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E is for Excuses!

There should be no excuse for illegible, incoherent, and just plain bad illustration. However, the most put forward rebuke when fronted with this is for illustrators (and when I was still a virgin to the honest brutality of professional critique, I done the same) is to say; "Ah but it's my style." When that sentence finishes, if the reviewer doesn't do it for you, roll up a newspaper, and beat yourself senseless with it.

Illustration is the process of creating stuff with a clear message, which should be easy for all to visually read. It could be as simple as a character, or as complex as a philosophical stance on the ethics of abortion, but if the message can't be put across, the illustration has failed.

Style only goes so far; when it's an excuse, it has gone too far.

5/26... 21 to go.

Materials:
Canson Bristol Board @ 225gsm
HB Clutch Pencil
Wacom Intuos
Photoshop CS5

Time:
Total = ~6 hours

Description
E is for Excuses!

There should be no excuse for illegible, incoherent, and just plain bad illustration. However, the most put forward rebuke when fronted with this is for illustrators (and when I was still a virgin to the honest brutality of professional critique, I done the same) is to say; "Ah but it's my style." When that sentence finishes, if the reviewer doesn't do it for you, roll up a newspaper, and beat yourself senseless with it.

Illustration is the process of creating stuff with a clear message, which should be easy for all to visually read. It could be as simple as a character, or as complex as a philosophical stance on the ethics of abortion, but if the message can't be put across, the illustration has failed.

Style only goes so far; when it's an excuse, it has gone too far.

5/26... 21 to go.

Materials:
Canson Bristol Board @ 225gsm
HB Clutch Pencil
Wacom Intuos
Photoshop CS5

Time:
Total = ~6 hours