GARY PANTERS DRAWING TIPS

By Josh One of UNBOREDs favorite artists of all time is Gary Panter who became well- nown in the !"#$s as one of the first New %ave cartoonists &with his 'ost-a'ocaly'tic comic J()BO* an+ ,ra'hic +esi,ners- an+ who went on to win three Emmy .war+s for his Pee-%ee/s Playho0se set +esi,n1 e2am'le of the latter below3 4ow m0ch +o we +i, Panter5 6o m0ch that Joe .lterio '0t him into a 'antheon of Do (t 7o0rselfers in one of his comics &8Don/t %ait for Permission9:* for o0r boo 1 see ima,e below- Panter is at bottom ri,ht3 ;hese +ays- Panter/s artistic activity incl0+es comics- 'aintin,- 'rosem0sic- an+ li,ht shows3 4e teaches at 6chool of <is0al .rts in )anhattan3 .n+ in recent yearshe/s become a frien+ of o0rs9 %hich is why we/re thrille+ to 'resent somethin, on o0r website that yo0 won/t fin+ anywhere else Gary Panter/s +rawin, ti's3 En=oy9 P6> .ll +rawin,s an+ s etches below are the 'ro'erty of Gary Panter3 ;hey were not +rawn to ill0strate these ti's- so +on/t worry if they +on/t e2actly fit with the te2t3 ???

INTRODUCTION
Get a boo -si@e &or 'a'erbac -si@e*+ s etchboo 3 %rite yo0r name an+ +ate on an early 'a,e an+ maybe thin of a name for it an+ if yo0 want- write the boo /s name there at the front3 )a e it into yo0r little 'ainf0l 'al3 ;he 'ain ,oes away slowly 'a,e by 'a,e3 Aill it 0' an+ +o another one3 (t can be har+ to ,et starte+3 Don/t fl0n yo0rself before yo0 ,et the ball rollin,3 7o0 mi,ht want to +raw more realistically or in 'ers'ective or so it loo s slic that/s is 'ossible an+ there are tric s an+ 'roce+0res for +rawin, with more realism if yo0 +esire it3 B0t +rawin, very realistically with ,reat finesse can sometimes 'ro+0ce +ea+ 0ninterestin, +rawin,s relative- that is- to a +rawin, with heart an+ charm an+ effort b0t no ,reat finesse3 7o0 can ma e all in+s of r0les for yo0r art ma in,- b0t for startin, in a s etchboo - yo0 nee+ to =0m' in an+ ,et over the intimi+ation 'art by messin, 0' a few 'a,es- ri''in, them o0t if nee+ be3 %aste all the 'a,es yo0 want by +rawin, a tic tac toe schematic or somethin,- 'aintin, them blac - =0st +oo+le3 Every +rawin, will ma e yo0 a little better3 Every little attem't is a ste' in the +irection of +rawin, becomin, a 'art of yo0r life3

TIPS
!3 B0ic ly s0b+ivi+e a 'a,e into a b0nch of bo2es by +rawin, a set of ,enerally eC0i+istant vertical lines- then a set of hori@ontal lines so that yo0 have between D an+ !E bo2es or so on the 'a,e3 (n each bo2- in t0rn- in the sim'lest way 'ossible- name every ob=ect yo0 can thin of an+ +raw each thin, in a bo2- not re'eatin,3 (f it is f0n- ee' +oin, this on followin, 'a,es 0ntil yo0 ,et tire+ or can/t thin of more no0ns3 Now yo0 see that yo0 have some in+ of ability to ty'ify the ob=ects in yo0r worl+ an+ that in some sense yo0 can +raw anythin,3

E3 Fhoose one of the ob=ects that came to min+ that yo0 +rew an+ +evote one 'a,e to +rawin, that ob=ect with yo0r eyes close+- startin, at the 8nose: of the ob=ect &in o0tline or silho0ette mi,ht be ,oo+* an+ followin, the conto0r yo0 see in yo0r min+/s eye- +escribin, to yo0rself in min0te +etail what yo0 now abo0t the ob=ect3 7o0 can 0se yo0r free han+ to ee' trac of the e+,e of the 'a'er an+ i+eally yo0r startin, 'oint so that yo0 can wor yo0r way bac to the +esi,nate+ nose3 Don/t worry abo0t 'ro'ortion or ,oo+ +rawin, this is all abo0t memory an+ movin, yo0r han+ to fin+ the sha'es yo0 are rememberin,3 ;he +rawin, will be a mess- b0t if yo0 ta e yo0r time- yo0 will see that yo0 now a lot more abo0t the ob=ect than yo0 tho0,ht3 G3 ;race some +rawin,s yo0 li e to see better what the artist/s 'encil or 'en is +oin,3 ;racin, hel's yo0 observe closer3 Fo'y art yo0 li e it can/t h0rt3 H3 )ost 'eo'le &even yo0r favorite artists* +on/t li e their +rawin,s as m0ch as they want to3 %hy5 Beca0se it is easy to ima,ine somethin, better3 ;his is only ambition- which is not a ba+ thin, b0t if yo0 can acce't what yo0 are +oin,- of co0rse yo0 will 'ro,ress C0ic er to a more satisfyin, level an+ also acci+entally ma e 'erfectly charmin, +rawin,s even if they embarrass yo03 I3 Draw a b0nch more bo2es an+ wal +own a si+ewal or two +oc0mentin, where the crac s an+ ,0m an+ s'lotches an+ leaves an+ mowe+ ,rass bits are on the sC0are3 Do a b0nch of those3 ;hat is how nat0re arran,es an+ com'oses st0ff3 Remember these i+eas they are in yo0r s etchboo 3 D3 6it somewhere an+ +raw fast little +rawin,s of 'eo'le who are far away eno0,h that yo0 can only see the bi, sim'le sha'es of their coats an+ ba,s an+ arms an+ hats an+ feet3 Draw a lot of them3 Peo'le are ali e yet not re+0ce them to sim'le an+ achievable sha'es3 #3 ;o ,et better with fi,0re +rawin,- ,et someone to 'ose or 0se 'hotos an+ +o slow +rawin, of han+s- feet- elbows- nees- an+ an les3 Drawin, all the bones in a s eleton is also ,oo+- beca0se it will hel' yo0 see how the bones in the arms an+ le,s cross each other an+ affect the arms/ an+ le,s/ e2terior sha'es3 %hen yo0 +raw a hea+ from the si+e ma e s0re yo0 in+icate eno0,h room behin+ the ears for the brain case3 J3 Do line +rawin,s loo in, for the bi, sha'es- an+ tonal +rawin, observin, the li,ht sit0ation of yo0r s0b=ect that iswhere the li,ht is comin, from an+ where it ma es sha'es in sha+e on the form- an+ where li,ht reflects bac onto the +ar areas sometimes3 "3 ;o +raw the scene in front of yo0- choose the mi++le thin, in yo0r +rawin, an+ '0t it in the mi++le of yo0r 'a,e then a++ on to the +rawin, from the center of the 'a,e o0t3

!$3 Don/t worry abo0t a style3 (t will cree' 0' on yo0 an+ event0ally yo0 will have to 0n+o it in or+er to ,o f0rther3 Be li e a river an+ acce't everythin,3