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Errol McGillivray Captain
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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:43 am
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The thread in AD is here.
Around PP "learn anatomy" is like a wind chime in a mild storm. Ever persistent and a pain in the a** to the neighbor that didn't want a goddamn wind chime, but has to hear it because the guy next door did.
I've seen people complain when they're told to learn anatomy. I've seen excuses like "I just want to do cartoon styles" or something. (This is the same as the "it's my style".)
It's not just anatomy either. It's color theory. It's light theory. It's anatomical mechanics. It's biology. It's fashion history. For the "I'm making a manga" crowd, it's narrative storytelling and sequential art theory. For everyone it's design basics. Really, to be an effective artist, there is more to just making shapes and lines.
Not wanting to take the time to learn actual studio skills is a lot like people wanting to be a great musician on guitar, and seeking to get there by playing guitar hero. They get really good at pressing the color button they're told to press in time. They can master the game on the hardest setting and can play every song perfectly. But they still can't play a real guitar and can't make their OWN songs or read sheet music. The game doesn't teach you anything but following commands to a beat. This is pretty much what all the people that use other people's drawings as a basis for their own are doing. The people that rely heavily on stock images to do their poses and eyeball other drawings and then change things to their liking.
"You have to work hard to develop your abilities so that you can express. Most art students are allowed by art colleges to focus on expression. Until you have skill you have nothing to express with and so they usually fail. They feel deeply, work at their work but their technique fails so it is visual gibberish to everyone but themselves. It is tragic. If you play at expression without getting down to the serious work of study and refining your studio skills you will fail. I have seen it so often. Work hard now and you play at what you love. Besides, doing work in a mediocre way is absolutely no fun, and the art world does not pay for mediocrity. You have to be really good as lots of people want to do this. It is fun and you can express your spirit. There is nothing like it but it takes WORK!" - Stephen Perkins: Sculptor, Instructor
This applies greatly to cartoons. Part of why cartoons appeal to people is that while they're pure fantasy, they can convince us that the cartoon really feels something. You can't really do that well if you don't know what you're doing.
This especially applies to the manga crew that only draw 4 facial expressions. Happy, Sad, Mad, and Nothing. They also don't tend to draw body expressions simply because they don't know how. Pin ups are popular, but you can't do sexy if you can't speak to someone's sex drive through visual cues that actually happen with people.
tl;dr: ******** learn your basic studio skills. And read, you lazy s**t.
You do not know the talent you may or may not have unless you have the technique to bring it forth. The truth shall set you free. Ignorance imprisons talent.
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:37 am
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Errol McGillivray Captain
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:20 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:43 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:28 am
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:12 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:28 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:00 pm
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:40 am
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Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:57 am
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