Who's your favorite line artist?

[Sepulverture]

Hey everyone!

I am starting to study lines to try to improve the quality of my own line work, and I want to know; Who is your favorite line artist? Or what is your favorite line art drawing/sketch?

I've been looking at some work by old comic book inkers, like Jack Kirby, and it's neat stuff. I think I'm learning a little just by examining the sketches. I also looked at a little concept art from Bioshock, which is also insightful.

So again, who is your favorite line artist or what is your favorite line art sketch/drawing? Let's see some pictures!

[squidmonk3j]

Franklin Booth:
http://michaelmay.us/08blog/gallery/0725a_castle.jpg

[Clochette]

James Jean : http://www.jamesjean.com/

Véronique Magnaud : http://arlequine.canalblog.com/

Mattias Adolfsson : http://mattiasa.blogspot.com/

Almanza Rene : http://www.renealmanza.net

Bluefooted : http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=56348

Eigon Schiele : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Schiele

Hugo Pratt : http://www.cortomaltese.com/

Sergio Toppi : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Toppi

Barnaby Ward : http://somefield.com/

Martin Wittig : http://martinwittig.blogspot.com/

Claire Wendling (thanks Bill for the recall :p ) : http://www.claire-wendling.net/


That's what i thought for now :)

[Bill]

^No Wendling?

Bernie Wrightson:

[ChaoticKnight]

Besides the ones previously mentioned, I like Joshua Middleton, artist of NYX (comic)
http://joshuamiddleton.com/cover_work.htm

[Costau D]

One of my favorites.

Jean Giraud (Moebius) (http://castera.net/Moeb/)

Some Locals

George&Guo (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=53941)

Tensai (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=54982&page=35)

[Sepulverture]

Thanks for the links and images so far guys! I can't say I dig all of the content in the drawings, however the techniques can't be argued with and I think I can learn a thing or two from looking at these.

thanks again guys! Keep them coming!

[serhc]

barnaby ward (http://www.somefield.com)

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[Jacob Kobryn]

Well there are guys that can just friggin put down lines like they're just tracing over an image like Marko Djurdjevic, Wes Burt, and Dan C... for style there's Kev Ferrara. :)

[Grief]

Matthew Woodson has a refined elegance that i greatly admire.

http://www.ghostco.org/
http://www.changethethought.com/wp-content/ghostcoupdates.jpg

[RyerOrdStar]

Mucha
Charles Dana Gibson

[serhc]

jillian tamaki (http://www.jilliantamaki.com)

I LOVE HER HEHE

649583

649584

[nonie]

Matthew Woodson has a refined elegance that i greatly admire.

http://www.ghostco.org/
http://www.changethethought.com/wp-content/ghostcoupdates.jpg

Something fishy here....

Matthew Woodson
http://www.ghostco.org/illustration/images/64.jpg

Coby Whitmore
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/224/497894998_37d38cec75.jpg

[PieterV]

Great stuff.
Clo named most of the ones I wanted to name...

Tomer Hanuka (http://www.thanuka.com/)
http://www.illustrationmundo.com/articles/114_1.jpg
http://www.majorspoilers.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04a/dcJuly08/08_vertigo/UNM-Cv12_solicit.jpg

Gez Fry
His site is down for a while now :(
http://twenty2wo.com/blog-images/gez_fry_02.jpg
http://gargles.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/gezfry10.jpg

Mucha
http://susannassketchbook.typepad.com/susannas_sketchbook/images/2007/09/25/mucha_stars.jpg
http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media_collection/6/GMA%204678.jpg

Tyler Stout
http://www.tstout.com/shared/images/products/572/1383-pelican.jpg
http://www.tstout.com/shared/images/products/555/1275-robocop_revised.jpg

Ephameron
http://www2.extrabold.eu/uploads/pics/extrabold_ephameron.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l176/ynes_bleu/1201262925_f.jpg

Ward Zwart
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y28/elehpant/2978965185_5dee9e2f31_b.jpg

Aadi Salman
http://www.aadisalman.net/stuff/siapa0501scans.jpg

Arthur Rackham
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/images/child/fairy2.jpg

Ashly Wood
http://www.toycyte.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/sdccthing.jpg

Yoji Shinkawa
http://ui08.gamespot.com/615/mgs2ray_2.jpg

[Sepulverture]

Thanks a lot again for the links and images, all good stuff to think about!

