Top 65 Quotes & Sayings by Bill Sienkiewicz
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American artist Bill Sienkiewicz.
Last updated on November 17, 2024.
I still love a lot of the guys who just paint.
So there's kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe.
You're telling the story, creating the sets, doing the lighting, the designing, and establishing the pace.
So much of 'Jaws' was amazing because the mind filled in what was missing.
Especially with Elektra, because I'm doing a lot of the covers for the new version of Elektra.
After that I jumped, especially being in art school, to the illustrators.
Cartooning is an honorable thing.
There is a whole generation of people who are going to see movies or watch TV who don't want to work.
But I'm aware of the fact that I'm working in a commercial venue where I'm producing something that I wouldn't normally be approaching the way I'm doing it.
That was a real learning element for me, because I realized that the more true you are to yourself, the more you will lose people.
Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects.
But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube.
So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little different.
Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respecting the story.
For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States.
I wanted to be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff.
People who can pull you in and take you on a journey, as opposed to simply adding flash. Again, that feels very clinical, and I don't respond to that the way I used to.
So, when the special effects are at the service of the story and draw you into it, that is really the magic.
Nothing is really media driven or committee driven, so you can actually just produce something.
Like Godfather, you look at a movie like that, or something that James Gray has directed, a film with minimal or pin lighting as opposed to everything being lit bright and flat, where everything is evident.
But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will.
I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work.
I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar.
If you're going to establish a certain level of unreality than you have to deal with it.
Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision.
If somebody can inspire me, it feels really special.
To me, that's one of the things that I love about doing this stuff. One day I can work on this piece in watercolor, and then work on something else on the computer, or work on something else that's a completely different approach.
To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across.
One of the problems I have with a lot of movies these days is that everything is too well lit. In the world of digital creations there is a tendency to show too much.
So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth of something through exaggeration.
But there's still an avenue for smaller comics and personal expression.
I didn't want to feel constrained, so I took on the Mutants.
And that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It's an avenue to say what you want to say.
And I've never viewed comics as assignments for the client.
It's interesting, because in the corporate stuff there's a dichotomy there, depending on the creator. Even what, in essence, may be a very safe corporate approach, there is some stuff that is allowed to be pushed.
I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced.
Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respecting the story
If you're going to establish a certain level of unreality than you have to deal with it
But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube
Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision
But I'm aware of the fact that I'm working in a commercial venue where I'm producing something that I wouldn't normally be approaching the way I'm doing it
People who can pull you in and take you on a journey, as opposed to simply adding flash. Again, that feels very clinical, and I don't respond to that the way I used to
I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work
For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States
So cartooning, for me, is an honorable thing. It's pushing the envelope. It's the truth of something through exaggeration
But there's still an avenue for smaller comics and personal expression
To me, that's one of the things that I love about doing this stuff. One day I can work on this piece in watercolor, and then work on something else on the computer, or work on something else that's a completely different approach
Like Godfather, you look at a movie like that, or something that James Gray has directed, a film with minimal or pin lighting as opposed to everything being lit bright and flat, where everything is evident
So much of Jaws was amazing because the mind filled in what was missing.
I wanted to be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff
Cartooning is an honorable thing
So there's kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe
And that, to me, is the main attraction to comics. It's an avenue to say what you want to say
I still love a lot of the guys who just paint
I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar
But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will
So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little different
Nothing is really media driven or committee driven, so you can actually just produce something
One of the problems I have with a lot of movies these days is that everything is too well lit. In the world of digital creations there is a tendency to show too much
Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects
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