I'm sure some of you have seen this current meme, I don't usually bother as they usually seem a bit pointless, but I was interested to see what others had done, so I figure some might be interested in mine. So here it is (on my blog!)
http://www.pauljholden.com/blog/2010/09/09/meme-influence-map/
Would love to know what others think (it's always fascinating to find out what other people see in your art - especially if you can't see it)
And, if you fancy doing one, then you can download the file here: http://fox-orian.deviantart.com
-pj
Pretty cool idea. Wish I had more time. Would love to make one, myself.
love it
can i play?
Love reading these as they sometimes lead me to discovering artists I'm unaware of currently.
Especially some of the European comic creators folks are influenced by.
Quote from: eggonlegs on 09 September, 2010, 01:46:17 AM
love it
can i play?
It's a meme - if you don't join in then it's pointless!
Interesting read that Paul...those influence maps are a cool concept :)
I wish I could draw/paint...i'm not a bad writer but I was blessed with the ability to be as sh*t at art as is humanly possible :lol:
Yeah, once I started browsing through some old comics online it occurred to me just how much influence the 60s comics (before I was born) had been - all because they were what my dad used to buy me. One of my earliest memories I have is sitting up in the attic of a house we lived in between '74-'82 (and I'm pretty sure I was 5/6 - so '75/'76) crying because my mum wouldn't let me cut out pictures from a Century 21 Annual (which had stopped publication by 69).
-pj
Dave Gibbons and Brian Bolland were the two 2000AD artists who influenced me the most but now it's more European and Manga artists like Ladronn, Gimenez, Masamune Shirow [manga] and Akira's Katsuhiro Otomo.
That's really interesting and I can see how they influence you PJ.
BTW - is that john McCrea with the artwork? He looks like a young Louie Walsh
That's John. John's the only person on the list who I've spent who I know personally, so I figured a photo would be good.
My intention was to look at three sets of influences:
Artists I looked at when I was a kid, artists that I looked to as a teenager/when I got back into comics and artists that I look at now and think 'Blimey, I wish I could draw like that'.
But it all got a bit muddled...
-pj
This is an interesting idea. Must have a go...
Quote from: pauljholden on 09 September, 2010, 01:20:10 PM
That's John. John's the only person on the list who I've spent who I know personally, so I figured a photo would be good.
My intention was to look at three sets of influences:
Artists I looked at when I was a kid, artists that I looked to as a teenager/when I got back into comics and artists that I look at now and think 'Blimey, I wish I could draw like that'.
But it all got a bit muddled...
-pj
Nice approach! And it looks like we both had our comic book revelations around the same time. I was made aware of comics between '75 and '81 but I didn't actively buy and collect them until '82.