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Community => Watto's Junk Yard => Topic started by: Scott on July 11, 2004, 05:28 PM
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I really like me some DaVinci who was the epitome of art. But there are some talented people out there amoung our own community who are also top shelf...Mister Bill Cable comes to mind. I really admire the stuff Brad, Thomas and Bob Crane have shown us. As well as some of the pictures Boba Shek have drawn. Anyone else have anyone to add?
(http://www.creaturecantina.com/cable/images/icmg_lg.GIF)
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Dave Dorman (2 signed prints) -Sweet oil painter, he's done a ton of covers for Star Wars books/comics/etc.
Tim Bradstreet (signed comic) -One of my favorite artists, he's done most, or even all of, the recent Punisher comics.
James O'Barr (signed print)-Creator of 'The Crow' comic, his comic took 9 years to create - so it's something of an inspiration to watch how his ink-work improved over the years.
Thomas Grey (nothing yet >:() - soon to be a house-hold name!
Other artists I like...
Elyn Zimmerman
Beverly Pepper
Auguste Rodin
Todd McFarlane
DaVinci
Doug Wildey
Jack Kirby
Numerous photographers...
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Todd McFarlane
Andrea Previl(l)e
Mark Bagly
Yeah...I really don't pay attention to Artists.
Kevin
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Gabrielle Dell'Otto
Todd McFarlane
John Cassaday
Frank Miller (I find his work to be rather wacky, and therefore, good.)
Drew Struzan
Dave Dorman
Judd Winick
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Tom f'n Hodges!
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My favorite at the moment is Dave Stevens -
(http://www.davestevens.com/img/art/zoom/rocketeer20.jpg)
Mostly known for The Rocketeer, he's an excellent artist that's produced some great pinup images and awesome mixed-media.
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I very much like the work of artists such as Goya, Dali and M.C. Escher. I enjoy Michael Parkes' art as well.
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Tom f'n Hodges!
you're totally entitled to your opinion... I disagree, But you're entitled to it.
Alright, enough silliness.
It's a long list, dammit!
Howard Chaykin
Chuck Jones
Ron Embleton
Ray Harryhausen
Leji Matsumoto
Walter M. Jefferies
Jack Kirby
Yasushi Nirasawa
Arthur Adams
Steve Rude
Kazuki Kotobuki
Syd Mead
Frank Miller
Yoshitaka Amano
Frank Lloyd Wright
No Chachamaru
Jack Davis
Philippe Druillet
John Allen
Zane Knisely
Wingbird
John Byrne
Hieronymus Bosch
Go Nagai
Chesley Bonestell
Osamu Tezuka
Jose Louis Garcia Lopez
Michael Golden
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Charlie Thorson
Liberatore
George Petty
Jim Steranko
Buichi Tarasawa
Joe Orlando
Gary Larson
Bernie Wrightson
Wally Wood
Mike Kaluta
Kazuhisa Kondo
Bill Sienkiewicz
Alex Toth
Alex Raymond
Valentine Wong
Enki Bilal
Jean Giraud
Fleischer Brothers
Kow Yokoyama
Al Feldstein
Richard Corben
Mike Saenz
Ralph Mcquarrie
Johnny Craig
Hayao Miyazaki
John Kricfalusi
Brothers Hildebrandt
Marshall Rogers
Bill Elder
Mike Zeck
Al Williamson
Frank Cirocco
Chris Foss
Los Bros. Hernandez
Yuri Ai
Reed Crandall
Makoto Kobayashi
Frank Frazetta
Mochy
Jack Kamen
Harvey Kurtzman
Dave Stevens
Takuya Inoue
Francisco Goya
George Evans
Jim Burns
Azuki Kurenai
Robert Williams
Ron Volstad
Koutarou with T
Milo Manara
Tohru Nishimaki
H.R. Giger
The Coop
Tsukasa Jun
Graham Ingels
Ron Cobb
Chris Achilleos
Thomaz Kuntz
Ken Adams
Masaki Mizuhara
Harley Walker Morden
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i'm really into the anime style as far as comics and stuff go, so guys like adam warren, joe maduiera, humberto ramos, etc are all faves of mine. i also was big into todd macfarlane (when he used to actually draw), and greg capullo who took over for mcf was good too. some of the other image guys - jim lee and silvestri especially always did good work. michael turner just did a great job with a 6 issue story arc in the 3 superman titles that was pretty good too.
i'm also into some of the old school artists - again, as far as comics go - neal adams, john byrne, bernie wrightson, joe kubert (his kids ain't half bad either).
m.c. escher, salvador dali, h.r. giger... i could go on and on. i like art :D
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I love art as well. I love the classics like da Vinci or Vermeer, Maxfield Parrish, the Hildebrandts, I love it all. I like Escher and Giger, too. I love Dave McKean. Fantastic artist. I love too many comic artists to mention.
