What Happened to Jim Lawson?

**Venom** · 07-21-2007, 11:09 AM

Before I get flamed or attacked or whatever, let me say that I'm not bitching about Jim's artwork. It's quirky and it does grow on ya after a while. Besides, if it wasn't largely for him, we wouldn't have had most of the TMNT books that have came out in the last several years.

I've seen his blog and his portraits on there are quite amazing! Very photorealistic with very close attention to detail. So the guy can draw...

But what happened to the Jim from the late '80's? The one whose Turtese were drawn almost exactly like Kevin's? Hell, even the people's heads he drew looked good for the most part. Now, perhaps it was the inker/toner filling in some spots, but all in all Jim's work was fantastic!

I've wondered how/why he chose his new visual style for the Turtles when there was nothing wrong with his old style. Is something wrong with his hands and he can't hold a pencil for very long so he tries to rush it?

C'mon Jim, show us you've still got the old gritty look in ya.

07-21-2007, 11:09 AM	#1
Venom Space Knight Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 3,637	What Happened to Jim Lawson? Before I get flamed or attacked or whatever, let me say that I'm not bitching about Jim's artwork. It's quirky and it does grow on ya after a while. Besides, if it wasn't largely for him, we wouldn't have had most of the TMNT books that have came out in the last several years. I've seen his blog and his portraits on there are quite amazing! Very photorealistic with very close attention to detail. So the guy can draw... But what happened to the Jim from the late '80's? The one whose Turtese were drawn almost exactly like Kevin's? Hell, even the people's heads he drew looked good for the most part. Now, perhaps it was the inker/toner filling in some spots, but all in all Jim's work was fantastic! I've wondered how/why he chose his new visual style for the Turtles when there was nothing wrong with his old style. Is something wrong with his hands and he can't hold a pencil for very long so he tries to rush it? C'mon Jim, show us you've still got the old gritty look in ya.