What makes my art different? by ThaPig < Journal | Inkbunny, the Furry Art Community

Furlips

5 years, 9 months ago

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You have to ask? ;-)

Well, since you did, it's a combination of pre '60s Mad Magazine and Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Rat Fink characters.

Bunners

PS, did ya "pigged" my character yet?

JambalayaThePit

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ Furlips

This too ^^

ThaPig

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ Furlips

Yeah, I need to ask because one can't see his own art objectively.

It's the same as your voice. When you hear a recording of your own voice it sounds totally different to the one you are used to hear. That's because you are standing too close to the source of your own voice so you hear it distorted. The recording is showing you how other people hear it.

And no, sorry, I haven't had the time to work on your drawing. I had a few very hectic weeks. My wife has surgery in two days and until that's over my head is all over the place.

In the same way, I value the opinions of others who look at my art from a distance.

Furlips

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ ThaPig

Not a problem dear.

Tell your wife the crazy bunny said good luck and get well soon.

Here's a hug for you and an extra one for your wife.

Bunners

JambalayaThePit

5 years, 9 months ago

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In this day and age of "digital painting" where anyone with a tablet and a youtube video thinks they can color, line work is a lost art. I watch you not because you remind me of this or that artist but because your line work is wild, free, and at times "grotesque" (in a good way, meaning the style). I am wholy unable to emulate that style and study every artist I come across. XDD Plus you are probably one of 5 people that does line work on traditional media. Your use of texturing techniques, hard shading, and lineweight never fail to intrigue me. There are too many digital colorists out there that have an over inflated sense of "talent". At first glance their work may even look "good" but as you take a minute to look at it you realize its "lipstick on a pig" excuse the idiom. You realize they cannot draw proportions, perspective, they have absolutely no eye for composition and have used garish colors to wow the eye for those that just fave-n-go. Line work such as yours however is EARNED. You put in your dues and learned and continue to learn. You do not hide your skill behind fifteen layers of garish color. Your work is naked to the world and still comes as some of the best stuff out there.

From one line work artist to another, love your work. I am often jealous of your skills. XDD

Just my .02$

-J

Furlips

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ JambalayaThePit

What she said piggy.

Hugs

Bunners

ThaPig

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ JambalayaThePit

Thanks!

I think you give me too much credit. I do lots of stuff on the computer like the colors and the lettering. But I always see the computer as a post-production tool for my art, not my main art implement.

I'm not necessarily against taking shortcuts, but when it comes to the actual linework of the drawing, that has to be done by hand. And it's mostly because that's the part I enjoy the most.

I have noticed some digital artists that are very good, but there is something in their art that feels a little strange and it's hard to put your finger in it. And after looking closer I notice it's because the linework is way too perfect. When you do the inking in the computer, especially when it's done with some programs that help you with curved lines, the result looks mechanical. It's kind of like those digital characters that look lifeless no matter how realistic they are because a real human face has lots of tiny twitches and asymmetries. I think it's because all art needs at least a pinch of chaos.

Drawing freehand ads lots of little errors and irregularities that give life to the drawing. I know I overdo it and make everything way too bendy and wavy. I'm very bad with things like perspective and anatomy. But those things are less noticeable when you have a cartoony style. In digitally created art those defects stand up like a sore thumb.

Dontamure

5 years, 9 months ago

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......age!.......

hehe

ThaPig

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ Dontamure

Actually, it's not the age... it's the mileage!

bulletcrow

5 years, 9 months ago

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You aren't drawing attractive commercial looking characters. You obviously don't want to. Not too many people are doing this in furry fandom.

ThaPig

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ bulletcrow

Have you ever thought maybe I'm trying to do something that looks commercial and attractive and I just suck at it?

bulletcrow

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ ThaPig

All I'm saying is that I don't see you drawing typical Disney or standard furry style animals. I don't think that's what you're trying for.

ThaPig

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ bulletcrow

I know. I was making a joke.

bulletcrow

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ ThaPig

You would suck at drawing Disney's Cinderella, but I'd still want to see the drawing.

curtainshowers

5 years, 9 months ago

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Your style is very distinct, with a sort of crazy 80's vibe to them. A lot of art styles are very smooth and generic, without any particular distinguishing characteristics, while your art is very much your own.

ThaPig

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ curtainshowers

Yeah, I get that a lot. But I have only paid attention to it recently because 80's aesthetics are starting to become somehow fashionable lately. I guess it has to do with people my age feeling nostalgia.

