Like so many illustrators and animators I was highly influenced by the classic American style of cartooning.
Disney, Warner Brothers, etc.
I've kind of railed against it in the last 10 years or so.
Not that I think there's anything wrong with it as such, I just think there's a million more interesting ways I could, and should be drawing.
After spending so much time on drawingboard.org, I thought I might like to prove to myself that I can tackle a "standard" animation look.
My work has achieved a loosness over the years which may be here to stay, but it feels nice to know that I can still tackle these things on a basic level if I'm ever required to.
I've often waffled on about my influences on this blog and in the last few weeks I think I've recognised some more:
Quentin Blake, a marvellous English illustrator whos work is often associated with Roald Dahl.
Bill Peet, legendary Disney story man whos simplest shitty scrawl has more character and life than anything I've spent a year working on.
And to a lesser, but certainly visible extent, the Australian artist Brett Whitely.
I don't really know much about the man, but he was wonderful.
Lived art rather than created it.
And died of a herion overdose.
Sad.
Friday, August 05, 2005
Rhino
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Thought of combining that and having animal cartoons getting up to stuff??
I love the shape of his ears. :)
I wish that little circle in the lower-left corner was his nipple. hee-hee that would be funny. ..err.. to me.
Kristen - those are pretty much the same ears I draw on my dog.
You have a thing for rhino nipples?
How erotic....and peculiar.
if this is the looseness you were talking about, i think it works well. there's something inherently pleasing about your work (from what i've poked around and seen in your blog), whether it's the happy rhino or scary monkey dude. i dig it.
Thanks B.
Always nice to hear good things about my efforts.
I'll check your own blog out as soon as I've finished typing this!
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