tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741473921839627038.post8530602297079813930..comments2023-10-23T16:14:48.896+01:00Comments on The Gallery: Art of Russ Nicholson: Brush and inkRuss Nicholsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842016621328698413noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741473921839627038.post-57946962507124745862010-07-28T06:23:38.082+01:002010-07-28T06:23:38.082+01:00Thanks Dave, see update and no anorak required.Thanks Dave, see update and no anorak required.Russ Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842016621328698413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741473921839627038.post-2924586347418564972010-07-28T06:17:01.447+01:002010-07-28T06:17:01.447+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Russ Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842016621328698413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741473921839627038.post-74963653646127887222010-07-27T00:17:55.955+01:002010-07-27T00:17:55.955+01:00Hi Russ - I'm a big fan of Sean Phillips's...Hi Russ - I'm a big fan of Sean Phillips's work, but I've got to point out that Criminal isn't at DC it's at Marvel. I know it looks like it *ought* to be a Vertigo title but actually it's under the Icon imprint, which Marvel uses for creator-owned projects. I'll get my anorak.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741473921839627038.post-69622341556488179282010-07-20T14:19:06.738+01:002010-07-20T14:19:06.738+01:00Coopdevil: You're certainly right about the qu...Coopdevil: You're certainly right about the quality of the plots, though I never was asked to do one about 'bullying boarding school lesbians', maybe such plots would have have kept some comics going longer lol. <br /><br />You were very much at the mercy of the strips offered, as some were, if formulaic in plot structure, better written than others. The real problem lay in page limitation and the number of panels you could assign to each page. When too many panels were assigned to a weekly instalment you [as artist] had real trouble creating a good page dynamic.<br /><br />Bliss infinte: Thanks for the compliment, and I wish you well with your own efforts. If it helps, besides the desire to have a 'voice' the three most important factors to aid your practical development are: 1. Brush [try different types to find one that suits, but watch out for calluses ]; 2. Ink [same advice applies but also 'ageing' which gives better viscosity]; 3. Paper/card [ This is in many ways the most important factor for a 'poor' surface when cleaned can result in a lot of your most subtle strokes disappearing.]<br /><br />Again - Best of luck and I like your blog.Russ Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842016621328698413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741473921839627038.post-14450317370384881392010-07-14T16:13:28.878+01:002010-07-14T16:13:28.878+01:00Awesome! Nice panels. I'm still having troubl...Awesome! Nice panels. I'm still having trouble getting the hang of the brush but when I see other people's work it inspires me to keep trying.bliss_infintehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433733609487959653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741473921839627038.post-35487293321561302402010-07-14T12:28:37.427+01:002010-07-14T12:28:37.427+01:00I remember seeing that retrospective on Brit comic...I remember seeing that retrospective on Brit comics on the BBC (or possibly Channel 4) a couple of years ago and being amazed that all the <i>enfant terrible</i> of British comics had cut their teeth on writing and drawing girls comics in the 1970s! Seemed so unlikely, even more so when they said it was a great grounding for future work. Then again, the plots of these comics were always something like "She was a promising ballerina - but then she fell leg-first into a sausage mincer and got sent to a boarding school run by sadistic lesbians and got bullied a lot" so perhaps that explains a lot.<br /><br />I'm fairly certain my younger sister read these comics (or at least, these sorts of comics, her reading intake pretty much blurring into one as fair as I am concerned) would never have twigged that we were reading stuff illustrated by the same chap!Coopdevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16219253658967958289noreply@blogger.com