Cartooning Project -- "Arbuckle"helzapoppnAugust 6 2008, 17:28:38 UTC
Last month you mentioned how R/L is getting in the way of cartooning in a big way. I was wondering if a site like this might help get you get back in the swing of things:
The idea is to take existing Garfield strips from anytime in the past 30 years, remove the thought balloons, and reinterpret the art. The result is a series of strips that become a surreal portrayal of Jon Arbuckle as a lonely, pathetic man who talks to his pets.
The quality and professionalism of the art is wildly variable, so no matter how bad you think you are these days, there are "artists" taking part in this project who are far worse.
Re: Cartooning Project -- "Arbuckle"losttoyAugust 6 2008, 19:50:36 UTC
Interesting how people have been orking on the same lines. Garfield Minus Garfield started out just as a website and is now getting its own book from Ballantine Books in October. You should take a look.
Quality of art is more of a subjective measurement. While you can measure skill and talent, how good the art piece in comparison of your own skill level is harder to judge. When it comes to art we have to realize that the medium is a communication tool. No matter how sloppy the lines are, if it conveys the message that the art wants to say, than it is successful. So it is a hard balance between quality and quantity. I see artists who skill level are at a lesser scale than mine who I belief are more accomplished than I am, just because they are out there doing it. However, being to prolific can have its downside too. Is a crappy comic once a day better than a really good one once a month? On the other hand, a bad comic is infinitely better than no comic.
Re: Cartooning Project -- "Arbuckle"helzapoppnAugust 7 2008, 16:59:37 UTC
Garfield Minus Garfield is funny, but there's no room for freelance artists to contribute, so I didn't mention it.
I thought that maybe if the scripting and dialogue was already done (since those elements are taken directly from the source Garfield comic), you could more easily focus on the art aspect.
But I don't have one kid, let alone three, and when's the last time I blogged anything original?
Re: Cartooning Project -- "Arbuckle"losttoyAugust 7 2008, 17:05:07 UTC
I have stories scripts that I can illustrate. Writing is the easiest part. I just need to sit down and draw. That takes time. Depending on the complexity of the image it can take 20 minutes to all day just for one panel.
By all means, blog ... we have enough topics to choose from these days. :P
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The idea is to take existing Garfield strips from anytime in the past 30 years, remove the thought balloons, and reinterpret the art. The result is a series of strips that become a surreal portrayal of Jon Arbuckle as a lonely, pathetic man who talks to his pets.
The quality and professionalism of the art is wildly variable, so no matter how bad you think you are these days, there are "artists" taking part in this project who are far worse.
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Quality of art is more of a subjective measurement. While you can measure skill and talent, how good the art piece in comparison of your own skill level is harder to judge. When it comes to art we have to realize that the medium is a communication tool. No matter how sloppy the lines are, if it conveys the message that the art wants to say, than it is successful. So it is a hard balance between quality and quantity. I see artists who skill level are at a lesser scale than mine who I belief are more accomplished than I am, just because they are out there doing it. However, being to prolific can have its downside too. Is a crappy comic once a day better than a really good one once a month? On the other hand, a bad comic is infinitely better than no comic.
I am definitely inspired by artists like Matt Reidsma, Brian Payne, Steve ( ... )
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I thought that maybe if the scripting and dialogue was already done (since those elements are taken directly from the source Garfield comic), you could more easily focus on the art aspect.
But I don't have one kid, let alone three, and when's the last time I blogged anything original?
So I'm a fine one to talk.
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By all means, blog ... we have enough topics to choose from these days. :P
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