Friday, May 23, 2008

He's Making a List...

On the advice of a good friend, Brandon Jeffords, I have been pouring over art books and websites in order to find artwork that matches the kind of feeling/vibe/style I strive for in my own work. Last night I sped through my copy of Spectrum's 13th edition and made a list of some incredible artists. I appreciate much of the art in the book though I found it surprizing how much subject matter (and the color orange?) influenced my feelings on an artist or illustration. One of the artists I had some time to research is Raymond Swanland. His website is amazing and I've admired his artwork for quite some time without knowing his name. He worked on the Oddworld game series: great stuff. I really appreciated his Q & A section which describes his process in great detail.

I also ran across an article about John Singer Sargent's process on Goodbrush.com, Craig Mullins' site, which is in PDF format here. Again, great stuff.

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