Where can I find some good artistic inspiration? Like good comics?

Question

I am going to be a comic book artist one day, and I am in a kind of studying stage, can you tell me who would be a good artist to study? Like people alomg the lines of Frank Miller, people on that level

Answer 1

Sam Keith

Daniel Scaffer

John Buscema

Answer 2

Mike Mignola, if you want to do comics look at not only his graphic style but his story telling ability. Dave Gibbons especially the Watchmen look at all the details he adds into the story.

Look at some of the old school artists as well Jack Kirby and Alex Toth.



But my advice is don't look at these guys to learn to draw. Take courses and especially take a life drawing course. Learn the basics of good drawing skills first if you haven't already.



I started by drawing from comic books and now that I look back on some of my old work I just see how much was wrong with it. Especially when a lot of the artists I was looking at weren't very good or had any sense of proportion or anatomy.



I think learning the basics first is the best place to start then develope your style out of that. Don't get caught up in wanting to draw like this person or that, just let your style develope on it's own and find something you're comfortable with.

Answer 3

Frank's storytelling is rock-solid, so if you're looking for more work to study I'd recommend checking out some European artists.



European graphic novels are published yearly, not monthly and so the artists have a much longer time to invest. Generally the anatomy, layout, acting and story-telling are top notch.



You can google these guys: Benoit Springer, Enrico Marini, Juanjo Gardino.



Some western artists: Michael Lark, Alan Davis, Jose-Luis Garcia-Lopez (I'd recommend pre-1985 work), Stuart Immonen.

Mignola is great too (I saw someone suggest him) but kind of idiosyncratic.



And some Japanese: Hiroake Samura, Katsuhiro Otomo, Masamune Shirow (particularly Appleseed 3&4 and Ghost in the Shell 1)



If you're committed to study, you need to look past style, and surface level flourishes and really digest the nuts and bolts of the work.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Hi, I'm not good in English but I hope you'll understand me :) I like animation too and I want to study the same and I know that there are no better artist then yourself. I was very bad in this but after 1-2 moths I was better then ever :P So , keep drowning and don't get under the influence from someone

Answer 5

http://www.deviantart.com

Great site with a ton of artists. You can get plenty fo inspiration from there :)