Study on Tezuka's Phoenix
12,5 x 17,6 cm
ink on paper
2019
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Osamu Tezuka's is known for cinematic panels. I intentionally copy this panels for master study, since I want to learn drawing dynamic movement. "Hin No Tori" or Phoenix (1968-1989) was the series I looked up to. It moves me beyond words. I could feel how shaky grounds feels like for animate (animals) and inanimate object (rocks, ground).
From Wikipedia:
Many of the Phoenix stories feature intensely experimental layout and visual design. For example, Universetells the story of four spacefarers who are forced to leave their spaceship in separate escape pods. The panels of the story are organized such that each character has his own vertical or horizontal tier on the page, emphasizing the astronauts' isolation; the tiers combine and separate as characters join together and split up. In an astonishing sequence after one character's death, he is represented for a number of pages by a series of empty black panels.
