CotG in the mail

[TTX]

Biggest issue for me with Gustovich is his lack of posing. He seemed to put everyone in one of two poses.

[DMKII: 'The Revenge']

Mar 4, 2018 20:38:43 GMT -5 TTX said:

Biggest issue for me with Gustovich is his lack of posing. He seemed to put everyone in one of two poses.

I can tell you that drawing human anatomy from memory can be very difficult, its the reason why a lot of artists will use some sort of reference when drawing people. You've seen those wooden dummies before I'm sure, not only are those used to teach, they are used for posing references. A lot also use photo references to help with anatomy because its very easy to get it wrong and when that happens, a drawing can end up looking off. I think that's why some of Bendis and Su's art sometimes looked slightly 'off'.

[Drew]

Mar 4, 2018 19:42:01 GMT -5 DMKII: 'The Revenge' said:

Mar 4, 2018 19:31:28 GMT -5 TTX said:

That's a shame, but I had figured old issues of the Promoter are likely lost. Surprised they haven't at least been archived for digital consumption, or have they?

I was a fan of Su's art as well. I consider Carter and Snelly to be the godfathers of CotG art, after them its up in the air. Bendis contributed some great pieces but also delivered some seriously horrendous art. he was all over the place. Su's art was mostly great and while at the time I know there were people who didn't enjoy it, Hannibal King's art had its charms as well.

I know Gustovich isn't well thought of, but his art was actually really solid. It was very plain for sure, but it was technically sound.

Snelly is the GOAT IMO, everyone from his days are amazing. You can actually see Bendis grow as an artist through his sets. I believe his work got better over time. Yet I agree he had some of the worst cards in the history of the COTG. (His original Pegasus upgrade immediately comes to mind)

Su’s art I loved at the time. Looking back it seemed like each character had a noire, gritty vibe to them. Nothing wrong with it, but it might not be for everyone. I loved Hannibal King’s art.

As for the modern sets. I have some but haven’t played any so the artists don’t come to mind immediately. what sets did Gustovich do? 

[TTX]

Snelly is my vote for most underappreciated artist...loved his stuff. Bendis had his good and bad points but you can tell he phoned in the last stuff for 2108/9.

[stevetrash]

Mar 4, 2018 18:56:33 GMT -5 DMKII: 'The Revenge' said:

Since Promoter Prime has been brought up, are the old school print issues of The Promoter available at all? I'd love to get my hands on as many of them as possible. I used to have a subscription and still have a few issues but they aren't in the best condition.


One of the issues I still have features Twin Blood w/ Johnny Rocket on the cover. Its a great piece of art by Jeremy Su.

Get in touch with Todd - I just ordered a bunch of old-school print copies of the Promoter from him a couple weeks ago.