There’s a sort of loose cloud of (mostly) SFF artists that I’ve been really lucky to work and speak with and we all kinda know or know of each other or end up in the same Discord servers, or working on the same RPGs, etc. I think I’ve talked about all that stuff before but if you want more details or specifics just ask!įor the last couple years, my really big influences have all been other artists I’ve met online. I had a bookmark of this painting for many years and I would often get distracted while reading and just stare at it. There’s the light blue of the background, a smattering of desaturated purple/red colors in the headdress, and the yellow of the crest. The colors are striking but they’re not just random bright colors. Where lines are used sparingly throughout the rest of the comp, here they provide an abundance of detail for the central figure’s elaborate headdress with contour lines defining the shape of the yellow crest and other lines throughout intimating textile patterns. This is the focal point of the piece and, as such, this is where all the detail is. If we zoom in on the head we can learn a bit. First of all, the fact that the gigantic flat black shape at the bottom of the piece conveys simultaneously the impression of the girl on the left leaning against the chest of the central figure and the boy on right fading into the back of composition while not containing any detail itself should clue you in to how much of a master good o’l Gir is and how much thought and knowledge had to go into designing this piece. This looks like what I said, right? Clean lines, striking color palette. Moebius’ art has this thing about it where it can often appear really simple but you try to recreate it and you find yourself hitting a wall. Not too hard to replicate.” Which couldn’t be further from the truth. When I first started drawing seriously and getting super into Moebius and all that I made the mistake of thinking “Okay, this is just simple lines and bright, mostly flat colors underneath. Now to address your question about how to replicate a ‘Moebius-like Quality,’ I would say what you need to do is study him very carefully. No amount of art advice is worth anything if you don’t draw. This all comes from my own experience and I am still learning.įirst of all my main piece of advice for anybody drawing anything: if you want to get good, assume that you know nothing, start from the beginning, practice fundamentals, and draw every day, even if it’s just for like 15 minutes. Hey thanks for the question! I’m a complete amateur and Moebius is, in my estimation, one of the most skilled visual artists of the last century so please take everything I have to say with a grain of salt while I answer your question.
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