POLL: For the artists among us.
Christopher Hortin
1) How long have you been drawing?
2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including
traditional and computer ones, where applicable)?
4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
~Chris, the Icicle Child~ (just curious)
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Don Sanders
icicl...@earthlink.net says...
> This is just a small poll about furry artwork.
>
> 1) How long have you been drawing?
Depends, I would say drawing furry for over 20 years, but the fact
that I am unknown only means I have not drawn long enough to overcome
my lack of talent.
>
> 2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
Out of those 20 years, I would say about 10 to 12 years, those other
years were filled with just mind numbing doodles of humans and
military equipment
>
> 3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including
> traditional and computer ones, where applicable)?
Cheap Bristol boards, 2B pencils, rapidographs and inks, prismacolor
pencils, a few pastel pencils, and of course, paint shop pro and
photoshop, not bad for a no talent hack.
>
> 4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
> on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
Can't really say, they might look at my artwork and claim I'm ripping
them off and doing it badly. Seems a theme around this genre. But
seriously, I know quite a few artist, those who actually have talked
to me has influenced me to go further with my art, but I won't name
them out of respect.
>
> 5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
I'm a comic hack, I go for the funny, I go for the bad puns, the
pratfalls, and I do it rather badly.
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Joshua Barney
> This is just a small poll about furry artwork.
>
> 1) How long have you been drawing?
About three to four years.
>
> 2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
About three to four years. Hehe.. yep, was gonna be a scientist, but then
I discovered you freaks and became an animator. lol.
>
> 3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including
> traditional and computer ones, where applicable)?
Well, since I'm too poor to regularly purchase and use up traditional
media, I'd have to say computer. :cool: The Gimp! :cool:
>
> 4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
> on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
Any and all animators, inbetweeners, etc. that worked on the feature film
"Balto".
>
> 5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
>
Anything from Frezzato or Matt Rhodes. I swear, they are GODS! =')
Bill Watterson... "Calvin and Hobbes" is just... Murr. ^_^
~ Joshua
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Christopher Hortin wrote:
>
> This is just a small poll about furry artwork.
>
> 1) How long have you been drawing?
40+ years
>
> 2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
nearly 30 years
>
> 3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including
> traditional and computer ones, where applicable)?
Pencil, watercolor and acrylic with brush or airbrush, on board or canvas.
>
> 4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
> on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
Too many to mention, more as a motivation/ispiration than direct
influence, though Jerry Collins in the '70s, Wallace Tripp, Frank
Frazetta, and some underground cartoonists who's names escape me sort of
pointed the way.
>
> 5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
Mainstream SF illustration, historical aviation art, technical illustration.
SgtKlark
2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
Maybe 8 years.
3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including
traditional and computer ones, where applicable)?
I've used just about everything. Now I use pencils, markers and a computer.
4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
Frank Thorne, Chuck Austin, Robert Crumb
5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
Manga
Gryllus
> 1) How long have you been drawing?
Since I was 9, or thereabouts. So.. 13 years?
>
> 2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
Since I was nine. :) Except for a brief Metroid inspired phase, it's
always been animal critters for me.
>
> 3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including
> traditional and computer ones, where applicable)?
I'm growing to love markers/ink/colored pencil combos, but digital can
be fun as well.
>
> 4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
> on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
Whoever pencilled the Archie TMNT comics would be my biggest
influence. On the other hand, I collected video game magazines
specifically for the illustrations, so there's probably some anime in
there as well.
>
> 5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
Bugs! Scientific illustration!
Brian Sutton
At least 35 yrs.
2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
Since '86 so that would be 16 yrs.
3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including
traditional and computer ones, where applicable)?
Materials would be simple pens and watercolor markers.
4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
Jerry Collins, Shon Howell and Walt Kelly plus lately Bara-Chan.
5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
I used to do a lot of watercolor landscapes but haven't in a while.
Brian Sutton
"They tried to corner the market on stupidity the way the Hunt brothers
tried with silver "
-Shon Howell
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ilr
"Christopher Hortin" <icicl...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:18ja6u4pe924rr82q...@4ax.com...
> This is just a small poll about furry artwork.
>
> 1) How long have you been drawing?
> 2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
> 3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including
> traditional and computer ones, where applicable)?
> 4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
> on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
been perfect for ya?)
> 5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
after I studied it enough. I'm not obsessed or anything, 'furry' just
simply provides the best experience drawing stuff that I've encountered
yet. And I can't imagine myself doing anything else for free but this.
