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Been sick... blah D:Did this to pass some time and follow the flock
In No Particular Order:
1. Don Bluth:
I loved Bluth's movies as a kid. When I realized who he was as an "adult", I fell in love with his work. Great expressions, very fun animation and design!
2. Mary Blair
Lots of bold colors and shapes, and great textures.
3. Shane Prigmore
I don't know what to say... I love his work. I love the simple shapes, I love his sense of color and design, and I love how much he can convey with a few well places lines and textures.
4. Adam Hughes
Adam is a master at painting a pretty face. I love how he paints his skintones for his ladies, and I adore his attention to detail without over working. I try to remember that less can look like more when I work because of Mr. Hughes.
5. Brittney Lee
Brittney does these amazing sketches that she then turns into paper collage-type sculpture-painting-things, haha
I've seen a lot of artists doing this lately... but something about hers in particular just blow me away. She reminds me to try new things, try new mediums, experiment...
6. Disney Movies
When I've been down and out for a long time, I watch a Disney movie for some artistic inspiration. Usually its The Little Mermaid... but any Disney movie will do. I find my favorite parts and frame through them and try to figure out what makes the scenes so appealing to me: Expressions, Silhouettes, Movement... etc...
7. Dean Yeagle
I just love the exaggerated proportions and how he captures the "ditzy pin-up" look... though he swears up and down that Mandy is intelligent
8. Shedd Aquarium/Museums/Zoos
I live next to the Chicago Museum Campus, so I try to go out and sketch at the Shedd, Field or Lincoln Park Zoo as often as I can. What I learn about shape and form out in "the field" definitely helps later on when I sit down to draw something fully-realized.
9. Nate Wragg/Art Of Books
This particular Mr. Pricklepants is by Nate Wragg, who I love, but represents a greater whole: Art of Books. My boyfriend and I buy them up left and right, and we adore them. They're great inspiration!
10. Chris Sanders
Chris simply draws lovely women and adorable animals/monsters. He also inspired me to learn to watercolor
11. Van Gogh/ Michelangelo/ Da Vinci
I love to look at the greats. I love their sketches, their paintings, their sculptures... very inspiring. I try to remind myself that they started out like the rest of us: with a pencil and a piece of paper.
12. Amanda Conner
Amanda is my role model. She draws wonderful characters with unique expressions... something I need to work on. She's also an awesome and unique person, and a very successful female artist. I hope I'm as cool as her someday.
13. Glen Keane
We all love Glen. If cannibalism were a viable practice, I would throw Vegetarianism to the wind and take a good chunk out of Mr. Keane as to gain his mystical powers.
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was so disappointed when her, Ms Connor, run with Powergirl ended....
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Agreed! Have you read her book "The Pro"?
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Surely did and luuuv it, read an old book of her: Two-Steps, thatwas pretty good also!!
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Its from one of his arcade games, "Space Ace"
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You have a lot of the same influences I have... and I didn't know you were a vegetarian!!
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I adore Ms. Lee, Ms. Blair, Mr. Prigmore and especially MR. KEANE!!
Oh goodness, I agree whole heartily about your little blurb concerning Mr. Keane.
I would toss out my vegetarianism in heartbeat if I could take a good chunk out of Mr. Keane to gain his immense wisdom and awesomeness...
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I totally agree with your influences, most part are mine too. I love Don Bluth.
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the . Don Bluth computer games where cool... but movies
not so much
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Eh, I liked them. I know lots of people who don't, though. I liked Thumbelina, Nhim, and All Dogs Go To Heaven as a kid... but I was pretty much the target audience. I think the animation is beautiful, and the arcade games he did were wonderful as well
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i guess it's just a matter of personal taste
i can't believe i watched the land before time like a 100 times, they where dinosaurs after all.
i do like most of your influence map
made me remember i forgot to put Mary Blair in mine
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lol, I can do you one better... I watched Land Before Time II a million times.... because I didn't own 1, lol
Oh, the lameness of it all
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You're near the Shedd? I used to go there all the time as a kid (grew up near Calumet City). I loved going there and then to the planetarium.
We would also run over to the Sear's Tower and look straight down from the observation deck (way before Ferris made it popular and they blacked out the bottom windows).
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Yeah, I lived in the city over by Ogilvie as a kid, then we moved to the suburbs. Now I'm attending school in the city, so I live over near the museum campus. I haven't been to the Planetarium in forever, I should really go again. Have you see the pop-outs they have on the Sears tower now? You can walk out into these glass boxes I guess... I haven't gone, too expensive
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I've only been in Chicago a couple times briefly over the last several years.
I haven't had time to go around to places. I'll have to take my kids up there sometime.
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