Lost In Space

The title of this blog was the theme of a the art cards, made for a charity auction held by IndieCade, that Ron Chan offered some of studio-mates today as a fun little break from our regular work. It ended up being a descent into the bowels of Drawing-hell.

This was the result of my struggle with that little 3X5 bastard.
Through no fault of Ron's they ended up being the worst paper I've ever drawn on. If the surface had grabbed my pen and pushed it away, on top of the other inherent impediments, I would not have been surprised. It rejected everything I threw at it, even sharpie and acrylic paint. As far as supplies go it was a nightmare.

"Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence."

I'm making a good effort to try and catch up to the rest of my studio-mates for the weekly sketchblog challenge. I'm behind on several of the subjects but this time I've got the jump on my colleagues. Here are the first two stages of my tribute to my hero Carl Sagan:


I did the majority of the black and white work on the train back from Emerald City Comic Con. I added Voyager 2 and the gray tones when I got back. My next move is to add some color and maybe a few photoshop effects like subtle gradients or levels of opacity. I'm also going to find a great quote to underscore the image and evoke Carl's wonderful elocution in the practice of exalting scientific thinking.