Environment artists rarely get the notoriety of their character artist counterparts, such as Paul Steed or even our very own BoBo. As such, I can't credit any one artist as being my idol. As cheesy as it sounds, every artist in the industry has inspired me over the years, and has helped guide my way.
Idols huh? Well I idolize anyone specificly, though their are quite a few artists whos work I enjoy and find inspiring, such as:
Antropus
Balazs Kiss (kissb)
Cedric Seaut
Damien Canderle (madart)
Herbert Lowis
Jeremy Gritton (foreverendering)
Jinwoo Lee
Jonas Thomqvist (SubDivMe)
Kolby Jukes
Pior Roberson
Rafael Grassetti
Rich Diamant
Rick Baker (monstermaker)
Samuel Poirier
Victor Santaquiteria
Vitaliy Naymushin
Vitaly Bulgarov
There goes Hawken again with another Totally usefull Post.
So, In this last dominance war, I had a specific artist I wanted my work to be able to hang with, and that was Mr.Kite.
First starting out though I'd have to say the first guy I was ever like "I want to be like that Guy" Was Bobo.
As far as Illustration goes though, I'll have to say, that guys Like Cheeks, Chris Sanders, Paul Bonner, and Carlos Huante are the guys I look to for guidance when I need some style inspiration.
Scott Campbell second that. He is the man. Idol for artists is a strong word. I admire or appreciate their work though.
Scott Campbell
Chris Appelhans
Karl Dempwolf
Kevin Dart
Chris Turnham
Those are more random artists that I really like though.
As far as PC icons, inspiration or whatever. I wouldn't have a job without Poop or AncientPig pushing me along years ago. So pretty much those dudes are tops in my book.
As an illustrator, Arthur Rackham represents the highest level of idol worship I've ever experienced artistically. Most other artists' skills I feel are reachable, but his, to me, extend out of reach of mortals.
As a game artist, Hawkprey and Mikey Spano and Hourence (real name??) represent plateaus that severely inspire me.
but for reals. i don't realy idolize any artist, but i respect many,
and many have been responsible for my path.
mcfarlane and jim lee were the first comic artists i knew of as people besides just the images on the page. bobo was one of the first game artists that gained my admiration. more for the help and advice he gave early on than the work he did. (not to downplay the work)
i see art all the time that i love but i rarely look behind it to the person responsible.
Bill Waterson (Calvin and Hobbes, enough said)
Frank and Ollie(or any of the old Disney crew)
John Buscema(forget the flash and dash of today's comics, this guy knew his shit, Savage Sword of Conan anyone?)
Ralph McQuarrie (a HUGE influence on me wanting to be an artist for a living)
These are the ones that immediately come to mind, and, I think, have really been an influence on my work.
i'm seconding arthur rackham. Here's a man who can make people with no inside interest in illustration (what an illiteration) fall over. I know this to be true
and then Charles Schulz. Simplicity on every level, and genius on at least four
brian bolland ron smith are my absolute art heroes. calrlos sanchez ezquerra comes a close third.
I used to copy their work with a fountain pen when I was a kid.
I don't really idolize any artist, as I don't really consider myself an artist...but the usual suspects around here Bobo, Josh, rawkstar, kite, etc. have inspired me to push further. I guess I kind of agree with hawken I often flip through books by Brom and Carlos Huante as well...
Growing up, tons of Marvel artists made me want to draw and do geeky stuff like I do now, hehe
There goes Hawken again with another Totally usefull Post.
just giving my opinion dude. I actually made a thread recently about an artist I like, you nutjob :P
OK, artists I'm currently interested in:
Josh Keyes
shibuya tadaomi
Don Brown
akira yamaguchi
but theres so many illustrators and artists over here, sometimes it's quite overwhelming. A few artists I'll have a permanent passions for, and who inspired me - during my childhood and other times - are:
Frank Quietly (his old 2000ad stuff)
Syd Mead (mostly land vehicles, not space ships)
Alfred Bestall (rip 1986)
Jamie Hewlett
Roger Dean
Bitmap Brothers
Hawken, I looked up those artists. Josh Keys is awesome, I remember your post of Shibuya Tadomi, sick style. I couldn't find anything on Don Brown except some kinda cheesy oil paintings. Same Don Brown? I could only find a few tiny images of Akira Yamaguchi, but what I saw was beautiful.
