Starscream84 wrote:I know the artists you are talking about. Andrew Wildman is a great artist who shows those influences. I don't know what you think forced perspective is (Jack Kirby was great at this) but when Cosmos' hand is the same size , proportionately, held in front of him as it is when he stands straight on that is NOT forced perspective.
As a fan I wouldn't call Transformers Mechs myself. They don't have pilots.
I think that this will be relegated to "Artistic Taste" again as an artist whose been in the field for many years. I can say that i wasn't a great fan of Steve Ditko's but years later- I understood his genius. By no means am I comparing myself to such an amazing artisan yet I will say in humble defense- I'm no slouch either. As someone who loves Transformers and a number of other genres- I will admit with great pride. I'm not a hardcore fan, yet I own figures and really, really love the G1 series and the animated film. What does that make me in the eyes of the more dedicated fan- I really dunno??? I'd hope we could be brothers who generally enjoy mechanized automatons even though one of (ahem) may call a sentient bot a mech.
It's not the end of the world in my eyes and I will continue doing what i love to do.
I will say that, I am very happy that you decided to respond back and we have dialogue. By no way,, was offended by your critique and I've actually embraced it as a continuing ode that my style of art needs to be out there.
Alongside my fellow artisans like Andrew Wildman, Herb Trimpe, Matt Frank and you get the point.
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I'm a fan of G1 Starscream and just on that principle we should chat more
I look forward to your response- All the best.
Frankie B