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I went to Italy 3 years ago after being obsessed with my art history and minoring in it in college. Everywhere I went (Florence, Venice, Sienna, Padua & Rome) I tried to find the guy that I could somehow like better than Michelangelo. In Florence I was smitten with Fra Angelico and Donatello but then I saw David and it just demolished everything else. I was on a Donatello kick and in the Duomo Museo in Florence and as I reach the top of a staircase, there is Michelangelo's last sculpture of Christ being taken down from the cross and a self-portrait as Nicadimus. I almost fell down the stairs.
The Pieta made me weep in awe that so much faith could be portrayed in a sculpture. The Sistine Chapel ceiling was also too much for my brain. The guy was unbelievable. And while I like della Fracesca, da Vinci, Botticelli, Mantegna, Massacio, Bernini and manny others (Titian), Michelangelo hit a high that only he could reach.
I will include my other list of artists I adore, but it's so damn hard and I start leaving people out and crap! Why'd you do this to me Scott?!!
Please excuse any speeling errors (I'm sure I'm leaving out many) I am listing 'fine artists' for now and not including fantasy art, comic art...)
These are my favorites (as a sculptor):
Joseph Cornell
Umberto Boccionni
Edward Keinholz
Alexander Calder
Giotto
Brunelleschi
Castagna
Raphael
El Greco
Albrecht Durer
Michelangelo Carravagio
Jan Vermeer
Rembrandt Van Rijn
Diego Velasquez
Francisco de Goya
Claude Monet
Edvard Manet
Paul Cezanne
Vincent Van Gogh
Di Chirico
Pablo Picasso
Georges Braque
Henri Matisse
Wasily Kandinsky
Marcel Duchamp
Joan Miro
Salvador Dali
Rene Magritte
Kurt Schwitters
Brancussi
Jackson Pollack
Willem de Kooning
Georgia O'Keefe
Nevelson
Frieda Kahlo
Sally Mann
Max Ernst
David Hockney
Francis Bacon
Andy Warhol
Frank Stella
Roy Lichtenstien
Charles Ray
Damian Hirst
Philip Guston
Rauschenburg
Jasper Johns
George Segal
Paul Klee
Walter Anderson
Illustration/Pulp Art/Fantasy:
Maurice Sendak
Bill Peete
Dr. Suess
Hildebrandt brothers
Frank Frazetta
Dennis Beauvias
Comic/Cartoon art:
Jack Cole
Will Eisner
Berni Wrightson
Barry Windsor Smith
Jack Kirby
Steve Ditko
Steranko
Carl Barks
Charles Burns
Daniel Clowse
Art Speigelman
Alex Ross
Frank Miller
Steve Rude
Don Martin
Al Jaffe
Gary Larson
Richard Corben
R. Crumb & his brothers
Wally Wood
All for now...
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I remember studying the Pieta for a week in High School, it truly is one of the greatest works of all time
(http://www.christusrex.org/www1/citta/Bs-Pieta.jpg)
I loved my Humanities Class in 11th Grade. One of my all time greatest learning experiences...the Greek and Roman Classics, The Renaissance, Architecture, Opera, Classical Music...I wanted to take another class in college but could never fit it in between the Organic Chemistry and Physics and Linear Algebra. >:(
I was hoping someone would mention Hodges...he's doing an Ice Cream Maker Guy Card!!!
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I really like me some DaVinci who was the epitome of art. But there are some talented people out there amoung our own community who are also top shelf...Mister Bill Cable comes to mind.
I'm flattered. ;D
Here's my latest addition to the "Cable Original" gallery...
