Our July meeting of CAPS featured Andrew C. Robinson. He brought some of his original pieces from the graphic novel The Fifth Beatle, which is about Brian Epstein. His work was remarkable to look at, really lovely.
He talked about how he went about preparing the material for the graphic novel – doing the sketches, the choices he made regarding style. The amount of research he had to do for places, and people, and fashions – and then how to turn that research into the art for the pages.
He admitted that his methods increased the amount of time it took to finish. But I’d say the results were worth it. What he showed was truly worth calling works of art, not just “graphic art.” It did make me want to put the book on my “to purchase” list.
Robinson went on to show some of his other works, a couple pages from a Batman Black & White short story he worked on.
It interested me in seeing another artist’s work, especially the “in process” sketches where you can see how he is working out composition choices.
