Hello Steemit! So this one is basically just for fun. I was recently commissioned to draw a Bernie Wrightson style illustration of the Boris Karloff Frankenstein. This was basically a dream commission for me, as Wrightson and Frankie are two of my favorites of all time. And more importantly it was something I knew I had to do by hand, with ink and nibs on paper. With how much illustrating I’ve been doing on my iPad as of late. While I am not posting that one at this time, I do have other goodies.
I also got me itching to do more physical media based work. So why not a stylized triptych of the Nolan Batman Flicks? First up, The Dark Knight. I’m exhausted and have much to do yet tonight, some enough jabbering and let’s get to the art!
I knew I wanted a lot of black and lots of detail. So I laid out the pencils at 5x16in.
Next up was inking. Speedball superblack ink, which I typically will leave open for a few days when I buy it. This lets some of the water evaporate, its a trick I learned from reading Sam Kieths blog (samkieth.blogspot.com). I used a two different sized nibs and a dirt cheap brush.
And then, because sometimes I make choices, I decided to add a bit of color on Procreate.
And that’s that! I’m nearly finished with The Dark Knight Rises, then on to Batman Begins. I’m still split on which villain to feature for Batman Begins, so opinions on that? Once all three are done, I may do a small run of prints. But I already have more trilogies in mind. Thanks for looking!!,