My love of cowboys, westerns and Dean Martin can’t compete with my hatred of drawing horses
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Hi folks I finally made a place to share my silly little videos... is the Arsenic and Old Lace fanbase still alive?
I’ve never used adobe illustrator before in my life lmaoooo
episode 10 deleted scenes
[ID: A one page comic of Ed and Lucius, talking as they were in episode 10 of OFMD. Ed is laying down and hugging a patterned yellow pillow, wearing Stede’s red floral robe. In the first panel, he has his head lifted off the pillow, looking wistfully to his left and saying, “I was his right hand arm… man. I was his everything.” In the second panel, he has his cheek pressed to the pillow, looking down, and he continues, “His confidante… his best friend… his silly rabbit.” At the bottom of the page, Lucius has stopped writing and is looking vaguely disgusted or confused, saying, “His what.” Ed is squeezing the pillow and his eyes have watered. He is saying, “His silly rabbit…” Lucius asks, “Did he call you that?” and Ed responds, “No :(”. End ID.]
Nobody asked for it, but I wanna discuss some observations I’ve had over Jamie’s art style changing as I’ve researched it thoroughly in order to apply the different styles to my own work. Most people are aware of how much the art changes between phases, but naturally it evolves a lot during the phases too. One thing I think would be really interesting is to find an order in which the images were released in order to create a more solid timeline.
Early Phase 1 (1999 - 2000)
Not counting concept art, this is some of the first pieces created for Gorillaz; a lot of it is visible in Bananaz, circa 1999, some even with the older name “Gorilla” instead of “Gorillaz”. A lot of the characters are a little off-model around here, their personalities and designs not fully-formed yet. Most notable tells:
Visible in Bananaz
2D’s hair is very purple here and his skin is a little darker than later on in the phase
Russ’ skin is a bit darker and redder compared to the later more washed-out skin tone
Russ and 2D’s eyes are noticeably smaller.
Murdoc and Noodle’s hair are, for the most part, solid black or with very minimal shine
Little to no colour highlights
Mid-Phase 1 (2001)
(Group art, circa late 2000/early 2001)
(19-2000 promo art, some time after June 2001)
This is pretty much the main Phase 1 style, released alongside the self-titled album. Although naturally there’s still some experimentation, things are more consistent here as the characters are closer to their familiar looks. The images I’ve shown are actually fairly different; as the art evolution is far more fluid than just these sub-phases and you can pick out some of the notable points to place the upper image as earlier than the lower one. You’ll see this style on most magazines released in late 2000 - 2001. Most notable tells:
Far more detailed clothing; more pockets and zips and logos, etc rather than just the simple shirts and jumpers of early on in the phase
Highlights! Most notably on the faces and coats, this adds an extra dimension to the art and gives it a much prettier look
Murdoc is slightly greener. This is something of a trend
2D’s hair is still a simple gradient, but it’s looking a little bluer than purple
Late Phase 1 (2002 - 2003)
(Tomorrow Comes Today single rerelease, 2002)
(Celebrity Harvest concept art, 2003)
Since most of the hype of Gorillaz’ debut album had passed, art from this era kind of slowed down to a near-halt. This makes a lot of the changes far more noticeable as there’s less of a steady evolution here. The Celebrity Harvest-era art is probably the very peak of this, a lot of the colourless pencil art pretty much resembling Phase 2. Most notable tells:
Even more detail! You’ll see more hair lines, wrinkes, stitches and stubble here, along with more detailed fingers
Noodle’s not wearing her helmet! This is a fairly significant design change as you can see her become slightly older
Cortez (or a similar bird) starts appearing around this point, albeit only in a couple of images
Murdoc is basically fully green here
A lot of hair shine, looking a lot more reflective
2D’s hair is clearly blue in a lot of the art from this era, although there’s still a slight gradient look to it
There’s a lot of solid black shadows, Jamie clearly going for a more comic-style look
THANK YOU FOR DRAWING THIS! ITS SO GOOD
I had some head cannons for Abner I thought would be worth sharing
The dudes a glow stick, he always subtly glows. Even without the dots, his eyes and mouth glow brighter than his skin and the color varies.
As a kid he always wanted a bunk bed, so I imagine he would have a bunk bed once he lived on his own. Probably has like a single blanket on it that barely covers him
Abner gets sick pretty easily, cause I think the virus would weaken his immune system. He tries to tough it out but it puts him on his ass most the time. His friends have to almost beg him to take a rest
Probably Listens to mitski, jack stauber, and Radiohead
He’s a total lightweight, despite his stature he can’t hold alcohol at all. He’s not a loud drunk tho, he’s more the quiet type who just gets really emotional. Has probably had the drunk I love you speech more than once
His fashion sense is funky as hell (as shown by the movie) but to add to that, he probably wears some platform boots. As well as big brightly colored jackets
Abner is a terrible driver. He goes super quickly and takes very sharp corners, tho he seems to have some fun when he does drive like that
Love it when everything bothers me