J.N.010 Idea for a project.

While reading my backlog of ImagineFX issues, I came across a story about famous artists all contributing to a sketchbook, including the likes of Hayao Miyazaki and Glen Keane, and in the end selling it in the name of charity. What caught my eye was the fact that the book travelled for almost four years, it wasn't just a case of the artists sending in an image over the internet but an actual physical sketchbook that had been in the hands of all these people.

This is where my idea comes into play, I want to try a similar thing, but have it more randomised. The basic idea of this sketchbook is that a person draws in it and sends it to another person they know, it doesn't matter to who or where, I just want to see the book filled with loads of artwork from around the world, perhaps allowing people to find artists they've never seen before and also to show off their own work to potential followers. I'll probably develop on the idea so that it benefits a good cause, maybe ask each artist to donate to charity and add it to the book so that we can make a running total, but for now I'm asking for your opinions, do you think it'll be a good idea and would you be willing to join in? If it does go ahead I'll also try and get a custom book made especially for this project so that it's something a bit more special than a simple sketchbook.

Also hoping that the good will of people will actually allow it to travel to distance lands.

So yeah I welcome all ideas and suggestions!

-Miles

As for today's feature, we'll be looking at an artist who I've admired for a long time as one of the many talented people working on the IDW TF: comics. Mostly a colourist, he is not held down by such constrictions and is an amazing artist in his own right, particularly in the style of Transformers: Animated which he uses in a fantastic manner in his fanart of two of my favourite mecha from Power Rangers/Super Sentai. But let's get back to his colouring, it's certainly downright FUCKING amazing, I was especially blown away by his work on the covers of TF ongoing, where it showed half busts of Megatron and Optimus in their cybertronian and earth robot forms. The colouring here is spectacular so clean and concise with a light glow around it making it feel more like an animated cel than a comic cover, not to mention the nice subtle use of textures just bring it all together, I do hope one day to colour as good as this guy!

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