From Mignolas own words, he's pretty blunt when he says he's not the best artist and he also tries to make his job as easy as possible(like animator would). So the best fix for that is simplification, with his technique of choice being to obscure as much of the form as possible in shadow to avoid unnecessary details. So most of his shadows placement just asks "what's important." And looking at most of his work, you'll come t find out that a lot of features/shapes/forms aren't important. He still uses some pretty good notions of light-source in order to show characters reaching out or stepping forward, but he'll break traditional directional rules just for the sake of ignoring details that the viewer won't need to get the gist of the shot. Which I think is true of his artwork in general. Things like anatomy, lightsource and consistency take a huge back pedal. He mostly focuses on composition and focal point.
@@valeoncat13 due remember that mikes old work is pretty normal lookin compared to his hellboy work. Once he hit hellboy his work went into a nose dive into simple and darkness. So a basic grasp of realism is important before going full mike
@@archivehans True. But I assumed that was a given starting point for getting into art/character design in general. But people do tend to overlook that part and go straight into style, so good point nonetheless.
Mignola uses very heavy shadows, so I think you need to place the shadows where they normally are when there is very little light in the room that’s coming from one side, then make them a little blocky and solid black. I hope this helps. There is also a video on RUclips from how to draw like Mike Mignola, it’s not done by Mignola, but it might help you. He got a pretty good grasp on his style.
I got to see Mike mignola this past spring at a comic festival in Copenhagen. He was awfully kind and generous in answering questions, but he refused doing any sketches or commissions for the fans that came to see him. He stated it would take too much of the time. The festival lasted two days in which somewhere around 70 fans got to meet him and get some books signed, I myself waited in line three times, and had total 5 books and two posters signed by him, and asked him each time if he would a sketch to which he always said no. It annoyed very much because I have waited in similar lines for Artists like Art Spigelmann and Charlie Adlard where they still made free sketches to all the fans.
Shut_up_ Meyer well, he’s still a human being after all and we sometimes don’t feel like doing something. Imagine having to draw like 10+ sketches for people + signing books all day.
From an artists perspective, it is kind of annoying when people just ask us to draw things on the spot. Plenty of us are burnt out drawing for our respective projects/jobs and many of us don't do well with an audience or on the spot. You should take anyone patient and interested enough to create something for free as a rare bonus. Not a norm.
I sometimes imagine him having a conversation with Hellboy as he draws him out on an empty canvas.
That’s quite funny actually
The best storyteller working today
He is one of my favorite artist!
I really wish there was a mignola tutorial on shadows. I've got every Hellboy trade but i cannot crack the code!
same
From Mignolas own words, he's pretty blunt when he says he's not the best artist and he also tries to make his job as easy as possible(like animator would). So the best fix for that is simplification, with his technique of choice being to obscure as much of the form as possible in shadow to avoid unnecessary details. So most of his shadows placement just asks "what's important." And looking at most of his work, you'll come t find out that a lot of features/shapes/forms aren't important.
He still uses some pretty good notions of light-source in order to show characters reaching out or stepping forward, but he'll break traditional directional rules just for the sake of ignoring details that the viewer won't need to get the gist of the shot. Which I think is true of his artwork in general. Things like anatomy, lightsource and consistency take a huge back pedal. He mostly focuses on composition and focal point.
@@valeoncat13 due remember that mikes old work is pretty normal lookin compared to his hellboy work.
Once he hit hellboy his work went into a nose dive into simple and darkness.
So a basic grasp of realism is important before going full mike
@@archivehans True. But I assumed that was a given starting point for getting into art/character design in general.
But people do tend to overlook that part and go straight into style, so good point nonetheless.
Mignola uses very heavy shadows, so I think you need to place the shadows where they normally are when there is very little light in the room that’s coming from one side, then make them a little blocky and solid black.
I hope this helps. There is also a video on RUclips from how to draw like Mike Mignola, it’s not done by Mignola, but it might help you. He got a pretty good grasp on his style.
turnthecrappymusicdown!!!
Genius artist
Mike deserved better respect than that idiotic music in the background....
rewanji oh my gosh why would they play that music over the most styled artist of the world
@@cynicstudios608 leave it to the french to screw up the music
Plot twist, this is his playlist drawing
Julio Protzek LoL
I think they used it because it can’t get copyrighted!
He’s just drawing his OC
My Hero~!!!!
Love the artist and his work but damn that background music... C'mon.
Fantastic 💥💥
The Maestro. fin
TAC AU TAC!
Why’d they use THIS music???
This awesome, their music choice is....
Interesting cinsidering hes drawing hellboy lol
I got to see Mike mignola this past spring at a comic festival in Copenhagen. He was awfully kind and generous in answering questions, but he refused doing any sketches or commissions for the fans that came to see him. He stated it would take too much of the time. The festival lasted two days in which somewhere around 70 fans got to meet him and get some books signed, I myself waited in line three times, and had total 5 books and two posters signed by him, and asked him each time if he would a sketch to which he always said no. It annoyed very much because I have waited in similar lines for Artists like Art Spigelmann and Charlie Adlard where they still made free sketches to all the fans.
Shut_up_ Meyer well, he’s still a human being after all and we sometimes don’t feel like doing something. Imagine having to draw like 10+ sketches for people + signing books all day.
Sounds like you were the annoying one
From an artists perspective, it is kind of annoying when people just ask us to draw things on the spot. Plenty of us are burnt out drawing for our respective projects/jobs and many of us don't do well with an audience or on the spot. You should take anyone patient and interested enough to create something for free as a rare bonus. Not a norm.
Lmao your god damn lucky any pro artist would draw anything for you.
Hell i even try to get people pay me.
Oh my god you are so ignorant you sound like a whimsical kids, please learn respect
Is he drawing inside a gay nightclub? That music was so distracting!
Lmfao
Lol! Gonna go out on a limb but I don’t think that’s Mike’s kinda music either
If I was Mike I wouldve had them change that shitty music