[HugeHarHar]

OH! I got a few!

First off Franklin Booth!

[HugeHarHar]

I could post line artists all day, but I'll just do two today.

Harry Clarke!

[Psychotime]

TS Sullivant

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mJ4lc_Q9Q6k/Rcf_k12gB-I/AAAAAAAAAow/nWPes8fJL2Y/s1600/Sullivant_A.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3532/2482/1600/TS_Sullivant_09.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3532/2482/1600/TS_Sullivant_08.jpg

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3532/2482/1600/TS_Sullivant_14.jpg

[t11]

since schiele's already been mentioned :p

Istvan Banyai (http://www.ist-one.com/) (unfortunately annoying web page)

d-pi (http://d-pi.com/) i like this guy as far as contemporaries go.

[Grief]

aubrey beardsley
http://www.woostercollective.com/Aubrey_Beardsley_1894_Salome.jpg

aya kato
http://www.geocities.jp/b_ba_a0530/
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/photou1/douwae50_1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/photou1/douwae015.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/photou1/douwae017.jpg

audrey kawasaki
http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/index.php
paint really, but damn those lines!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/photou1/01-yume_no_ato.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/photou1/cummy01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/photou1/taken-lj.jpg

jinyoung shin
http://www.dadaly.net/
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/photou1/guitars2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/photou1/jewels.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/photou1/nano.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/photou1/piano.jpg

nanami cowdroy
www.nthread.net
http://www.ozoux.com/eclectic/archive/2008/05/27/images/2008/nanami-3.jpg
http://gelaskins.typepad.com/gelaskins_news/images/2007/09/04/ncowdroy_drifter.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/gallery1988sf/NanamiCowdroyCableCranes.jpg

[Grief]

zak smith
http://www.zaxart.com/
http://ipekkuran.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/varrick_monkey.jpg
http://fredericksfreisergallery.com/zaxart/sketchbook/ZakSmith161-thumb-500x543.jpg
http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images_140472_366086_zak-smith.jpg
http://media.timeoutnewyork.com/resizeImage/htdocs/export_images/685/685.x600.art.smith.nadianitro.jpg

the Food One
http://www.40ozcomics.com/
http://www.digitalmedusa.com/sgettis/word/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/mahfood_thompson.jpg
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/goodtimes.jpg
http://www.loveablan.com/exhibitions/invitations/72dpi-iam8-bit2008flyerbyJimMahfood.jpg

stella im hultberg
http://stellaimhultberg.com/
http://freedomisland.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/stella-im-hultberg-kobiety.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/supergongie/NeverMind-1.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/87/218505479_0940fb2443_o.jpg

[Jacob Kobryn]

Tyler Stout
http://www.tstout.com/shared/images/products/572/1383-pelican.jpg


Ugh, I missed that AMAZING tour because I was at the workshop... I don't regret my decision that much though... :)

Here are some other cool ones...

John Baizley
(http://www.myspace.com/johndyerbaizley)

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/31/l_d3599119faeeabc29d78f56a91118f35.jpg

http://fiak.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/6120sqvz3sl_ss500_.jpg

http://relapse.com/myspace/baroness/baroness.jpg

http://www.kylesa.com/myspace/09Cover.jpg

Kevin Husley (http://www.khulsey.com/)

http://www.khulsey.com/acura_nsx_car_illustrations.jpeg

http://www.khulsey.com/acura_int_engine.jpeg

[dbclemons]

These are a few of the people I think of when I think of "line" drawing:

Joseph Clement Coll, Albrecht Durer, Virgil Finlay, James M Flagg, Frank Godwin, Winsor McCay, Alex Raymond, Frederick Sandys, Van Gogh

[VirusArtist]

david finch:

http://jeanmarc.besnier.club.fr/jmb-art.com/images/Planches/ascension_wizard_79_cover.jpg
http://jeanmarc.besnier.club.fr/jmb-art.com/images/Planches/tales_darkness_5_cover.jpg

adam hughes:

http://www.linesandcolors.com/images/2005-09/hughes_450.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_550SmHi37X4/RxEijLLczvI/AAAAAAAAAFM/D1UIINnQPeI/s1600-h/ah_sketch.JPG

travis charest:

