Mono printing

To add more variety to my palette and portfolio, I've decided to use mono printing to add another layer and image to my sketches.
I find this media gives a great print which looks highly weathered and gives the image a sense of history almost, and due to the nature of the print, it has a great effect when printed onto rough surfaces and textures.
However I also find that alot of the time the sketch underneath the print is close to completely un-recognisable and lost, aswell as the print itself being very temperamental and unpredictable in its clarity after printing, and it's due to its risky factors that its not a media / technique I'd keep returning to.

Norse Research

Within the world of Skyrim, my graphic novel character 'Thod' is a 'Nord', clearly influenced and based on the Norse Vikings, on the visual aspects and ideologies the Nords share within the game, so I've decided to do background research on the Norse Vikings to link towards the 'Nords' and get background research to bring my character even closer to reality than the game alone would allow.
To begin my research, my tutor kindly let me borrow a DVD by the BBC, presented by Neil Oliver, on his journey across Scandinavia to discover the truth on who the Vikings really were, and I can honestly admit that this small insight to the Vikings beliefs and lifestyle has me truly intrigued and fascinated at their way of life and what various factors moulded them into these amazing beings. I've also managed to get my hands on the book of the series which I will soon begin to get even more information on the Vikings from the familiar source Neil Oliver.

Back at Kegs

With Xmas over, I begin the year by thinking about building my portfolio and idea's for my final project.
With the idea that my comic book will be very much like that in the style of The Walking Dead's Charlie Adlard, I decided to experiment and attempt my own interpretation.
Due to my comic book being set in the mountainous land of Skyrim, I decided to do my interpretation from an image by Ansel Adams, a photographer in the early 20th century whom focused on landscape photography, due to him being a conservationist. Due to his time his images are also black and white, like that of Charlie Adlards work, so I begun drawing and inking the landscape. I admit that the image turned out better than I had hoped and this image makes me feel like producing this comic book is much more possible than I previously thought.