Remembering Ringo
Tonight at the Lead Poet's Society, we talked about Mike Wieringo and what he and his art meant to us. From there we decided to do Ringo themed sketches.
Ringo's Flash got me into drawing comics again in the 90's. Some of my first samples to DC were Impulse samples based on the stuff I saw of his at the time. Later on, his Spider-Man had a tremendous affect on how I approached the character myself. I was told a couple of times by editors and friends that there was a "Ringo" type feel to my Spidey. While some artists cring at being compared to other established artists, I thought this was the cooles thing anybody could ever say to me.
So tonight, I drew Spidey. The way I draw him. Which is pretty much the way I saw him filtered through Mike Wieringo in the first place. Thanks, Mike. I can honestly say I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing today without your influence.
Ringo's Flash got me into drawing comics again in the 90's. Some of my first samples to DC were Impulse samples based on the stuff I saw of his at the time. Later on, his Spider-Man had a tremendous affect on how I approached the character myself. I was told a couple of times by editors and friends that there was a "Ringo" type feel to my Spidey. While some artists cring at being compared to other established artists, I thought this was the cooles thing anybody could ever say to me.
So tonight, I drew Spidey. The way I draw him. Which is pretty much the way I saw him filtered through Mike Wieringo in the first place. Thanks, Mike. I can honestly say I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing today without your influence.
4 Comments:
Very nice piece, Mike. I too was a huge fan of Ringo's and I will miss his artwork.
At least we have all the beautiful work he did to look back on and inspire us further.
Nice piece man! Ringo may be gone, but we still have his work to amaze us.
That's an awesome Spidey, Mike. And I know where you're coming from -- Ringo is probably in my top five artists that inspired me to get into the whole "drawing thing."
Also wanted to mention it was great meeting you at the show last weekend. I'm still bummed I missed the mysterious Crank, but whatcha gonna do..
:)
Nice post and image, Mr. Norton.
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