Darwyn's Diner (Patreon)

 So uh… this was what I was working on when Minneapolis went haywire back in May and this is basically what's been eating up all my time lately :P

Obviously this was a pretty big project that needed a lot of attention and it just sort of got dropped in favor of… well life and more pressing things at the time. But now as things have started to settle down a little here in my personal life (sorta) so I could actually return to work on this big piece.

And yes, you can all say it out loud… I recreated another Darwyn Cooke piece! :P

This has got to be my busiest work yet! There was so much going on and so much to juggle that I was literally pulling my hair out at one point or another. Everything from figure placement and lighting and focal range and build and set up and tear down and editing and shooting and planning and just yeah… oof

Thirty minifigures in one photo has got to be a new record for me! :P  
Anyway, if you’re not familiar, this shot was heavily inspired by Darwyn Cooke’s cover of his book, Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Darywn Cooke. Basically it was a greatest hits hardcover that was put together just a year before his death that featured some of his earliest works, up to his 2014/2015 New52 Cover variants and other inking and artistry stuff. The dude’s portfolio was out of this world!

His art really brings me a kind of passion and inspiration and joy that I really try to bring to my own art, so I really hope I conveyed that same feeling to you guys :)

Anyway here’s that book with the cover, if you want to know read about the inspo: https://www.parkablogs.com/content/book-review-graphic-ink-dc-comics-art-of-darwyn-cooke  

But yeah! Stay tuned this week for how this little (not so little) project came to be!