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“I remember saying to Dave at this point, “I’m drawing individual bricks. What I have to draw is a wall.” Learn how to draw a wall instead of a bunch of bricks.”

— Cerebus backgorund artist Gerhard, interviewed by Sean Michael Robinson at TCJ. Much more crafty talk in the link.

[Via Douglas Wolk]

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  1. I love reading this art tech stuff. I have done a lot of cartooning and illustration for newsprint, and experimentation was valuable for seeing what would work and what wouldn’t.