Wednesday, January 5, 2011

TYR


2007 Ink and wash
From my children's book TYR, available now in full color:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1602705704

5 comments:

One Creative Queen said...

Hey Mike - I have a question for you. Your work is very intricate and amazing. How do you start? Do you have a vision of your final piece in your head - or does it develop as you work? WHERE do you start?

I'm asking because 2011 is the year I will finally conquer drawing. I cannot draw a stick figure with a ruler and compass. (Sad, but true!) Any drawings I do - that remotely resemble anything - are either purely accidental, or literally take me forever. A ridiculous amount of time. I may never be able to draw like you can, but I'm going to draw better than I do now!

Thanks for the insight - I love learning how other artists work. Especially when it's work so far out of my range and so admirable.

Take care,
Katherine

Shane Mangus said...

Very, very cool!

MikeDubisch said...

@Shane, Thanks!
@Katherine- I start with a tiny drawing called a thumbnail rough. I try in a small, quick sketch to envision the composition. I then jump to the full size, constructing the figures and objects in shapes, wedges and squiggles.... Once it's all blocked in, I tighten up by placing in details and emphasizing lines. All of it is an interplay between an image I have in my head and what is occurring on the paper organically.

Occasionally a piece can develop the opposite way, if I am sketching a detail such as a face or head and the image grows around it...

One Creative Queen said...

Thanks for that, Mike. I appreciate the insight - you really do have some mad skills. It's fun to look at what you've done - it's easy to get lost in the pieces. xx

MikeDubisch said...

My Pleasure :)