The 'I Got A New Piece Of Art' Thread, (for everybody!)

bronty · 03-22-2014, 07:08 PM

I don't like the trend either for the reasons you state but believe it or not comic books are like the ONLY place illustration still happens by hand. The rest of the illustration industry switched over to digital around '95. That's twenty long years ago now. So as much as the trend sucks, comics have bucked the trend for twenty years now, so in some regards comic art fans should be happy there's any still being produced at all !

The next time you are looking at your turtles collection (minus the comics) look closely at all your, say, 1990 items. Every cover is a drawing or a painting. Now pull all your stuff from 2000 and you'll notice the difference. Or heck, just look around with a critical eye the next time you are at a Toys R Us or Chapters. Look at book covers, game covers, toy boxes, whatever you care to name. None of the product covers are drawings or paintings anymore, and at one time, they were. We can't live in the past, but its a real shame.

03-22-2014, 07:08 PM	#11
bronty Thug Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 96	I don't like the trend either for the reasons you state but believe it or not comic books are like the ONLY place illustration still happens by hand. The rest of the illustration industry switched over to digital around '95. That's twenty long years ago now. So as much as the trend sucks, comics have bucked the trend for twenty years now, so in some regards comic art fans should be happy there's any still being produced at all ! The next time you are looking at your turtles collection (minus the comics) look closely at all your, say, 1990 items. Every cover is a drawing or a painting. Now pull all your stuff from 2000 and you'll notice the difference. Or heck, just look around with a critical eye the next time you are at a Toys R Us or Chapters. Look at book covers, game covers, toy boxes, whatever you care to name. None of the product covers are drawings or paintings anymore, and at one time, they were. We can't live in the past, but its a real shame. Last edited by bronty; 03-22-2014 at 07:17 PM.