tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post886435119699111618..comments2024-03-28T16:44:09.428-04:00Comments on ILLUSTRATION ART: ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 23David Apatoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-8115005974058986952009-03-21T06:46:00.000-04:002009-03-21T06:46:00.000-04:00Great illustration, thanks for sharing with usGreat illustration, thanks for sharing with usAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-70492930932620771792009-01-16T05:47:00.000-05:002009-01-16T05:47:00.000-05:00Great work! thanks maaaan..Great work! thanks maaaan..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-3919156291569189202008-12-15T15:55:00.000-05:002008-12-15T15:55:00.000-05:00Yeah, I thought that was Lou Fine when I saw it, b...Yeah, I thought that was Lou Fine when I saw it, but it did look crude, compared to what I knew of his stuff...figures that it was done so young. At 25 though, I would not have been able to be in the same galaxy as this.<BR/><BR/>As for drawing the female form...geez, I dunno if I am EVER gonna grow out of loving that subject matter!kenmeyerjrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01135259184687057130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-56039268133323115242008-12-15T08:42:00.000-05:002008-12-15T08:42:00.000-05:00Jordi Bernet sure looks like having big fun with e...Jordi Bernet sure looks like having big fun with each project. And returning to drawings of the female form, he has done some wonderful work with the series "Clara, de noche"Diego Fernettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133741806993347360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-88837753693256835962008-12-11T14:28:00.000-05:002008-12-11T14:28:00.000-05:00It's interesting for me to see how LITTLE times ha...It's interesting for me to see how LITTLE times have changed. During the Golden Age, we had guys doing work that was not necessarily well drawn well, but tapped into that emotional, adolescent boy.<BR/>During the Silver Age, there seemed to be a short-lived swing towards strong drawing skills. Some of the better guys ( Adams, Kubert, Toth, Thorne, Romita, Buscema, Cardy ) seemed to be able to tap into BOTH sides. However, after the mid-70's, it seems the illustrative side seemed to die off. We've had mostly bad drawing to this day. It would be great to see a balance achieved. Guys like Hughes, Bernet, Cho et al, offer rays of hope for those of us who like strong drawing, but their numbers are few and far between.benton jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756521475101955881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-10319695006684112052008-12-11T14:26:00.000-05:002008-12-11T14:26:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.benton jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756521475101955881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-73208198798217804212008-12-11T05:30:00.000-05:002008-12-11T05:30:00.000-05:00amazing!amazing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-53377287556776155822008-12-10T08:23:00.000-05:002008-12-10T08:23:00.000-05:00Rodge, yes I agree that Uncle Sam business is pret...Rodge, yes I agree that Uncle Sam business is pretty darn cool.<BR/><BR/>Dolf, I agree.David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-33935934670346518362008-12-10T08:21:00.000-05:002008-12-10T08:21:00.000-05:00dfernetti, Stevens, Cho and Hughes are all excelle...dfernetti, Stevens, Cho and Hughes are all excellent examples of artists who learned to draw through the prism of pretty girls. It is quite obvious that the pleasure of drawing the lines of the female figure is what motivated them to sit at the drawing board day after day, learning their craft. But I find it especially interesting when a male artist's eyesight fuses with his desire to transform the objects of his passion. Frazetta obviously loves ample bottoms on women, so his women come out with tiny waists and superhuman butts. Robert McGinnis loves long, skinny legs, so his women end up looking almost like human spiders. They may look unnatural when measured objectively, but I'm sure these distorted pictures of women look perfectly normal to the artists as they are drawing, just as El Greco saw people as extremely tall and thin.David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-1858386421058331112008-12-09T16:58:00.000-05:002008-12-09T16:58:00.000-05:00Thanks Dave! I love your blog and look forward for...Thanks Dave! I love your blog and look forward for each new post. Yes, drawing girls -being artistically honest- is one of those subjects that may raise some er... pungent comments, so to speak.<BR/>Geez, how I would have liked to ask Dave Stevens about this!<BR/>And I have to confess that all my thoughts are further, and beyond.Diego Fernettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133741806993347360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-18987563048736020282008-12-09T07:18:00.000-05:002008-12-09T07:18:00.000-05:00dfernetti, "drawing girls" is one of those topics ...dfernetti, "drawing girls" is one of those topics that I started to write about, then decided that I'd better wait until I am ready to shut down this blog and leave no forwarding address. I hope when that day comes, you'll still be reading so you can jump in and participate. I'd love your further thoughts.David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-62281099751877736992008-12-09T06:30:00.000-05:002008-12-09T06:30:00.000-05:00Don't we all love comics? This one is great, i lik...Don't we all love comics? This one is great, i like the expressions and the monochomatic of it!Dolf Van Sprengelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148879951057617757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-88257746056398847872008-12-09T06:15:00.000-05:002008-12-09T06:15:00.000-05:00Starring Uncle Sam. The greatest comic of all time...Starring Uncle Sam. The greatest comic of all time!