Posts tagged: digital art
So, it’s finished.
Reminder, this is the shirt from Three Panel Soul I’m wearing.
Newest WIP, I’m going to go over my right arm like this, find some quicker way for the shirt and make up something for the background. It’s due next thursday and I’m tired of looking at it.
Work time..I dunno, it’s been 4 class periods but possible about 9 hours of me actually working on this. I have an earlier WIP of this as my icon on twitter.
In case you were wondering, the shirt is the Stranger shirt from 3PS
I’m doing a Chuck Close inspired self portrait digital project. This is about 4 hours of work, and now I’m using my tablet instead of a mouse which makes for smoother lines and actually more lines because it’s pressure sensitive. Fuck, I want to go to sleep, I always want to go to sleep which reminds me I fucking need eyedrops, I seem to always forget to buy them.
Sean Gordon Murphy and the “Bullshit Meter”
LACK OF PHOTO REFERENCING
In my opinion, a responsible artist should spend a reasonable amount of time photo referencing for poses, anatomy, folds in clothing, etc. Not every day, not every panel, but enough to keep them honest. What’s an honest effort? It’s different for everyone.
There’s stuff in photos you’d never think of. And denying yourself references means you’re cutting off an asset. Without that outside asset, you’re only dipping into one well: your own. And that will lead to you being repetitive. Isn’t it better to use references and draw from multiple wells? Even if you don’t use those references, at least you’re keeping yourself open to outside influence.
I’ve heard arguments from animation-style artist that they don’t need photos because it bogs them down. Personally, I think they’re just being lazy. Drawing cartoony is fine, but even the most respected cartoonists had a healthy amount of life drawing and photo refs. Even the most artistically well regarded manga uses photo refs. The most respected artists in comics used photo references. What would Toth, Eisner, or Breccia say to you if you told them you didn’t believe in using reference? They’d punch you in the face…probably all at the same time. Even Picasso continued using reference throughout his Cubist phase.
It’s true that refs MIGHT bog you down and make your work look stiff at times, I admit. But that card is played too often.A lot of the advice here is pretty common-sense stuff, nothing ground-breaking. I’ve got mixed feelings about this snippet here, though. Definitely thought-provoking.
DIGITAL INKING
People call bullshit on this less and less. I’m probably in the minority on this one these days, but I know a few hardcore, old-school readers will be with me. And I’ve addressed this before, so I won’t explain why I’m not into digital inking. But in terms of bullshit, I will say this:
Traditional inkers are less likely to have people calling bullshit than digital inkers. If you want to increase your chances of not having people call bullshit, then don’t digital ink. You can still have an awesome career and be a digital inker, but regardless of your success, people like me will always be out there waiting to call bullshit.This seems like a point of contention for a lot of people I know.
