tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post5681720071651337603..comments2024-03-28T05:04:06.624-04:00Comments on ILLUSTRATION ART: COMIC-CON 2015 David Apatoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-23904274092909886722015-07-29T23:56:00.152-04:002015-07-29T23:56:00.152-04:00And to think that while the rest of us were gawkin...And to think that while the rest of us were gawking at power girl, all these other insights were available. Rats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-84635429635709747682015-07-29T12:02:37.525-04:002015-07-29T12:02:37.525-04:00I’ve been slowly reading this blog and I’ve enjoye...I’ve been slowly reading this blog and I’ve enjoyed it quite a bit. It’s been educational and the art is often lovely. Thanks for doing this blog. <br /><br />I’m a comic/animation nerd and so I’m geared towards that end of the art world more than the esoteric. I’m not obsessed with realism at all, but I find the abstract and modern arts lend themselves far too easily to con men. <br /><br />In short, if you spend more time/effort on your speeches/essays/explanations regarding your art than on doing the art I consider you more a BS artist than an actual one. <br /><br />As a comic nerd I thought you might find this site useful for finding comic artists in particular. It skews more current and more superhero, but there is some goodness within. http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/<br /><br />There are many talented artists on there, but I thought you’d enjoy a particular few (or many depending on your sense of these things): <br /><br />David Aja - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=540<br />John Bolton - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=206<br />Tomm Coker - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=553<br />Geof Darrow - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=810<br />Tommy Lee Edwards - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=363<br />Duncan Fegredo - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=309<br />Scott Hampton - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=436<br />Tomer Hanuka - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=640<br />Dan Hipp – http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=815<br />James Jean - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=165<br />Dave Johnson - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=81<br />Karl Kerschl - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=420<br />Michael Lark - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=284<br />John Paul Leon - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=371<br />Joshua Middleton – http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=280<br />Mike Mignola - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=80<br />Sean Murphy – http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=645<br />Phil Noto - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=40<br />Sean Phillips - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=233<br />Paul Pope - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=379<br />Frank Quitely - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=130<br />Andrew Robinson - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=234<br />P. Craig Russell - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=259<br />Chris Samnee - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=722<br />Brian Stelfreeze - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=73<br />John Van Fleet - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=283<br />Charles Vess - http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=657<br /><br />There are many other artists I like better than these guys, but they didn’t seem your cuppa tea. <br /><br />And my favorite book cover artist Jon Foster - http://www.jonfoster.com/book-covers.html. Of the current book covers out there I just love his pretty consistently. <br /><br />As for manga, I have a good collection of my own and I think for you I’d recommend anything by Katsuhiro Otomo – Domu and Akira are findable. He’s an excellent draftsman. His backgrounds are just awesome to me and not tracings of photos as many establishing shots of manga can be. <br /><br />http://www.comicartfans.com/comic-artists/katsuhiro_otomo.asp. I’m not sure what else would positively impress you. He’s a good gateway to manga. <br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />Nick.Nick Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02110963256859293410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-8631328537086803232015-07-27T16:58:34.271-04:002015-07-27T16:58:34.271-04:00I got that video late but am curious how it turned...I got that video late but am curious how it turned out if anyone knows.Sean Farrellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-20467525549342204072015-07-27T16:21:11.625-04:002015-07-27T16:21:11.625-04:00Here is a video of Brad Holland talking about the ...Here is a video of Brad Holland talking about the current challenge to copyrights.<br />Lots of information.<br /><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDoztLDF73I</a>Sean Farrellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-25748061276993550252015-07-26T22:27:31.593-04:002015-07-26T22:27:31.593-04:00We are providing canvas printing, canvas print, ca...We are providing <a href="http://ezyposter.com/" rel="nofollow">canvas printing</a>, <a href="http://ezyposter.com/" rel="nofollow">canvas print</a>, <a href="http://ezyposter.com/" rel="nofollow">canvas print malaysia</a> and <a href="http://ezyposter.com/" rel="nofollow">kufi on canvas</a> in Singapore and Malaysia. Kindly contact us for more.<br />Irene Vodkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467672978880446444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-7828645359053780442015-07-24T15:34:51.109-04:002015-07-24T15:34:51.109-04:00Um, David. Did you actually attend those academic...Um, David. Did you actually attend those academic sessions you cite?