<BR/>Great line!Roger O'Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15886618097731741114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-32958702509912874992008-12-09T04:55:00.000-05:002008-12-09T04:55:00.000-05:00Ah, the girl drawing syndrome! I'm still at that s...Ah, the girl drawing syndrome! I'm still at that stage, I must confess! Anyway, I'm not in a hurry to get a medicine against that particular syndrome, being a quite happy illness! Anyway, drawing girls challenges the artist with some interesting problems: natural poses which show what you intend, line rythm, anatomy, sometimes a scorzo... in a way, and hopefully the women out there won't get me wron, to draw a beautiful woman is as taxing and precise as drawing a horse.<BR/>Of course, I won't tell that to my models. Who wants to draw an offended horse?Diego Fernettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133741806993347360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-85160408714728913732008-12-08T20:17:00.000-05:002008-12-08T20:17:00.000-05:00Piya, I tend to trade off between the two, dependi...Piya, I tend to trade off between the two, depending on my mood. I'm grateful that art offers the range of alternatives. But as you can tell from this post, I am a sucker for purity.<BR/><BR/>Frank, I agree. Given where Frazetta ended up, it's always a little surprising to go back and look at his early work that was a clumsy patchwork quilt of favorite gimmicks, flawed anatomy and bad perspective.David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-42750368770478149482008-12-08T18:37:00.000-05:002008-12-08T18:37:00.000-05:00giulia, some of the other readers are correct, thi...giulia, some of the other readers are correct, this is Lou Fine working in a simpler era. Thanks Dominic and Steve! <BR/><BR/>dfernetti, I know you are both an artist and a guy, so I suspect you are intimately familiar with that girl-drawing syndrome I mentioned. For such people, there is usually a period of a few intense years when being able to design your own girl is the greatest thing about being an artist.David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-68482103816467894332008-12-08T18:36:00.000-05:002008-12-08T18:36:00.000-05:00it looks like something frazetta could have done i...it looks like something frazetta could have done in the early years..frank gressiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11683937508476969823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-47792514485530042152008-12-08T18:29:00.000-05:002008-12-08T18:29:00.000-05:00Thanx, Gerard and Mark!Peacay, you raise a fair po...Thanx, Gerard and Mark!<BR/><BR/>Peacay, you raise a fair point. I suppose I used an overly narrow definition of the term "well executed." <BR/><BR/>Li-an, at least no one can say the drawing conceals its intentions.David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-20242863277912436292008-12-08T12:38:00.000-05:002008-12-08T12:38:00.000-05:00It makes one think: what's better, a piece of artw...It makes one think: what's better, a piece of artwork that is technically lacking but honest and sincere, or a wonderfully rendered piece with no heart? I hope my work displays more of the former than the latter. Of course, the ideal is the best of both worlds: technical virtuosity <I> and </I> something that comes from (and goes straight to) the heart!Piyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954206497878502968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-49647871350649018602008-12-08T11:47:00.000-05:002008-12-08T11:47:00.000-05:00It is indeed Lou Fine. After a little research, it...It is indeed Lou Fine. After a little research, it appears he was probably 25 years old when he drew this. It would be interesting to see if an older, more cynical artist would have had the ability to tap into the adolescent themes you've described here.Steve Eptinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01424779011822915937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-35564397109467597872008-12-08T09:45:00.000-05:002008-12-08T09:45:00.000-05:00I assume this is Lou Fine ? Regardless of it's cr...I assume this is Lou Fine ? <BR/><BR/>Regardless of it's creator, It's a stunner !Dominic Bugattohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12038691868661688196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-82731634234646532182008-12-08T08:31:00.000-05:002008-12-08T08:31:00.000-05:00Well, the girl sure looks hot!Well, the girl sure looks hot!Diego Fernettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133741806993347360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-67665780742051311042008-12-08T07:58:00.000-05:002008-12-08T07:58:00.000-05:00and i want to know more about this marvellous draw...and i want to know more about this marvellous drawing<BR/>for ex. the author,...the series...et cetera...and so on...and so fort...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-68786763354449188322008-12-08T06:45:00.000-05:002008-12-08T06:45:00.000-05:00It's an interesting drawing. As you said, it's abo...It's an interesting drawing. As you said, it's about teenage fantasies but it works nice.Li-Anhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10702501956172981776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-65710417295925473782008-12-08T01:52:00.000-05:002008-12-08T01:52:00.000-05:00It seems to me that you are conflating two conside...It seems to me that you are conflating two considerations. Sure, it's no keeper in terms of technical virtuosity and its overall design is fairly mish-mash, but in the editorial or advertising sense, it's a successful drawing no? It appeals - just like the internet! - to a young mind that wants to take in a whole jumble of imagery all at once and entices them to buy the comic to see all that amazingness(!!) locked inside. I would say that means it's a well-executed drawing.peacayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03997731249622552311noreply@blogger.com