#art influence

[ghoulierstudio]

‘Art is finished once the artist has truly said everything that was in his heart…’

[bjekkergauken]

Influence map, wohoo

1) John Bauer 2) Nature and scenery 3) Johan Egerkrans 4) James Gurney 5) Miyazaki 6) Legend of Zelda 7) Hans Arnold 8) Marine life 9) Yoshitaka Amano 10) The lion king 11) Alphonse Mucha 12) Roger Dean 13) All sorts of birds 14) The moomins 15) Duane Bryers' Hilda pinups 16) Rankin Bass' 2D animation of the late 70s/early 80s 17) Metroid 18) Bioluminescence 19) Bamse 20) Calvin & Hobbes 21) Marsupilami 22) How to train your dragon 23) Medevial knotwork 24) Walking with dinosaurs 1999 25) Don Bluth 26) Sven Nordqvist 27) Beatrix Potter 28) Cartoon saloon 29) Avatar: The last airbender 30) Osamu Tezuka

[miscielross]

/sigh the aesthetic was wasted for this show man

[dnxshiro]

Art Influences

Hello! I thought it would to share some of the artists/art styles ive learned the most from and that have influenced my style the most! (Maybe eventually I’ll do one of those art style challenges.)

1.       Kazuki Takahashi – Yu-gi-oh! (Basically my go-to. Reading and copying from Yu-gi-oh! Was what really kickstarted my art.)

2.       Cheeks-74 https://www.deviantart.com/cheeks-74 – Spectacular Spiderman (A very smooth non-anime style that taught me a lot about form and figure. Great for lots of dynamic poses.)

3.       Ken Sugimori – Pokemon (Drawing Pokemon is way more difficult than the human characters though. Great for learning new things and getting out of old habits.)

4 .       Bechnokid https://www.deviantart.com/bechnokid @bechnokid – (Pokemon gijinkas and facial expression. They are incredible.)

5.       Hayao Miyazaki – Studio Ghibli movies (What can I say? This man is the master. I really love the simplistic, old anime styles)

Other good ones:

Club Penguin (I used to draw my own CP fancomics and that taught me a lot about basic formatting)

Naoko Takeuchi – “Sailor Moon”

Hiroyuki Takei – Shaman King (hair)

Bakugan – (clothes)

Kaoru Mori – “Emma” (intricate details)

Rebecca Sugar – Steven Universe (facial expressions)

Overwatch (Basically my dream art style. Everything is so amazing.)

LEGO – (For shapes and minfigs I guess.)

Little Witch Academia – (I absolutely adore the art style uugnnhhggh so cute.)

(tagging @bobbricksart. XP sorry i didnt write you here but i’m not constantly copying things from your style. It must be a friends-dont-copy-friends thing. XP I really love your art style though)

[cartoonkate]

Some people ask me about what artists I admire / look at, so I wanted to update my ‘art influence’ grid since the last time I made one was at the end of 2016. I couldn’t fit Francis Bacon or Rico LeBrun in there but I assure you I admire them as well!

[newtafterdark]

The last time I filled out a thing like this was in 2014. Yeah, it was time to make an updated version.

Here you can see the artists, movies, shows & comics that influenced my art style the most. <3

[spiffychickenart]

Fun ‘lil memes, original by badcharacterdesign

Art influences were pretty easy to pin down, I’m always looking specific artists up and flipping through art books. Story influences were a bit trickier, but I still think about them consciously often.  What are good stories?  What makes those stories so good?  How can I use similar elements in my own stories?  All things I think about when I reference these stories, and more!