Ya gotta love how effective the simplicity of these illustrations are. Every line is perfect and has a meaning, nothing is wasted or 'overdrawn'. Perfection! I can stare at strips like this for hours.
What was a shame about Morrow's work on the FRIDAY FOSTER strip was that Gray changed his style drastically. And not to emulate the previous artist, Longaron, but rather he chose to produce this strip in a more "cartoony" fashion. So it's not as nice as most of Longaron's run, nor is it up to par with Gray's fantastic and normally more "photo-realistic" art. It would be interesting to find out precisely why this was done, because it seems a strange presentation decision by Morrow (or the strip's syndicate editor).
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Ya gotta love how effective the simplicity of these illustrations are. Every line is perfect and has a meaning, nothing is wasted or 'overdrawn'. Perfection! I can stare at strips like this for hours.
ReplyDeleteWhat was a shame about Morrow's work on the FRIDAY FOSTER strip was that Gray changed his style drastically. And not to emulate the previous artist, Longaron, but rather he chose to produce this strip in a more "cartoony" fashion. So it's not as nice as most of Longaron's run, nor is it up to par with Gray's fantastic and normally more "photo-realistic" art. It would be interesting to find out precisely why this was done, because it seems a strange presentation decision by Morrow (or the strip's syndicate editor).
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