A new page
04-03-2018
Hi there! For every artist, I'm sure all of you will agree, inspiration is vital. Sure, the technique is important also, but without any thoughts about what you want to put on paper, it won't get you very far, whereas I have seen examples of artists with limited technique putting out incredibly powerful, moving art. Now most of the time, I get my inspiration from everywhere. Newspapers, TV, comics, other sites, everyday life, they all contribute in different ways to my imagination. It can be the way someone is standing while having a conversation. Or the way a comic book page is developed. Or a great bondage scene in some mainstream comic. Most of the time, it will work like that for me.
But at times, I have run out of ideas. What I do then, most often, is rummaging through some of my older work. First of all, that gets me in the mood real fast most of the time. It is like some memory base is tapped into; you remember the excitement you were feeling while working on this piece or that. And secondly, I get to take an old idea, dust it off and do a fresh take on it. This almost always turns out to be only a partial adaptation of the old work, and I don't even think that people seeing my work will even recognize the connection.
But lately, I have been developing a series in which the connection is very, very obvious. You see, I was going through some old stuff again, and all of a sudden I wondered: how would this drawing look like when I would be making it these days? And thus a whole new section of the site was borne: the Butterfly page. In it, you can find some of my (very) old work paired with a recent translation. Like a caterpillar developed into a butterfly. You can find it under New in the menu. There is an arrow on the right side of the image, and when you move that to the left, the new drawing will be revealed! Our first 'interactive' page of the site.We start out with three (read six ;)) drawings, and others will soon follow. I hope you'll have fun with it!
Coco
More updates: a new POW cover in New, a new piece in the Combi page and two new Gif's. Until next time,
CBAP
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