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It's the Modern World, the Decline of the West, the Revolt of the Masses. It's 1920. It's going to be very silly.

Style Homage

by Ainur on 2016/07/24 at 21:24
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Mayann drawn in different artists' styles

Mayann drawn in different artists’ styles. Can you see which is which? It was not so easy to imitate some of them… especially in this heat that we’re having.

It was interesting to look up models for Mayann from the various artists’ work. Hugo Pratt and Rumiko Takahashi have many appealing female characters. Jacques Tardi has, of course, the famously grumpy heroine Adèle Blanc-Sec. Riyoko Ikeda’s style was most difficult to imitate, the proportions are very different from how I usually draw. However, I used to draw more like her in my late teens…

Yoshikazu Yasuhiko’s inks are amazing in reality, my homage does them no justice. But I’ve always felt irritated by the faces of his young heroes and heroines. They always look the same, too! For Mayann, I couldn’t find any appealing female figure in Yasuhiko’s works. His girls tend to be sassy damsels in distress. Mayann looks better when she is ready to fight. Oh, you haven’t seen her fight yet in Goldenbird… Just you wait…

Both Rumiko Takahashi and Yoshikazu Yasuhiko do some amazing colouring in their work. I’m not very good at imitating watercolour in Photoshop. Suggestions of nice (and cheap!) paint programs are warmly welcomed.

Final note: Dear Edgar P. Jacobs. I know, women would just be an unwelcome distraction from Blake & Mortimer’s epic bromance. But even Tintin and Captain Haddock had Castafiore. After browsing through my album collection (with delight, to be sure) I had to use a drawing of Dr Mortimer for Mayann’s expression. It’s funny how she looks like a villainess…

└ Tags: idle chatter, illustrations, inspiration, mayann
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Top Ten Yuri Manga of 2014

by Ainur on 2015/01/03 at 22:00
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Well I never, look who made it to Erica Friedman’s top ten list! Remember the crowdfunding call from last summer? Lepakkoluola is a bilingual comics anthology produced by up-and-coming artists. Themes: women in history and mythology, and love between women. My contribution can be read as a prequel to Goldenbird – the passions of three African-American artists intersect in the early years of the Jazz Age. You can still buy the book from me! Check the previews and full list of authors on Team Pärvelö’s website.

└ Tags: anthology, crowdfunding, fun facts, recommendations
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Lepakkoluola – New anthology project

by Ainur on 2014/06/02 at 16:49
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Lepakkoluola* is a comics anthology produced by young** Finnish artists. Its themes are women in history and love between women. Our goal is to publish it at the Helsinki Comics Festival in September 2014. More info about the crowdfunding after the cut. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: anthology, crowdfunding, events, friends, recommendations
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