I enjoyed hearing her talk about how much more meaningful comics were when she was growing up and how they were much less easily attainable and thus more meaningful; and also hearing her rattling off all the great artists Sienkiewicz, Paul Smith, Chris Bachalo, Steve Dillon etc. who inspired her. And that Jon J. Muth's OA page hangs in a frame in her bathroom. She's a true lover of comics.
Too bad she traces all her reference photos and can't draw backgrounds so the story never feels grounded cuz we dont know where we are . just splashes of color for backgrounds. She learned to draw 3)4 front and profile. The panels where she has no reference stand out like a sore thumb as they say and look flat and awful. She traced photos from and sells them as sketches without crediting the photographer. Google tula lotay tracing and youll see the last of us traces and several others. She re uses panels and zooms in thinking people won't notice. Im not hating but she should credit and learn to draw on her own. Challenge her to draw one page of sequentials on the spot without her knowing the story. She couldn't do it. Just like the con sketchss she'll pull out phone to copy a reference or use one of her memorized head poses. Look at barnstormers and the mess that is. I'll point them out in a video hopefully soon. Flip through any of the work she does there is never any effort to draw a background EVER.
As a fellow Yorkshire woman, I was so surprised to hear an accent so familiar! :) Wonderful artwork too!
I enjoyed hearing her talk about how much more meaningful comics were when she was growing up and how they were much less easily attainable and thus more meaningful; and also hearing her rattling off all the great artists Sienkiewicz, Paul Smith, Chris Bachalo, Steve Dillon etc. who inspired her. And that Jon J. Muth's OA page hangs in a frame in her bathroom. She's a true lover of comics.
10:37 I'm pretty sure she said Muth used "James Jean for Havoc"...but I'm sure she meant James Dean. ;)
Too bad she traces all her reference photos and can't draw backgrounds so the story never feels grounded cuz we dont know where we are . just splashes of color for backgrounds. She learned to draw 3)4 front and profile. The panels where she has no reference stand out like a sore thumb as they say and look flat and awful.
She traced photos from and sells them as sketches without crediting the photographer. Google tula lotay tracing and youll see the last of us traces and several others.
She re uses panels and zooms in thinking people won't notice. Im not hating but she should credit and learn to draw on her own.
Challenge her to draw one page of sequentials on the spot without her knowing the story. She couldn't do it. Just like the con sketchss she'll pull out phone to copy a reference or use one of her memorized head poses. Look at barnstormers and the mess that is. I'll point them out in a video hopefully soon.
Flip through any of the work she does there is never any effort to draw a background EVER.