Post by Paste Pot Paul on Nov 2, 2015 3:05:32 GMT -5
Week 5: Frank Frazetta
Im not entirely sure how to articulate how I feel about this.
I do know that my love for Frank Frazetta (well his work that is) is due entirely to comics, oddly enough the issue of Master of Kung Fu in which Black Jack Tarr falls in love with a painting of 2 polar bears pulling a sleigh (issue
).
So it is quite fitting that an artist whose paintings move me like no other is able to be included here for his comicbook work.
What has always struck me about his work, humorous, fantasy, horror, or other genre is the movement within each illustration. I have 4 of the books which collect his paintings, and on the back of the plates are reproduced his sketches and doodles. Even these that would have taken seconds or at most minutes, show more life than any picture Ive ever been able to do. This is the element I strive to acheive EVERY time I lift a pencil, and thats purely from him.
Im not entirely sure how to articulate how I feel about this.
I do know that my love for Frank Frazetta (well his work that is) is due entirely to comics, oddly enough the issue of Master of Kung Fu in which Black Jack Tarr falls in love with a painting of 2 polar bears pulling a sleigh (issue
). So it is quite fitting that an artist whose paintings move me like no other is able to be included here for his comicbook work.
What has always struck me about his work, humorous, fantasy, horror, or other genre is the movement within each illustration. I have 4 of the books which collect his paintings, and on the back of the plates are reproduced his sketches and doodles. Even these that would have taken seconds or at most minutes, show more life than any picture Ive ever been able to do. This is the element I strive to acheive EVERY time I lift a pencil, and thats purely from him.
