MJavins Wall of Comic Cows

[MJavins]

Hello. My Wall of Cows by famous and not-so-famous comic book artists is
now a Web of Cows. View them at
http://members.aol.com/Aquarena/

Thanks!

Marie Javins

[Todd VerBeek, gwm]

My pal MJavins said:

>Hello. My Wall of Cows by famous and not-so-famous comic book artists is
>now a Web of Cows. View them at
>http://members.aol.com/Aquarena/

Somewhere in the mush that is my memory, there is the story of a
well-known abstract artist who insisted that, before doing abstract work,
an artist needed to demonstrate that he or she could paint a realistic
picture of a cow. Based on that, your Wall of Bovines provides an
interesting insight into the artistic talents of the participating
artists. I'll note (for example) that Jim Lee's cow is quite good.

Cheers, Todd
---
I'm an optimist: the glass is empty, but maybe =someday= it'll be half full.

[Aardy R. DeVarque]

ver...@bigfoot.com (Todd VerBeek, gwm) wrote:

>My pal MJavins said:
>
>>Hello. My Wall of Cows by famous and not-so-famous comic book artists is
>>now a Web of Cows. View them at
>>http://members.aol.com/Aquarena/
>
>Somewhere in the mush that is my memory, there is the story of a
>well-known abstract artist who insisted that, before doing abstract work,
>an artist needed to demonstrate that he or she could paint a realistic
>picture of a cow.

I suspect Picasso was involved with that somehow--due to his studies in
increased abstraction in drawing a bull, going in small steps from
near-photorealistic to full-blown Cubist.

> Based on that, your Wall of Bovines provides an
>interesting insight into the artistic talents of the participating
>artists. I'll note (for example) that Jim Lee's cow is quite good.

I seem to remember reading somewhere (R.C.Harvey's recent book on the
history & aesthetics of comics, I think) that horses are considered the bane
of artists, especially the 3/4 posterior angle that seems so frequently
called for in "looking off into the sunset" panels, and that it's a sign of
a really good artist when he can consistently draw horses from any angle and
any positioning.

Aardy R. DeVarque
Feudalism: Serf & Turf

[two damonsional]

MJavins wrote:
>
> Hello. My Wall of Cows by famous and not-so-famous comic book artists is
> now a Web of Cows. View them at
> http://members.aol.com/Aquarena/
>

> Thanks!
>
> Marie Javins

lovely cow page, although a bit heavy on the symbolism
[ i guess that's why they're artists and not writers].

strange number of hell-cows, though, hmmmm?

--
"Trent Lott and Newt Gingrich are against [Clinton's proposed
apology for slavery]; they say that it's an empty meaningless
futile gesture, and besides, they're too busy passing the
anti-flag burning ammendment." Bill Maher

[Todd VerBeek, gwm]

>>My pal MJavins said:
>>>Hello. My Wall of Cows by famous and not-so-famous comic book artists is
>>>now a Web of Cows. View them at
>>>http://members.aol.com/Aquarena/

>ver...@bigfoot.com (Todd VerBeek, gwm) wrote:
>>Somewhere in the mush that is my memory, there is the story of a
>>well-known abstract artist who insisted that, before doing abstract work,
>>an artist needed to demonstrate that he or she could paint a realistic
>>picture of a cow.

My pal Aardy R. DeVarque said:
>I suspect Picasso was involved with that somehow--due to his studies in
>increased abstraction in drawing a bull, going in small steps from
>near-photorealistic to full-blown Cubist.

Sounds right. That's who I wanted to say it was, but wasn't sure.

>> Based on that, your Wall of Bovines provides an
>>interesting insight into the artistic talents of the participating
>>artists. I'll note (for example) that Jim Lee's cow is quite good.

>I seem to remember reading somewhere (R.C.Harvey's recent book on the
>history & aesthetics of comics, I think) that horses are considered the bane
>of artists,

Bane? Does this have something to do with breaking their backs? {grin}

>especially the 3/4 posterior angle that seems so frequently
>called for in "looking off into the sunset" panels, and that it's a sign of
>a really good artist when he can consistently draw horses from any angle and
>any positioning.

I can believe that. I did some horse-drawing in high school, and only got
good at a couple perspectives. So I switched to the USS Enterprise(*),
which I could successfully draw from any perspective in three-dimensional
space. I guess this means that, if I had to illustrate a comics
adaptation of a Lorne Greene TV show, my best bet would be Battlestar
Galactica. {smile}

(*) the original, "no bloody A, B, C, or D"