[Fanart] Sungminnie~
Mar. 15th, 2008 10:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fishpatrolI find the experience of drawing fanart for a book-based fandom (e.g. Harry Potter) is distinctively different from an animated fandom (e.g. Prince of Tennis), and both are different from drawing for a 3-D fandom (e.g. Super Junior). To make things easier, I will refer to book-based fandoms as 1-D fandoms and animated ones as 2-D fandoms.
You can take the most liberties with 1-D fandoms. There is no set image for the characters; there may be certain physical traits that are commonly associated with the character, but they're hardly set in stone. I could draw a circle with glasses, a lightning bolt, and scribbly black hair. Most people would say, "Hey, it's a really crappy picture of Harry Potter!" If I drew another circle with a slanted smile and light hair and a heart around the two floating heads, people would say, "Hey, it's a really crappy H/D picture!" But I could also draw Draco with streaks in his hair and piercings everywhere and call it "Draco Gone Punk" and most people would think I'm on crack, but they'd still nod and say, "Yeah, the artist is on crack, but we suppose that Draco could look like this if he, y'know, went punk." And any style of drawing goes! Realism, anime/manga, cartoon...
With 2-D fandoms, it's even easier to draw recognizable characters because animators are lazy people at heart and will dress the characters the same way for as many frames as possible and have them maintain the exact same gravity-defying hairstyle throughout the entire series. Again, any style of drawing would be suitable as long as one preserves the defining physical features of the character.
Now, 3-D fandoms (including bandoms, movie fandoms, TV fandoms, etc) I find a whole lot trickier. Characters/group members/etc change their clothes, change their hair, and generally have less defining physical features. I find that it's more difficult to establish a style of drawing that renders the character recognizable (other than portrait/realism or caricatures -- both of which are awfully difficult to do well without extensive practise). No longer can I draw a circle, slap on some hair and expect people to recognize the character, even if I provide the fandom to limit the number of possible characters.
In conclusion: trying to draw fanart of the Suju members is tricky business.
What do you guys think? Do you find that drawing/looking at fanart for different types of fandom-sources a different experience?
I also find that 2-D fandoms tend to have the most fanart, which is not surprising since they are equally art-based as they are story/plot-based and characters are more easily translated into fanart, while 3-D fandoms rarely have any (this may be an over-generalization -- Lord of the Rings, for example, would be an exception -- LotR could be categorized under 1-D fandoms, but I believe the slew of fanart came after the release of the movies). 1-D fandoms are probably not overabundant with fanart either, but the ever-so-prolific HP fandom kind of skews things.
Anyway, all ramblings aside, I believe that Sungmin ought to win the Most Adorable award and he looks awfully cute in pink (I realize there are thirteen guys in this picture. Just look for the bright pink).
And lookit him play with this kitty alkjdafl;jdsULTIMATECUTENESS♥♥
That would be Heebum dangling from the crook of his arm. (Does Heechul even let the other members play with his cat?)
I'm not sure if you're actually supposed to hold a cat that way. .____.;;
The balloon probably should be ~*~Sapphire Blue~*~...but blue wouldn't match with the colour scheme.
You can take the most liberties with 1-D fandoms. There is no set image for the characters; there may be certain physical traits that are commonly associated with the character, but they're hardly set in stone. I could draw a circle with glasses, a lightning bolt, and scribbly black hair. Most people would say, "Hey, it's a really crappy picture of Harry Potter!" If I drew another circle with a slanted smile and light hair and a heart around the two floating heads, people would say, "Hey, it's a really crappy H/D picture!" But I could also draw Draco with streaks in his hair and piercings everywhere and call it "Draco Gone Punk" and most people would think I'm on crack, but they'd still nod and say, "Yeah, the artist is on crack, but we suppose that Draco could look like this if he, y'know, went punk." And any style of drawing goes! Realism, anime/manga, cartoon...
With 2-D fandoms, it's even easier to draw recognizable characters because animators are lazy people at heart and will dress the characters the same way for as many frames as possible and have them maintain the exact same gravity-defying hairstyle throughout the entire series. Again, any style of drawing would be suitable as long as one preserves the defining physical features of the character.
Now, 3-D fandoms (including bandoms, movie fandoms, TV fandoms, etc) I find a whole lot trickier. Characters/group members/etc change their clothes, change their hair, and generally have less defining physical features. I find that it's more difficult to establish a style of drawing that renders the character recognizable (other than portrait/realism or caricatures -- both of which are awfully difficult to do well without extensive practise). No longer can I draw a circle, slap on some hair and expect people to recognize the character, even if I provide the fandom to limit the number of possible characters.
In conclusion: trying to draw fanart of the Suju members is tricky business.
What do you guys think? Do you find that drawing/looking at fanart for different types of fandom-sources a different experience?
I also find that 2-D fandoms tend to have the most fanart, which is not surprising since they are equally art-based as they are story/plot-based and characters are more easily translated into fanart, while 3-D fandoms rarely have any (this may be an over-generalization -- Lord of the Rings, for example, would be an exception -- LotR could be categorized under 1-D fandoms, but I believe the slew of fanart came after the release of the movies). 1-D fandoms are probably not overabundant with fanart either, but the ever-so-prolific HP fandom kind of skews things.
Anyway, all ramblings aside, I believe that Sungmin ought to win the Most Adorable award and he looks awfully cute in pink (I realize there are thirteen guys in this picture. Just look for the bright pink).
And lookit him play with this kitty alkjdafl;jdsULTIMATECUTENESS♥♥
That would be Heebum dangling from the crook of his arm. (Does Heechul even let the other members play with his cat?)
I'm not sure if you're actually supposed to hold a cat that way. .____.;;
The balloon probably should be ~*~Sapphire Blue~*~...but blue wouldn't match with the colour scheme.
