Several people have blogged about the pop art movement, specific comic/pop artists, and the different styles of art in comics and graphic novels, so it seems like it’s time for me to put in my two cents. I’ve been a fan of pop art for a very long time. That doesn’t strictly translate to me liking comic art, but it… Read more →
Tag: art
The ‘Originality’ of Roy Lichtenstein’s comic panel art
What do we get when comics and modern art mix? Roy Lichtenstein! I thought I would do something a little different since I am an art history major. One of my art period that I have an interest in is modern art, and I have recently gone to see a Lichtenstein exhibit. I wanted to give my point of view… Read more →
A Tool for Artists
If you’re thinking about drawing comics, a tool you might want to check out is Pose Maniacs. On the Pose Maniacs website you can browse through hundreds of 3D figure poses for free. Many of the poses are also depicted from several different angles, and you can change your view of the figure once you have selected a pose by… Read more →
Art for Art’s Sake: Is there meaning behind the art in graphic novels
I stumbled across an interesting thought the other day. Do graphic novels have to be subject to a specific type of art? I don’t think so. By definition a graphic novel is a narrative that uses sequential art for express the story. Therefore, the art itself has significance to the way the story is interpreted. The first thing I thought… Read more →
So How about this Sturgeon?: The Art of Tony Millionaire
Well, how about it? It’s a piece that makes a person wonder. How’d the sturgeon get there in the first place? Did it drop from some great height, as the scattered pieces of crystal might seem to indicate? How did the great fish come to be fused with a chandelier? And why is everything on fire? It’s a surreal image,… Read more →
Awkward Action Poses
Typically when people think of superhero comics, they think of action-packed fight scenes and daring rescues. What most people don’t think of, or at least what I didn’t think of until very recently, is the challenge comic artists face in making a static image on a flat surface appear dynamic. Some of that work will be done by the reader’s… Read more →