Inspiriational Artists - Jamie Tyndall

Jamie Tyndall is another Artist I admire, he has worked for Marvel, DC, and in currently well known for his Zenescope Grimm Fairytale cover art. His work and style is Similar to J. Scott Campbell's, but I feel Tyndall's is more exaggerated in terms of sexualisation (e.g. breast size and leangth of the womens legs.) This however dose not make his work bad in any way, having a different style is something I like about Tydall's work. He also includes huge amounts of detail in his work having characters with lots of gadgets and weapons, usually and amount that wouldn't be feasible to walk around in (let alone the costume designs!) but there is something captivating about his work.

 I love his work on anatomy, though certain features are exaggerated comic art can usually escape this and bend the rules of reality but he can clearly do this because he has a high level of accuracy in real anatomy. His work is great and his attention to detail may be the most impressive aspect of his work.

He also has a few illustrations set in the wild west,  where again his eye for detail is very noticeable. his characters always seem to be very revealing and this kind of art shows sexism in comics still exists but personally I wouldn't flaw his art despite this.  His work is fantastic and clearly sells as he has become very successful.

His work attracts a target audience and thought his work sexualizes women it doesn't make it bad. For example, Martian Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street very clearly objectifies women and still received very good reviews from most critics, with no one commenting on this. It seems films often get away with a lot and its true comics do too, but comics are widely regarded as a more sexist medium I think because of the history of them and the comic code authority being introduced in 54 to clean them up. I simply think comics were ahead of their time in this respect, as life in general has become much more careless about nudity in film, advertisements, and even fashion since the 50's largely due to the counterculture of the 1960's and the peace movement and new hippie culture.

 I am a huge fan of Jamie Tyndall's art and constantly take inspiration from him. I love that I have had the chance to meet him and get his advise on my work at LSCC 2014 and hope to one day reach this standard of illustration.