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Elaborate Black And White Scratchboard Illustrations
By Etching Into The Black Ink

via Beautiful / Decay

Paris-based illustrator Nicolas Delort creates mysterious black and white scratchboard illustrations. Using nothing but black ink and sharp tools, Delort etches his elaborate drawings into the surface of a clayboard. Despite the monochromatic palette, his works carry out a sense of colorfulness through their dynamic and wondrous scenarios.
 
Because of his scratchboard technique, Delortโ€˜s works are focusing more on the negative space and its function in the art world. His high-contrast illustrations are full of apocalyptic dynamism, accentuated by the eccentric compositions, intrinsic etching and attention to every minuscule detail. Despite that, artist says his workflow is pretty chaotic.
 

โ€œUp until the final inking stage, my work is mostly improvisation, because Iโ€™m basically never happy with my stuff until itโ€™s finished <โ€ฆ> I start out with a bunch of thumbnails and when I find one that I like open it up in Photoshop and move stuff around until Iโ€™m satisfied. I make a final sketch, transfer it on to the scratchboard and scratch away till my wrist hurts.โ€œ

 

While some of Delortโ€˜s narratives might be utterly unknown, others illustrate scenes from literary works such as Harry Potter, American Gods, or are designated movie posters. Although modern in content, Delortโ€˜s works remind us of such artists as Gustav Dorรฉ and even Albrecht Dรผrer whoโ€˜ve been advocating the noteworthy art of etching years past.

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