Thursday, September 8, 2011

Wally Wood’s Talking Head

What site about sequential art wouldn’t be complete without the famous Wally Wood’s 22 Panels That Always Work graphic.

For those new to this graphic, it’s a quick reference guide of ideas on how to make people talking not look boring.


Apparently along with these 22 images taped near his desk, he also had this quote:
"Never draw anything you can copy, never copy anything you can trace, never trace anything you can cut out and paste up."  
As a purest myself (everything must be drawn!), it's an interesting viewpoint and one I think has merits. Only, maybe one needs to have mastered drawing before they go the copying route.  A shortcut, not a cheat. What are your thoughts?

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