I love getting gigs like this one that thematically embrace a lot things I enjoy drawing. The article reviews soon to be released Mystery & Crime novels and non-fiction books that thematically overlap with the holiday season or that may be potentially ideal stocking stuffers . One of the aforementioned books ,Catherine Corman’s
“Daylight Noir: Raymond Chandler’s Imagined City” , may be a book that eventually I pick up myself , unless of course it shows up in my stocking ;-)
The color scheme for this piece was inspired by travel posters from the 30's & 40's that promoted tourism to California. Enjoy !
For myself , I did a B&W version to see how it would translate. It's much more evocative of the genre & period , but I think wouldn't necessarily have the same visual impact when printed on newsprint.
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Very nice drawing Dominic, I quite like the one in color, the necktie detail is great! Great background also.
How come you get all of the good jobs, eh?!
I prefer the B&W version. More appropos of the Genre, as you suggest.. But I think I'd amp up the Contrast on the gradient of the Sky background.. A bit lighter (more white) on the bottom behind the Buildings, would look great I think.
Roberto - thanks mate
Rich - Dumb luck I guess ;-) I see what you mean about the BG , I don't think it's as much of an issue with the color one.
Beautiful piece!
Lately, I've had the 'munchies' for noir comics.
Prabhu
Hi Dominic,
great image as usual, i love your vesrion in B&W!
my best compliments.
Anonymous -thanks for the comments
Laura - many thanks
This is exceptional
Pete - thanks for stopping by
beautiful drawing, maybe the B/W version is better.....great work
Bye.....
Marco - thanks mate
The first thng I happened to notice was the very long, impressive client list. lol. And your work only makes it all look better. Really lovely work.
jazzlamb - thanks for the visit & the kind words.
Cheers, Dom
It was rather interesting for me to read that post. Thanks for it. I like such themes and anything that is connected to them. I definitely want to read more soon.
Anonymous - thanks for stopping by
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