Frank Frazetta Illustration Process (What Can We Learn?)

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5 ай бұрын

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You will get some simple advice on how to get more detail and polish in your work. How to think about composition. And my thoughts on how to prepare for professional work.
In this video I look over the book 'Frazetta Sketchbook II' and check out how Frank Frazetta planned his dynamic cover illustrations and paintings.
In particular I discuss how the graphic nature of his small rough watercolour sketches match the final paintings. And also how the graphic shapes in the small thumbnails help plan the simple graphic nature of the finals.
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@TheDrawingCodex 5 ай бұрын

I think one of the key takeaways here is to look at how the style of the smaller roughs translates into the finished images. The graphic nature of Frazetta's work has a lot to do with the way they were planned.

@STFUppercut69 5 ай бұрын

A great Frank Frazetta quote: "There is a staggered kind of a... we like to think of it as a zig-zag design, which is really psychologically interesting, for some reason or other. And I do that. A piece goes out this way, something jets out that way. Interesting shapes is what make it. And then work within those shapes and create the interest and detail and whatever. But I never care about an anatomy study. Design is absolutely first when I work. Design. But then I've got to get character. Then I've got to create some action. But if the design is not there then I've got nothing. As far as I'm concerned. It's an emotional experience. Of course many people are impressed by technique and style and what they consider skill I suppose. And that's fine. That's all very nice. There is a place for it. But that's really last on the list. Originality. Creativity. Look it up in the dictionary. The definition of an artist is a creative person. Who is totally honest and original. Bingo. If you want to appear to be an artist... If you want to convince me that you're an artist... I don't care how detailed it is. I don't care if it's less than perfect. If it's original and comes from the heart and makes a statement and appeals to people like me emotionally, I'll just love you to death."

@carellid_grand5666 5 ай бұрын

Analyzing another artist’s pieces and work process is one of the best things one can do to learn for about art and about themselves.

@AlexsaurusRex 5 ай бұрын

I don't consume other people's art and my work suffers for it. No inspiration, poor renditions when I am inspired or half baked pieces that don't end in anything. Gonna build me a mood board

@andrewbellavie795 2 ай бұрын

Sketching thumbnails is the best art advice I ever got. Its like a rough draft where you are also building that muscle memory for the larger work.

@lennylink8772 3 ай бұрын

Frazetta said many of his things were last minute pieces with no planning. Genius level stuff. He draws women in the most incredible way.

@TheStowAway594 5 ай бұрын

Frazetta has so many really memorable images but personally, I really love the Tarzan @3:44 where he's hanging off the tree, it just fits so perfect. I feel like Frazetta and Buscema's characters always had "weight" to them, and they were often incredibly dynamic without having to resort to extreme exaggeration.

@yovaalvarado9773 5 ай бұрын

What I love from Frazetta is his way to depicts horses and movements, such as my all time fav artist P. P. Rubens

@PinkDevilFish 5 ай бұрын

If I could draw like Frazetta I would never be out of work today.

@user-wk4hd6mt3h 5 ай бұрын

I love this book/artist review. a learn a lot with your videos

@AtHost98 5 ай бұрын

I feel there is this tendency to get it done the first time, especially when you do digital, since you can correct as you go. It’s good to see the process and show the planning stage which really lets you just experiment and get a feel for it before redoing it for the final

@vovkapavlov 5 ай бұрын

Frazetta is my first art god, and this material is so inspiring. I definitely will experiment with my ideation phase cause I really like watercolor feel + this way of maintaining shapes from thumbnail to finished work looks promising. Thumbnails gonna get a new level of quality :D Great stuff here, thanks for sharing this, Tim!