Good Vs. Evil in the comic colour palette

When it comes to superhero comics, colour is a big deal. The psychology of colour is an important storytelling tool. Noting its importance to the comic book medium – especially in superhero comics – ColourLovers has created an infographic that highlights the colour theory employed by Marvel and DC Comics, amongst others, over the years.

While the data used for this infographic isn't scientific or fully comprehensive, including every superhero would be more or less impossible and demand too many qualifiers to make for a snappy chart. All in all the infographic is just a simple reminder of basic color theory as it relates to superhero titles. Head over to ColourLovers for the full size infographic.

Dave McKean portrait of me

I met Dave McKean at a seminar a few years back and he gladly signed my Absolute Sandman Vol 1, which I had carted around all weekend in the hope of meeting him – have you ever try carrying one of those Absolute books around for any length of time? I also managed, at a later date, to get Neil and Amanda to add their srcibbles to it too! Dave also did a quick-as-you-like portrait of me in my copy of Dustcovers: The Collected Sandman Covers 1989-1996 – so this is now one of my prized possessions.

Dustcovers is one of my go to books when I'm out of ideas on a project – it's full of astounding images that invigorate the creative juices. Actually, 100 Best Album Covers by Storm Thurgerson, is another great go to for me as well.

Lego Moleskine notebooks

 Two of the greatest creative products together at last – Lego and Molskine – a triumph of style and marketing! It's like a peanut butter and jam sandwich for the soul. Buy here.

BTW today also marks 54th anniversary of Lego being patented.

Animated Comic Gifs

Artist Kerry Callen has transformed a series of classic comic book illustrations into clever, endlessly cycling GIFs. Click here for more loopy fun.

Draw in perspective like a boss!

Here's how artist Daniel Norton builds things in perspective from a flat drawing. Excellent tip there.

Jouni's Friction

 

Here' a great illustration by my good friend Jouni Koponen for one of my all time favoutite SF shorts – Will McIntosh's Friction, which appears in StarShipSofa Stories: Volume 3.

Jouni also designed one of my favourite interpretations of a Neil Gaiman story: A Study in Emerald. You can download a PDF version of it here.

Aardman Do Batman And Superman