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Friday, August 05, 2005

Rhino


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.
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5 comments:

Little Rock said...

Thought of combining that and having animal cartoons getting up to stuff??

Kristen McCabe said...

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.

Elliot Cowan said...

Kristen - those are pretty much the same ears I draw on my dog.

You have a thing for rhino nipples?
How erotic....and peculiar.

just b said...

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.

Elliot Cowan said...

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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