There are a few styles of cartooning that I really hate, and one of them I've dubbed the "big perforated shoe" style.
Its earmarks are obsessive ornamentation (pinstripes, wingtip perforations, etc), ugly horizontal hatching on everything, and (often) "bigfoot cartoon" proportions (think yellow submarine).
Why in God's name did people start drawing like this? I can only speculate that artists were trying to rebel against the slick, stylish futurism of the 50s by being ignorant and folksy and old-timey.
The above image, btw, is by Jim Flora, who fucking rules when he's not working in the BPS style!
3 comments:
These look a lot like Seth characters.
I like the characters and colours, but I find the overall design really cluttered. Perhaps that is the point though? Cities ARE cluttered?
What I don't like, and I think it relates, is when artists only EVER draw big cluttered crowd scenes and call it art. Like a big fucking "Where's waldo/wally?" It's as if they excuse themselves of having any actual point to the picture by asking the audience to find their own meaning. Am I making any sense?
What I mean is, a cleverly designed image should direct the viewer. Sure there can be beauty in the details and they shouldn't distract from the main purpose.
yea, the more I look at this, the more I actually like it! Bad example I guess. Flora is just too good to be bad.
Totally agree with you on the composition thing. I really latched on to that thing John K is always talking about with Frazetta, where the whole image is a big, simple, clear statement.
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