Masked Vero Elements
THE VARIOUS DRAWING ELEMENTS required for the recent 'masked Veronica' cartoon are stored here as per usual.
The backdrop of the cityscape at night turned out OK: I usually avoid consulting Google Images, but I did use them in this case: I saw a night photo I liked then memorized it, rather than turn out a straight copy, which I have never enjoyed doing. I also visited four United States cities relatively recently, so I got a good look at their stunning architecture. Their love of neon-lit cityscapes seems only topped by the Japanese.
TRICKS OF THE TRADE:
The skyscraper elements were blown up from a half-size [A5] pencil rough, which usually works better for me personally: just easier to control . The colored lights were 'inverted' in negative color, then reversed back again, so I could get a colored glow effect in front of a desired matte black background representing the rest of the building. The drawing of buildings is a subject not especially enjoyed by many artists and I am one of them: just too repetitive and more akin to technical drawing than the endless Anarchy of minting cartoon characters. However, cityscapes when done properly always look great in comics artwork---just a pity they are a bit tedious to work on.
The backdrop of the cityscape at night turned out OK: I usually avoid consulting Google Images, but I did use them in this case: I saw a night photo I liked then memorized it, rather than turn out a straight copy, which I have never enjoyed doing. I also visited four United States cities relatively recently, so I got a good look at their stunning architecture. Their love of neon-lit cityscapes seems only topped by the Japanese.
TRICKS OF THE TRADE:
The skyscraper elements were blown up from a half-size [A5] pencil rough, which usually works better for me personally: just easier to control . The colored lights were 'inverted' in negative color, then reversed back again, so I could get a colored glow effect in front of a desired matte black background representing the rest of the building. The drawing of buildings is a subject not especially enjoyed by many artists and I am one of them: just too repetitive and more akin to technical drawing than the endless Anarchy of minting cartoon characters. However, cityscapes when done properly always look great in comics artwork---just a pity they are a bit tedious to work on.
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