Oh yeah and Frank Quietly's rendition of the Endless from the sand man was the best ever imo.
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Antropus
Balazs Kiss (kissb)
Cedric Seaut
Damien Canderle (madart)
Herbert Lowis
Jeremy Gritton (foreverendering)
Jinwoo Lee
Jonas Thomqvist (SubDivMe)
Kolby Jukes
Pior Roberson
Rafael Grassetti
Rich Diamant
Rick Baker (monstermaker)
Samuel Poirier
Victor Santaquiteria
Vitaliy Naymushin
Vitaly Bulgarov
-caseyjones
then theres all the more traditional artists which amaze me, Frazetta, Bouguereau, Paul Bonner etc etc
one forum I'm on has an "inspiration" category where people start threads when they find someone or something art based that they find incredible.
So, In this last dominance war, I had a specific artist I wanted my work to be able to hang with, and that was Mr.Kite.
First starting out though I'd have to say the first guy I was ever like "I want to be like that Guy" Was Bobo.
As far as Illustration goes though, I'll have to say, that guys Like Cheeks, Chris Sanders, Paul Bonner, and Carlos Huante are the guys I look to for guidance when I need some style inspiration.
http://scott-c.blogspot.com/
It's pretty much their fault I decided to go with art as a career over engineering, although it wasn't a hard choice to make.
My polycount inspiration
Vig
pliang
StrangeFate
Rorsarch,
Bobo the Seal
Hawkprey
Vahl
Spark
DemonPrincess
to name a few. Later.
Alex
Scott Campbell
Chris Appelhans
Karl Dempwolf
Kevin Dart
Chris Turnham
Those are more random artists that I really like though.
As far as PC icons, inspiration or whatever. I wouldn't have a job without Poop or AncientPig pushing me along years ago. So pretty much those dudes are tops in my book.
As a game artist, Hawkprey and Mikey Spano and Hourence (real name??) represent plateaus that severely inspire me.
LOOLLZZZ HAHAHAHA
but for reals. i don't realy idolize any artist, but i respect many,
and many have been responsible for my path.
mcfarlane and jim lee were the first comic artists i knew of as people besides just the images on the page. bobo was one of the first game artists that gained my admiration. more for the help and advice he gave early on than the work he did. (not to downplay the work)
i see art all the time that i love but i rarely look behind it to the person responsible.
Bill Waterson (Calvin and Hobbes, enough said)
Frank and Ollie(or any of the old Disney crew)
John Buscema(forget the flash and dash of today's comics, this guy knew his shit, Savage Sword of Conan anyone?)
Ralph McQuarrie (a HUGE influence on me wanting to be an artist for a living)
These are the ones that immediately come to mind, and, I think, have really been an influence on my work.
and then Charles Schulz. Simplicity on every level, and genius on at least four
I used to copy their work with a fountain pen when I was a kid.
Growing up, tons of Marvel artists made me want to draw and do geeky stuff like I do now, hehe
Gav
just giving my opinion dude. I actually made a thread recently about an artist I like, you nutjob :P
OK, artists I'm currently interested in:
Josh Keyes
shibuya tadaomi
Don Brown
akira yamaguchi
but theres so many illustrators and artists over here, sometimes it's quite overwhelming. A few artists I'll have a permanent passions for, and who inspired me - during my childhood and other times - are:
Frank Quietly (his old 2000ad stuff)
Syd Mead (mostly land vehicles, not space ships)
Alfred Bestall (rip 1986)
Jamie Hewlett
Roger Dean
Bitmap Brothers
and
Ruz, peeor & gauss. Seriously
http://studiojfish.livejournal.com/79805.html Old school Zelda artwork
Oh yeah and Frank Quietly's rendition of the Endless from the sand man was the best ever imo.
brian froud and alan lee and mike mignolia
I have two of his books!
unfortuately theres not much on don brown. He made a book of his sculpture called yoko.
I almost forgot groove visions. But theres nothing on the internet about them.