A Graphic Cosmos

"A Graphic Cosmos" is a book that features 24 illustrators who all make a 7 page graphic novel each to tell their own story of the creation of everything. The work in this book was more contemporary compared to previous research but i still found some interesting styles and techniques which are worth experimenting with in my novel.


Jon McNaught - One of my favourite illustrators from the book, I love the constant use of a series of small panels in his work. I creates a real sense of motion in the scenes were the characters are more animated, it almost feels like a flick book. Using a series of small panels also helps to save space on the pages as appose to working with normal sized panels to created these more animated scenes.
McNaughts characters and characters generally have a sense of simplicity to them with attention to detail in the shades of the body and facial expressions, but the simplicity does give a real charm to the images and you can always read the characters body language and facial expression. Things like the face as well stand out more because they isn't too much detail in the shape, tone and texture. This sort of style is defiantly something worth considering as this work proves less can be more sometimes and it would make the character easier to draw if I am going to be drawing them multiple times though out the novel.

Isabel Greenberg - The images are done in a very cartoonish style but again the simplicity in this style really lifts the facial expression and body language and helps it stand out better as appose to the traditional comic book style as seen from Dave Hunt and Keith Giffen.
I also like the how the text is done in an illustrative style it really looks like it belongs with the illustrations and if I have time I may look to draw my speech bubbles in this sort or style instead of adding them on digitally.