Prague Race

One thing you should probably know about me is that I adore webcomics and have done pretty much since discovering the Internet as a child. Recently Prague Race quickly became one of my top favourites with it's eerie art style and story which is a lovely balance between dark and light hearted fantasy brimming with possibilities. Written by Petra Erika Nordlund aka Leppu, who demonstrates an excellent talent for storytelling in her characters and pacing. Not to mention her excellent use of plot twists which leave her audience completely on the edge of their seats (-cough-Colin-cough-).

I'd say it's definitely targeted at a young adult audience and lovers of the fantasy genre.

So if you haven't already read it you should probably go. read it. now.
And while your at it go check out her DA and tumblr.

Beauty in BD

I've come across a lot of Bande Dessinée artists who really know how give a sense of dramatic scale. Alex Alice for instance comes to mind because I have the Seigfreud books.  I've noticed it in the fantasy, horror but particularly in the action/adventure genre because knowing just how to use perspective to create a strong sense of impossibly tall buildings, mountain or even monsters makes all the difference. And there are a number of artist's whose work I've been meaning to pick up. Here's one of them:

François Schuiten
Belgian artist. He comes from a family of architects and judging by his art it really REALLY does not come as a surprise.

Incredible use of perspective. And from what I've been able to find online I've noticed he seems to often but not always utilise a very limited pallet that primarily uses oranges and violet-blues especially in series 'Les Cités Obscures' (which I definetly plan on getting my hands on).

There's an post on visual news which has a lot of good examples of his work. And bedetheque.com has a very up to date list of his work.