Artist Research

Takashi murakami - A artist inspired by the anime and manga genre of cartoons and artwork which lead to his creations such as miss KO2 and imaginary daughter, the signature creation Mr. dob became an highly popular online pet in the city of japan which was one his greatest creations.

All of his work was deemed amazing by how childish it is considering his age and how similar each of his creations is to one another although they bare no resembles to each other than leaping to a creation that is completely different but still showing a similar genre.

Miss KO2 : this sculpture was inspired by the manga sailor moon mainly by their style of clothing and the way they are drawn/animated and sculpted plus the style of clothing they wear although deemed to sexual for some places the metropolitan museum of art in Boston is one of the few that will openly display these types of images.

Mr DOB has a circular head with two ears; the letter D is inscribed on his left ear and the letter B on the right ear. The face is O-shaped, thus making his name legible.

In 1993 he created Mr DOB as an alter ego, a sort of self-portrait, Murakami drew on elements of a character called Doraemon – a cat-like robot from manga – Japanese comic books – and anime, or animation. Sonic the Hedgehog – a character from video games and anime – was another influence

Personally I found his work extremely interesting and inspiring mainly because I enjoyed looking at the vast amount of colours and strange images he had to offer on his website and his work in the art gallery’s although his work is deemed childish I believe that it’s more like he hasn’t let go of his child like imagination with is what we should all still have to this day.

Jack Kirby – This image shows five of the most powerful and popular heroes in marvel history as the group called avengers.

The position the artist placed each character in shows their signature pose as well as if they are ready to go to war, and to fight for what they believe in and what they feel is fight which to other could seem like the wrong sort of thing to do

The way they are standing and what there standing on also shows that the way they are is like a statue to forever remember them for what they have done and to give inspiration to any other heroes in the world super or other wise not to the everyday community

Each colour is particularly chosen by a certain hero or because of the properties of what they are wearing.

The position also shows that Thor seems like the leader of the group due to him standing out the most and standing (floating) behind the rest of the group but still looking more like a leader than the rest.

In all the colours that are chosen she to normally be red yellow and blue due to the fact that there all bright vibrant colours to signifies their status as hero as villains wear darker of shaded colour

The background shows a typical city which the heroes protect and to have it towering above them makes them seem more like normal people and no matter how small they seem they will always win.

My personal option of this image: I believe he was trying to show how united people can be to aid one and other in a single cause in any situation although in this particular picture it’s about coming together to fight evil and rid the world of it

Todd McFarlane – Has designed comics such as venom, spawn and Spiderman. Most of these covers appear as dark and evil although most of the comics are based on heroes with a small amount of villain comics.

The image I choose was Spiderman in the black suite and venom, the use of limited colour in this image was chosen to portray what I believed to be the darker side of any hero and how that evil can take on a life of its own.

The stance of spider-man signifies a troubled mind as if he’s got something to think about that can’t be shaken off which the brings venom faded into the sky which is a part of him.

The impact of this image shows me that this image or poster could show darker things to outcome in the current series, comics or movies.

The pose of the main character also shows that he is giving up and that he can’t bare the burden anymore, the rain signifies depression and grief which also brings your eyes directly onto the main character instead of what’s in the background which also makes you focus on the brooding stance he has and wonder why he’s like that.

The relasonship  between the two characters in this image seem to be rivals as well as enemy’s  which indicates a big battle may take place of something surprising like a partnership may from.

The pose of the second character seems to almost taunting the other character in an attempt to get a reaction but also keeping to looking dark and scary  the fact that its faded could also mean it could be what the main character in imagine and fear. 

My personal option of this artist was that he showed an story behind this image through the stance of the character.                              

Howard Purcell: His most impressive work was his series of green lanturn comic book covers where he had the opportunity to experiment with a vast amount of styles and color structures while creating these master pieaces.
Most of his work was done with more darker colors due to the comic book paper which nearly always turned most colors dark, the colors normally used were the colors of green and veriouse shades which would show off the main characters essance.
each of his drawings and images are always drawn in a heroic pose aswell as actions poses symotenusly which seemed like a great chanalage for him to do in each and every comic.Well, what worked pretty well for this guy is that although, most of his work was dark (colour wise) the rest of the image stands out because he has used brighter colours, this makes a good combination. The title also really stands out as it is black, with a yellow-green outline, however what also makes it stand out is the pattern/effect it has to make it stand out. He's used a lot of block colour
which isn't really seen alot. People tend to shade more for the shadow effect
However, the's used strong block colours, which make the drawing seem like it has more importance
Other than that: Lots of detail. Lots of contrasting colours. Different shades of different colour. It's very roughly drawn, there are no soft lines, everything is very defined, as if drawn for a reason

Green Lantern #1 (July 1941). Cover art by Purcell