Beekeeping Project

The bridging project from year 1 to year 2 is about learning a new skill, preferably one you'd have been unlikely to do otherwise. After attempting some other bits and bobs, I settled on beekeeping.

 Sampler page from sketchbook. Ink, watercolour, acrylic, glue, and photo-collage.

Tester/concept page for comic idea. Ink, watercolour, alcohol pens.

All-black ink tester page. Toying with the idea of using pure black and white for dark spaces. This was helpful in learning what to obliterate with the ink and what was needed to describe form and tone. Also a compositional tryout.

Another trial page. I focused more on what I could ignore, like the walls of the tunnel, as the essential information is the beekeeper. I prefer this to the last one as it removes clutter and looks cleaner.

The Lambton Wyrm - Pre-study.

A study in ink for my Modern Folklore self-set project (although I'm ignoring 'modern' to get a feel for the original story right now). I've ignored some major parts of the plot to get a hold of the basic theme, then I'll probably expand in some other quick pieces to include some interesting facets like the spearhead armour and the witch.

It's not supposed to look so Mignola-inspired, but he's stuck in my head right now, and when I'm not working constantly, I become something of an artwork aubergine, absorbing the flavours I come into contact with. I'm enjoying working in black and white at the moment, though.