As the drawing of the panels slowly creeps forward on the new book, I thought I would pause and see what they might look like coloured up. As many of you will know, when I ‘coloured’ HORIZON I used a particular style that I had developed while working as a concept artist in the games industry. This time around I thought I would use a similar process but simplify it a bit. My intention is to make OXYGEN a colour book. HORIZON was deliberately cool in its tones and deliberately black and white for most of it. I didn’t want to have colour interfere too much with the subtle emotions of the piece. OXYGEN is a slightly different feel. I want very vivid, almost surreal colours for this one. I am sure you will see the Moebius influence on this. I was always open about the influence that Moebius had had on HORIZON and it is showing through on this book too. It feels like such a natural way to go with it and a very natural way for me to work. Flat slabs of colour with a few gradients, highlight and shadows. Anything more would probably over decorate it.
This scene seems to be the test piece that I have used for a couple of things now. It feels good to me. Might even offer it up as a print. Let me know your thoughts on that.
AW
