http://drawn.ca/archive/james-jean-and-prada/ llustration, Comics, Animation, and Cartoon Art Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:52:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://drawn.ca/archive/james-jean-and-prada/comment-page-1/#comment-616893 vicdweck Tue, 13 May 2008 22:39:33 +0000 http://drawn.ca/2008/03/18/james-jean-and-prada/#comment-616893 Does anybody know of an artist whose style and detail is similar to Jean's? Does anybody know of an artist whose style and detail is similar to Jean’s?

]]> http://drawn.ca/archive/james-jean-and-prada/comment-page-1/#comment-699308 vicdweck Tue, 13 May 2008 22:39:00 +0000 http://drawn.ca/2008/03/18/james-jean-and-prada/#comment-699308 Does anybody know of an artist whose style and detail is similar to Jean's? Does anybody know of an artist whose style and detail is similar to Jean’s?

]]> http://drawn.ca/archive/james-jean-and-prada/comment-page-1/#comment-584194 ykkrok Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:22:13 +0000 http://drawn.ca/2008/03/18/james-jean-and-prada/#comment-584194 I concur he is a great draftsman although i don t particularly dig his sappy illustration work. I concur he is a great draftsman although i don t particularly dig his sappy illustration work.

]]> http://drawn.ca/archive/james-jean-and-prada/comment-page-1/#comment-699307 ykkrok Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:22:00 +0000 http://drawn.ca/2008/03/18/james-jean-and-prada/#comment-699307 I concur he is a great draftsman although i don t particularly dig his sappy illustration work. I concur he is a great draftsman although i don t particularly dig his sappy illustration work.

]]> http://drawn.ca/archive/james-jean-and-prada/comment-page-1/#comment-583743 Melissa Kojima Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:50:46 +0000 http://drawn.ca/2008/03/18/james-jean-and-prada/#comment-583743 I know I'm not following your line of discussion above, because I'm still reeling about James Jean not getting much credit and/or attention for his work with Prada! That seems like a tragedy. Still, he has walking advertisements EVERYWHERE of his work. That's amazing. I know I’m not following your line of discussion above, because I’m still reeling about James Jean not getting much credit and/or attention for his work with Prada! That seems like a tragedy. Still, he has walking advertisements EVERYWHERE of his work. That’s amazing.

]]> http://drawn.ca/archive/james-jean-and-prada/comment-page-1/#comment-699306 Melissa Kojima Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:50:00 +0000 http://drawn.ca/2008/03/18/james-jean-and-prada/#comment-699306 I know I'm not following your line of discussion above, because I'm still reeling about James Jean not getting much credit and/or attention for his work with Prada! That seems like a tragedy. Still, he has walking advertisements EVERYWHERE of his work. That's amazing. I know I’m not following your line of discussion above, because I’m still reeling about James Jean not getting much credit and/or attention for his work with Prada! That seems like a tragedy. Still, he has walking advertisements EVERYWHERE of his work. That’s amazing.

]]> http://drawn.ca/archive/james-jean-and-prada/comment-page-1/#comment-583741 lizzelizzel Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:51:53 +0000 http://drawn.ca/2008/03/18/james-jean-and-prada/#comment-583741 I may sound star struck, but I don't think you have to be attempting to break new ground to be worthy of a place in history. He's doing what he loves and for a living. I feel too many artists get caught up in trying to impress the rest of the world with their concepts to really explore. I may sound star struck, but I don’t think you have to be attempting to break new ground to be worthy of a place in history. He’s doing what he loves and for a living. I feel too many artists get caught up in trying to impress the rest of the world with their concepts to really explore.

]]> http://drawn.ca/archive/james-jean-and-prada/comment-page-1/#comment-699305 lizzelizzel Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:51:00 +0000 http://drawn.ca/2008/03/18/james-jean-and-prada/#comment-699305 I may sound star struck, but I don't think you have to be attempting to break new ground to be worthy of a place in history. He's doing what he loves and for a living. I feel too many artists get caught up in trying to impress the rest of the world with their concepts to really explore. I may sound star struck, but I don’t think you have to be attempting to break new ground to be worthy of a place in history. He’s doing what he loves and for a living. I feel too many artists get caught up in trying to impress the rest of the world with their concepts to really explore.

]]> http://drawn.ca/archive/james-jean-and-prada/comment-page-1/#comment-583734 Jed Alexander Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:28:20 +0000 http://drawn.ca/2008/03/18/james-jean-and-prada/#comment-583734 Jean is an illustrator, and a very talented one, but isn't likely to take up space in art history books any more than N.C. Wyeth---unless the book is a history of illustration. Though Jean may go on to do some interesting personal work as well, the majority of his work is done for a commercial venue, and though he often uses the computer, his techniques are essentially traditional. He's an incredible drafstman, has a great design and color sense, but he isn't doing anything all that new formally. He's applying classical techniques to a narrative purpose---to tell stories of one kind or another. For the most part he's not making images as statements that are an end to themselves. This doesn't make him any less than an amazing artist, but he's not exactly breaking new ground here, and I doubt he would claim to be doing otherwise. Jean is an illustrator, and a very talented one, but isn’t likely to take up space in art history books any more than N.C. Wyeth—unless the book is a history of illustration. Though Jean may go on to do some interesting personal work as well, the majority of his work is done for a commercial venue, and though he often uses the computer, his techniques are essentially traditional. He’s an incredible drafstman, has a great design and color sense, but he isn’t doing anything all that new formally. He’s applying classical techniques to a narrative purpose—to tell stories of one kind or another. For the most part he’s not making images as statements that are an end to themselves. This doesn’t make him any less than an amazing artist, but he’s not exactly breaking new ground here, and I doubt he would claim to be doing otherwise.

]]> http://drawn.ca/archive/james-jean-and-prada/comment-page-1/#comment-699304 Jed Alexander Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:28:00 +0000 http://drawn.ca/2008/03/18/james-jean-and-prada/#comment-699304 Jean is an illustrator, and a very talented one, but isn't likely to take up space in art history books any more than N.C. Wyeth---unless the book is a history of illustration. Though Jean may go on to do some interesting personal work as well, the majority of his work is done for a commercial venue, and though he often uses the computer, his techniques are essentially traditional. He's an incredible drafstman, has a great design and color sense, but he isn't doing anything all that new formally. He's applying classical techniques to a narrative purpose---to tell stories of one kind or another. For the most part he's not making images as statements that are an end to themselves. This doesn't make him any less than an amazing artist, but he's not exactly breaking new ground here, and I doubt he would claim to be doing otherwise. Jean is an illustrator, and a very talented one, but isn’t likely to take up space in art history books any more than N.C. Wyeth—unless the book is a history of illustration. Though Jean may go on to do some interesting personal work as well, the majority of his work is done for a commercial venue, and though he often uses the computer, his techniques are essentially traditional. He’s an incredible drafstman, has a great design and color sense, but he isn’t doing anything all that new formally. He’s applying classical techniques to a narrative purpose—to tell stories of one kind or another. For the most part he’s not making images as statements that are an end to themselves. This doesn’t make him any less than an amazing artist, but he’s not exactly breaking new ground here, and I doubt he would claim to be doing otherwise.

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