and White?!

[Grimtooth]

This post is my personal opinion as a professional artist. It is harsh, and it (to me) is the truth. I apologize in advance if I offend anyone.

 

I'll be honest, I don't understand what the "zee oh em gee" is all about. The guy has simply imported scanned artwork from the various books/codices, and has applied filter layers with some simple blending/color transitions on top. While in his favor he does acknowledge and attempts to credit the original artist, who he assumes to be Adrian Smith (I don't think so, since the originals were clearly digital and Adrian strikes me as more a traditional media kind of guy), this kind of work takes no more skill than being able to scan the original artwork themselves.

 

He doesn't have to worry about form, volume, shape, positioning/posing, or telling the story with the various elements. Stuff like anatomy, compositional balance, flow, lighting, detail, expression; all the hard work is done for him. If you really want to hand out kudos and congratulations for that artwork, give credit where credit is due, find out who the original artist is, and give the respect where it's deserved.

 

All I can really give this guy congrats for is the ability to play with color layers in Photoshop.

 

So 'grats.

 

 

DV8

Collector: What's that mean—you "ink it"?

Banky: Well, it means that Holden draws the pictures in pencil, then he gives it me to go over in ink. Next.

Collector: So basically, you trace.

Banky: It's not tracing, all right? I add depth and shading to give the image more definition. Only then does the drawing truly take shape.

Collector: You go over what he draws with a pen — that's tracing.

[igotsmeakabob!!]

He's a tracer!

[Kurgan the Lurker]

Ok guys, lets get back to discussing the artwork. The other bits folks seem to be going on a tangent for can be taken up via PM or in another thread.