God, I love threads like this where I get to pay homage to the people (active or not) that have influenced me the most in getting into graphics and photography.
For organization's sake I'm going to split this into three simple categories; Beginning, Middle and Current:
NOTE: Of course people aren't stuck in any one category, I'm simply listing them where they most/first affected me as an artist.
Beginning:
These old school graphics artists hold a special place in my heart because they influenced me and shaped me as an artist right off the bat. All of these people were who I looked up to most when I first started posting in the G&P section 4 years ago.
First, would be
munna. This guy made graphics his own way, and didn't care what style of graphic art was 'cool' or 'trendy' at the time. He had some of the best galleries on PC.
Loki (our favorite mod), was that friendly G&P poster who always had helpful CnC for aspiring artists and always made beautiful and original pieces of work.
Sawyer was amazing.
Just look at his gallery, nuff said.
Shiranui made very clean, professional looking tags 4 years ago, and I really looked up to her and her art.
Middle:
Guys'n'Gals who came a little bit later in my development, and I perceived different as a result.
Artists like
Dukey, Color Me Evil, Renyui, Ezzo, vVintage, Tiny, Pandamore and Josephine.
Current:
These are the current people who inspire and I adore artistically on PC.
moments. I love your art. I've said this before, and (unless you stop making stuff) I'll say it again: you have an amazing eye, and make pieces with better lighting effects and color than most people I see anywhere else.
Gav Although you don't reaaally post stuff that often anymore, you continue to create inventive and original pieces of art. Good job.
Sorry I didn't write much for people in the middle. (sigh) I ran out of steam writing this post. Hahaha.