“No one blames themselves if they don't understand a cartoon, as they might with a painting or "real" art; they simply think it's a bad cartoon.” IfsThinkingArtRealMightPaintingBlameCartoon Author:Chris Ware
“I try to do much of the necessary alteration on the black and white [cartoons] rather than leave it to be done on the paintings.” TryingDoneBlackWhitePaintingPreparationBlack And WhiteCartoonAlterations Author:E. J. Hughes
“If you're a painter, it's simply taken for granted that you'll spend a lot of time in museums studying great paintings, but if you're a cartoonist, it used to be very hard to see an original cartoon drawing.” IfsHardUsedStudyTakenPaintingOriginalsDrawingPainterUsed To BeGrantedMuseumsCartoonCartoonistTaken For Granted Author:Bill Watterson
“To my way of thinking, the concept drawings that Rembrandt did, the drawings he made that he used to model his artists, to work out the compositions of his paintings: those are cartoons. Look at his sketch for the return of the prodigal son. The expression on the angry younger brother's face. The head is down; the eyebrow is just one curved line over the eyes. It communicates in a very shorthand way. It's beautiful, expressive, and, in a peculiar way, it's more powerful than the kind of stilted, formalized expression in the final painting.” ThinkingWayLooksKindMadeEyeBeautifulFacesUsedArtistLinesPowerfulPaintingSonBrotherExpressionReturnModelsConceptsAngryFinalsCommunicateWork OutDrawingMy WayJust OnePeculiarCompositionCartoonEyebrowsWay Of ThinkingExpressiveProdigalsShorthandYounger BrotherProdigal Son Author:Jim Woodring
“When I was first painting the Monopoly guy I received a criticism. People said, "You're just painting cartoon characters, anyone can do that," but I'm actually a very skilled artist. That's why I released a Jack Nicholson portrait right after that that was very detailed in the face to show my skills.” PeopleFirstsSaidCharacterShowsFacesArtistGuyCan DoPaintingSkillsCriticismPortraitsCartoonMonopolyNicholsonCartoon Character Author:Alec Monopoly
“I had the impression in art school that cartooning was thought of as a lesser art than painting because cartoons are reproduced, so the "work" is not the single thing like a painting, but instead is the reproduced image.” ArtSchoolPaintingImpressionCartoonArt School Author:Roz Chast