I wrote recently about having a style as an artist. I worried that I just did not see myself as an artist who had a style. I like experimenting with different styles, trying things out, and being involved in different types of art-making. It is not that I have these grand plans of being a successful illustrator or that I want someone to hire me for my “style”, but it is nice to be recognized. Anyway, I was relaying this to an acquaintance of mine recently, and he basically said (and I’m paraphrasing here), “That’s the capitalism side of art.” I liked that. It made me realize that I should just keep doing what I’m doing and if I’m destined to be recognized…well, so be it.

Image courtesy of Markerbored

I heard about Markerbored recently, but was not expecting much, but I just love these drawings. Here is what they have to say about it:

We’re roommates. We make call-and-response baroque scenes on a dry erase board. They usually have nerdy characters from nerdy things in them. We’re Pat Barrett and Todd McArthur

I like how the drawings are very free and spontaneous, but they seem to be planned out. I think this sketchy type of artwork is so hard to capture because we are so used to expecting polished work. And, sketchy artwork can look, well, unpolished and sloppy. I guess there is a fine line., but left alone, I think the artwork on Markerbored is just right the way it is.