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t00thpasteface · 21 days

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hey! i was just curious if i could use your art in an artist study? i looked over your faq and i didn't see any mention of it so i just wanted to ask. it's okay if the answer is now, no pressure :)

(⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠) sure, if you credit me! i would be incredibly flattered!!

now that being said, i would also like to share with you some artists whose work i've enjoyed doing studies of! i find it's very useful to "follow the money" with artists you like, and go along the chain of inspiration to see how ideas and styles can change from person to person.

vincent van gogh is my BIGGEST inspiration in terms of color and composition! his unique style of brush work is what he's best known for, but i recommend looking at his works holistically too, and seeing where the eye is led and how he plays with light, color, and mood. if you want to go further, he was very inspired not only by prior impressionists, but also by japanese ukiyo-e artwork— try comparing "starry night" to "great wave off kanagawa" and seeing the similarities in the grand, sweeping movements they convey.

i'm sure i've said this a million times, but genndy tartakovsky has probably my favorite cartoonist style. it's at its peak in samurai jack— opinions are mixed about the narrative quality of season 5, but if nothing else, the art direction is absolutely jawdropping. one of my favorite scenes is the bit in the tomb, where jack is hiding in a sarcophagus, because the music and visuals are paying homage to a scene at the climax of "the good the bad and the ugly"!

in a totally different direction from those two... i'm a huge fan of gil elvgren's pinup girls! i've had a few different pinup calendars over the years, and at the end of the year, i like to cut up the pages individually for mini posters— i've covered pretty much all my available wall space in his illustrations. i love it when artists don't feel the need to sacrifice expressiveness for realism; his girls are SO DARN CUTE and they all look like they're having so much whimsical, cartoonish, flirty fun!

here's a post where i talk about more inspirations!

here's a post listing some other tumblr artists i like!

i'm also just very heavily inspired by 50s-60s print illustration... things like advertisements, "clip art" (which you had to physically clip out of a book and paste onto the page), and of course, tv cartoons. one big trend i love with that "googie" art style is how incredibly limited the palettes were, and how efficient the economy of line was. as much as i love the bold, blocky, dynamic shapes of styles like tartakovsky, who takes insp

also, please remember i'm entirely self taught and am NOT an expert, so just be aware of that if you see any weird stylistic choices in my work... i admire the work of a lot of professionally trained artists, but that doesn't mean i have any training or real right to go around teaching people stuff. i'm just some guy from a big crazy family full of artists, only some of whom went to school for it.

okay, that got way longer than i meant it to, SORRY! here's a pic of my cat Carmen as a thanks for reading this far ^_^

#i uh. sure used a lot of exclamation points in this huh #shebbz shoutz #ask

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picory · 8 months

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Hi!! Sorry if you've been asked this before, but what inspires you the most in terms of art? I love your artwork so much the shapes make me happy :)

thank you! it's hard to say for certain, because many things inspire me, and not just other artists. someday i'll have the proper knowledge of what goes on inside my noggin... i will say that whenever i'm stumped artistically, my go-to motivation-boosters are adam musa and genndy tartakovsky

#asks #btw i've finally dedicated seperate folders with art by artists i adore. instead of it all being in a vague ''insp'' folder...

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dumbthunder · 2 years

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@sergeantnarwhalwrites thanks for tagging me

Favorite color: A nice deep purple, I have a cat hoodie thats my favorite shade.

Currently reading: completely legal manga and comics. DBS, Jagaaaaaan just finished, Monkey Peak, ExMachina, Saga, and I'm probably going to drop Infection. Too much Fan service, not enough zombie.

Last song: 'Worlds To Run' by BUSDRIVER on the way to work. Before that was 'Shes So Nice' by Pink Guy.

Last series: Primal by Genndy Tartakovsky. You might remember his name from hits such as: the Hotel Transylvania franchise, Dexter's Lab, and Samurai Jack. It has no dialog and its use of sound design is, IMO, amazing. The animation consistency leaves something to be desired. Where there's blood or a shirt or other things on Spear in one shot its gone the next. If you can get past that like I did its an amazing show.

Last Movie: if you count TeamFourStars DBZAbridged movies then one of those, Bardock i think. If not then the Demon Slayer Movie.

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: I can't handle spicy food. I accidentally had a jalapeño cream cheese taquito from 711 and it kicked my asshole in. I think i have to go with savory. Sweet is great and all but too much and I feel like dogwater after.

Currently working on: I'm at work, does that count? lol. I'm also writing Spaghetti. The name is a work in progress. I'll go back once I have some more written.

I'm tagging: @cottonberryfinn @covenscribe @athenstheidiot @athenixrose @hymnonlips @ezestreet @worldstogetlostin @authorofstories55 @carefulpyro

I've done one of these before so if I tagged you again sorry 😞 also if you've made it this far thank you and I love you

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potoobrigham · 4 years

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#Primal #I'm So Sorry Genndy

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abby-something · 7 years

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Hey, this is really random... but do you think there could be a chance that we are getting more than 10 episodes of SJ (or at least the final episode might be a bit longer)? I'm thinking this because I saw a post on Toonami's Facebook page that showed a 5 hour long SJ marathon that should be airing on the 27th May. 5 hours is is long enough to show 13 episodes of SJ, right? Sorry, it's been on my mind for a while and I wanted to share my thoughts with someone. I'm probably just over-thinking it.

Hiya! ur fine anon! I definitely think we’re all secretly hoping there’s more. How in the world are they going to cram everything into one final half hour??

However, I personally doubt there’s more than another 30 minutes. The marathon is all 10 eps strung together— when I went to the early preview show in March, Genndy mentioned that the whole season was meant to be watched as a “5 hour movie.“ 10 half hour episodes = 5 hours.

I know he’s said this is the last time he’ll work on Jack, but I also know things can change. Later on, he might decide that there’s more to tell, or maybe he wants to revisit lost plots, or something. Anything. I will keep looking forward to whatever else/new he brings to the table for us, because I respect him and admire his talent, but yeah admittedly a small part of me will always want him to keep making more Jack because I love this show.

But we’ll see! In the meantime he’s made clear he is giving free reign to anyone else that wants to fill in the gaps, so I’m with many others on this: Aku spinoff when??

#ask the abby #sj meta

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potoobrigham · 7 years

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