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Gosha Levochkin
Gosha Levochkin (born April 28, 1986) is a New York artist working in the tradition of '' ligne claire.'' He has exhibited works in Los Angeles, New York City, and Munich. He was born in Moscow, in the former Soviet Union. Early life and education He spent the first 10 years of his childhood in Moscow, during the difficult times associated with the fall of the Soviet Union. His mother was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, his father was from Moscow. They both were professional violinists who played in professional orchestras in the Soviet Union. They lived four blocks away from the Red Square. When his parents separated, he and his mother immigrated to Los Feliz, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. There, he hung out with skateboarders and within the LA punk rock scene. He is self-taught. Instead of formal art school, he studied graffiti, comic books, and Japanese animation. The artist, Rob Sato, had a great impact on his work and his technique. Career “Going Place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ligne Claire
''Ligne claire'' ( French for "clear line", ; nl, klare lijn) is a style of drawing created and pioneered by Hergé, the Belgian cartoonist and creator of ''The Adventures of Tintin''. It uses clear strong lines sometimes of varied width and no hatching, while contrast is downplayed as well. Cast shadows are often illuminated, and the style often features strong colours and a combination of cartoonish characters against a realistic background. The name was coined by Joost Swarte in 1977. History Hergé started out drawing in a much looser, rougher style which was likely influenced by American comic strip artists of the late 1920s and 1930s, such as Gluyas Williams and George McManus. However the precise lines which characterize most of his work are firmly in place early on (e.g. the colored version of ''The Blue Lotus'' (released in 1946) is based on the original black and white newspaper version from 1934–35 and not redrawn).Fingeroth, Danny. ''The Rough Guide to Graphic N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