-Ilr
artist
<icicl...@earthlink.net> said...
> This is just a small poll about furry artwork.
>
> 1) How long have you been drawing?
Oh, lesse... It has to be at least 7-8 years on and off.
> 2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
Ummm, 3?
> 3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including
> traditional and computer ones, where applicable)?
I have tried a variety of stuff from paints to inks to well, lots of stuff.
I have a rapidograph pen (I would love to find a catalog or a website) and
ummm, mechanical pencils, I like double tipped sharpies (fine and extra
fine) and a chisel tip sharpy or two. And uh, carbon copy paper (I have a
good acid free sketchbook on hand at all times (I do think I have a few
extras lying around here somewhere). I like Photoshop, Illustrator and
Flash for my work (most get's scanned and I have been working on my computer
shading [real: lousy]colored).
> 4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
> on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
Norman Rockwell, he is da bomb. And uh, Akira Toriyama, Yoshitako Amano
(spelling?)... And well, every person who has done something goofy to
inspire me.
> 5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
Classical Realism, ummm Anime, Ah... Computer Rendered Art (tends to be very
distinct stuff).
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Jon Kemerer
>
> 1) How long have you been drawing?
9 - 10 years, only 2 - 3 with serious intentions though
> 2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
Ever since I started
> 3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including
> traditional and computer ones, where applicable)?
Whatever I feel like, except no charcoal.
> 4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
> on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
Painters. Maxwell Perish, Winslow Homer, Albert Bierstadt, Cao Yong, Monet,
Thomas Moran, Picasso, etc. Jack Hamm's stuff is what got be started in
figure drawing though.
> 5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
Paintings (landscapes, figural), figure drawings, animation, architecture
designs, 3D stuff, etc...
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Michael Angel Pena
On Sat, 09 Feb 2002 16:23:59 GMT, Christopher Hortin
<icicl...@earthlink.net> wrote:
Sounds like fun :)
>This is just a small poll about furry artwork.
>
>1) How long have you been drawing?
Ever since I can remember, so practically about 27 to 25 years.
>
>2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
Same amount as the above. Most of my life I have heard "why did you
put a rabbit head on it?" I can draw humans but I enjoy Furries so
much more.
>
>3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including
>traditional and computer ones, where applicable)?
Traditional tools:
Inking: Speedball Super Black India Ink applied with a high quality
synthetic brush #1, 2, or 3 round brush. Lately, my favorite brush is
the Loew-Cornell Comfort 3000 round size 3. I have always had problems
with pain in my right hand so I appreciate the thick contoured grip of
this new brush. Previously I used other brushes wrapped with their
handles wrapped with Crayola Modeling Compound to increase the comfort
level. For control the Winsor Newton Galeria Round L(long handled)
number 1 is also excellent.
For small touch-ups I use Sakura Pigma Micron and Zig Memory pens,
both or which are pigment based archival systems. For small white-out
work I use Jo Sonja Artistis Acrylic Goache which has more of a
"paper-like tooth" when dry than a normal Acrylic.
For large white-out areas, mostly when I have a major ink spill,
luckiliy rare, I use Krylon Spray Gesso. First I mask off everything
except the area I want to cover with tracing paper and artists' white
tape. Then I take it out side and spray one light coat, and then after
the first has dried another. Do not use Spray Gesso inside the house
as it has toxic fumes and is extremely messy.
The only paper I use these days is Strathmore 500 series Bristol
Board. I choose this paper as it has a very smooth surface perfect for
brush inking and it is made of 100% cotton fibers. This paper with the
proper care will last centuries.
Color: For traditional color work I use a combination of Caran D'Ache
water soluable crayons(basically solid watercolors), Prismacolor
pencils, Prismacolor Artstix, Rembrant Soft Pastels, and Pelikan
Watercolors.
Note that I do not do much "traditional" coloring these days as I
found it nearly impossible to obtain a scan(needed to produce prints)
that meets my addmittedly very high quality standards, for a
reasonable price.
Computer Coloring: I use Adobe Photoshop 4.0.1 for most of my
coloring needs. The basic idea is that I create a sandwitch in
descending order of: transparent line art layer, Highlights layer,
Midtones layer, shadows layer and a plain white layer.
