Dracula Sketch / Comic Study
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Dan Blodgett
It's a bad picture, and I ran out of room at the bottom of the page haha. Just want to see what people think as far as layout, design, composition, etc. Not my best work, but it was fun to take some images from a movie and think of them in terms of comic illustration. Ink is not my natural medium, and I tried to simplify as much as possible while retaining all the necessary information from the scene. I have ambitions to one day draw my own comics, so any tips and info is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Very cool. I think it reads very well.
If I had one critique it would be that it looks like the character is winding up for a mighty blow but then gives it the over head stabbing motion as his last action. I know it's kind of nit-picky on my part but the the wind up of rising the sword over the head, the tension as he swings it back is setting the audience up for a certain action and it was a little jarring seeing the reverse grip stabbing the cross.
Still a very nice comic page. Love how fearless you are in spotting the blacks. It adds that old school horror movie vibe and contrast makes everything very readable.
Thanks for sharing always cool to see people aspire to comic book greatness.
Thank you, Michael! Appreciate you! I agree it's a little choppy. Probably should've added an extra panel or two (or page) to show the entire scene, but I wanted to fit it on a single page just as a quick study and was already running out of room in my sketchbook haha. No rewards for laziness in art, I guess. Haha.
