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Ted Naifeh Quotes

I think all artists need to try to improve, or their work gets stale Picture Quote #1

I like characters with character, not just pretty faces. Anyway, I think people can be both grotesque and beautiful at the same time. Look at Mick Jagger in the seventies. Look at Angelina Jolie Picture Quote #1

Some of the best art in the world is collaborative, a mix of voices that are stronger together than separate. Take the Beatles, for example. Or every great movie ever made. We like to say they’re the director’s vision, but really, they’re huge collaborations between directors, writers, actors, even producers Picture Quote #1

Character design, like story design, requires a hook to grab the reader’s attention Picture Quote #1

Us comics guys tend to get really good at the things we draw a lot. I’m good at creepy old forests, Victorian houses, underground goblin cities, and beautiful but creepy fairies Picture Quote #1

I dug up some old John Buscema ‘Conan’ comics. Man, when Alfredo Alcala was inking, that was some of the most beautiful black and white comic art ever published. The stories are good, too, though early 70s comics based on Conan is a festival of sexist, racist stereotypes Picture Quote #1

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The first ‘Polly and the Pirates’ is about a prim and proper girl who gets kidnapped out of her comfy boarding school by a bunch of pirates that think she’s the daughter of their long lost queen. In the course of the adventure, she discovers she has a natural penchant for swashbuckling, despite her sheltered childhood Picture Quote #1

Artists forget than the first purpose of a comic character is to convey emotion. Everything else, like realism, or other kinds of virtuosity, is an optional extra. If you sacrifice expression for the sake of other concerns, you’re putting the cart before the horse Picture Quote #1

I think about ‘The Simpsons,’ which has been going on for 25 years. Homer is still in his late 30’s. Lisa is 8, Bart is 10. Their stories are told. Yet the series keeps going on and on like a zombie that won’t lie down and die. That feels forced and unnatural. The characters never change, grow, age Picture Quote #1

Character design, like story design, requires a hook to grab the readers attention Picture Quote #1

Theres something about girls and unicorns thats deep and meaningful. Something about childhood Picture Quote #1

I think theres too much saturated color in comics, thanks to digital color techniques Picture Quote #1

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A story really isn’t truly a story until it reaches its climax and conclusion Picture Quote #1

I love gothic monsters, but I like to root them more firmly in the traditional folklore from which they sprang. Or at least, I like to evoke the feeling of those folk stories Picture Quote #1

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I think all artists need to try to improve, or their work gets stale (Ted Naifeh Quotes) I like characters with character, not just pretty faces. Anyway, I think people can be both grotesque and beautiful at the same time. Look at Mick Jagger in the seventies. Look at Angelina Jolie. (Ted Naifeh Quotes) Some of the best art in the world is collaborative, a mix of voices that are stronger together than separate. Take the Beatles, for example. Or every great movie ever made. We like to say they’re the director’s vision, but really, they’re huge collaborations between directors, writers, actors, even producers. (Ted Naifeh Quotes) Character design, like story design, requires a hook to grab the reader’s attention (Ted Naifeh Quotes) Us comics guys tend to get really good at the things we draw a lot. I’m good at creepy old forests, Victorian houses, underground goblin cities, and beautiful but creepy fairies. (Ted Naifeh Quotes) I dug up some old John Buscema ‘Conan’ comics. Man, when Alfredo Alcala was inking, that was some of the most beautiful black and white comic art ever published. The stories are good, too, though early 70s comics based on Conan is a festival of sexist, racist stereotypes. (Ted Naifeh Quotes) The first ‘Polly and the Pirates’ is about a prim and proper girl who gets kidnapped out of her comfy boarding school by a bunch of pirates that think she’s the daughter of their long lost queen. In the course of the adventure, she discovers she has a natural penchant for swashbuckling, despite her sheltered childhood. (Ted Naifeh Quotes) Artists forget than the first purpose of a comic character is to convey emotion. Everything else, like realism, or other kinds of virtuosity, is an optional extra. If you sacrifice expression for the sake of other concerns, you’re putting the cart before the horse. (Ted Naifeh Quotes) I think about ‘The Simpsons,’ which has been going on for 25 years. Homer is still in his late 30’s. Lisa is 8, Bart is 10. Their stories are told. Yet the series keeps going on and on like a zombie that won’t lie down and die. That feels forced and unnatural. The characters never change, grow, age. (Ted Naifeh Quotes) Character design, like story design, requires a hook to grab the readers attention (Ted Naifeh Quotes) Theres something about girls and unicorns thats deep and meaningful. Something about childhood (Ted Naifeh Quotes) I think theres too much saturated color in comics, thanks to digital color techniques (Ted Naifeh Quotes) A story really isn’t truly a story until it reaches its climax and conclusion (Ted Naifeh Quotes) I love gothic monsters, but I like to root them more firmly in the traditional folklore from which they sprang. Or at least, I like to evoke the feeling of those folk stories (Ted Naifeh Quotes)