Whitechapel - Influential Artists 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=3964#Comment_3964 2007-12-04T08:00:11-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 harchangel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=134 Just thought it'd be fun to see what artists are influencing other artists or even non-artists or those creatives somewhere between the two. So favorite and most influential artists for you at the ...
NC Wyeth
Maxwell Parish
James Jean
Alphonse Mucha
Mike Mignola
Chris Bachalo
Gustave Doré

Well that's at least a start.

What have you got?]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=3976#Comment_3976 2007-12-04T08:22:17-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 C.c. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=463 Edward Hopper Mervyn Peake Henri Cartier-Bresson Al Jaffee Bas Jan Ader Max Ernst Dave McKean many others Mervyn Peake
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Al Jaffee
Bas Jan Ader
Max Ernst
Dave McKean

many others]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=3977#Comment_3977 2007-12-04T08:23:23-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 harchangel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=134 ah crap....i forgot Dave McKean.....good call Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=3979#Comment_3979 2007-12-04T08:26:04-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 collindeplancy http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=417 As a relentless non-artist, my real influence these days can be find at Bibliodyssey and Monster Brains blogs. These exquisite / weird / glorious imagery is my first Internet reference these days. ... Bibliodyssey and Monster Brains blogs. These exquisite / weird / glorious imagery is my first Internet reference these days. But besides there are some others:
- The crude creations by Jose Feitor at Imprensa Canalha, a Portuguese comic creator;
- The Jules Verne editions by Hetzel, with great illustrations (my cheap Le Château des Carpathes edition provided by Livre de Poche)
- These Roland Topor figures.
- Wellsian "War of the Worlds" stuff.]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=3987#Comment_3987 2007-12-04T08:41:19-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 Ferburton http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=53 Michaelangelo Darick Robertson David Llyod Steve Ditko Garry Leach Alan Davis Kevin O'Neil Darick Robertson
David Llyod
Steve Ditko
Garry Leach
Alan Davis
Kevin O'Neil]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=4006#Comment_4006 2007-12-04T09:25:06-08:00 2007-12-04T09:25:25-08:00 fogus http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=52 Jack Vance Linus Torvalds GRRM Paul Graham Ritchie and Kernighan Steve Wozniak Nikola Tesla Alan Moore George Boole MZD Douglas Hofstadter Edsger Dijkstra -m Linus Torvalds
GRRM
Paul Graham
Ritchie and Kernighan
Steve Wozniak
Nikola Tesla
Alan Moore
George Boole
MZD
Douglas Hofstadter
Edsger Dijkstra

-m]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=4018#Comment_4018 2007-12-04T09:45:28-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 Paul Duffield http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6 Currently... Kay Nielsen Jiro Taniguchi Taiyo Matsumoto Josh Middleton Tatsuyuki Tanaka Miou Takaya Koji Morimoto Ursula Le guin Haruki Murakami Craig Thompson Shaun Tan
Kay Nielsen
Jiro Taniguchi
Taiyo Matsumoto
Josh Middleton
Tatsuyuki Tanaka
Miou Takaya
Koji Morimoto
Ursula Le guin
Haruki Murakami
Craig Thompson
Shaun Tan]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=4026#Comment_4026 2007-12-04T09:56:08-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 harchangel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=134 Nice call on Middleton...i forgot to mention Time Sale, i can't leave that guy out. Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=4034#Comment_4034 2007-12-04T10:21:30-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 Carnadine http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=56 Rene Magritte Paul Cezanne Dave McKean Marcel Duchamp Auguste Rodin Edward Hopper Edgar Degas James Gurney Paul Cezanne
Dave McKean
Marcel Duchamp
Auguste Rodin
Edward Hopper
Edgar Degas
James Gurney]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=4058#Comment_4058 2007-12-04T11:05:18-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 redcrow http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=395 NC Wyeth JC Leyendecker Frank Frazetta Michael Kaluta Jeffry Jones Barry Windsor-Smith Berni Wrightson Alan Lee Charles Vess William Stout Adam Hughes Jon Foster Marko Djurdevic Andrew ... JC Leyendecker
Frank Frazetta
Michael Kaluta
Jeffry Jones
Barry Windsor-Smith
Berni Wrightson
Alan Lee
Charles Vess
William Stout
Adam Hughes
Jon Foster
Marko Djurdevic
Andrew "Android" Jones
Craig Mullins
B. Bjorker Eriksson
Mike Mignola
Paul Pope
Yoshitaka Amano
Gez Fry

ah, who am I kidding? This list could go on forever. There are so many artists who influence me in good (and bad) ways.]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=4118#Comment_4118 2007-12-04T13:17:31-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 tonymoore http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=365 here are a few i've been keeping around me recently: Jack Davis John Severin Wally Wood Doug Mahnke Geof Darrow Moebius Robert Crumb Mike Zeck Joe Kubert Edward Hopper Eugene ...
Jack Davis
John Severin
Wally Wood
Doug Mahnke
Geof Darrow
Moebius
Robert Crumb
Mike Zeck
Joe Kubert

