![]() It's a fine thing to have the power of draftsmanship, but I think it is even finer to have the power to restrain your draftsmanship. ![]() I have never seen de Crecy constrain his considerable draftsmanship skills that way (although he may have- I just don't know). ![]() There are several such moments in Gonzalez's books, and they are among my favorite pages. I think both pages are far more effective than they would be with de Crecy level details. Another example is the fourth picture from the bottom, of the obese man with the accordion, where 80% of the page is blank. For example, the last image on my blog post (of the two ships) has only a few selective lines with broad expanses of tone. One of the things that distinguishes Gonzalez from de Crecy for me is that Gonzalez has moments of great simplification, where he puts aside all the fancy draftsmanship and takes a full page, or sometimes a double page spread, and reduces them to their most basic essence to convey a mood or a design. ![]() Li-Ann- I am an admirer of Nicolas de Crecy's work, although I confess I don't know as much about it as I should. ![]()
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