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Michael Mattesi on Stylisation (Video)


Key Ideas

  • Stylisation is 'Editing'
  • Start with more, so you can edit down to less
  • It helps to understand reality first
  • Charles Dana Gibson -> Great old master illustrator to reference how he did faces
  • J.C. Leyendecker is a great example of stylisation but still being based in reality
  • 'Iron out the bumps'
  • 'Average down to the essence of what something is'
  • Glen Keane used Leyendecker as inspiration for Pocahontas
  • He talked about 'ironing out the details or putting it in a 'rock tumbler'** when it came to stylisation

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