I'm pretty sure these pieces pulled off his website are all digitally completed (as by the looks of it they start out as analogue components, such as brush strokes, textures and marks).
Negley layers marks and details in such a wonderful way, creating an overall very hand-made and tangle quality to his pieces. You can almost feel the layers of ink and texture just by looking at the images, the resulting outcomes complex yet as equally simple, delicate and smooth. His characters are basic in form, but energetic and further brought to life with this exquisite build up of marks.
The colours used are another stand out feature that really excels his illustrations, pastel reds, blues and oranges, usually limited in tone variety but expertly composed and paired. I adore the way the colours and shade change when layered onto of each other like on the deck to the right. In this way a great variety of tones can be achieved in the use of only a couple of differing colours and it gives a beautiful overall quality to the images, that of a ghostly, soft yet bold effect.
One of the main appeals to his work is that hand-made feel. You can see the marks and evidence of the human hand, you can see the analogue processes, you can see the character and sheer beauty of physical creation. I think that is really my conclusion on the digital means of creation; it is excellent for compiling images and completing illustrations, pulling together elements to create layouts and final images. Its a tool to take analogue work into a finished form and it is immensely useful for this especially when used correctly. But for now, for me, this is all it is. I don't see myself creating work thats purely digital, seen as the majority of the work I like is for it's analogue and hand-made quality.
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