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I am currently doing some pastel drawing and wood burning portraits. I love urban graffiti art, and am wondering if there are any recommendations for well drawn graphic novels not only for reading but as inspiration for drawing?


 
Posted : 02/04/2016 11:22 pm
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Hellboy, is all about the shadows
Tank girl has some good stuff a bit more graffiti style


 
Posted : 02/04/2016 11:32 pm
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The [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Saga-1-Comic-Brian-Vaughan/dp/1607066017/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1459641819&sr=1-4 ]Saga[/url] series is all kinds of brilliant.


 
Posted : 03/04/2016 12:04 am
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Sandman is a great start, also consider some of the 2000AD stuff (loads of variety)


 
Posted : 03/04/2016 12:06 am
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Can't think of any specific books right now but a couple of comic book artists that I think are very good.

Jim Lee
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Todd McFarlane
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Posted : 03/04/2016 12:32 am
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[url= http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/0b/ ]Romantically Apocalyptic[/url] for beautifully painted backgrounds
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Posted : 03/04/2016 4:04 am
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The late Moebius (Jean Giraud) set the bar IMO.

Maybe quite obscure but I also like the limited palette and style in Phillipe Druillets 'Lone Sloane' novels.

Going back in time again - Simon Bisleys 'Slaine'.

Have a look at Alois Nebel? - strikingly simple B/W noir.


 
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Moebius:

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Posted : 03/04/2016 4:49 am
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Simon Bisley
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(Slaine)


 
Posted : 03/04/2016 7:04 am
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Anything by Dave McKean. Not really Street art style, but amazing stuff.

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Posted : 03/04/2016 7:21 am
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Shaun Tan. Specifically "The Arrival"


 
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Rorschach
Simon Bisley

(Slaine)

That's Clint Langley not Simon Bisley.


 
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Oops 😳


 
Posted : 03/04/2016 7:38 am
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Current favourite "comic book" artist would have to be Ashley Wood.

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Posted : 03/04/2016 7:44 am
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In addition to those mentioned above, how about
[url= https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_McCarthy ]Brendan McCarthy[/url]
[url= https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_O%27Neill_(comics) ]Kevin O'Neill[/url]
[url= https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Flint ]Henry Flint[/url]?


 
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@Flyingox cheers for that link. I like that!!


 
Posted : 03/04/2016 8:19 am
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Posted : 03/04/2016 8:30 am
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These are great. Exactly the sort of thing I am looking for. Will check these out. Keep them coming. Thanks


 
Posted : 03/04/2016 9:25 am
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Slaine and Sandman have already been mentioned, I'd also add that the latest Judge Dredd Megazine has got some quite good stuff, "Realm of the Damned" (Simon "Pye" Parr) and "The Gyre" (Annie Parkhouse) are great (IMO of course!)


 
Posted : 03/04/2016 11:23 am
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Annie Parkhouse is a letterer.
Forgot to mention [url= https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Israeli ]D'Israeli[/url].


 
Posted : 03/04/2016 11:29 am
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Akira. Thread closed.

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I also love Luigi Serafini's book "Codex Seraphinianus"

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I have a pdf copy I can email you if you'd like. THe actual book is expensive and hard to come by.

Also, anything by the French artist Moebius...

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Posted : 03/04/2016 11:35 am
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Annie Parkhouse is a letterer.

Oops, you're obviously 100% correct. The art droid is Nick Percival. 😳


 
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frank miller

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lee bermejo

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Posted : 03/04/2016 2:05 pm
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Also, Bill Sienkiewicz.

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this is brilliant

jan cleijne's legends of the tour

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Posted : 03/04/2016 2:28 pm
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Simon Bisley did do Slaine. But that was the Horned God series.
Also check out his Batman v Dredd.


 
Posted : 03/04/2016 4:22 pm
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Grant Morrison's wonderfully wierd Doom Patrol:

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chris bachalo

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Posted : 03/04/2016 8:04 pm
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Langley's Slaine is pretty incredible in places. Though ironically I can't find any of my favourites online.

Transmetropolitan was mostly not technically impressive but had some brilliant imagery

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Northwind

Langley's Slaine is pretty incredible in places. Though ironically I can't find any of my favourites online.

Strongly disagree. Some of his earlier airbrushed work was decent but as soon as he discovered photoshop he went full retard.

Horrible distorted photographs and poser models.....stale repetitive compositions....it's obvious easy stuff to do. When there's actual "drawing" for want of a better word the anatomy and perspective just isn't there. He's one of, if not the worst artists to do Slaine.


 
Posted : 03/04/2016 9:27 pm
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Hogarth's "Tarzan"

Old book (1970s), but some images that print themselves in your mind.


 
Posted : 03/04/2016 9:40 pm