The Difference between Realism and Stylization v1

Thanks to Creative Commons for making this happen or otherwise I wouldn't be able to publish this in public.

Thank you Kelly Finnamore for a great photo, [link]

BIG NOTE: This is done in CREATIVE COMMONS (BY 3.0) This means you can improve upon it, add or remove content, many things! You could completely change it or little of it. Feel free to use this for education!

VIEW MORE HERE: [link]

List of programs I used for this: Gimp, MyPaint, Alchemy

Please check these other links:
Scott McCloud's Big Triangle: [link]
Realism vs. Stylization: [link]
UNDERSTANDING YOUR STYLE by *heysawbones : [link]

So here is the story:

Around 2011, I attended a college class called Fundamental of Design. It was exciting and fun due to the fact that it all new material to me. Problem is, many student don't know what to do. The students were either forced to take it as part of a requirement which means they have no art background or the students have no idea what to do. After a month or so, many of them still don't know what to do. So I had to talk to my professor about this situation after class. I talked about if the word "stylize" is good enough or perhaps we need to talk more about it next class.

So, thanks to Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics, I thought I would create a chart like what you see above. Except that the photo is copyrighted so I cannot show it in public. This means I have to redo the whole thing. Back to the story, I shown everyone the chart in class and as a result almost everyone knows what to do now. (That is complete stylization.) However a few decided to break the rule but at least they know they're doing it.

Since it was nice that I manage to help loads of students, I thought I would upload it to the internet. Except I can't, since the photo is copyrighted. After two years, I suddenly realized I can use Creative Commons since I understand how it works. So I redid everything but this time it was done in ink for easy viewing. I had a hard time with the abstract part but that is until I bump into Alchemy created by Bitbof.

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So let talk a little about this work and before you say this, yes, there are many kinds of that certain stylization. For example, since I am mostly used to this specific one, Manga: Huge eyes, small nose, and other stereotypical features does not make it automatically called "Manga." It is just what most people would like to think. Rather it is the artist's job to called it what he/she wants to be called. You could call it Manga, Illustration, Art, Comics, or make up your own name/word! Back then I used to be sensitive about what people called my works but now I just don't care. But if you ask, I prefer folks to call it sequential art, graphic novels or comics. (Yes, I read Drawing Words & Writing Pictures)

Next I might do this! : [link]

Or not...

I think I'll write more later if I have something to say.