Comments on: A Gallery of Rob Liefled’s Anatomical Abominations

By: Charlie Ward

Charlie Ward — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:58:54 +0000

I just hate his art so much.

By: bigpartymaker

bigpartymaker — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:40:17 +0000

Yeah I didn’t remember this guy’s art being so ridiculous back in the early 90s, which supports the comments about it being the style back then. BUT I do remember hating the stupid guns he would draw

By: ant2206

ant2206 — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:28:35 +0000

Check out this video series of Rob Leifeld and Todd McFarlane creating a new character, under the direction of Stan Lee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR2CVpYXm4Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQdDaeYiCAs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIG3kC5ee8s

The whole thing is veeeery 90s, but it’s also Rob to a T. Stan is passively aggressively taking the piss of his style the whole way through. But at the time Rob was a bigger artist than Todd, so he was given more rope (and leather straps and spandex).

There’s also a beautiful moment, I think in video 3 if I remember correctly, where Stan Lee specifically says “Rob, those feet need more definition”. And Rob just nods, then goes and adds more straps, pockets, and armblades.

By: Nerdyboy

Nerdyboy — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:07:49 +0000

correct me if i`m wrong. But, doesn`t the Artemis one belong to Mike Deodato jr?

By: AdamA

AdamA — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 03:31:28 +0000

I hadn’t heard of this guy before today, but ended up spending a couple hours of shock and terror on the 40 worst lists of his.

By: Adam A

Adam A — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:54:01 +0000

I’d never heard of this guy until I saw this post, but 2 hours later found myself still looking at these in a state of shock and terror.

Here’s a good site if you want more of this great man..

http://www.progressiveboink.com/2012/4/21/2960508/worst-rob-liefeld-drawings

By: Timmysteve

Timmysteve — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:45:56 +0000

Hey anon, did you read the post or look at the pictures? The thing is that Liefled has some talent, but it’s clear that he has no interest in improving or (as the quote DocDoom linked) accepting taking criticism. Most artists strive for at least getting the basics down (anatomy, perspective, etc) before they take any serious steps toward the professional world, and it’s pretty clear that Liefled is a couple crayons short of a 24-pack as far as anatomical verisimilitude goes.

By: anon

anon — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:08:23 +0000

It’s a style of art. Drawing this stuff takes serious talent. You like it or you don’t, personally I don’t, but you can’t knock the talent.

By: Austin

Austin — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 01:32:28 +0000

Liefield is one of the worst, but Greg Land is worse. At least Liefield actually draws his characters. Greg Land has a stock of pictures he traces off of for EVERYTHING.

http://jimsmash.blogspot.com/2008/02/more-greg-land-ripoffs.html
http://jimsmash.blogspot.com/2008/06/more-greg-land-tracing.html
http://jimsmash.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-greg-land-tracing.html

By: DocDoom

DocDoom — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:00:19 +0000

He’s…balancing? I guess?

If there were any sort of depth perception in that picture I could have a more definitive answer.