4 ms·
My grandfather was a Painter and as a kid he would hand me a panel of Calvin and Hobbes or Tintin to copy while he was working. It really gave me an appreciatio
by yssjp 5y ago
My grandfather was a Painter and as a kid he would hand me a panel of Calvin and Hobbes or Tintin to copy while he was working. It really gave me an appreciation for what simplicity could do.
What Bill Waterson or Herge did with a simple line here or an addition of two dots there to change a facial expression or add movement to scene was like magic to me as a kid. And my grandfather used to say the longer you look at something the easier it gets to compress all the information of a complex world into a few dots.
Basically these artists brains were running highly optimized compression algos.
- agumonkey 5y agoThere's some poetry in there
- scubbo 5y ago> And my grandfather used to say the longer you look at something the easier it gets to compress all the information of a complex world into a few dots. You will probably enjoy "Understanding Comics", by Scott McCloud.
- rewma 5y ago> And my grandfather used to say the longer you look at something the easier it gets to compress all the information of a complex world into a few dots. Basically these artists brains were running highly optimized compression algos. Christoph Niemann[¹] has an interesting series on Instagram he dubbed Abstract Sunday[²] where he posts Sunday sketches, and it amazes me how much detail he compresses in so few brush strokes. I definitely recommend a click. [1] https://www.christophniemann.com/ https://www.christophniemann.com/ [2] https://www.christophniemann.com/detail/sunday-sketches-2/ https://www.christophniemann.com/detail/sunday-sketches-2/
- goto11 5y agoWaterson is not really considered ligne claire though. The line is more sketchy and backgrounds are often simplified or eliminated.