Edward Hopper
Eugene Delacroix
NC Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth
Jerome Witkin
Ron Mueck

-T]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=4128#Comment_4128 2007-12-04T13:50:42-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 lazarus corporation http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=630 Joseph Cornell Robert Rauschenberg Egon Schiele Francis Bacon Lucien Freud Kurt Schwitters Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Anselm Kiefer Lee Miller Peter Blake Jasper Johns Jenny Saville Joseph ... Robert Rauschenberg
Egon Schiele
Francis Bacon
Lucien Freud
Kurt Schwitters
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Anselm Kiefer
Lee Miller
Peter Blake
Jasper Johns
Jenny Saville
Joseph Beuys
Alberto Giacometti
Veruschka]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=4315#Comment_4315 2007-12-04T19:00:43-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 Alan Tyson http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1299 Da Vinci Dali Will Eisner James O'Barr Ryan Church Christian Gosset * Neil Gaiman William Gibson Robert Heinlein Warren Ellis (duh) Dali
Will Eisner
James O'Barr
Ryan Church
Christian Gosset
*
Neil Gaiman
William Gibson
Robert Heinlein
Warren Ellis (duh)]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=4461#Comment_4461 2007-12-04T21:35:56-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 Wooleybooley http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1177 Artists that have influenced me the most: Wendy Pini P Craig Russell Walt Simonson Adam Hughes Joe Linsner Chris Bachalo Jill Thompson Charles Vess David Mack Yoshitaka Amano Alphonse ...
Wendy Pini
P Craig Russell
Walt Simonson
Adam Hughes
Joe Linsner
Chris Bachalo
Jill Thompson
Charles Vess
David Mack
Yoshitaka Amano
Alphonse Mucha
Gustav Klimt
Edward Burne-Jones
Dante Gabriel Rossetti]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=4463#Comment_4463 2007-12-04T21:44:18-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 MusiM http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1297 My medium is music but other mediums influence me to explain the mish mash I'm posting. No I don't know a lot about what most of these people are like. Rachmaninoff Haujobb Akira ...
Rachmaninoff
Haujobb
Akira Yamaoka
Ellen Allien
Paco De Lucia
Chuck Palahniuk
C.S. Friedman
Neil Gaiman
Warren Ellis
Kurt Busiek
Christopher Nolan
Akihiko Yoshida
Nikola Tesla
David Bowie
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
I'm going to stop now.]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=4480#Comment_4480 2007-12-04T22:31:18-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 kevinmellon http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=576 m.mignola l.bermejo a.mucha a.williamson a.toth a.raymond b.wood l.bermejo
a.mucha
a.williamson
a.toth
a.raymond
b.wood]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=4482#Comment_4482 2007-12-04T22:37:08-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 john_bivens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=505 Nic Klein Dave Johnson James Jean Ashley Wood Justin Sweet Frank Frazetta Dave McKean Greg Manchess Jon Foster Tomer Hanuka Dave Johnson
James Jean
Ashley Wood
Justin Sweet
Frank Frazetta
Dave McKean
Greg Manchess
Jon Foster
Tomer Hanuka]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=5473#Comment_5473 2007-12-06T15:17:35-08:00 2007-12-06T15:17:58-08:00 Redddfive http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1418 Banksy! Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=6839#Comment_6839 2007-12-10T15:37:24-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 Elohim http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1014 James O'Barr Marcelo Frusin Jason Thibault Dave McKean Bryan Hitch Jacen Burrows I don't do much arty stuff, but these guys really stuck in my head... Don't get me wrong, there are loads ... Marcelo Frusin
Jason Thibault
Dave McKean
Bryan Hitch
Jacen Burrows

I don't do much arty stuff, but these guys really stuck in my head...

Don't get me wrong, there are loads more that I love... reading? looking at? But these guys are my tops]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=7007#Comment_7007 2007-12-11T02:02:31-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 redben http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1026 This is just a list of names, tell me why they're so influential? Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=7009#Comment_7009 2007-12-11T02:31:57-08:00 2007-12-11T02:32:23-08:00 altheak http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=84 Rob Liefeld. I just ask myself: What would Rob Liefeld do? And then, I do the exact contrary. Nothing works better when I'm drawing.
I just ask myself: What would Rob Liefeld do? And then, I do the exact contrary. Nothing works better when I'm drawing.]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=7011#Comment_7011 2007-12-11T02:36:44-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 redben http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1026 What would Rob Liefeld do? That should be a bumper sticker. What would Rob Liefeld do?

