A few of my art influences

Name: A few of my art influences
Uploaded: 2024-06-26T15:30:13+00:00
Duration: 36 s
Channel: Ryan Maloney
Description: In this brief monologue, Ryan Maloney explains how he taught himself to draw using the Bruce Blitz Cartoons VHS tutorial series, which he watched…

26 Jun 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Ryan Maloney explains how he taught himself to draw using the Bruce Blitz Cartoons VHS tutorial series, which he watched repeatedly. He describes his habit of spending extensive time in college libraries poring over art books, and lists several artistic influences that shaped his style: sculptor Jonathan Borofsky, sketch artist Jim Dine, the humor of the TV show Family Guy, and various New York‑style cartoonists. Maloney notes that he often becomes intensely focused on a single artist for a couple of weeks, studying all of their work, resulting in a eclectic blend of inspirations that informs his own art.

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I taught myself to draw with Bruce Blitz Cartoons, a VHS drawing tutorial series, the original YouTube. I wore that VHS tape out. I spent a lot of time in the library in college. I would just open up art books, and I like traditional artists like Jonathan Borofsky, like a sculptor that went to Carnegie Mellon. Jim Dine was like a rough sketch artist. Anything with like a ton of like crazy attitude in it, I really liked. I mean, when I first saw the Family Guy, I was like, oh, sense of humor is just unbelievable. And then a bunch of New York style cartoonists. I'll just become obsessed with an artist for like 2 weeks and just study everything they do. So I'm just really like a hodgepodge of a million artists I've come across.