things have been hectic but i finished the first batch of Where All Roads End refs :]
one of my vienna travel journal entries
this is the style i almost settled on for the novel. it took me forever to even get to that point (because i had originally planned to put myself through the ordeal of working traditionally) and even then, after trying time and time again for a month, i still wasn't satisfied. the style just felt too soft and illustrative and i needed something sharp and bold if that makes sense and so i spent another month trying to get there :')
anyway, here's some concept art from back in april or may
hahah test page go brrrrr
But the hands that built the tower of Babel knew nothing of the dream of the brain that had conceived it. One man's hymns of praise became other men's curses.
METROPOLIS (1927) | DIR. FRITZ LANG
otto dix and some of my favourite pieces of his; definitely had a blast drawing him :)
pieces from top left to bottom right:
Totentanz anno 17 (Höhe Toter Mann)/ Dance of death 1917 (Dead man's hill), 1924
Templeux-la-Fosse, August 1916 (Gastote)/ Gas victims, 1924
Toter im Schlamm/Dead man in the mud, 1924
Zerfallender Kampfgraben/Collapsed trench, 1924
Toter Sappenposten/Dead sentry in the trench, 1924
Mutter mit Kind/Mother with child, 1921
Selbstbildnis/Self-portrait, 1913
y'all i'm dumb af i literally thought comic book and graphic novel were the same thing and i've been using them as synonyms the whole time please forgive me
by Nagy Norbert