Super Great Timing
Monday, December 10th, 2007 Posted in for-artists, videos | 4 Comments »Wow, seemingly pointless, but hard not to watch once you start it. You just have to watch it. Very creative, very fun, great use of timing and music. If you are an animator then pay close attention the use of ...
Quick Sketch – How to Draw like a Pro
Saturday, November 17th, 2007 Posted in blog, for-artists | 1,265 Comments »Like to draw? Want to get better at drawing? What's the easiest way to learn? Have you ever wondered how comic artists and animators can draw anything at any angle, quickly, without looking at anything, and make it look good? ...
Collection of Advanced Photoshop Tutorials
Saturday, November 17th, 2007 Posted in for-artists, Links | 17 Comments »I found a great link that has a wide variety of advanced photoshop tutorials. I often use some of these to teach my photoshop students at Westwood College. There's a good amount of variety here so you may even ...
Getting that Traditional Look
Monday, November 12th, 2007 Posted in for-artists | 18 Comments »Looks like Traditional ink and watercolor right? Amazing what you can do with photoshop. It's all a matter of using the right brushes and dropping in a scan of watercolor paper. Scroll down to read more... Drawing into a computer ...
The Digital Quill Pen
Monday, November 12th, 2007 Posted in for-artists | 16 Comments »For all my fellow comic strip artists out there...I'm a big fan of the old school quill pen and the loose look of inking with a brush. If you don't know what I'm talking about then just look at ...
The Unknown Golden Rule of Drawing Comics
Monday, November 12th, 2007 Posted in blog, for-artists | 5,373 Comments »Here are two versions of the same comic strip. Which layout works better? Why?? There is an unknown rule known among animators and story board artists called, "Crossing the Line." But what is the line and ...
New Character > Julie
Monday, November 12th, 2007 Posted in blog, for-artists | 15 Comments »Here's the newest addition to the cast of "Almost There." This is Jake's little sister, Julie. She can see and talk to Jesus but no one else can which you can see in strip 6. Poor Jesus, if only we ...
Dark Chica & White Devil
Monday, November 12th, 2007 Posted in blog, for-artists | 13 Comments »DARK CHICA WHITE DEVIL Here are two volleyball players that will be in some of the story lines. Maybe one day I'll give them real names.
Punk Rocker Chick
Monday, November 12th, 2007 Posted in blog, for-artists | 14 Comments »I like the punk rocker design. Between her and another girl design with some attitude the story should have plenty of spice. I distinctly remember staying up past 10 pm one night at art school. I rarely stay up that ...
Girls, girls, girls
Monday, November 12th, 2007 Posted in blog, for-artists | 17 Comments »Here are some character designs for the new comic strip I'm working on.
#1 Rule in Visual Storytelling – Crossing the Line
Monday, October 8th, 2007 Posted in for-artists | 46 Comments »Here is a perfect example of what not to do. Here I broke one of the most fundamental rules in visual storytelling. CROSSING THE LINE In film making, storyboarding, and any form of sequential storytelling there is a rule called "Crossing ...
Work Perfectly & Completely
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 Posted in for-artists | 15 Comments »If you have seen the video I produced when I drew this comic the first time then you may have noticed that I completely redid this comic strip. I'm really proud of this strip for many reasons. First of all, ...
