I'm relatively new to recognizing and appreciating specific comic book artists so this video is very educational and very useful to me as an aspiring artist! Out of the ones mentioned here, I gravitated towards Dan Mora's style the most. Strong, angular lines and shapes but not too boxy, perfect imperfection with the linework as you mentioned, his work gives off a sharp, clean constructed look without looking too stiff or rigid. I love it!
So cool to hear! Dan is overall a great artist to emulate. He makes it look easy! Best of luck on the art journey. I have some tutorials on the channel if you're interested.
I just wanna say I really appreciate this video and breakdown. First, I'm a big fan of Opena. First got hooked on his stuff when he was doing Uncanny X-force, it was like every panel was pushed to look like a comic book cover in terms of quality. So it was a nice surprise to see him in here. Second I love breakdowns like this. When I'm taking a 2D drawing and translating it to 3D I try to find the rules for what makes something fit into a style, it's very nice to see others deep dive into this.
Sweet! I also have background working in 3d. Opena is a big inspiration for me too. He's a great example of realism done well in comics. I've seen some hidden-ish interviews with him where he describes how he still works on a fedex shipping box instead of a table. Super interesting.
Awesome Video. I really like the editing and choices of music. Maybe in the round 3 video you could talk about Jorge Jimenez and Iban Coello's art style.
So glad someone is mentioning Jorge Jimenez,I REALLY like his art-style and the books he's been on. Hopefully one day he'll release a sketch-book or there'll be an art-book on him.
The "grid" is "crosshatching." The angular crosshatching that Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, and Rob Liefeld made famous is a product of the late 80s. Regular crosshatching usually starts as a grid and then adds angles to lower values.
Thanks for that info and thanks for watching. I'm just like coming up with my own names for things. I do mention cross hatching quite a bit in the first breakdown video too. I go over Jim Lee's work.
@@GoodJoeArt David Finch was the first 90s comics guy that I noticed using regular cross hatching techniques. That angled cross-hatching grew pretty big in the 80sn but before that, it was mostly feathering with brushes. (They usually call it feathering when there's no lines crossing each other in the render.) There's a lot of variety in those. They go from shot points, thick points, tapered lines to points, etc. John Buscema was a genius with feathering.
@@Rich_Ware Stephen Platt was my first introduction to something heavily crosshatched but I had a late start in comics. And yea, Buscema is a genius... maybe one day I'll get the guts to breakdown his approach. Thanks for your thoughts on this!
@@GoodJoeArt S.Platt actually mostly did feathering lines and angular cross-hatching. When he did Moon Knight he didn't do much of either. When he was doing Prophet and Soul Fire he used mostly feathering and some angular crosshatching. David Finch was using regular cross-hatching with Aphrodite IX and Ascension. Finch and Platt were contemporaries, but from different studios. Finch learned under Silvestri; Platt was working for Liefeld (and was a sort of cross between Rob Liefeld and Jim Lee).
@@GoodJoeArt ah sweet! Didn’t know he does commissions as well. Don’t know much about except the TMNT stuff. He should be more famous. Again, nice breakdown!
I read manga since kids. Start with Dragon Ball, then Naruto, Bleach, etc. I hates how american comics always change artist in the middle of story. And cover artist are not the same as panel artist. That is a scam.@@GoodJoeArt
I agree with you there. I draw the main cover for my book for that very reason. Also, I've read some DB as well and now reading some Jujustu Kaisen. Thanks for letting me know!@@zangzang99
@@GoodJoeArt Schway. Maybe show us how to extract the different types of marks from a given piece of art so we can study our fav artists the way you studied these guys. I wanna know how you came up with the initial set of mark making example boxes.
Not everything an artist gets is from other artists though so you deliberately only trying to copy what another artists is just you copying there established ideas which is why art school instructors urge artists to be organic
True. But if you are going to try an mimicking a style it’s best to breakdown the object of study which I’m doing here, and not just copy one for one. But you are right… this should be just one aspect of figuring out your own art.
omg someone is talking about comics and they know how to draw. that's so rare.
There’s more of us out there like me but you gotta dig ;) Thanks for watching!
Lol, what?
