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I'm not an artist like our queen, but when I realized that poor Ellen might not know how to spin the recent troon shooting to be about orange man bad, I knew I needed to take action.
As a bonus, here's my attempt at my pfp in the pizzacake style
edit: reuploaded- forgot outline color layer :_(
I sort of came to some conclusions about why I dislike her art, while I was doodling this. I didn't like that it looks so simple, but I couldn't put my finger on why. Tons of comics have simple, cartoony styles, yet they're far and away better than Ellen's work. Why? I think a lot of it comes down to Ellen's poor understanding of anatomy and character design principles.
Anatomy might seem odd to bring up- she's deliberately using a cartoony artstyle, you don't need to be an expert of anatomy to draw caricature, right? Not quite. Cartoony depictions of the body still make use of the human form on a conceptual level. You have to know what goes where, what size each part is relationally, how the body moves, etc. in order to properly exaggerate, squash, and stretch it. You need a strong basis in anatomy to be able to understand how to draw a person that objectively doesn't look at all like a human being, but is still clearly readable as one.
Ellen doesn't really do this- she goes for a very generic looking style where nothing in particular exaggerated or caricature-like in her art, aside from the big eyes. I believe that's because she does not hold the technical knowledge to be able to create an emotive, stylized depiction of a human (but tbh her lack of understanding on anatomy is painfully obvious in her porn art.) That's also why her characters look so similar, like that black chick who looked like Ellen in blackface: you need to have at least some knowledge on anatomy to be able to understand not just how people's physical appearance diverge, but how to depict it. Things like hip-waist ratio, arm size, how the facial features are placed, etc. Without that background, it's harder to draft a new, distinct character because you fundamentally don't know how the body comes together, so it's easier to stick to what you know and make another Ellen.
Next up is the concept of character design. This is easiest to explain with an example, and thankfully Ellen provided us a perfect side by side.
Dilbert is obviously a much better character visually speaking than Ellen, but why? Even someone who knows nothing about Dilbert can tell you about him just by looking at his design. He's clearly an office worker, probably tends to be outwardly quiet, intelligent but not a super genius or anything, definitely not married to his job, sedentary... All of this is conveyed by the way his face is drawn, the way his outfit is designed, the features both included and omitted (no mouth for instance,) his body type... Now, look at Ellen? What can you tell me from looking at her solely from a character design perspective? She's a woman? She's a bit nerdy perhaps? Nothing about the way she's designed conveys her essence as a character (though she doesn't really have one to begin with beyond 'self insert.'
Probably the best art she's made (though I don't particularly like any of her work) is this one.
Technically, it's fine. But the reason it's her best is because it manages to make use of good comic principles despite her lack of technical knowledge. We see Ellen experimenting with unconventional anatomy, very outside the confines of her usually stiff art. And not only that, but Ellen the character, her cuck husband, and the idea she's trying to convey are very readable (obviously literally readable because of the labels but ignore that.) If you took out the text and showed this to someone, they'd probably describe it like how Ellen does: 'great husband who tolerates his quirky goofball wife.' That's a hallmark of an effective comic, one that's especially rare in Ellen's work.
I'll cut it off here before I spend my daily allowance of time spent thinking about lolcows. Hope someone found my thoughts illuminating
Anatomy might seem odd to bring up- she's deliberately using a cartoony artstyle, you don't need to be an expert of anatomy to draw caricature, right? Not quite. Cartoony depictions of the body still make use of the human form on a conceptual level. You have to know what goes where, what size each part is relationally, how the body moves, etc. in order to properly exaggerate, squash, and stretch it. You need a strong basis in anatomy to be able to understand how to draw a person that objectively doesn't look at all like a human being, but is still clearly readable as one.
Ellen doesn't really do this- she goes for a very generic looking style where nothing in particular exaggerated or caricature-like in her art, aside from the big eyes. I believe that's because she does not hold the technical knowledge to be able to create an emotive, stylized depiction of a human (but tbh her lack of understanding on anatomy is painfully obvious in her porn art.) That's also why her characters look so similar, like that black chick who looked like Ellen in blackface: you need to have at least some knowledge on anatomy to be able to understand not just how people's physical appearance diverge, but how to depict it. Things like hip-waist ratio, arm size, how the facial features are placed, etc. Without that background, it's harder to draft a new, distinct character because you fundamentally don't know how the body comes together, so it's easier to stick to what you know and make another Ellen.
Next up is the concept of character design. This is easiest to explain with an example, and thankfully Ellen provided us a perfect side by side.
Dilbert is obviously a much better character visually speaking than Ellen, but why? Even someone who knows nothing about Dilbert can tell you about him just by looking at his design. He's clearly an office worker, probably tends to be outwardly quiet, intelligent but not a super genius or anything, definitely not married to his job, sedentary... All of this is conveyed by the way his face is drawn, the way his outfit is designed, the features both included and omitted (no mouth for instance,) his body type... Now, look at Ellen? What can you tell me from looking at her solely from a character design perspective? She's a woman? She's a bit nerdy perhaps? Nothing about the way she's designed conveys her essence as a character (though she doesn't really have one to begin with beyond 'self insert.'
Probably the best art she's made (though I don't particularly like any of her work) is this one.
Technically, it's fine. But the reason it's her best is because it manages to make use of good comic principles despite her lack of technical knowledge. We see Ellen experimenting with unconventional anatomy, very outside the confines of her usually stiff art. And not only that, but Ellen the character, her cuck husband, and the idea she's trying to convey are very readable (obviously literally readable because of the labels but ignore that.) If you took out the text and showed this to someone, they'd probably describe it like how Ellen does: 'great husband who tolerates his quirky goofball wife.' That's a hallmark of an effective comic, one that's especially rare in Ellen's work.
I'll cut it off here before I spend my daily allowance of time spent thinking about lolcows. Hope someone found my thoughts illuminating
As a bonus, here's my attempt at my pfp in the pizzacake style
edit: reuploaded- forgot outline color layer :_(
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