(http://www.creaturecantina.com/cable/thumbnails/ugnaught_sm.GIF) (http://CreatureCantina.com)
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Did you ever in your wildest dreams think DaVinci and Cable would be uttered in the same thread???? :P
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I remember studying the Pieta for a week in High School, it truly is one of the greatest works of all time
(http://www.christusrex.org/www1/citta/Bs-Pieta.jpg)
I loved my Humanities Class in 11th Grade. One of my all time greatest learning experiences...the Greek and Roman Classics, The Renaissance, Architecture, Opera, Classical Music...I wanted to take another class in college but could never fit it in between the Organic Chemistry and Physics and Linear Algebra. >:(
I was hoping someone would mention Hodges...he's doing an Ice Cream Maker Guy Card!!!
I stood infront of that piece for about an hour one time when I was living in Rome.
Stunning.
But I think Moses (also in Rome) is even more stunning.
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How about a little love for my main man Rene Magritte:
(http://people.ucsc.edu/~cam/research/magritte.gif)
(http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/CCT794/Images/Magritte-Treason-of-images-sm.gif)
(http://math.stanford.edu/~pdehaye/LocalPictures/magritte/3.jpg)
I love lots of stuff from the Renaissance to Constructivism to Surrealism to Dada to Modernism to Post Modernism...etc...
Off the top of my mind I enjoy Rodchenko, Dali, Bosch, Duchamp, Bill Viola, Berninni, and about a thousand other painters, sculpters, photographers, filmmakers, etc...
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forgot to add this website to my favorite artists:
patthompson.net/ (http://www.patthompson.net/)
pat is a friend of mine, a local artist here in new jersey who has done some work for my friend's band's cd. his artwork is a little on the crazy side, sometime downright disturbing... but he's a great artist, and a great guy. check out his site if you get a chance.
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But there are some talented people out there amoung our own community who are also top shelf...Mister Bill Cable comes to mind.
I've just added my latest masterpiece up on http://CreatureCantina.com . I'm really happy with how this one turned out, so I figured I'd share. ;D
(http://www.creaturecantina.com/cable/thumbnails/tarkin_sm.GIF) (http://www.creaturecantina.com/cable/)
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I've always been fasinated with Norman Rockwell and think he is one of my favorates. One my favorate paintings is of a man looking at a Jackson Pollick painting.
Contemporary wise, Alex Ross just blows me away. The Kingdom Come novel is just a masterpiece.
On a side note, I'm a Salvadore Dhali fan as well an nearly owned two original sketches. When I move into my current home, the previous occupants were in care of the sketches (owned by the woman who owned the house who had passed away, the occupants were relatives taking care of her) and were leaving a lot of stuff behind. I had asked the wife about them and not having any clue about them she said, sure you can have 'em. Unfortunately, her husdband wasn't as dim and nearly killed her when she ran it by him. :P
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On a side note, I'm a Salvadore Dhali fan as well an nearly owned two original sketches. When I move into my current home, the previous occupants were in care of the sketches (owned by the woman who owned the house who had passed away, the occupants were relatives taking care of her) and were leaving a lot of stuff behind. I had asked the wife about them and not having any clue about them she said, sure you can have 'em. Unfortunately, her husdband wasn't as dim and nearly killed her when she ran it by him. :P
I've got a pair of woodcut's from Dali's Divine Comedy illustrations that Dali did. They're from his workshop, printed off of his original woodcuts, by his students/apprentices, but are not one-of-a-kind paintings. These two:
The Celestial Staircase:
(http://www.lockportstreetgallery.com/Dalis/dc/dcparadise/par21.jpg)
Farinata:
(http://www.lockportstreetgallery.com/Dalis/dc/dcinferno/i10.jpg)
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Nice! Yet another reason to kneel before Zod. ;)
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In this week's http://CreatureCantina.com update I posted my 100th Cable Original drawing. I never would have dreamed I'd do this many, or find so many paying customers. Here it is:
(http://www.creaturecantina.com/cable/thumbnails/slave-leia_sm.GIF) (http://www.creaturecantina.com/news_stories/2006/0118/cable-original-100.html)
To celebrate, I redeisgned my Gallery. The new one's at: http://www.CreatureCantina.com/cable/
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M.C. Escher
Salvador Dali
H.R. Giger
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Norman Rockwell
Salvador Dali
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I've always been a huge Giger fan. I've slowly been working on purchasing his books over the years... And someday I'd like to get a piece of original artwork. Maybe after the SW line is done, and my disposable income can go elsewhere. :)