Larger than Life

     Another artist that I have decided to look up is Eric Winkler, another comic book artist that was well recognized for his work in the Art 21 Website. During his project, his focus was to connect to people's real life situations with his work. Looking at his project felt like it was lifelike; this project had meaning to Eric Winkler, as well as his viewers that would also be well connected. This project did not have a particular name, but it was a series of animated comic art made by Eric Winkler that would describe the life of him and his friend as artists of the same interest. This friend of Winkler's was a friend named Bryan Zanisnik. 

    Bryan Zanisnik was also an artist as well, but his medium of focus was different compared to Eric's work; his work involves live performance art, along with props and other objects used to create this lifelike collage throughout Bryan's projects. Throughout Bryan's career, I noticed every once in a while, both of them would usually have time to take a break from their work and connect with each other outside the art world; during those times, they would sit down and have conversations of how their life has been, and what goes on outside their art careers. Bryan, as the comic artist, would record their conversations and actions through some of his drawings, and later create a life-like animation that involves the two of them having an "animated" conversation either within their circle or outside of it.

 

    What Fascinates me to see the two communicate to each other with art, is how they communicate and have a deeper understanding with each other. For Instance, I have observed that both Bryan and Winkler had a time in their lives where both their mothers died from cancer, and had to go through adversity during their careers. Observing their conversation within the video, as well as Eric's drawing observations, it reminds me of one of the lectures Erica Thomas has made within her conversation with students, a conversation that had her communicate to artists to form deeper relationships with them. As a comic artists like Eric Winkler, not only characters were made throughout their stories as actual beings, but people can also relate to them as well, whether they would be real or fictional.

    In conclusion, Eric Winkler's work at least taught me something about comic book art and animation. It taught me that throughout cartoons and comics, they would have meaning behind their works from time to time. These works can at least have something you can tell to friends and family, as well as the message behind them. Eric's work had something to remember after observing his work, and can have something to be inspired by for artists like myself. This was a very interesting artist to look into!

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