That should be a bumper sticker.]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=7857#Comment_7857 2007-12-13T23:49:27-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 MusiM http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1297 I'll write the why for Rachmaninoff and thats about it. There is no song in the world more gut wrenching and utterly depressing and world ending as Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# Minor. And no I'm ... Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=7889#Comment_7889 2007-12-14T06:27:44-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 Richard Pace http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=320 Hmm. Actual influences on my work instead of people who simply do work I like: Frank Frazetta John Singer Sargent Rembrandt NC Wyeth George Bridgman Joseph Clement Coll Will Eisner John ... Actual influences on my work instead of people who simply do work I like:

Frank Frazetta
John Singer Sargent
Rembrandt
NC Wyeth
George Bridgman
Joseph Clement Coll
Will Eisner
John Buscema
Bernie Wrightson]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=8645#Comment_8645 2007-12-17T21:27:55-08:00 2007-12-17T21:28:22-08:00 Evan W Smith http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=905 Rembrandt is up there, but I'd love to find out who actually did the Man with the Golden Helmet painting one day, it gave me goosebumps the first time I saw it, which is a feat when looking at art ... The Man with the Golden Helmet
Then there's
Titian
Caravaggio
Bermejo
Mack
Carlos Huante
Marko Djurdjevic definitely seems to be takin a hold of the concept art industry

Shit, there are a ton I can't think of, but pretty much if I've heard of em, they've been influential.]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=9646#Comment_9646 2007-12-24T13:37:03-08:00 2007-12-24T13:38:48-08:00 Nick Ashfield http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1563 Francis bacon heinrich kley edward gorey alex gray james jean chris mars derek hess audrey kawasaki mignola ben templesmith I feel I've taken something from each of them that has ... heinrich kley
edward gorey
alex gray
james jean
chris mars
derek hess
audrey kawasaki
mignola
ben templesmith

I feel I've taken something from each of them that has drastically affected my own work and my perception of art in general.]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=9752#Comment_9752 2007-12-26T09:17:32-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 lasse_toft http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1539 i just went through the page and didn't see Bill Sienkiewicz on it, soooo... Bill Sienkiewicz.
Bill Sienkiewicz.]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=9753#Comment_9753 2007-12-26T09:20:13-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 harchangel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=134 Good Call on Sienkiewicz. Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=9768#Comment_9768 2007-12-26T13:34:49-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 Matt_Reynolds http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=315 Paul Pope Ben Templesmith Frank Quietly Simon Bianchi Philip Bond JH Williams Ben Templesmith
Frank Quietly
Simon Bianchi
Philip Bond
JH Williams]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=10228#Comment_10228 2007-12-30T16:22:40-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 Yskaya http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1359 Barron Storey : insane details, lots of layering, always a story hidden in the art. Modigliani : Crude and effective. cool question. Modigliani : Crude and effective.

cool question.]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=10231#Comment_10231 2007-12-30T16:39:33-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 alwayscrashing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=162 I didn't see anyone mention these guys so I think a shout out is required... Steve Bissette & John Totleben I think Hogarth needs a mention for his serial paintings/engravings like The ...
Steve Bissette & John Totleben

I think Hogarth needs a mention for his serial paintings/engravings like The Rake's Progress and Marriage a la Mode too.]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=10234#Comment_10234 2007-12-30T17:09:39-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 Andre Navarro http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1561 Steve Dillon - absolutely priceless visual narrative. John Cassaday - Perfect composition of pages and its panels, not to mention the beauty of his art. J.H. Williams III - genius of page ...
John Cassaday - Perfect composition of pages and its panels, not to mention the beauty of his art.

J.H. Williams III - genius of page layout.

Jim Lee - his splash pages are simply stunning, and his artwork manages to work for all genres, which is surprising.

Frank Cho - incredibly smooth pencils and - of course - his women.

Rob Liefeld - how NOT to draw.]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=10291#Comment_10291 2007-12-31T07:48:42-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 Pooka http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=216 hrmmm Joseph Vargo Zdzislaw Beksinski (god i hope i spelled that right) luis royo silvestri (doesn't really fit in with the others, but if I were to gain usage of my hands again for drawing and ... Joseph Vargo
Zdzislaw Beksinski (god i hope i spelled that right)
luis royo
silvestri (doesn't really fit in with the others, but if I were to gain usage of my hands again for drawing and whatnot, my illustration style would be heavily influenced by him...)
brom
giger
brian froud
chad ward
ashley wood
ben templesmith

very inspiring people for me...i have a thing for dark, raw edged, energy filled painting...i also really like suydam's style and color usage sometimes...i have a moonknight zombie print he did all in orange, yellow and browns that i am really really fond of. I like rotty colors...:/]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=10296#Comment_10296 2007-12-31T08:30:43-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 harchangel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=134 rotty colors best description of Suydam's work that i've heard yet. i love me some ashley wood and Templesmith. Froud is a good call too. rotty colors

best description of Suydam's work that i've heard yet.

i love me some ashley wood and Templesmith. Froud is a good call too.]]> Influential Artists http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=138&Focus=11689#Comment_11689 2008-01-11T21:03:47-08:00 2013-05-18T10:09:51-07:00 trini_naenae http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=183 At the moment? Probably... Gustaf Klimpt Egon Scheile Swoon Probably lots of other people, but that's just off the top of my head as the most significant. I'd have to look through all my ...
Probably...
Gustaf Klimpt
Egon Scheile
Swoon

Probably lots of other people, but that's just off the top of my head as the most significant. I'd have to look through all my books and favorite websites and links and then the people I talk to...]]>