Each artist u put on here reached God level.
Oh yea, totally. Each one of them live and breath the art.
I'm relatively new to recognizing and appreciating specific comic book artists so this video is very educational and very useful to me as an aspiring artist! Out of the ones mentioned here, I gravitated towards Dan Mora's style the most. Strong, angular lines and shapes but not too boxy, perfect imperfection with the linework as you mentioned, his work gives off a sharp, clean constructed look without looking too stiff or rigid. I love it!
So cool to hear! Dan is overall a great artist to emulate. He makes it look easy! Best of luck on the art journey. I have some tutorials on the channel if you're interested.
The art that I've seen in this channel got me by surprise. It's beautiful! It reminds me of the beauty of the 90's that comics had and I love this.
Thanks. I'm a fan of 90's rendering and clear storytelling.
Great breakdown of styles Joe!
Thanks Benjamin!
Really enjoyed this video. I’m getting back into drawing in comics style and found this video very informative. Thanks.
Very glad! I have more videos like this coming soon.
I finally found a gold channel~! thanks for the video~ Im tired of listening comic drama~ I want to learn and appreciate comics more~
You found the right spot! Glad to have you on board!
This video was an awesome and inspiring breakdown 😁
I'm very happy to hear!
Great video - enjoyed Round 1 also - looking forward to Round 3.. =)
I appreciate it!
Great video! Im hoping that you do jorge jimenez style in future
He's one of my fav's so I'm sure he will make an appearance soon!
Great choice of artist. Got yourself a new subscriber...
🤘Thanks bruh!
I just wanna say I really appreciate this video and breakdown. First, I'm a big fan of Opena. First got hooked on his stuff when he was doing Uncanny X-force, it was like every panel was pushed to look like a comic book cover in terms of quality. So it was a nice surprise to see him in here. Second I love breakdowns like this. When I'm taking a 2D drawing and translating it to 3D I try to find the rules for what makes something fit into a style, it's very nice to see others deep dive into this.
Sweet! I also have background working in 3d.
Opena is a big inspiration for me too. He's a great example of realism done well in comics. I've seen some hidden-ish interviews with him where he describes how he still works on a fedex shipping box instead of a table. Super interesting.
Great video Joe!
Thanks dude
Great vid! Love this stuff. As for presentation is there a way to get your script closer to the camera? It just makes for a more engaging video.
Thanks for that. It's first on the list to fix!
Tradd Moore probably has the most uniques art style
Agreed! I admire his work and his openness to be different. I feel similarly to someone like Eric Canete.
Really good
Thanks!
❤❤happy new year ❤❤joe
Best wishes you too!
Great video. I’m new here and so far I like it enough to subscribe to your channel.❤
That's great to hear. I'm working pretty hard on making my videos better with each attempt, so I really appreciate the sub of confidence.
Awesome Video. I really like the editing and choices of music. Maybe in the round 3 video you could talk about Jorge Jimenez and Iban Coello's art style.
Great suggestions. I’ll have a fun time digging into their work!
So glad someone is mentioning Jorge Jimenez,I REALLY like his art-style and the books he's been on. Hopefully one day he'll release a sketch-book or there'll be an art-book on him.
HAPPY NEW YEAR BRO! Great vid! Keep it up!
Thank ya. I had some good fun making it!
Great video
MERRY NEW YEAR SIIIRR
Merry New year to you as well!
Amazing video joe and a happy new year
Thank ya! best wishes for your 2024!
Keep up the good work your picking up traction
I know, right. I’m excited to make better and better vids! Thanks for watching.
Breakdown Joe mad about his style
He’s on the list! Definitely will feature him in the future.
Thanks
thanks!
Awesome content! It would be nice to see some breakdown of rafael grampá's style.
Good call! He's a great candidate for the next video!
This video was good, Joe.
Much appreciated, Jason!
Great video but looking off camera is kind of distracting.
Yes, I'm going to fix this in future videos. Thanks for telling me straight up.🤘
Great vid Joe!!!!!🙌👏
Appreciate that!
