INFLUENCE OF STYLE

All of us as artist have heroes we look up to.  other artis whose works inspires us to be better and we allow to influence the procese of our own work.  today i would like to share two of mine with you.

First we have David Finch.  a killer comic book penciler and inker out of canada.  i love his compositions, dramatic and strong.  His penciling is just magnificent.  from the large blocks of value to the small tick like strokes that render delicate formes.

Here are a few of my own inspired byt he david finch style.

Another artis that is my heros and i hope to aspire to one day is Dinato Giancola

Y a i don't quite have anything to this magnitude yet, but some day i hope to.  here is what i have got.

PERSPECTIVE

It all depends on you point of view.

the basics about perspective: there are some basics one must understand in order to understand perspective.  first, some vocabulary.

Horizon: a horizontal line indicating where the ground meets the sky in a composition.  it also refers to the views line of sight when view a picture

Vanishing point: the point to wich all parallel lines converge with in a composition. there can one or several within a composition.  

Three basic types of perspective.

Single point perspective:  One-point perspective exists when the painting plate (also known as the picture plane) is parallel to two axes of a rectilinear (or Cartesian) scene – a scene which is composed entirely of linear elements that intersect only at right angles. If one axis is parallel with the picture plane, then all elements are either parallel to the painting plate (either horizontally or vertically) or perpendicular to it. All elements that are parallel to the painting plate are drawn as parallel lines. All elements that are perpendicular to the painting plate converge at a single point (a vanishing point) on the horizon.

Two point perspective: Two-point perspective can be used to draw the same objects as one-point perspective, rotated: looking at the corner of a house, or looking at two forked roads shrink into the distance, for example. One point represents one set of parallel lines, the other point represents the other. Looking at a house from the corner, one wall would recede towards one vanishing point, the other wall would recede towards the opposite vanishing point.

Three point perspective: Three-point perspective is usually used for buildings seen from above (or below). In addition to the two vanishing points from before, one for each wall, there is now one for how those walls recede into the ground. This third vanishing point will be below the ground. Looking up at a tall building is another common example of the third vanishing point. This time the third vanishing point is high in space.

Exaggeration and Caricature

EXAGGERATION: is the enlarging or altering beyond normal or due proportions. to ignore the natural restrictions of bones, muscles, and normal structural concerns.

DISTORTION: to change or alter the form of an object from it natural state. Making it longer or shorter, wider or skinnier, while still maintaining it integrity.

An example of both of these techniques in are are the art of caricature.  lets look at a couple of well know caricature artist and see how the have implemented, exaggeration and distortion to create, funny, whimsical, and sometime satirical works of art.

Cort Jones.

Here Mr. jones take a Naturally distinguished feature of, Jay Leno's, famously big chin. Buy exaggerating the size of the chin, along with distorting it natural structure, to be more protruding, Mr.. Jones has captured the comidic personalty of, Mr. Leno.

Jason Seiler

Seiler exaggerated the size of rollingstones front man McJagger's lips, and distorts there natural structure to be more full and round to add emphasis.

Thomas Fluharty

Here Mr, Fluharty has done the same with hilary Clinton's hair, and the size and space relation of Bill Clinton's nose and mouth.