click for a bigger image. Pen and Ink drawing with color in PhotoShop. This art includes some work with a brush dipped in ink, something I am far from good at. I find I want to always rest/drag my hand on the art as I work and that is probably not good. Tags: drawing|sketch|painting|art|Brian Kolm|comics|AtomicBearPress|ABP|
May 2007 archive
May 18
Dancing Superheros
Makes me smile and laugh. This was created with the online site PICTAPS. Ultraman(s) is/are the only superhero(s) who can really get away with dancing I think.
May 15
Sketch: Warlock Fish and Dragon Lantern (at MSAT)
These were drawn during my class at MSAT, yesterday. Each one was based off of a Random Name from my deck of Super Hero Names. The first one is called Dragon Lantern and the second is Warlock Fish. Click for larger images. Tags: drawing|sketch|painting|art|Brian Kolm|comics|Atomic Bear Press|AtomicBearPress|ABP|
May 15
Guarnido’s Blacksad artwork
If you haven’t seen the work of the Spanish artist Juanjo Guarnido has created for Blacksad, it’s worth a look. He has created a cool film noir world of anthropomorphic animals all rendered in watercolor. The work is simple stunning.
May 15
Tools: Random Names from behindthename.com
This site, behindthename.com will take a data-base of real names and randomize it either generally, or with specific ethnic backgrounds. It definitely can be a great way to come up with character names for any type of storytelling. The only down size is that it can only generate one name at a time and you …
May 15
826 Valencia Field Trip artwork
Here is my latest from 826 Valencia. I created it last week. Check out this LINK to see all the 826 Valencia books I have illustrated.
May 12
Tezuka: The Marvel of Manga
The youtube video below is to promote the new exhibit at the SF Asian Art Museum: Tezuka: The Marvel of Manga (marvelofmanga.org). Looks to be a pretty awesome exhibit.
May 09
Thomas Kuebler’s life-like sculptures
site screen grab from http://www.tskuebler.com/ (via MAKE: blog) Thomas Kuebler creates life like, life size figures that will blow you away. Boy it would be cool to see what he could come up with for Halloween. Check out the Witches and Wisemen: LINK also this awesome Superman figure on the news page: LINK tags: sculpture|
