More ink practice with darks and lights. Shadowing in comics is, I’m finding, one of the most challenging things to do. There’s a level of committing to the ink that takes a lot of trust. You can tell when a line has been demurely laid down, or not.
I have a feeling I should start studying Ingmar Bergman film-stills…
Just a pink ink portrait of a fellow, taken from a film still. In the shot, the character in question is standing beside Serge Gainsbourg. The name of the film escapes me.
This is perhaps why I decided to turn the fellow into a film nerd. He would never have forgotten the name of the film. I imagine he may be like the friend you might already have—the one who embodies all IMDB-knowledge. When you ask him or her if they liked the movie that you just saw together, they might say “I did and I didn’t.” They collect Bergman biographies and musty-smelling film theory paperbacks. You gave him/her something from the Criterion Collection for their birthday. They endlessly tease you for your squeamish refusal to watch Oldboy, but they know your taste in movies to a T and are ever-ready to interrupt their Netflix queue for you because you haven’t yet seen The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Such is the discerning and judicious love of the film nerd friend…