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o86/zoey616/TravisCharest_WILDCATS_PAGE4_ISS-1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/area51/cavern/8747/wolverine1.jpg

leinil francis yu:

http://www.alanguilan.com/sanpablo/blog1/silent01.jpg
http://www.alanguilan.com/sanpablo/xwyu.jpg

[Gloominati]

uuuh, great thread. My favorite line artist is definitely Philippe Guyenne AKA HPX.
Love his digital stuff as well but I just can't stop looking at his sketchbookpages

http://freenet-homepage.de/glominatisart/gedoens/sk5_001.jpg

http://freenet-homepage.de/glominatisart/gedoens/sk5_002.jpg

http://freenet-homepage.de/glominatisart/gedoens/sk5_scifigirl.jpg

http://freenet-homepage.de/glominatisart/gedoens/sk6_012.jpg

http://freenet-homepage.de/glominatisart/gedoens/sk6_014.jpg

http://freenet-homepage.de/glominatisart/gedoens/sk8A5_03.jpg

http://freenet-homepage.de/glominatisart/gedoens/sk8A5_40.jpg

[Bill]

Barry Windsor Smith: 651330

651332

651334

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[wiggum]

Winsor Mckay is like the all time master of the sunday comic strip. The draftmanship and imagination in his comics like "dream of the rarebit fiend" and "Little Nemo in Slumberland" are absolutely unparalleled in comic strip history. There are few artists even now that can come close to achieving what he did.

You should also check out hsi animations (available on youtube). His Little Nemo cartoon is, to my knowledge, the first thing created that would be recognizable today as a cartoon.

http://www.comicstriplibrary.org/images/comics/Little%20Nemo/hs_Little%20Nemo%20-%201908-07-26.jpg

[Parka81]

Tekkon Kinkreet Background Sketches (http://parkablogs.com/content/book-review-tekkon-kinkreet-art-book-background-sketches)

Unfortunately I don't know who the artist is.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3600/3400784014_c52f00f1d6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/3400784014/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3588/3399975321_b4911249d3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/3399975321/)

[Parka81]

Oh, and Inoue Takehiko

These are from Sumi Vagabond Illustrations (http://parkablogs.com/content/book-review-sumi-vagabond-illustration-collection)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/3049695398_4cdf02f6c3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/3049695398/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3064/3049692996_da372d0d13_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/3049692996/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3233/3048854653_3b404e9d82_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/3048854653/)

[Parka81]

Geof Darrow

Insane amount of detail from Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (http://parkablogs.com/content/book-review-big-guy-and-rusty-boy-robot)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3406/3340489494_92826d9890_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/3340489494/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3629/3340488740_4b25b89597_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/teohyc/3340488740/)

[Onnophris]

This is Gustave Dore.

651469 651470

651471 651472

[HugeHarHar]

Jessie M King!

[Farvus]

Let's see.

Grzegorz Rosiński - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grzegorz_Rosiński
652525

Moebius - http://www.moebius.fr
652526

Salaryman - Old Sketchbook (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41771) | Exclusive sketchbook (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=75297)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/salaryman/dragoneer_02a.bmp

[Arshes Nei]

Gonna go back for more "old school manga" Koike Kazuo
http://www.koikekazuo.jp/english/english.html

Also like one of his pupils Ryoichi Ikegami of "Crying Freeman" fame (belive Koike Kazuo helped write it)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryoichi_Ikegami
http://www.ikegamifan.com/translated_works.php

Bill Sienkiewicz
http://images.comicbookresources.com/litg/sienkiewicz_batman/1084475480.jpg

Jae Lee:
http://www.albertmoy.com/ArtistGalleryRoom.asp?ArtistId=544

[Dirty C]

Salaryman.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/salaryman/baudolino.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/salaryman/stalker.jpg

And this guy.

http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/lion-drawing-charcoal-01.jpg

[Carnifex]

alphonse mucha (and i'm talking the non-advertisement work)
(in this case "le pater")
(hard to find too :( )

[RocketMonkey]

Check out Ian Miller... wierd but awesome!