Comments on: Weekend at Doctor Sketchy’s

By: Anna Tramell

Anna Tramell — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:44:13 +0000

Valid point – why is realism so popular… especially since it’s imitation to what’s there, and not exactly any sort of expression. And abstract… abstract is so much more artistic…

By: Ryan Dow

Ryan Dow — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:31:00 +0000

Jon – Yeah, that’s true. He also said that the more detailed and lifelike a drawing is, the more people see it as something outside of himself. That cartoony images were more identifiable with people. Maybe I’m just enough of an egomaniac to want to identify with everything I draw… or something.

Molly – Thanks! (In case you don’t know, Molly is the founder of Dr. Sketchy’s).

By: Molly Crabapple

Molly Crabapple — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:07:47 +0000

That’s an adorable cartoon! I love the little stick figure burlesque girl

By: Jon Sloan

Jon Sloan — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:25:16 +0000

Well, if you remember reading Scott McCloud’s “Understanding Comics”, he did point out that more people respond more to a symbolic face (cartoon, “smiley face”) than a realistic one. Perhaps your more in tune to want to reach more people with your work than just a few. Just a thought….

By: Ryan Dow

Ryan Dow — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:45:26 +0000

I don’t men to slam realism either. I used to see realism as a high point of quality too (still do), but it seems like the more I draw, the less interested I am in drawing realistically. I don’t know why that is.

By: Jon Sloan

Jon Sloan — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:53:31 +0000

Probably because in mainstream terms, it supposedly marked a level of excellence that an artist was to achieve before they could be turned loose to do anything of their own. That archaic notion has stood the test of time, regardless of all the movements in the art world over the last 200 years.

Not to slam realism, but it shouldn’t be considered the end all be all of artistic achievement.