What does /ic/ think of Frank Frazzetta?

Overrated

For some reason forced the no reference meme despite very clearly using it. Ego maybe?

>>2615956
his works doesn't appeal to me desu.

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>>2615956

His paintings are great, but his ink drawings are even better.

>>2615958
Maybe a little cocky but not overrated

>>2615958
Fuck you,dont you ever again talk shit about the based Frank,or im going to gorilla slam you nigger

>>2615958
>despite very clearly using it
If you cannot draw anything from your imagination - it's your problem. Here's a little eye opener for you, my young friend - a lot of good artists with solid academic base can construct a human figure without using a reference.

>>2615958
my dad saw him drawing once.
Dude did it from memory.

>>2616481
>>2616483
Franky pls

>>2616491

Ah Frankie Frazetta, ah Frank Frazetta
Frankie me boy don't know
You have the perfect hands to draw without ref

>>2616601
Off his rocker
He's off his rocker

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He's sometimes awkward with his anatomy and proportions but the figures are meant to be subservient to the compositions. And his compositions are almost always dope. I agree that he was a bit cocky.

People often criticize his anatomy but that really isn't the point of Frazetta imo(pic related; anime tier abdominal pacs on this dude). He was able to capture a really dynamic feeling in a lot of his pieces though the subject matter is incredibly cheesy imo.

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>>2616761
Another example of questionable anatomy/proportion from Frazetta. Yes he wasn't the art deity that many people seem to think he is but he's worth studying(especially composition studies). It really is a feat to be able to capture a visceral feeling; a lot of people think that being a life long athlete had a lot to do with this(he was very much into karate).

Anecdotally I can attest that my gestures became a lot more dynamic after practicing mma for a while. You visually assess your opponent's balance a lot in the sport and after doing so for long I started to see some animations and illustrations as very awkward because they'd have a character that's supposed to feel powerful in it's movement or pose and yet it's in a completely weak stance(some of Dave Rapoza's animations come to mind as an example).

I think it's important to have some sort of understanding of movement as it relates to yourself(developing a "feel" for your body I mean). It doesn't have to be fighting though, it could be anything movement related. sorry for the tangent

>>2616775

Yep, I've also done a bit of MMA and other martial arts on and off over the last 10 years. I've found that it has given me a great eye for gesture aswell.

>>2615956
I'm not the best at perspective but the axe's perspective looks really weird

>>2616791
It is but it's subservient to the composition. The axe blade leads out to the cape which leads back to the face.

>>2616795
he should have rotated the wrist a bit then to make things line up.

>>2616798
That's true. It makes me think he may have started with the wrist and then realized "oh shit. this wrist position won't allow for the axe to be where I want it" like with the viking piece(the one with his arms up) it seems like maybe frazetta started with the head and then made it a little too big and got sort of stuck trying to cram the rest of the figure into the shorter space on the way down. I don't know though, I'd imagine he saw these mistakes

what are you, gay?

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>>2616481

>>2616601
it seems unlikely that Frank Frazetta is samefaging on 4chan.

>>2616947
he posed for it.

>>2616995
He's been dead for six years, so...

>>2616491
>>2616601
Frank's dead

>>2618381

Nice try Frankie