<br /><br />And if so, how long, or how many drinks did it take to restore your sanity?Donald Pittengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-54504781062706371762015-07-23T21:19:27.287-04:002015-07-23T21:19:27.287-04:00As the old saying goes, "aesthetics is for th...<b> As the old saying goes, "aesthetics is for the artist what ornithology is for the birds." </b><br /><br />This only came to be so after the rise of media and educational empires around the turn of the century, whereupon a certain type of artist with a certain "clever" cast of mind found he could sell himself as much by what he said as by his work. (Effective all the more during a period when writings of a certain type of intellectual with an axe to grind also found their way into the minds of the masses.) Prior to this, aesthetics was a practical matter in studios and ateliers around the world; a rational and fascinating mental assistant for considerate talents interested in producing deeper work. The scraps of thoughts on aesthetics left by DaVinci, Delacroix, Inness, and Dunn, just to name a few, attest to the emphatic practicality of the admittedly heady pursuit when the matter is taken in honest, thoughtful, (and most importantly) paint-stained hands. kev ferrarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509572970616136990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-30252259503025703652015-07-23T08:33:16.830-04:002015-07-23T08:33:16.830-04:00Chris Bennett-- Here is a little more about "...Chris Bennett-- Here is a little more about "that metadata thing" which was taught by Edd Schneider from the U. of South Florida, John Walsh of Indiana University, Carol Tilley of the University of Illinois, and Xavier Leonard of Rokenbok Education: attendees were supposed to learn "practical methodologies for locating comics and analyzing their content," "alternative methods of mining data and extracting knowledge from social media platforms such as Vine Wiki," and "the efforts of the Comic Book Readership Archive." <br /><br />Li-An-- I certainly wouldn't condemn all analysis of comics, but I agree that comics belong first to the artists who produce the work and the people who love the pictures and stories. As the old saying goes, "aesthetics is for the artist what ornithology is for the birds." <br /><br />Richard wrote: "in comics, as it is a hybrid form, you have the art-focused crowd complaining the writing-focused people are ruining it, and the writing-focused people feel the same way towards the art-focused people (they really do, I've heard them say it)." <br /><br />While I think there's a lot to be gained from the cross fertilization of different disciplines (for example, writers may bring something fresh and useful to art criticism) people do need to exercise a little restraint in fields where they know nothing. I've ridiculed the writing-focused Dave Eggers for his position that artist Chris Ware is "The most versatile and innovative artist the medium has ever known." People who are ignorant about "what the medium has known" should be a little more circumspect with their opinions. David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-67386652269846462812015-07-22T05:55:18.099-04:002015-07-22T05:55:18.099-04:00David, you use a lot of big words too when you wri...David, you use a lot of big words too when you write about comics.MORANnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-31569704014626123232015-07-21T15:58:38.846-04:002015-07-21T15:58:38.846-04:00And in comics, as it is a hybrid form, you have th...And in comics, as it is a hybrid form, you have the art-focused crowd complaining the writing-focused people are ruining it, and the writing-focused people feel the same way towards the art-focused people (they really do, I've heard them say it).Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08249577762409684046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-31595785729767093142015-07-21T15:50:29.313-04:002015-07-21T15:50:29.313-04:00> "The only chance is to treat, not happin...> "The only chance is to treat, not happiness, but some end external to it, as the purpose of life. Let your self-consciousness, your scrutiny, your self-interrogation, exhaust themselves on that"<br /><br />Couldn't that be exactly what these comics theorists are doing? <br /><br />I'll take the opposite stance. That which makes me really happy hasn't yet been destroyed by my own analysis of it, but the culture around it can certainly be ruined by some other jerks analyzing it when they don't even understand it emotionally.<br /><br />The artists ruin music with their analysis, the musicians ruin poetry with their analysis, the scientists ruin philosophy with their analysis, and so on.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08249577762409684046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-36032575177138852532015-07-21T12:04:38.831-04:002015-07-21T12:04:38.831-04:00Don't analyse comics: do comics.Don't analyse comics: do comics.Li-Anhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10702501956172981776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-80285065023652600602015-07-21T10:11:40.391-04:002015-07-21T10:11:40.391-04:00"The only chance is to treat, not happiness, ...<b>"The only chance is to treat, not happiness, but some end external to it, as the purpose of life. Let your self-consciousness, your scrutiny, your self-interrogation, exhaust themselves on that; and... you will inhale happiness with the air you breathe."</b><br /><br />I believe this applies to the creation of art as well.<br /><br />BTW: I'm intrigued by that metadata thing (assuming it's the same as what I understand to be the 'bigdata' IT techniques being explored) concerning the patterns underlying the batman comics. chris bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088693067960235141noreply@blogger.com