What Style Means In Art - Hints For The Entertainment Industry Artist - Tips # 4

The meaning of style is as controversial as the question of what is Art, with a capital "A". Let's keep in mind that Art is subjective and what I'm about to say is based on my experience. I would like to avoid any blood shed.

Style is what you learned
Style is how you see things
Style is how confident you are with your tool
Style is your interest
Style is how you see the world
Style is how you design
Style is what you design
Style is a state of mind
Style is a point of view

Style is what makes an artist stand out from an other, and most likely if you are able to recognize their unique individuality, that means that they've worked their butt off in that medium and they have processed so much information that their individual point of view is able to shine through their choice of marks. The process of creation is now secondary and in the creative moment they simply can focus on communication and not on technical problems of the medium. It doesn't meant that an artist is done learning, but that an artist has figured out where their interests lay and he/she has found their own short hand to tell their story. Writers often call it the voice.

Style is many thing but it's not an excuse.

I've often hear young/and sometime older artist excuse an unsuccessful peace as "that's my style". That's is a disservice they do to themselves. Often they are afraid to admit to themself or colleagues that they are not as ripe of an artist. Don't do this to yourself, if you tell everyone that you know everything, others who are willing to share their knowledge will likely shy away from you. Understanding where you are with your artwork and stying focus will help you on your journey to find your "style". Stay hungry for knowledge, it will serve you well. There's no shame in an unsuccessful piece, we all make them. Even in early works of an artist it is possible to see the glimpse of the individual short hand "style". But you'll be able to see that in retrospect, be patient. The image might not be successful but the artist is well on the way, as long as they stay constant and work on their craft.

Style is also a summery of your interests, who did you study? Rubens, Pontormo, Marc Davis, Charter Goodrich? As you are studying their work, and drawing from life you will slowly build your own visual dictionary. Because you are choosing to study specific elements from other artist you'll be able to carry over part of their sensibility to your own work. You'll be able to inject that sensitivity into your life studies and augment your observations with how i.e. Rubens handles the human form, so round and fresh, or how Charter Goodrich textures all of his fun shapes.

Above I motioned that "Style is a state of mind", have a look at Picasso and Goya and how their work changed over the years and why. That will give you something tangible to latch on to. Goya saw some horrible stuff in his life, that led him change his work substantially. Picasso, I honestly think that he was simply curious, interested many different mediums and ideas that he jumped from one to another quite fast. He always wanted to try something new, yet his playfulness in his work is a constant.

My advise is not focus on your style but focus on learning what you are interested in, if you like how an artist draw hands try coping the way they draw hands, then study the anatomy of the hand and understand why those choices were made. That will make it easier to retain that information. And that bit will now be part of your visual vocabulary. Most likely because you understood how that short hand works on the hands, you'll be able to apply the methodology elsewhere in your work. Then you just have to rinse and repeat this process with other subjects. The important thing is not to copy blindly that brings much less for your time investment. Be conscious of what you are studying and ask yourself questions, so that when the time comes you'll have the answers at hand.

Soon you'll start creating with your own lines and offer your unique visual solution to the question that sparked the creative process for the piece you just finished.

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Cheers for now and let's keep creating!

– Cesare



TIME MARKERS

00:00 - Preview Of Final Drawing
00:03 - Finding The Idea
00:38 - What Is Style?
04:50 - Tightening Things Up
10:25 - Adding The Background
12:12 - On To The Next!

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Drawing by: Cesare Asaro
Drawing Ref. Nr.: Studies_114_2024_03_28


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