Artist Research
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Jeffery Scott Campbell is an American comic book artist. First worked as an artist for Wildstorm Comics, though he has since done work for Marvel Comics and the video game industry. He then went on to co-create the teen superhero team Gen¹³, which debuted in Deathmate Black which then became danger girl.The Danger Girl series has since had a video game for the Sony PlayStation, as well as several comic spinoffs in the forms of limited series and one-shots that were drawn by different artists in the American comics industry. Most of these spin-offs featured story outlines from Jeffery himself.
Sasha Velour also known as Alexander Hedges Steinberg is an American drag queen, artist and creative director based in Brooklyn, New York.Sasha the winner of the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, and for producing the monthly drag show Nightgowns, which takes place at the National Sawdust in Brooklyn and created the drag magazine "Velour" which includes interviews as well as photography, poetry, and illustration that address the power, beauty, and purpose of drag.
Kellee Riley is a freelance artist for many companies including Mattel, Nickelodeon, and Random House, among many others. she is currently working her way to getting her own artwork published in many different forms and various products
for digital she uses Adobe Photoshop for sketching and Adobe Illustrator
and for traditional she usesMicron pens, tea wash, Copic markers and white gel pen on Bristol paper.
Leslie Hung is an American writer and cartoonist based in Los Angeles best known for her work with Bryan Lee O'Malley on 2017's Snotgirl. She is a newcomer to the comics industry.Snotgirl is available at Barnes & Noble and most major book stores. she has collaborated with big bud press and Image press. And has created merchandise Stickers and tissue packs and keychains.
Maya Kern is a self employed comic artist, illustrator, and musician. She grew up in Texas and was drawing since she was small. she then moved to Minnesota for four years to attend the comic program at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. she is currently living happily in upstate New York with her wife and our two cats. She also been featured on Comics Alliance, io9, Daily Dot, Ladies Making Comics, Autostraddle, Girls in Capes, and First Inkling, among other places. She's successfully run three Kickstarters to self publish her comics and she's been publishing her webcomic online since 2011.
Alex Ahad will be the artist I primarily focus on for the main bulk of my "Kickstarter" style project.Alex is the creative director for Skullgirls. He also supervised and approved of related aspects such as dialogue and character movesets.Alex says he was inspired by media such as Roger Rabbit, Batman: The Animated Series, FLCL and Gurren Lagann. For Skullgirls specifically by the doujin games he saw, such as EFZ and Melty Blood. Among the artists that he likes are George Kamitani, Hiroki Hayashi , Hiroyuki Imaishi , Nishimura Kinu, Bruce Timm, Shane Glines, Mike Mignola, Bill Presing, Tim Burton and Foo Swee Chin.
When I see Alex's work I am instantly drawn to the use of lineweight within the face such as how thin I becomes toward the end of the nose and side of the lips. I also like the way small hatching such as on Cerebella's arms and the white highlights all over the characters; it brings attention to those areas. I also love the cell shading as it makes animation easier and effective. The colours are bright with usually 3 main colours; In parasols design red is used as an accent and it really attracts the eye. The strong use of theme tied in with each character is very appealing to me and allows for interesting concepts within my own characters.
Looking at Kellee Riley's take on Alex Ahad's character Eliza is one I want to analyse for its use of technique. Kellee uses copic markers to create smooth gradients and layer them seamlessly, the style and pose is extremely animated and appealing; this is shown via the motion in the hair and the blood/flesh that surrounds her arms. She uses bright colours and utilises highlights to show the textures of the fabrics.
Another artist I am heavily inspired by is Katherine aka Dollightful. She is an american doll artist who now lives in korea and creates doll customs from fashion dolls. She takes great care creating outfits and wigs/hairstyles herself. All concepts come from her own work but she often takes time to research the subject of her dolls such as her eevee series in which she researched cultures her designs were inspired by.
with this doll above Katherine wanted to create a banshee doll inspired by Irish folklore, the ghost/woman in question would shriek in mourning about deaths to come (direct quote: video) I love the fact that she had modified the doll to the extent she did. Creating an open mouth and sculpting different assets of the doll, even going as far as to use wool for the hair to create a stiffness for photography. She often goes Outside to take photography for her dolls and I think I will implement that into my own work as promotional photos for my dolls.
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