--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Thog of Cave People <thog@...>
wrote:
> Interesting. Is that a personal preference, or (besides the
copyright
> issues) a typical artist thing? (Remember, my knowledge of the
art/
> illustration world is about equal to my knowledge about the stock
> market - note that I am *not* rich.)
I guess it's a combination of a few things. One, I haven't had too
many other artists ask me to draw their characters. I remember
drawing Carly and Spike for Eric Schwartz some years back, however.
For another thing, I generally don't draw characters that aren't mine
unless the creator/owner has requested/commissioned such a picture.
That is mostly a courtesy thing, but it also avoids the whole
copyright thing.
>
> My curiosity stems from interest in different styles. When the ill-
> fated benefit book came out, I was fascinated to see how others
> interpreted your characters. Every artist seems to have a focus
on
> specific areas (no, not *those* areas!) that results in an
> illustration that's both recognizable and foreign at the same time.
Yeah, I got a real kick out of that book. It was very cool seeing
how other artists interpreted my characters. Very cool indeed.
>
> Since I'm familiar with your style, I wondered if it had been
applied
> to other familiar characters. I have to admit that I'm ignorant
of
> 99.998% of the characters out there, but I know that one (and a
few
> others, like Omaha. Ooo, am I getting old?)
I don't know if the more "realistic" style of my work would go so
well with some folk's character designs. The only picture I can
think of that I lent a detailed hand in was the "Nice Shot" color
picture Des and I did awhile ago. She had drawn the linework, but I
redrew the whole thing on a new sheet of paper, adding color and
stylistic variances. It was an interesting project, although it
really ate up my pink pencils (because that character is colored
pink, you pervert).
--JMH
Received on Mon Dec 31 2007 - 11:13:58 CST