Of course, the influence is because the 80s was the time I started taking drawing (relatively) seriously and that's also the era where I learned most of the techniques that defined my style.

The problem with some artists making things that look generic is that they stick to styles that are popular at the moment, but they stick to close to them. Not only in the furry fandom, it's a very common thing in professional circles, where you see a bunch of artists' portfolios and they all look like they copied each other's work.

Of course, nobody can create an art style from zero. The way to do it is to learn from different sources and take a little of each one to create your own style. The mistake many people make is they study an artist they like and become a clone. You have to learn from the master but then you have to walk your own path. When I started I also took a lot of many artists, but I always avoided doing a downright copy of a style.

It may sound funny but not being very good at drawing actually helped me create a personal style. I remember back then there was a time where EVERYONE wanted to draw anime style. But if I tried to draw sexy anime girls or heroic anime dudes they came out awful and ugly. So I turned my weakness into strength and started drawing ugly characters. So maybe my lack of skill saved me from becoming just another generic pseudo-anime artist.

moyomongoose

5 years, 9 months ago

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Edited 5 years, 9 months ago by Owner

One in particular...

...has an art style that reminds me of two record album covers of;

Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat (1971) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFOLvqAQVEo

Batsumi (African release) 1974 - https://youtu.be/BIHNXGRy4ag?t=785

That pic also reminds me of the artwork in two music videos;

Brightly Shines the Moon (Russian folk song) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4LPKfjQ63g

One Tin Soldier - The Original Caste (year of release probably 1969) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTBx-hHf4BE

ThaPig

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ moyomongoose

Well, the first cover doesn't look much like my stuff, except there is an orange cat in it. But the African one has that kind of wacky eyes and mouths I like to draw.

About the Russian thing, that's interesting because nobody noticed that before. I grew up with a lot of Russian and East European cartoons, so that definitely has to have an influence in my own art. I guess not many people notice it because those are not very well known in America.

Most Soviet cartoons were slow and boring, but there were some gems. Here a couple were you can see the influence.

https://youtu.be/TIhA-FOuzWU

https://youtu.be/EVtJudhNXiY

(The second one looks like the Russians were trying to get into the Yellow Submarine vibe)

moyomongoose

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ ThaPig

That first Russian cartoon with the pirates got me laughing.
One Russian cartoon I've seen quite a bit was Nu Pogodi; https://youtu.be/ZBX79b2ZsrU?t=196

One that didn't come to mind when I commented a while ago was, Asterix & Obolix. I see that art style in that cartoon;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgb79paNA7w

I'm surprised I forgot about this one;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aZOEswIVfc

TheBizarreSide

5 years, 9 months ago

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Your work has a very rough, almost homemade comix look to it, kind of reminds me of some of Crumb's work and, as others have mentioned, Mad and Cracked magazine. That's an aesthetic that's just not common in the furry community, so your work stands out among the uncountable piles of slick vaguely-anime-esque artists on this and other sites. You've carved out your own niche.

ThaPig

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ TheBizarreSide

Thanks. I have tried my best.
Thought I would not call it a niche... is more like a grave.

GreenPika

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ ThaPig

I know this feeling dude

GreenPika

5 years, 9 months ago

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I don't think I have enough experience to say but I never saw anything like your art before. I know I compare the style to heavy metal a lot but that's mostly in the attributes of the hardcore feeling tones and acid twistiness. In honest I have never seen anything like your art really. I think it's a rather unique combination of both familiar things and new concepts, though I'd have to think on it a lot to be more specific.

ThaPig

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ GreenPika

Thanks!

microbuss

5 years, 9 months ago

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its weird, psychedelic (HA! spelled that right without the red squiggly line!) odd, crazy, awesome, & radical

ThaPig

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ microbuss

My art has free radicals all over.

timberfox

5 years, 9 months ago

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your style is wonderfuly old school and the storys are super fun.

ThaPig

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ timberfox

Thanks!

marmelmm

5 years, 9 months ago

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You have a distinct "underground" style reminiscent of early Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides and their like. Quite good! :D

ThaPig

5 years, 9 months ago

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@ marmelmm

Thanks!

Simic

5 years, 6 months ago

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80's or 70's comics or the drawing. The artworks you made reminds me of cartoon in the retro time. The anatomy is more cartoony than realistic.

The movie who frame roger rabbits is what reminds me of.

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