While most folks I know don't want to be total copycats in their artistic endeavors, most seem to have artists they like a lot and can't help but be influenced by them.
Wanting to be a little more serious in my creative endeavors, and my fondness (despite natural/apparent talent) for comics, I started to ask myself which artists/mangakas those people would be for me.
So far, I'm honestly not sure who my top picks would be. I have had a fondness for Alex Maleev's work ever since I read the short Spider-Woman run he and Bendis did together (which, coincidentally, made me something of a Spider-Woman fan, too). I also find myself liking the art direction of Hokuto No Ken/Fist of the North Star.
Anyway! I got to wondering who some of your favorite artists are and who most inspires/influence any of your artistic efforts.
I don't mean to limit this to comics, of course; that's just my personal chief interest. Other visual mediums most certainly apply here.
Wanting to be a little more serious in my creative endeavors, and my fondness (despite natural/apparent talent) for comics, I started to ask myself which artists/mangakas those people would be for me.
So far, I'm honestly not sure who my top picks would be. I have had a fondness for Alex Maleev's work ever since I read the short Spider-Woman run he and Bendis did together (which, coincidentally, made me something of a Spider-Woman fan, too). I also find myself liking the art direction of Hokuto No Ken/Fist of the North Star.
Anyway! I got to wondering who some of your favorite artists are and who most inspires/influence any of your artistic efforts.
I don't mean to limit this to comics, of course; that's just my personal chief interest. Other visual mediums most certainly apply here.