Nobrow

Recently I've been loving the comics and other narrative illustration coming from Nobrow (http://www.nobrow.net/), especially the work of Luke Pearson.

The cover of Nobrow 6 (the latest instalment of their magazine) is by Tom Gauld (http://www.tomgauld.com/). His restrained use of colour here is great. Starting with a black and white sketch you need only add two shades of blue to create a real atmosphere. Even though there are only two colours it doesn't feel like there should be more. Here it is-

I shamelessly had a quick attempt on the wacom at something very similar-