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'''John McCrea''' (1966-) is an Irish comic book artist. In addition to working on famous UK comic | '''John McCrea''' (1966-) is an Irish comic book artist. In addition to working on famous UK comic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_AD_%28comic%29" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:2000_AD_(comic)">2000 AD</a> and its lead character <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Dredd" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Judge_Dredd">Judge Dredd</a>, he is most famous for his collaborations with fellow potty-mouthed Irishman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Garth_Ennis">Garth Ennis</a>, including the creation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitman_%28comics%29" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Hitman_(comics)">Hitman</a>. | ||
McCrea is currently illustrating "How to Draw" features for the UK's ''[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers]]'' comic published by [[Titan Books|Titan]], teaching kids how to render the complicated forms of the [[Transformers (2007)|movie]] 'bots. | McCrea is currently illustrating "How to Draw" features for the UK's ''[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers]]'' comic published by [[Titan Books|Titan]], teaching kids how to render the complicated forms of the [[Transformers (2007)|movie]] 'bots. | ||
Except... rather than actually, y'know, cover basic stuff like geometric shapes, proportion, structure, or anything that would help you build and original drawing from the ground up, he just shows you how to copy a line-drawing over four pages. | Except... rather than actually, y'know, cover basic stuff like geometric shapes, proportion, structure, or anything that would help you build and original drawing from the ground up, he just shows you how to copy a line-drawing over four pages. | ||
His time is also occupied with ''really'' not getting how the ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' design aesthetic works. | |||
Bloody Irish! | Bloody Irish! | ||
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Revision as of 06:57, 19 March 2009
John McCrea (1966-) is an Irish comic book artist. In addition to working on famous UK comic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_AD_%28comic%29" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:2000_AD_(comic)">2000 AD</a> and its lead character <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Dredd" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Judge_Dredd">Judge Dredd</a>, he is most famous for his collaborations with fellow potty-mouthed Irishman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Garth_Ennis">Garth Ennis</a>, including the creation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitman_%28comics%29" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Hitman_(comics)">Hitman</a>.
McCrea is currently illustrating "How to Draw" features for the UK's Transformers comic published by Titan, teaching kids how to render the complicated forms of the movie 'bots.
Except... rather than actually, y'know, cover basic stuff like geometric shapes, proportion, structure, or anything that would help you build and original drawing from the ground up, he just shows you how to copy a line-drawing over four pages.
His time is also occupied with really not getting how the Animated design aesthetic works.
Bloody Irish!
