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inspirations and my history...
18 years ago
The three artists that inspired me the most through my early artistic development and the characters that I drew...
When I was very, very little I really loved Disney. I still do, as a matter of fact (politics aside). When I was old enough to put pen to paper I would do very crude sketches and such of Disney cartoon characters. Both Disney and Warner Brothers drew their cartoon duck bill a way that really caught my eye and I do remember drawing that signature beak over and over and over again in my early work. To this day I still love that shoehorn duck bill.
As I grew older I grew into video games. When I got my very own Sega Genesis way back in yonder days, I was starting to develop inclinations towards what I would later discover to be the furry lifestyle. One of the steps on that journey became the cast of Sonic the Hedgehog... More specifically, Miles "Tails" Prower.
I really loved Tails for some reason. I drew quite alot of him for quite some time, collecting books and magazines that his image graced and copying him into drawings here and there. His character even inspired my own (at the time only semi-original) character named Firefox who appeared in many drawings, comics, and short stories written by yours truly.
Firefox still exists in my vault to this day, but in a much altered form. His world has matured along with me, and he is part of a now decade-long project that may never end... But time will tell...
Finally, the last key step before I really started doing what I would now consider to be 'art' was my teenage period where I discovered two things that were strongly interconnected: Manga and 'sexy art'. I admired and adored the beauty of these manga artists and so badly wanted to draw characters that both caught the eye and aroused the viewer. In this desire to assimilate cuteness, sexiness, and passion into my art I was drawn to the comedic/dramatic/romantic stylings of the very honorable Rumiko Takahashi. Takahashi-san's series Ranma Nibunnoichi was funny, cute, sexy, and touching all at once. It was one of the greatest things I discovered in my early teenage years.
Takahashi-san is definitely the artist who influenced me most. Her art taught me the beauty of a wide, expressive eye and the subtle , yet powerful differences in facial expressions. It is because of her that the eyes are, to me, the cornerstone of any character piece.
When I was very, very little I really loved Disney. I still do, as a matter of fact (politics aside). When I was old enough to put pen to paper I would do very crude sketches and such of Disney cartoon characters. Both Disney and Warner Brothers drew their cartoon duck bill a way that really caught my eye and I do remember drawing that signature beak over and over and over again in my early work. To this day I still love that shoehorn duck bill.
As I grew older I grew into video games. When I got my very own Sega Genesis way back in yonder days, I was starting to develop inclinations towards what I would later discover to be the furry lifestyle. One of the steps on that journey became the cast of Sonic the Hedgehog... More specifically, Miles "Tails" Prower.
I really loved Tails for some reason. I drew quite alot of him for quite some time, collecting books and magazines that his image graced and copying him into drawings here and there. His character even inspired my own (at the time only semi-original) character named Firefox who appeared in many drawings, comics, and short stories written by yours truly.
Firefox still exists in my vault to this day, but in a much altered form. His world has matured along with me, and he is part of a now decade-long project that may never end... But time will tell...
Finally, the last key step before I really started doing what I would now consider to be 'art' was my teenage period where I discovered two things that were strongly interconnected: Manga and 'sexy art'. I admired and adored the beauty of these manga artists and so badly wanted to draw characters that both caught the eye and aroused the viewer. In this desire to assimilate cuteness, sexiness, and passion into my art I was drawn to the comedic/dramatic/romantic stylings of the very honorable Rumiko Takahashi. Takahashi-san's series Ranma Nibunnoichi was funny, cute, sexy, and touching all at once. It was one of the greatest things I discovered in my early teenage years.
Takahashi-san is definitely the artist who influenced me most. Her art taught me the beauty of a wide, expressive eye and the subtle , yet powerful differences in facial expressions. It is because of her that the eyes are, to me, the cornerstone of any character piece.
Don Bluth, definitely... but then, I'm a video game nut, so of course he's gonna be on there; not to mention Nihm, American Tale, All Dogs go to Heaven... and so many other wonderful animations and characters.
Stan Sakai, who's Usagi Yojimbo character, comic, and style I fell completely head over tail in love with. It was like nothing else I had ever seen in comic form... absolutely beautiful stories, and, of course, almost an entire feudal japan anthromorphicized. What could be better?
And finally, Tex Avery... if it wasn't for the insane wackiness of his cartoons that I watched over and over... the gawd awful puns and literal translation jokes... not to mention the pin up sexy style he gave some of his drawings... I have no idea what my bad sense of humor would be like today.