Who's your biggest influence in art?

[AnnaLandin]

Most of the artists you mentioned had the macabre vibe to it. Miggnola did hellboy, right?

Yes, Mike Mignola does do Hellboy - and BPRD and Baltimore and Witchfinder and whatever other pies he manages to stick his fingers into. It's all amazing, though I'm a bit too squeamish for BPRD - it's too much body horror for me.

Hellboy is my personal favourite of his works, though Witchfinder is amazing too.

(from my favourite Hellboy story, The Island)

As for the other artists... I wouldn't call them macabre! XD

I mean, Nick Kole is 100% the nicest guy on the internet, and while he CAN draw scary stuff, he's mostly pastel candy colours and adorable things like this otter-person.

Murata Yusuke is currently drawing One Punch Man, but I fell in love with his style back when I found Eyeshield 21 (a manga about American football that is so good it will make you love American football, even though you're a noodle-armed dork who was permanently excused from gym class as a kid). Super-dynamic, amazing skill at character design, and hot dang, does he ever know how to layout a page. D:

Linda Medley is the creator of Castle Waiting, which is kind of a feminist take on fairytales, and is consistently both adorable and awesome. That bottom example is Sister Peace, the bearded nun, sharing cookies and a philosophy discussion with a tiny demon creature.

Aki Irie draws the gorgeous manga Ran to Haiiro no Sekai, which yes, does have an unsettling scene or two involving insects, but is mostly just so pretty it sparkles.

Iwaoka Hisae is the creator of Aomanju no mori (I think that's the japanese title? I'm amateur-translating from the Swedish title), which is a kind of magical realism slice-of-life story about a young man who lives in a little forest together with a bunch of domestic spirits.

Enrique Fernandez has drawn a bunch of comics, but the first one I read by him was L'ile sans sourir, a story about a lost sailor who gets stranded on an island where no one except one small girl still remembers what it's like to be happy.

Moebius is, well, Moebius. The one, the only, the legend.

Kawase Hasui mostly painted landscapes, and developed this really lovely, almost ligne claire style that really appeals to me:

[mariusthered]

ok since you said Art i will say
Leonardo da VInci
paul peel
boris vallejo

comic artists...
james o'barr
frank miller

[KET]

@dglisson I didn't know it at the time but Bruce Timm's works was my childhood. I LOVED Batman! hahaha

@Zpreader I Checked out Tyto-alba and wow, he's really good! I could never draw that kind of style. Cartoony yet proportionate. haha!

@joannekwan Tomer's art seemed surreal. it's like movie posters from the 90's-- specially the rocky one. First time I've heard of Est Em too. Not really that deep into manga art. I only know some of the mainstream ones like Kubo Tite as mentioned by @phenomenom9

@AnnaLandin I've read one or two of Miggnola's works and a friend of mine is a huge fan. I loved eyeshield 21. The anime was so good! I remember reading up the manga cuz I couldn't wait to know what happened next since the anime wasn't finished at that time yet. It's actually one of the few manga's I've read. haha!

@aronthemason The only names I reqcognized there was da vinci and miller, sorry. haha! TDKR was one of my favorite graphic novels. isn't he working on a third installment right now?

[Menbung]

I might be mistaken by reading a previous comment, but, since I have the chance I will say it: I consider comic/manga/manhwa art as ART, and comic artists as ARTISTS. Dunno if I can make a distinction between fine art and comic art, one being true art and the other not being art... but since this isn't a debate I'll get on with the topic now:

I will try to answer this question with different authors each time, I already answered this once (or twice) so, it's time to mention another artist. One of my biggest influences are the best team of illustrators in the world, I don't know if there is a team that have had so much influence in art as they did. The capcom illustrators team from the 90's. All of them are gods to me, they created so sick art that I can't even:

Akiman
Bengus
Kinu Nishimura
Daigo Ikeno

That'll be all oo.oo

[sarrowsmith10]

I was really influenced by Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. I also love the flow and the "realness" of Alphonse Mucha. I love that the women he painted had some healthy pudge... haha. Other than that, I'm a sponge. I love looking at everything. From Jim lee to anime. Everything.

[SirHellsir]

Magic, the card game. It became popular in my school when I was like 10. The monsters and art was so cool that I had to make my own monsters

[F31]

My Nummer 1 the reason I started drawing in the first place:
Eiichiro Oda!
Also Gosho Aoyama, Rumiko Takashi, Hayao Miyazaki.
The inspired me so much.

[rodrigomush]

I was triyng to remember the name "Ran to Haiiro no Sekai" the other day, read sometime in the past, and wanted to come back but couldn't remeber the name.

[rodrigomush]

Well, i promissed some images, so let's go to that
First, comics from the ocident
Brian Lee O'maley is the creator of scott pilgrim:

Chris Samnee

Paolo Rivera

David Lafuente

Sean Murphy

Skottie Young

Mike Allred

From Brazil (where i live):
Rafael Grampá:

Rafael Albuquerque

Gustavo Duarte

The couple Paulo Crumbim and Cristina Eiko

The brothers Fabio Moon and Gabriel Bá

Hahaha hope the post isn't too long.... I tought woudl be cool to share some brazillian artists with you guys, i know some of them are in the americam marcket, but don't know how well knowm they are. (can i do a part 2 with manga/anime?)

[UrMom]

They don't necessarily influence my work, at least consciously, but there are some people I do look up to artistically.

Alphonse Mucha

James Jean

Norman Rockwell

H. R. Giger

There are more, but these are the one's who always pop up without much thought.

