Moebius ∞ Tribute

The Controller
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for Electric Ant's Moebius Tribute

original Moebius collector card via jejger

i drew everything separately and merged them all together with the handiness of fotochop!
to be honest i was really just afraid of ruining the original image because i had no idea how i was going to draw the background characters.
trying to skip the pencil step more often and go straight to brush 'n ink!  it's hard!!

haha i hope the final doesn't lose it's magic after you see all the parts separate like this!
next time i'll try to draw out the entire character so they can also work as single images!

✦✦✦ caloris ◎ basin ✦✦✦

✦✦✦ caloris ◎ basin ✦✦✦
(or impact crater)
someone who has been severely traumatized both emotionally and physically.



i think i like how it looked the most when only the skin was painted!

✌ PROCESS

✦✦✦ colliding ✧ spiral ✧ galaxies ✦✦✦
two hot tempered, short fused rivals who happened to wear the same outfit to school and decided to fight for their right to be the sole wearer of said outfit


initially i wanted to draw a pre-fight scene where they'd just bumped into each other (while wearing the same shirt). the concept/imagery didn't seem strong enough though.


FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT


i really loved the subtle shoulder bump / deathglare imagery so i went back to it briefly.


i also really liked the fight scene, but it seemed too static and didn't tie back to the idea of colliding galaxies (and i also didn't know what to do with the background), so i decided to make it more of a circular shape to make it seem like they're even more tangled. they also look more like actual colliding spiral galaxies this way.


i blew up my tiny sketches, printed it out, and did a more finalized linear on tracing paper so i could transfer it onto watercolour paper.


sketch on watercolour paper :D
i like that with tracing paper it's light enough so the pencil won't be visible once i paint over it, and i can still kind of keep the quality of my smaller sketches.


i spent a long time painting the skin. ; ____ ; it didn't used to take forever. i think i prefer it without the blue/brown shadows though! the past few years i've always painted skin with yellow, red, and blue, but now i might try only yellow and red. it looks more fresh? hmmmmmmm.


scraps to test out my colours and to get the line weight i want for outlining!


AND THAT'S IT FOR PAINTING PROCESS NO.1 OUT OF MANY.
:D

◌ ░░▒░▓░▒ ✦ p a t t ✧ e r n s ✦ ▒░▓░▒░░ ◌

hello blogspot! i've been away for the past month which sort of explains why i haven't put in any effort to keep this corner of the internet alive. i'm back and incredibly jet lagged though! c: i'm really behind with posting work i completed near the end of the school year ( i can't even update my website because my dreamweaver trial expired hahaaaaaa ) so LOOK AT ALL THESE THINGS I MADE NEAR THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR!


intaglio
i feel like scans of prints never really do them any justice. this one's more impressive in person!




inspired by another Murakami quote.


❝ Closing your eyes isn’t going to change anything. Nothing’s going to disappear just because you can’t see what’s going on. In fact, things will be even worse the next time you open your eyes. That’s the kind of world we live in, Mr Nakata. Keep your eyes wide open. Only a coward closes his eyes. Closing your eyes and plugging up your ears won’t make time stand still. (Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore)


both plates before being dropped into acid. i really like how they look! need to look into scratchboard, i think. :U


drypoint, Franz from ❁ DEAD✦COSMIC✦SAINT ❁

i didn't realize how overboard i went with the details on this until i'd finished etching and started to do prints. whoops. during critique, my professor suggested pushing back the background by darkening it with watercolours. going to try doing that as soon as can get access to the studios again! also need to find a better way to make the stars. i used talc, but it got really clumpy, and my application was too messy.


i should also try a little harder to be more accurate with my paper cutting and registration next time. :U




pastiche of the LV monogram
this one's not an etching, but i want to do something similar on a huge zinc plate next time!! >:I

other important things i did before i left:
☺ reread all of Slam Dunk
☺☺ got my hands on a tube of glow-in-the-dark paint to ensure that all my paintings from here on in are rave ready
&
☺☺☺ made a total of 5 packages for swaps with some really awesome people WHICH I WILL MAKE A POST ABOUT NEXT