Sunday, October 4, 2009

Sketchinesse -- Papercraft Charles Burns-Style! -- Hignite's In The Studio


Above are some sketches I did at the opening campus meetings last week. Exciting stuff! It is nice to draw from observation, though. Must do more.

More inspirational TNT from Charles Burns, courtesy of Todd Hignite's outstanding book, In The Studio which features extensive interviews with Brunetti, Burns, Clowes, Crumb, Jaime Hernandez, Panter, Seth, Spiegelman, and Ware. For anyone interested in these artists, In The Studio is a must read.

Charles Burns, Paper Theater, c 1990
from In The Studio, by Todd Hignite, 2006 Yale University Press

The book gives fantastic insight on the creative process and how each artists' work is formed by specific influences. It's nice to see how varied and wacky artists' inspirational sources are. Check out Clowes' response to Basil Gogos' cover for Screen Thrills Illustrated below. If you click on the image you can read Clowes' description of the massive impact Gogos' illustration had on his creative psyche. Buy Hignite's book, you won't be sorry.

Page from, In The Studio, by Todd Hignite, 2006 Yale University Press

1 comment:

Jennifer Harlow said...

Definitely looks like a very good read. The thrills poster should strike inspiration in anyone.

Also, very cool meeting drawings--they remind me of this short(at about 3 min in):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92xSHRK6oCA

haha. Were they following: Think Tall, Talk Tall, Stand Tall, Walk Tall?