Jul
09
2008
It’s HOT here in Santa Rosa. Every day it’s been over 90 degrees. Luckily the kind folks at the Schulz Museum allow me to hang around after my class in their air conditioned environment.
The class is going well and I have a great group of 9 boys who have been great to work with. I am looking forward to sharing some of the animation we have done this week with you next week.
Jul
06
2008
This week I am in Santa Rosa CA to teach the animation class at the Schulz Museum. The class is brand new and hopefully it will result in some cool animations. If all goes according to plan I will have some video clips to show on-line the week after. I will be blogging later this week as well.
JULY 7–11 ◠9am–12:30pm | Stop and Go!
Learn the basics of stop-motion animation and make your own animated film by the end of the week. Students will experiment with stop-motion and hand-drawn animation, flip books and zoetropes, as well as other methods. Taught by professional artist Brian Kolm.
COST: $152 for members; $190 for non-members
Here is a video clip from a class that has all ready happened, the Cartoon Safari that started with some drumming. Due to working with Children the clip can not be embedded. So click on the text below.
Jul
06
2008
These are the new “Enchanted” fireworks for the summer at Euro Disneyland in Paris. I know that showing a fireworks show in France is probably not that patriotic of me, but this one is very cool and well done. The show does not have the usual Disney character voice overs and lots of bells and whistles, but the fire works themselves are pretty cool and the score is just music from the movie “Enchanted”. It’s only 7min, so take a break and take a look.
I hope you all had a great 4th of July.
Jul
02
2008
– Are you willing to donate an hour or so of your time to help the Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco? (http://www.cartoonart.org
)
If you answered yes to both of these questions you might be able to help the Museum as part of their fund raising Sketch-A-Thon at the Comic-Con. This will be the second annual Sketch-A-Thon the museum has done and last years was a huge success thanks to the help of both well known and up-and-coming artist. Last year we had Eric Powell, Alison Bechdel, Tom Beland and Keith Knight to name a few.
“Artists of all shapes, sizes and skill levels are welcome, so please don’t be intimidated by the list that I’ve posted. We’re hoping to have one veteran artist and one up-and-comer at the table at all times, which will allow the younger artists to learn from the older ones (and vice versa).”
How it works: Artist’s are scheduled for a block of time, usually one hour, to come to the booth and draw. On average the cost for the drawings are $10 for 8.5″ x 5.5″ or $25 for 8.5″ x 11″. Sometimes you might be drawing a requested character for someone and sometimes you might be just adding drawings to our impressive selection. Sometimes the drawings do sell for more for certain well known artists.
This year your assistance and supported is needed more then ever since we were not able to get a booth on the actual main floor and are on the mezzanine annex. That means we need to work even harder to get folks to find us. NOTE: Artist must all ready have their own badges to the Comic-con.
“We set a new fundraising record at last year’s Comic-Con, and we’re hoping to top that total this year. Due to overcrowding, we’ll be stationed on the mezzanine level this year with various Star Wars and other sci-fi fan groups, so our need for artists is even greater this year than usual. (My prediction is that any artist who can draw Chewbacca or Mr. Spock will bring lots of attention and money to the Museum.)”
- IF you are not able to come and draw at the table we would still love you to donate a drawing for our Fund Raiser. We can provided you with our sheet of card stock at the convention and can even swing back to pick it up from your booth or table.
- IF you live in the Bay Area and are not able to make it to the convention and want to donate a drawing, contact Andrew at the email below and arrange to pick up the sheet to draw it on.
SO, if you are interested, email Andrew Farago at: gallery AT cartoonart DOT org and let him know who you are, when you might be available, and a URL to your artwork.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Jul
02
2008
I will be in Santa Rosa all next week for the Animation Class I am teaching for advanced level kids Grade 4 and above. I am told there are still spots open.
JULY 7–11,2008 ◠9am–12:30pm | Stop and Go!
Learn the basics of stop-motion animation and make your own animated film by the end of the week. Students will experiment with stop-motion and hand-drawn animation, flip books and zoetropes, as well as other methods. Taught by professional artist Brian Kolm.
COST: $152 for members; $190 for non-members
Visit the official website to find out more: schulzmuseum.com
