Monday, 5 May 2014

During the drawing project one of the main things I've been thinking about (other than ways of combining colour into my drawing) is the scribbly nature of my drawing and the general sketchiness of my work. I actually really like this quality of my work so rather than learning to draw in defined linear way (which if needed can always be achieved using Photoshop or Illustrator)  I would rather learn to make the most of my works inherent sketchiness. To do this I have looked at a variety of artists who have a similar use of line or style.
Benoit Jacques (http://www.desordre.net/bloc/images/benoit_jacques_l_grande.jpg)
I like how Jacques uses lines to do everything in his work: shade, texture, add depth etc.I think the consistency of all the lines throughout his work are what make his work visually work and a dynamic quality to his drawings. My one concern with this approach is that finer details can easily get lost amongst the line and the drawing may not always be clear.









Raymond Pettibon (http://purple.fr/filestorage/cache/blog/9/7910/-11_balestin/-11_balestin_700_0_resize.jpg)
Raymond Pettibon's style is less scribly than Jacques, in fact the outline of the figure is pretty solid and defined. The way he's used line for shading however is pretty scribbly as is the background. I like this technique because it keeps an interesting, vibrant sketchiness to the work while also having it be more solid and defined unlike jacques work.






Vince Low (http://www.behance.net/VinceLow)
Vince Low's work is completely scribble but unlike the other artist's his work very structured and organised still. I think this takes away from the appeal of more natural sketchy work. It seems to me a better way to get a similar aesthetic effect would be to use defined normal lines. I would say his drawings lack the randomness that gives real sketchy/scribbley work it's appeal. His work is similar to Dryden Goodwin's but I prefer Goodwin's work because the use of line is more loose (despite being sharper) and chaotic.






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