THIS-IS-SPARTA!

I am not a Miller fan. His artwork just doesn't appeal to me as much as it might to other people. I've seen pretty much all his works and the Sin City stuff is probably what I liked best. The main issue is the artwork itself, I admire the techniques and the fashion in which most of it is executed but there are minor issues that just bug me enough not to enjoy reading many of his works. It primarily lies in his ability to nail some really nice panels, compositionaly stunning with great use of contrast, silouettes crisp and nice inkwork. But as soon as it comes to him drawing characters I just get let down. They seem to be much messier and stylistically over wrinkled or just plain weird looking. I think its that contrast between Miller's tight drawings and loose drawings ( particularly people ) that truly bugs me and pushes me away from buying anything of his.
Who knows. My mind can always be changed I guess. Maybe I'll grow or be convinced to enjoy his works. For now though I'd much prefer Mike Mignola ( Hellboy ) or Eduardo Risso ( 100 bullets ) for my dose of stunning, consistent, visual contrast.
Point is ( yeah there was a point to this entry, Although I guess we can call this my first official blog rant...) I enjoyed the theatrical adaptations more than I did actually flipping through his work. Sin City was nice+stylistic ( and pretty much panel for panel anyways ) and the latest 300 was a feast for the eyes. I had a fun time watching both, and I was actually even hyped up enough about 300 to go ahead and do some random sketching from screenshots of the film before I went and saw it.

These are some unfinished Sketches of some of the characters from the 300 film...But cartoony looking. The hunchback-deformed Ephialtes I might consider colouring if I have the time. As for me posting them so late after the film's release: Better Late than Never.










AND a little PS sketch I did of another screenshot from the film.