I then use the selection tools to create selections which I save for
later use. I go through and start coloring with the airbrush tool,
first the midtones layer, then shadows layer and finally highlights
layer. I then flatten the layers and create TIFFs(for prints) and
JPEGs(for web work).
For beyond basic text work I use Adobe Illustrator 7.0.
I print out my color prints on a HP 932C Deskjet printer and my black
and white work on a NEC SuperScript 870.
>
>4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
>on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
My greatest influences are Frank Frazetta, Boris Valejo, Estaban
Moroto, Ernie Chan, and Beatrix Potter.
>
>5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
Well almost everthing I draw could be cosidered Furry as some level.
However I like fairy tales, barbarians, aliens, and monsters. I would
like to draw some "Mad Max" inspired stuff in the not to distant
future.
Sincerely,
Michael Angel Peña(AKA Sparrow...A Rabbit)
Artist-Laughing Rabbit Graphics
http://lonestar.texas.net/~sparrow/sparrow.htm
Skytech
>
> 1) How long have you been drawing?
>
Other than crayons in a coloring book? Over fourty years.
> 2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
>
Mid sixties so about thirty six or so years. Serious furry art
was a series of strips or one-panels featuring bears in my high
school years.
> 3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including
> traditional and computer ones, where applicable)?
>
Pencil, ink and colored pencils. I experiment in computer works too.
> 4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
> on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
>
Early on was Charles Schults and Snoopy. Many animators inspired me.
Most of my work has been done in comic book style. The *serious* first
furry influences that got me to focus on furry was Josh Quagmire and
Steve Gallacci in the early eighties.
> 5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
>
Scifi and fantasy themes are prevelant. I prefer doing works featuring
natural outdoor scenery.
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>This is just a small poll about furry artwork.
>
>1) How long have you been drawing?
>2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
Eight or so.
>3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including
>traditional and computer ones, where applicable)?
Pencil, Pen and Ink, PSP for color.
>4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
>on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
Dave Stevens, and Adam Warren, off the top of my head.
>5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
Anime
Charles Melville
Christopher Hortin wrote:
> This is just a small poll about furry artwork.
>
> 1) How long have you been drawing?
Um... what time is it now?
> 2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
I've always drawn whatever interested me, and that includes
funny-animal stuff, which is what we used'ter call it, once-upon-a-time.
> 3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including
> traditional and computer ones, where applicable)?
Any and all.
> 4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
> on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
Carmine Infantino. Walt Kelly. Gil Kane. Neal Adams. Jack
Kirby. Roy Crane. Clement Coll. Michael Whalen. Frank Kelly Freas.
Sergio Aragones. Johnny Hart. Michael Whelan. Virgil Finlay. The
Brothers Hildebrandt. Jack Davis. The list goes on...
> 5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
Fantasy. Art Noveau. Art Deco.
--
-Chuck Melville-
http://www.zipcon.net/~cpam/index.htm
Charles Melville
Gryllus wrote:
>
> > 4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
> > on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
> Whoever pencilled the Archie TMNT comics would be my biggest
> influence.
There were several, such as Reb Brown, Mike Kazaleh, Ken Mitchroney,
and even Eastman and Laird themselves on the rare occassion.
Charles Melville
Joshua Barney wrote:
>
> > 5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
> >
> Anything from Frezzato
?????
...Do you mean, maybe, Frank Frazetta?
Charles Melville
Michael Angel Pena wrote:
> >4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
> >on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
>
> My greatest influences are Frank Frazetta, Boris Valejo, Estaban
> Moroto, Ernie Chan, and Beatrix Potter.
Maroto! Wow! I remember first finding his work back in the late
60's, in a Spanish edition of "Legionaires Of Space" (reprinted in the
States years later as the "Zero Patrol"). I always thought it was great
stuff visually, especially in those days, when folks like Neal Adams and
Jim Steranko were turning the American comic field on its illustrative
ear.
I was never so big on Ernie Chan, though I liked several of his
Phillipino cohorts a great deal: Alfredo Alcala and Rudy Nebres,
especially.
Alan 'TriGem' Kennedy
> This is just a small poll about furry artwork.
>
> 1) How long have you been drawing?
10-15 years.
> 2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
6-8 years.
> 3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including traditional and
computer ones, where applicable)?
Paper, bristol board, printer paper, napkins, post it notes.. etc..
Penciles, auto pencils, Micron pens are my fav for inking, and that is about
it. I have NO idea how to color with colored pencils worth a crap, so,
thats why I tend to do most of the color stuff on the comp. I love to be
able to CTRL-Z out of a stupid fit.
