Hello everyone, finally, after that sad/uncanny post, I can make a blog about something much more fun and nice: promoting smaller artists. And this time the person I want to promote is Kyoto-Beatz.
The very first thing that strikes the viewer's is the subject shown in his gallery: stickmen.
One could say "but stickmen are badly drawn!", well, listen me you little....
There are some examples of how his style is at a superior level of redefining stickmen art. First element that characterizes his works are the attention to details even in the simple designs typical of stickmen, second element use of shades such as in the same artwork I've just linked:
Pay attention to the second panel. The presence of shades on the face gives the character a more natural look, adds depth and overall creates a pleasant visual appeal to the character's design.
Third element I love about his art is the presence of backgrounds like in this already mentioned work:
Look carefully the details of buildings and road, I can almost see the iridescent effect that rain causes when it is on a road. I love the perspective of the city, the one-point perspective give a feel of vastness and size. I also like how background has this dynamic effect on it. It's a mix of futurism and cyberpunk-like feel.
In this other piece I love the use of highlights and lightings on the character's hair not to mention the details on hair:
And this brings to the fore the fourth element: use of lighting and highlights to create dynamism in the composition scene or enhance the character's design such as in these two artworks:
I want to conclude my promotion with his most recent work:
because it combines key elements of his art:
- volumetric shapes of the stickman character
- neat design conveyed by both shading and vivid colours
- dynamic poses
- facial expressions thanks also to the help of highlights
So if you like to see high quality stickman art I strongly advise you to give him a follow, fave, review and vote because he definitely deserves a spot in this fantastic site that is Newgrounds.
Yatsufusa
Due to an abnormal personal bias, stick figure art is generally 'not for me', but I can see what you like about his art.
ShangXian
Don't worry, that's understandable.
Generally speaking I am not that fond of them too unless it's Henry Stickmin, the funny Stickman collab I participated to test making art with simple designs and this artist's works. In the latter I've noticed a strong personal touch that managed to bring to a new dimension these types of characters combined with very good digital techniques.