Gene Col An American Comic Book Artist - 2171 Words

Gene Colan was an American comic book artist best known for his work for Marvel. He is best known for his work on 1964 Daredevil, Howard the Duck, and The Tomb of Dracula. Colan was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2005. He passed away in 2011. Gene Colan’s mark making is exceptional. The strokes of the pencil and hatching are used to communicate form and structure to the figures and elements in his drawings. Solid black would immensely flatten the images, but the quick hatch work brings energy and life to the characters. This portrait of a vampire character is a good example of the hatching to create form. The vampire’s hair is swept back away from his face. The marks show this form. The eye brows are†¦show more content†¦The mark making in the man in the last panel align with the contours of his head and face, bringing form to his features and facial structure. Similar pencil strokes are scene in the crowd, but are less pronounced when compared to the man in his own panel. The buildings are successful in the sense of pattern, but are not correct in terms of perspective. Overall, this page has nice mark making, but lacks in readability. The black placement in the page brings attention to the areas framed by light. The figures are the focal point in both panels. In the first panel, the black placement weights the bed as it recedes into the floor, but then is balanced out by the cast shadow of the wall in the top left corner. The second panel has a similar effect from the bed black placement. However, the face on the poster on the wall is staring right at the viewer, and he becomes the focal point of the room instead of the figures in the bed. The hatch direction gives form to all the surfaces of the room. The bed covers specifically benefit from the directional hatching in the folds. The forms also benefit from the directionality. The artist has left plenty of room for world bubbles and any other text. The overview of the down shot successfully establishes the anchor points of the room before moving to a close up on the characters in the bed. The perspective n the image is misleading, as the back of the bed seems to beShow MoreRelatedSummer Olymoics23416 Words   |  94 PagesWorld records * 3.5 Medal count * 4 Broadcasting * 5 Marketing * 5.1 Logo and graphics * 5.2 Mascots * 5.3 Chariots of Fire * 5.4 Sponsors * 6 Controversies * 7 Drug testing * 8 See also * 9 References * 9.1 Book references * 10 External links | [edit] Bidding process Main article: Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics By 15 July 2003, the deadline for interested cities to submit bids to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), nine cities had submittedRead MoreContemporary Issues in Management Accounting211377 Words   |  846 Pagesterms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose the same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Typeset by SPI Publisher Services