I spend MOST of my artistic ability doing 3D stuff as my paws don't work
like they used to in drawing.
> 4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence on
the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
Doug Winger (shaddup or I smake y'all!) Terrie Smith, Tygger Graf, (most of
the comic artists I grew up on) Todd McFarlane, and any artists style that
really hase caught my attention. heh.
> 5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
Mechanical, biotechnolical, 3D stuff, or anything Sci-Fi for the most part.
> ~Chris, the Icicle Child~ (just curious)
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K Studio
> > This is just a small poll about furry artwork.
> > 1) How long have you been drawing?
Seriously drawing...as in for print, commissions, etc.: 11 years
I have been drawing since I was a kid, so, I'd say, all told, about 20 to 25
years. It helps that your father is an artist.
> > 2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
9 years.
> > 3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including traditional
and
> computer ones, where applicable)?
I use any medium grade paper which is at least 12" X 16" in size so I can
mark off a 10" X 15" work area. I use any old #1 pencil or a #2 if it is all
I have around. I no longer use blue pencil or mechanical pencils.
For inks, I use a Pilot Razor Point ( I do not need to hear the negative
points to using this pen...I know what they are and it does not affect my
art ), Uniballs Micros for detail, and Sanford Sharpies for when I need tons
of black. Erasers are generally Staedtler Mars Plastic.
Nearly all of my artwork is reproduced, either by camera or via xerographic
means...so, I'm usually not too concerned about what the original looks like
in terms of condition.
For doing my color work, I use a Microtek E3 scanner to input the art ( yes,
due to the size of the original, it takes up to three segments which need to
be recombined ). To color, I use Photoshop v4.0.1 for Macintosh on a iMac
Rev. B machine. From time to time, I may use Photoshop v5.0 for PC, usually
only for reassembling the bitmapped scan prior to moving it to my Mac for
coloring.
I do not do any artwork solely on computer...it is all hand-done first.
> > 4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence on
> the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
By far, initially, Shon Howell was a heavy influence. My art from 1993 into
1995 bore a visible influence. These days, about all I share in common is
Shon's inking techniques now that my own style has sifted to the surface. No
other artist has really had as much of a direct influence outside of Shon.
This does not mean I do not look to other artists for methods of technique
to solve a problem, tackle certain tasks, etc. ( hence, my collections of
"How To Draw ( insert whatever here )" books and comics ).
> > 5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
By far, military themes find high favor with me. I usually integrate these
into furry work. I also like cyberpunk, sci-fi, some fantasy, and nice
mechanicals like you see in anime/manga.
TCASF,
Pelzig
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Patrick C. Jones
>This is just a small poll about furry artwork.
>
>1) How long have you been drawing?
Since about '80 or so, so a little more than 20 years. 15 if you only
count the years where it seemed there was a glimmer of hope that I
might be any good at it :)
>
>2) How long have you been producing furry themed artwork?
Since about '85. Though I was not aware of the fandom until about '97,
so I didn't call it "furry". (Still don,t btw)
>
>3) What tools and mediums do you prefer to use (including
>traditional and computer ones, where applicable)?
Started with pencil and rapidiograph, then pencil/rapidiograph/Prisma
marker. Did digital for awhile using low-end tools (mostly ArcSoft
PhotoStudio) since my skills didn't justify big-buck professional
apps.
Nowadays, I use mechanical pencil & small-tip brushes with Speedball
ink. Rapidiographs are reserved for backgrounds and inorganic
foreground objects. Color is either marker or color pencil (still
learning with the latter--or maybe I'm just using the wrong paper).
As for digital, I still futz with PhotoStudio, porting images via the
Clipboard over to Ulead PhotoImpact 3 for processing through it's
Smart Saver applet. Other apps I have are Gimp, Micrografix Picture
Publisher 8, and Corel Xara! (but none of these have been installed
yet). I don't expect to have Photoshop anytime soon as it's still
overkill for what I'm able to draw.
>
>4) Who are some of the other artists who's work has had an influence
>on the artwork that you produce (they need not be furry artists)?
None that I can think of. In fact, I often avoided looking at other
anthro artists' work for a while, out of concern that their work
might unduly influence my style.
>5) What artistic themes and motifs do you favor (besides "furry")?
I still do pretty good with machines.
----PCJ