Monday, April 19, 2010

Spot the rictus.

I learned a terrifying new word this weekend. In the latest issue of Hi Fructose (good James Jean article in that, btw), Al Columbia mentions how Jim Woodring* pointed out that he draws the rictus (or "death smile" -- not sure what the plural of that is) a lot...where the eyes roll back and the mouth grins wickedly.



Try it sometime.

<--*Name droppy post, no?

5 comments:

  1. hey man! Please, make video how you drawing your amazing thumbnails or concepts. Robots or monsters) you master!

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  2. Learn a new word every day... Watching you pump out these sketches makes me feel super lazy. Great daily portrait studies, Mr. Paul!

    Cannot remember if I ever shared this link at the sketch group. http://www.faheykleingallery.com/featured_artists/laita/exh_createdequal/laita_01.htm I have this book and really like the personality that came through a lot of the portraits here. Res is a bit low but all 65 pages are in this gallery.

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  3. It's those video games, Grace. They make you weak and suck away your precious, precious drawing time!

    re : Mark Laita // I'd seen some of these images without knowing they were his. The fur trapper was ref for a guy I did on 40K! Totally great pics.

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  4. point taken, but without games/anime I would not have wanted to do art, so it's a double edged sword! Like good food, good games make my life worth living :P

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