Lately, I've been a little obsessed with a delightfully amusing blog called Fuck No Greg Land
I am a first generation Asian-American.
So, I tend to levitate toward Manga/Anime. It's written in our Asian DNA, really can't avoid it. Therefore, I basically don't read or come into any close contact with American comics.
CURSE MY ASIANESS!!!
Anyway, the blog consists the frustrated rants from a despairer of Greg Land's artwork.
At first, when I was introduced to the blog as a guide of what not to do, I was:
I was confused. I didn't get it because, on a superficial glance, I thought Greg Land's art was kind of beautiful and appealing.
As I started to read more of the blog and be exposed to more Greg Land's artwork, it Clicked!
Though he does indeed have some talents like in details and shading.......his work....is just so..........bad and it hyper-sexualizes women. It irks me. Just, just, go to the blog. Go. Amuse yourselves. A part of me wants Greg Land to continue his bad work so the Fuck No Greg Land blog could exist forever.
I am an anti-Twihard and I am guilty of being a h8ter. Then, I thought to myself: wouldn't it be amusing IF they made a Twilight saga comic and Greg Land illustrated the whooooooooooooole thing? As a friend of mine said, it would be "beautifully horrible" because all that series needs is not hips, incomplete appendages, melon-like pancaked boobs, exploding biceps, and we cannot forget the key ingredient, PORN FACES, to really complete the Twilight picture.
So I drew:
I basically put Kristen Stewart's head on Pamela Anderson's body and R. PatZ's head on Arnold Schwarzenegger's body. I probably should have traced to achieve Greg Land's hyper realistic style, but I don't know, I didn't feel like tracing. Greg Land also has really nice line quality which I don't have patience for.
Friends, please, allow me to break down my drawing into Greg Land elements:
The boobs and the hips were the hardest to draw for me because it went against all of my instincts:
"Oh, wow, these boobs are big. MUST MAKE THEM BIGGAH."
"hmmmm. want to make curves, wait, no...HAVE TO MAKE TORSO LONGER. MUST NOT HAVE HIPS."
To be fair, I have many many faults in my work and he gets paid for his work, while I don't. I shall now leave you with one of my drawing that demonstrates one of my faults: The Floating Head
Done with water soluble color pencils. It's supposed to be Yukari from Paradise Kiss Liive Action. Supposed to be.
