Claire and Holly

And... done!

Claire and Holly WIP

Getting more into perspective then I used too these days.
Perspective! for Comic Book Artists is a great introduction to anything perspective related.

Witch Cat: The crystal ball - Conceptart #1

Some conceptart from a Witch Cat comic I'm working on inbetween my school work.

Granny Witch

 Holly's dear 'grandmother'.

Château study

I'd just came to say hi.

Environment ink studies

Today, I made some photo reference studies to improve my ink work and environmental skills. I got the pictures from Panoramio which is an amazing website where you can see locations with pictures anywere in the world. These are from Europe that I have saved from Panoramio a month ago, but I have no clue from which land they're from.

Claire by Pietro Antognioni

Awesome fanart by Pietro Antognioni! I love his take on Claire and how she casts a magic spell.
I highly recommend to check his amazing work:
pietroantognioni.blogspot.com
pietro-ant.deviantart.com

Which medium do you prefer when reading comics?

Since It seems to be impossible for this blog to add a working poll, then I have to do it by writing a blog.

So my question is; "Which medium do you prefer when reading comics?"

- normal sized book: the format of American comics or the larger French BD,
- pocket sized book: the format of Japanese manga,
- computer monitor: a 4:3 or 16:9 screen size,
- smartphone: Iphone, Android, etc.,
- tablet: iPad, Samsung galaxy, etc.

I'm a traditional comic book reader and I prefer to read in a pocket sized book, altough I prefer a normal sized book as well. The good thing of pockets is that they are small of size and thus you can carry them more easily with you when you are on a trip. It's also good for reading, giving your eye a main focus on reading the page as a whole at once and you don't read too long on one page.

I do read often on a computer monitor, however I can't take it for too long and it's not only for my eyes that are starting to get tired, but also my brain. It's just not as relaxing from reading a book because of the light from monitors. However, If you have a huge library of books and no space, storing them digitally is a good investment in the long run. You only need enough hard disk space and be sure to make a backup.

I have no experience with smartphones or tablets and I'm eager to test reading comics with these handhelds. I'm very interested to hear opinions of readers that prefer a smartphone or tablet to the above.

Claire by Coco

Zapupo 'guiding' Claire trough trouble
I got this funny and sadistic illustration from a friend of mine for my birthday. Thank you Coco!!

If you want to see more of her work, visit: http://dynastycoco.deviantart.com/

Meet Holly, the young witch

The young witch has a name: Holly
Best wishes for 2012!