I once heard that the books that really impacted you as a kid, the ones that you read over and over and over again, are the ones that will impact your writing voice, for better or worse, forever.
I think the same thing applies to drawing. I draw in a very certain way, a strong-lined method that brings to mind those old hand-drawn animations. One of my favorite movies as a child was the Last Unicorn. It is the most magical movie. I love all the lines, the curves, the colors, the epic journey, the lost self/lost love story, the America soundtrack. Yes, it was kind of a musical but that only made it better.
I recently stumbled across Caitlin Hackett's work on my love for you is a stampede of horses.
So beautiful and all done with ballpoint pen. Not only artistically inspiring but I immediately thought of the harpy in The Last Unicorn. I would bet money that Caitlin watched The Last Unicorn as a child.
I watched it on VHS until the tape burned up. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI have it on DVD if any of you ladies would like to borrow it.
ReplyDeleteThat ballpoint pen drawing is beautiful.
Oh man. I need to get my own copy. I have one, but I bought it in NZ and it's not compatible here.
ReplyDeletep.s. you should go to her website and check out her other stuff. Amazing.
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