orangezeppelin:

hypocrisyofandrewdobson:

orangezeppelin:

As the presence of the grumpy blue bear indicates, this is response to one of  Andrew Dobson’s comics- one that gave my an aneurysm since he basically pooh-poohed the concept of a cartoonist being capable of drawing realistically. 

I’m big on encouraging experimentation and working in a lot of different styles but I definitely argue that naturalistic studies are super helpful in improving everything from your hand-eye coordination and observasion skills, to knowledge of anatomy and movement. You’ll find that it helps you develop your own style and also makes the process of drawing easier. Though like I said, it isn’t necissarily easy so don’t be discouraged if your portraits come out a little….unrecognizable.That’s where my drawing teacher’s advice is really helpful- try and identify the most distinctive features of your subject. (I would suggest Mort Drucker as an artist to study in that regard. He’s a freaking awesome MAD Magazine artist. ) I think that advice applies to stylization in general too.

Have fun practicing it, though! 

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For those interested, here is the original comic of Dobson’s:

Seriously, I love seeing these response comics, because it makes a clear example of just how lacking Dobson’s are. Both @orangezeppelin and @darkvioletcloud made their response comics with a much better message to people(as I bossed to Dobson’s “look at this dumb person that doesn’t agree with me! Aren’t they dumb and me so smart and clever?”) and both comic responses have a much more informed and positive message to them compared to Dobson just wanting to one-up his strawmen.

Major kudos to @orangezeppelin for doing this. Hopefully we can avoid Dobson blackmailing you and treating you like shot over it compared to last time.

I think he finally blocked me so he might not see it for a while at least. 😂 But yeah, what bothers me so much about his comics like this is that he’s never really sending a positive and inspiring message to artists. It’s usually him just trying to deflect criticism or paint other artists in a bad light.