Question about 'Finding Your Art Parents"
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Trancematica
Awhile back, Stan & Marshall did an episode on finding your art parents to take inspiration from and discover your own art style. In the episode, they said to go back and find older artists, that way you're not using what's currently out there for inspiration - that way your stuff won't look like what everyone else is currently making.
My question about this, is what if you're not particularly inspired by older artists, and are primarily interested in drawing comics/manga? They're relatively newer mediums, and most the artists I like are ones who are still living. So I feel like it'd be easy to end up with a style that's not very unique or interesting.
Maybe I'm just overthinking it though?
There's 5000 years worth of "older artists" out there, keep looking, surely you'll find SOMETHING that you find interesting? ;)
Hi Trancematica!
One idea might be to decied who your favorite amongst manga and cartoon artists are, and see if you can find out who their favorite artist are, whom instpired and influenced them? Then you can kinda have them as your “art grandparents”, that way you can take some of your inspiration from those who originally inspired your favorite artists!
Here's a link to a fun and illustrative comic strip I have read about this:
https://www.deviantart.com/stephenmccranie/art/Know-Your-Artistic-Lineage-341651390
Hello Trancematica! Nice question! I love the art style from artist who are still alive the most too. E.g. Adam Duff, Karl Kopinsky and Tite Kubo (Bleach). Absolutely adore those art syles. I think it's more important to draw in a style that fits your tastes than to pressure something on your art that isn't "you". I still think it's worth to explore the artstyle from older artists too, but in the end I would go with the stuff that really hits you. Than I think an art style that's interesting will come afte a while, because your combining all the awesome aspects in your style that you like about those you take for inspiration :)
