Though August is over and it’s now Sept. 1st, I have an established tradition of taking all my Kirby Tribute Month images and putting them together into one big poster image. This year is no different.
Though I drew them all and know each image well by this point, I get a different perspective when I combine them after the fact like this, appraising the work I did from an overall view.
This is now the fourth year that I’ve done Jack Kirby Tribute Month, and it’s interesting to see how much more detailed and involved these small illustrations have become each year. That’s nothing to do with the prompts themselves (though those can create their own challenges). It’s more to do with feeling the need to move beyond just straight portraits, to come up with something that feels like there’s a story to it.
That’s about all there is to say. I always learn something when I do these, so hopefully you’ve enjoyed this year’s journey.