I'm always on the go looking for new things to explore especially in terms of art. So I explored two new names I recently kept tracked of.
First is James Swinnerton.
I've seen this drawing before, I just had no idea who actually made it until now. He's really good at painting landscapes as well, but I'm really here to focus rather on his characters and comics.
I admire alot of his character designs. It's probably the cutest thing I ever seen in my life.
I find cute to be better than unappealing and creepy because it can really warm your heart in the best possible ways.
Apparently there was a Canyon Kiddies cartoon Chuck Jones made at Warner Bros. These illustrations are much better in my opinion.
James Swinnerton was overlooked and forgotten in the worst ways possible. SERIOUSLY! This person is an absolute legend. Look at these memorable designs.
The simple circled heads, I adore it.
Not every character in this picture have a strong personality, but all of them have such a unique and stylish design.
These backgrounds here are what I'm striving for when I'm making my own cartoons. They all don't have to look like Disney quality, but these colors, my goodness, these colors are absolutely gorgeous.
Mr. Jack is probably my favorite series of comics recently.
These were made around the 1900s-1920s. Everyone back then looked handsome and attractive, more than I thought at first glance.
The sizes of the entire strip are more gigantic than most daily comic strips today where everything is squished in and not all that fun to look at.
With everything going on in the world right now, there is still a chance to make something as beautiful and simple as James Swinnerton's art like here with the black leopard. It may not be as levels as something like The Star Wars franchise or Marvel, but it's still easy for you to get into something if your time feels wasted.
Even for something as cute and refreshing as the old stuff.
I have other comic artists I love and care for.
George Herriman's Krazy Kat comics are simple yet sketchy and joyous. All of the main characters have an amusing personality.
Winsor McCay's comics have such an interesting yet full of spirit to them. I may like his films better, but you can't beat these in terms of how imaginative these ideas can be.
Normally I don't go too into depth with these artists because some of their work can be too jumbled, but in terms of style and perspective, these artists are influential for numerous of reasons. It's probably because for the most occasions, they work hard and put in the most detail than any other illustrator out there.
Take something popular besides comics and sue, and add a favorite cartoon like Looney Tunes. Sure, not every cartoon was good in their repertoire but you can constantly remember and love most of the main characters like Bugs, Daffy, and Porky Pig for specific reasons. Each of them having marvelous and lively personalities, straightforward but down-to-earth played scenarios and action-packed scenes that you'll never see done in real life. I was so floored when I first saw these cartoons at 13, and knew they were the biggest inspiration for many artists like me to come.
There will never be another animated scene like the Brer Fox scenes in Song Of The South ever again. Which is why they're one of my favorites.
Now let's take a look at J.C Leyendecker, because this guy rules.
Leyendecker has to be the most observant artists in the early 20th century. He visioned so much on the planet Earth, he packed all of the good elements into one, like fashion, humans, and colors.
This is a good example on how society was back in the past. It's not pushing onto conservative efforts like politics and war and just goes straight into a normal day in people's own lives.
Half of your time daily is following your heart doing what you want to do. This really shows something when this picture here was made back in 1933, it has alot of warm and cheerful colors like those dots.
Just like with Swinnerton's drawings, Leyendecker's cute style is really sweet and appealing. I love the red, black color palette to this one, it was at a time where not every color you used was exceptional.
The best type of paintings I love from J.C is when he adds the additional black backgrounds making it more classy and cinematic.
These are all modest and fancy. It's more appropriate to me than any other field of art nowadays. Classics relatively had more novelty and more creative aspects making for a more juicy and sharp product.
