What kind of illustration style do you have and how does it relate to your story?

[alaingrey]

I'm not sure how to describe how I draw. It's somewhat realistic, but with cartoon proportion and manga influence, though it's certainly not very manga. I keep my comic black and white to play into the gothic music theme of the story, and to reference punk photography of the 80s. My big influences to the comic were the photographs of Ed Colver, which are highly contrasted black and white images, the film Pi, another high contrast black and white work with a lot of symbolic imagery, and various manga.
Sometimes I think my 'style' does a disservice to my comic because it can be a bit sweet while my comic is a lot about despair and depression and addiction. At the same time, I think a lot of very gritty styles don't get much attention on the web, and then the story would be ignored : D
edit: //deleted a few pics cuz this post looked bigger in pics than words OTL
while I'm editing, I'll mention that old zines are also a big influence to the comic, and why I chose to use my horrible horrible hand lettering skills and traditional inking. I also have a very textured watercolor look to kind of conjure up 80s gothic feel in the pages.

Compare to the photos I reference, I think it's easy to see how I was inspired in my comic:

[KSlinger]

Bleeh, I struggle to describe my illustration style because it seems to shift and flux all time! All I know is that when the story is intense, the art is intense, and when the story slows down the art is softer. The more 'still' the moment, the more detailed the art. The more movement a panel requires, the sketchier the quality.

Close-ups and long shots also are also different but I try to put detail only where it really matters. Same with dialogue, which I try to use minimally and meaningfully and otherwise let the art speak for itself. I feel there's a lot to understand about the world of West and the characters in it (a lot of ground to cover, so to speak) but I don't think the reader's won't get it if these things are't spelled out for them. I try to provide the info they need and let them figure out the rest.

Colours are indicative in to the story and change frequently, mostly because there's a lot of light being thrown around and characters/enemies have their own hues (Jed is a teal-blue, Serge is a firey orange-red, etc.) If you spread the whole story out on the floor you could track who is fighting just from those changes alone.

[SirGutsalot]

My style is pretty much the same as it has always been, inspired by the Where's Wally books when I was a kid. For my comic, Galaxy Guts it's pretty minimalist in line and color but I think it works best for my characters. Plus I am a traditionalist simply because it is what I know best.
My story is light-hearted so I don't think a really serious style would cut it, but it can also be really dark which funnily enough also works for my style.

[artportfranco]

The style I´m developing is trying to give a simplistic look but giving a sharp message.

This is my first series, LOC. I´m motivated and want to share this story. ACTION, THRILLER, SAMURAI, GLOBAL. and HISTORY hope you like it.
https://tapastic.com/series/LOC

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[vongcw]

My illustration style is a mixture of a lot of influences. When I started drawing comics I studied Spawn like nuts. As time went on I was influenced by Disney and Manga at the same time. In more recent times, art influences Artgerm and Tracy J Butler (creator of Lackadaisy that everyone should definitely check out).

The current style I have for Aetherwar is the basic one I think lots of fantasy comics have: ie shaded and strong colours. Most fantasy comics are dramatic, attempting to create situations or worlds where the characters can have experiences to degrees that in real life we generally try and avoid, such as extreme fear, extreme excitement, and adventure. The colours communicate that by their wide hue variety and values.

[Delete]

I try to keep the proportions pretty accurate but I don't usually use gesture drawing. Everybody ends up looking to animated with gesture drawing, which doesn't fit in with the kind of story I like to tell. The best way I can describe the way I write stories is when idealization gets hit hard by reality. The characters want to believe they are larger than life but then they get smushed by life instead and realize their lives are kind of boring and meaningless.

Also I'd say my art style mixes alternative comic styles like Crumb or Clowes with some anime influence. I usually paint over my inks with watercolor very methodically.

Check out my comics here!