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L.M., I think it's pretty safe for me to guess that you probably don't have much experience with drawing yourself, right? I think you're fixating on very superficial aspects of drawing without really looking at why drawings work. For example, your idea of 'detail' seems to be focused on how many lines and pieces of visual information can be stuffed into a page, with little regard to how that can negatively effect important things like composition and design.
I don't make my living writing non-fiction books on drawing, if that's what you want to know.
And i guess that comics being a visual medium, the more information per page the better - that's the definition of detail in my dictionary. Now what do you mean with negatively effect important things like composition and design? Give me an example of what that is, because i'm reading NXM again and can't find any problem with Ethan's art interferring with the book itself. Don't find it cluttered at all, it just fills the whole panel so that every space is used as background, and quite effectively.
That's just a BIZARRE thing to say. The way that John Byrne drew the X-Men looks absolutely nothing like how Jim Lee drew them, or Chris Bachalo, or Carlos Pacheco, or Marc Silvestri, or Neal Adams, or Art Adams, or John Romita Jr., or the Kuberts, or Rob Liefeld, and so on. I just can't even begin to understand what you're talking about
I find their faces have been quite generic for the past years, and Quitely really individualizes each X-men's appearance, but no more than Ethan - Ethan and Quitely have drawn two different professors X from the past ones, and are still different from each other (Quitely draws him as old, perhaps older than he should be, considering Xavier is 41, according to NXM 123) - and that Jean Grey face in NXM 114 was also very alien - not Jean Grey at all, too old too.
I mean, are you really upset that Frank draws Cyclops as the tall, thin man he was originally meant to be
It's pleasant to call him 'slim' again, yes.
I think you're missing my point about body language and clothing
Well, don't see what you mean with body language - an example also, please, from Quitely, and contrasting Ethan's. But regarding the clothing, it's no big deal - Emma dresses in white, and Jean Grey prefers a normal X-Men outfit. What else is there to talk about? Besides, i have the impression, that's in the script.
Emma is drawn to be an over the top sexual woman, that's a major part of her character. But Frank does NOT draw her to look like some generic soft porn bimbo as most superhero comics artist do. I would say that the way that Frank draws Emma is respectful, and not exploitative and tasteless.
Come on, concerning Emma's physical appearance/attributes, Ethan and Quitely have drawn her alike, and Ethan draws her with the same respect and style as Quitely - give me an example where he made her look like a slut (more than she usually looks, anyway)
Really, the only difference between Quitely and Ethan i can see are the inks, information per page, and faces - each is different, especially the female ones, and he's not generic at all, but i don't see Ethan's Jean Grey as a redhead version of Emma, and vice-versa; he's made each X-men pretty much individualized too.
P.S. - i was looking at NXM 126 cover, and was wondering if the kid with glasses behind Beast could be Quentin Quire? |
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