[HRandt]

I think my biggest influence is Frederik Peeters. Maybe he is even the reason I'm doing comics right now. I do love his inks and colors and his stories...

Anyway, I have to recognize that I'm also influenced by japanese narrative style because I read a lot of manga when I was a child. But I have not a particular artist as a influence. Well, Gosho Aoyama, possibly.

[phen]

I think that the biggest influence on my art comes from my family and friends and the people I've interacted with throughout the past 10-15 years. I've never really been hugely inspired to create based on visual appeal alone -- it's very much relationship-based, conversation-oriented inspiration for me. Lecture classes are a MASSIVE fuel for my creative outlets, grabbing the way people speak, gesture, infer while persuading or relaying information is just... amazing!

VISUALLY, of course, I borrow a lot from Danny Antonucci (Ed, Edd 'n Eddy, Brothers Grunt) and Jhonen Vasquez (surprise surprise!). I also really dig Mai Hanamura's art but I've only recently stumbled upon her designs for some vn games. Ultimately though, my biggest influence is the context of situation. I like to let the visual image build itself.

[KET]

Wow! it's really nice to see all these people being inspired. and I agree with @Menbung when it comes to art. you don't have to be a Picasso to call yourself an artist. haha!
@rodrigomush sure! do a part 3 even! hahah!

As for mine, I've stated it before but here are some of their works

Greg Capullo's run on batman is one of my biggest influence. I've always been a fan of batman but damn, this guy just blew me away.

Adam Hughes "good girl art" is a major influence when I draw women (and I like to draw women a lot) The way he handles copic markers are just heavenly.

Frank Cho is a bit of a controversian artist. I love his style and the way he draws women( unlike Adam) has more volume in it. I like his proportions.

That's just to name my top 3. haha!

[ToonDoctor]

These artists are also excellent storytellers who knew how to tell a story visually. They also tended to be cheap on lines.

[AnnaLandin]

The brothers Fabio Moon and Gabriel Bá

I met those guys once! : D They were special guests at Stockholm International Comics Festival last year, and they wandered past my table! One of them wore the exact same hat I do.

[successkid2014]

I don't have a specific artist who inspires my style or my work. Really, the Disney company inspires my work. Unless it's the stories that are almost always inspired by daily happenings in my life, my art style, and work is solely inspired by Disney and a lot of the older 2D animations.

[Kelty]

i wish i had an intelligent and artsy response to this thread like the resta you guys, but i dont. my biggest influence was a guy from DeviantArt who disappeared a few years ago. Unknown-person, the guy who did the really popular animations for his tournament entries for Endzone and Law of Talos. His art and characters were what really got me into that sort of cartoony style, the sort of blend of western cartoons and eastern animation. the way he draws different varied expressions really rubbed off on me as an artist, and i think i still subconsciously emulate that. though i'm not nearly as talented as him.

[Yap]

I have a lot of artists I look up to too, Some of my top choices are:

Joe Madureira
Love the energy of his art and how he mixes western super hero style with manga/anime.

Loish
Recently just got into her art, but I quickly fell in love with it. I like how she mixes Disney, manga/anime, and art nouveau together. I like how she draws women - being generally "ideal", but not in an objectionable way.

Greg Capullo
Another favorite comic book illustrator, known for Spawn back in 90s and currently draws Batman. I love the darker edge of his work; great at monsters and gore. He's also just awesome at composition.

Tony DiTerlizzi
He's primarily known for his work as a children's book illustrator, but he's also done a lot of work for RPG and card games. I like his style that can be both whimsical, but also capture the darker side of the faerie tales he depicts.

Katsuya Terada
An illustrator that does manga, American comic books, movies, and games. Love his line work
and colors.

J Scott Campbell
A comic book artist that is known for his Disney-inspired style and "cheesecake" art. He drew my favorite comic when I was a kid, Gen 13.

WolfSkullJack
An artist I discovered on DeviantArt. Love her inking and how she blends animal and human anatomy together in her work.

Cara Grand
A friend of mine who is an awesome painter who mixes death, zombies, and humor in her pieces. She's also an awesome chef on top of this.

Kao Lee Vang
A painter that does her work on murals, tattoos, and canvas. I really like her style.

Yoshitaka Amano
An illustrator principally known for his work on Vampire Hunter D, and video games such as Final Fantasy and Castlevania. He does a lot of work with print making, and it's amazing.

LeSean Thomas
One of my favorite animators. I loved Boondocks, and I can't wait for his Cannon Busters show to drop on Crunchy Roll.

Hayao Miyazaki
And the great Miyazaki. I love his films and manga, his use of watercolors, and his ability to capture emotion, nature, and the little things about life and a character's personality.

[zoonland]

When I was younger, I was inspired by Greg Capullo, Angel Medina, Todd McFarlane and all the 90's american comic book artists. I'd name also Dale Keown and Rob Liefeld.
My biggest influences when I was trying to be an inker were Scott Williams, Jonathan Glapion, Tim Townsend.

My influences for my comic Zoonland are Family Guy/American Dad!/The Simpsons artists, some italian Mickey Mouse Magazine artists and Leonardo Ortolani.

[Axx]

Most of my favourites have been mentioned, also i was really into the comics that got labelled 'goth' in like the 90's - Jhonen Vasquez (jthm, squee, Invader zim), Roman Dirge (lenore). Read Aaron Alexovich's Serenity Rose all as a teen.

Lots of the dark and inky look, mega style and writing

ahh... being a teen.. gross..