Monthly Archive: May 2009

May
31
2009

CCSF Comic Book Jam at the Cartoon Art Museum May 31, 2009 report

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Check out the photos on the CCSF photo group on Flickr.

Well, today 26 people came to the Cartoon Art Museum to create comics and art. Members of the Cartoonist Conspiricy San Francisco joined with the Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore for a Comic Jam.

Starting at 11 am artist begin to arrive at the Museum and were given a special custom lanyard while we finished setting up in the Museum’s lobby.

First off, artist were invited to help design the Bookstore’s online persona ‘Sparky Joe.’ Sparky Joe is a mash up of Olive Oyl, Wendy the good little witch, wolf girl from Lil’ Abner, and Disney’s version of Tinkerbell.

At noon we started the comic jams. One table did a series of illustrations that had an adventuring girl over the course of a day. The other table had two groups who worked on comics on Sticky Notes. The Sticky Notes allowed for us to create a collaborative story that can be rearranged and adjusted creating a more solid tale. The jams will be on-line in the next few weeks.

Later in the day we tried something new, Speed Comic Jams. We took pre-printed pages with three cinema scope panels and posted four of them on a tablet on a stand. The first time had each artist taking turns filling in the panels one by one with only one minutes per panel. We drew in pencil with a random theme with the words: Cinderella and Detective Tale. That produced loose rough drawings. The next version had two artist drawing two pages at the same time with two minutes per panel. The theme was Glam Rock Beach party. This time we drew with Sharpie pens which made the artist work simpler and cleaner. We did the challenges a few more times, finially returing to panel by panel at two minutes a time.

Around 4pm we had a few more artist finish some “Sparky Joe” drawings and then at 5pm we all voted along with shoppers in the Bookstore. Manager Heather had a hard time picking from all the designs so this made it easier. In the end there was a three way tie, so we had another round of voting with the winner being artist Audry Soffa (of the web comic the Bunny System) who’s art will be uploaded soon to Facebook.

If you want to be a friend of the Cartroon Art Museum Bookstore, just search Facebook for Sparky Joe or you can follow on Twitter as well.

It seemed that everyone had a really good time and we were really productive. We hope to have some comics on-line soon and look forward to returning to the museum sometime soon.

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May
30
2009

CCSF Comic Jam at the Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore, TOMORROW Sunday May 31, 2009

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This is sort of late, but since more people connect with me on Facebook, Twitter, DeviantArt, etc I have not been updating the blog as much.

TOMORROW is an event I have been helping put together for the Cartoonist Conspiricy San Francisco comic jam group. May 31, 2009. Sunday. We will have a comic jam in the lobby of the Cartoon Art Museum with our sponsor, the Museum’s own Bookstore.

The FREE event will begin at 11 am and end at 5pm and allow artist to come together and create comic stories. NOTE: Admission to the Museum is NOT free. It’ cost $6 for adults, $4 for students and seniors and $2 for kids.

Many local artist from the group will be there along with a lot of new people too. It’s going to be fun and exciting. So come on down and draw with us.

You can find photos from the event at Flicker HERE: http://www.flickr.com/groups/cartoonconspiracysf/

You can answer questions to get ideas on both TWITTER: http://twitter.com/CAMBookstore

and on FACEBOOK by friending SPARKY JOE: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=100000016205524&ref=ts

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May
19
2009

The voice of Mickey Mouse, Wayne Allwine has passed away.

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Wayne Allwine passed away at the age of 62. He brought a genuine performance of the famous mouse. Read more on the Disney Blog. A very sad day.

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May
18
2009

The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, Bone, and the Changing Face of Comics Trailer

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Must. See. This. Documentary.

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May
15
2009

CCSF collabrations are fun.

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The Cartoonist Conspiracy Jam was great last night (Thursday May 14,2009). We did a new challenge where two artist teamed up to pencil each comic panel of a story on individual index cards. Each artist drew at least one specific character and worked together to tell a story when they interacted. So one artist might draw, lets say a character being hit, and then the other artist might draw the other character throwing the punch. In many ways the process resembles how animators will each do a different character in a movie.

After all the art is penciled, one artist will ink all the drawings in a story to keep the final look consistent. We did not reach that step as of yet.

The index cards allows for the teams to shuffle and rearrange the cards to edit the story adding, changing and combining them. It meant that the story could change very easily and quickly and allow for new possibilities. After the order is decided, the back of the cards in each story are numbered.

Many of us were enjoying the process enough that we stayed longer then we usually do at the Café. That is a good thing.

I will post some images of the final story I did with my partner when they are avalible.

Next time you are hanging out with your artist pals, give it a try. It should work on stickynotes and scraps of paper or cardboard as well.

- PICTURES: photos via http://www.flickr.com/photos/miromi/sets/72157618101813429/

- SLIDESHOW: slideshow via Flickr, check it out here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/miromi/sets/72157618101813429/show/

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May
13
2009

June 6, 2009 – Meet me at Free Day at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa CA

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I will be a guest at free day at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa CA on Saturday, June 6 from 1 to 3 pm. I will most likely be in the education room upstairs promoting my summer classes that I am teaching.

Where: 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa, California 95403
Contact info: (707) 579-4452 | http://www.schulzmuseum.com/

Classes I am teaching:

Classes for Children Entering Grade 4 and Above
Spend some time at the Schulz Museum enjoying hands-on activities and time in the Museum. All classes include projects to take home, daily snacks, breaks, and professional art instruction. All materials and snacks are provided.
COST: Weekly Rate ● $125 for members; $156 for non-members
Day Rate ● $30 for members; $35 for non-members

MONDAY–FRIDAY ● JULY 6–10 ● 9am–12:30pm ● Grades 4 and up
Taste of ‘Tooning
Students will get their feet wet learning everything from the basics of cartooning to putting their comics into motion with stop-motion and other animation techniques. Join Brian Kolm, professional cartoonist and creator of Beyond the Great Chimney, for a week of hands-on cartooning.

Monday Masterpieces: Art and Cartooning for Kids
Spend one or more Monday afternoon learning to draw and develop stories and characters with professional cartoonists.
COST: Per Session Rate ● $30 for members; $35 for non-members
JULY 6 IT’S A BIRD, IT’S A PLANE!: Draw superheroes and side kicks with cartoonist Brian Kolm.

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May
13
2009

June 13-14, 2009 Adult Class: Defining the Project at the Cartoon Art Museum

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Defining the Project:
Instructor: Brian Kolm
Level: Beginning/Intermediate – Adult
Days: June 13-14, 2009

Are you thinking about working on a personal comic or cartoon project? Do you need some motivation to getting the ball rolling? Come to this hands-on workshop where like-minded creators can work on their projects together. We will go through exercises that will help you explore ideas for stories, settings, and characters for your projects. And you will learn how to take your projects to the next level. We will learn how to outline our stories as well as design the characters and settings that will help bring the story and character ideas to life.

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May
12
2009

Iggy Pop – King Of The Dogs (Interactive Music Video)

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Check out this wonderful stop motion music video for the Iggy Pop song “King of Dogs” done by Patrick Boivin. Well, it’s actually 3 videos. Give it a try below. Patrick uses some great computer effects to make his animated puppets look so realistic. Check out more of his work HERE. This is web 2.0 marketing at it’s best with really high quality work.

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