Nice video opena is my goat
Good choice
The "grid" is "crosshatching." The angular crosshatching that Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, and Rob Liefeld made famous is a product of the late 80s. Regular crosshatching usually starts as a grid and then adds angles to lower values.
Thanks for that info and thanks for watching. I'm just like coming up with my own names for things. I do mention cross hatching quite a bit in the first breakdown video too. I go over Jim Lee's work.
@@GoodJoeArt David Finch was the first 90s comics guy that I noticed using regular cross hatching techniques. That angled cross-hatching grew pretty big in the 80sn but before that, it was mostly feathering with brushes. (They usually call it feathering when there's no lines crossing each other in the render.) There's a lot of variety in those. They go from shot points, thick points, tapered lines to points, etc. John Buscema was a genius with feathering.
@@Rich_Ware Stephen Platt was my first introduction to something heavily crosshatched but I had a late start in comics. And yea, Buscema is a genius... maybe one day I'll get the guts to breakdown his approach. Thanks for your thoughts on this!
@@GoodJoeArt S.Platt actually mostly did feathering lines and angular cross-hatching. When he did Moon Knight he didn't do much of either. When he was doing Prophet and Soul Fire he used mostly feathering and some angular crosshatching. David Finch was using regular cross-hatching with Aphrodite IX and Ascension. Finch and Platt were contemporaries, but from different studios. Finch learned under Silvestri; Platt was working for Liefeld (and was a sort of cross between Rob Liefeld and Jim Lee).
Just saw you channel, you got new subscribers 😎
Welcome! Lots of videos to come.
Nice vid! Maybe for the next you could include Mateus Santolouco 😊
Thanks man! I love his stuff too! I have a Link (LoZ) commission from him. Don't be surprised if he makes the list next time.
@@GoodJoeArt ah sweet! Didn’t know he does commissions as well. Don’t know much about except the TMNT stuff. He should be more famous.
Again, nice breakdown!
Too true. Santalouco is great!@@andi_pasti
I loves Dan Mora line art. One of the modern american comic styles that I adore. I mostly prefer manga over american comics.
Cool. I hear that a lot these days. What manga got you into it reading them?
Batman Detective Comics, Batman Superman World FInest@@GoodJoeArt
I read manga since kids. Start with Dragon Ball, then Naruto, Bleach, etc. I hates how american comics always change artist in the middle of story. And cover artist are not the same as panel artist. That is a scam.@@GoodJoeArt
I agree with you there. I draw the main cover for my book for that very reason. Also, I've read some DB as well and now reading some Jujustu Kaisen. Thanks for letting me know!@@zangzang99
That is cool. Good luck for your future works!@@GoodJoeArt
I got none of those right. I suck. lol
In your defense my marks were little sloppy. Thanks for watching!
@@GoodJoeArt Nah your work is awesome. I'm so glad I found this channel. Immediate subscribe.
Thank you a 1000 times.@@Opinionerded
Who's the artist of the car on the wall behind u?
That would be Syd Mead. It’s a Spinner concept from Bladerunner.
Great Video, just wish it were a little longer and had more examples.
Thanks, I totally agree. I gotta keep it short as I'm always balancing working on my comic Star Circuit. I'll be making a Round 3 soon enough.
@@GoodJoeArt Schway. Maybe show us how to extract the different types of marks from a given piece of art so we can study our fav artists the way you studied these guys. I wanna know how you came up with the initial set of mark making example boxes.
Killer Suggestion! I'll definitely incorporate that.@@dominickeverest6471
@@GoodJoeArtu mean corporate right?
lol, na just what I said. I'll include it in the next one.@@hoseinbebany
moar!
what are you looking at dud?
haha, my script, what else.
Not everything an artist gets is from other artists though so you deliberately only trying to copy what another artists is just you copying there established ideas which is why art school instructors urge artists to be organic
True. But if you are going to try an mimicking a style it’s best to breakdown the object of study which I’m doing here, and not just copy one for one.
But you are right… this should be just one aspect of figuring out your own art.
Nah, you can not pull off Michael Turner stuff, no way. I would've recognized it right off the bat. 😂
Isolating his marks were pretty tough so I'll agree with you there. He was a champ artist.
great video
much thanks!