Hey all, I will be in San Diego for the Comic-Con this summer working with the Cartoon Art Museum again. If you are an artist and are at the con and want to help out…. The Cartoon Art Museum Sketch-A-Thon at San Diego Comic-Con needs your help! San Diego Comic-Con International is fast approaching, and …
June 2009 archive
Jun 26
Cartoon Boot Camp: Story Board to Animatic follow up.
Today was the last day of Cartoon Boot Camp: Storyboard to Animatic at the Cartoon Art Museum. I had a class of 10 kids who all work hard to create storyboard drawings which I then made into an animatic. An animatic (or Lycra Reel or Pre-Visualization) is a technique that was first used by animation …
Jun 25
Follow me on Twitter
Everyone seems to be Twittering. Maybe even your mom is Twittering. You can follow me on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/AtomicBearPress I post updates on classes and events that I am part of. Also I have just installed a plug-in on my site that will (hopfully) Tweet when I post a blog post here.
Jun 25
Puppets are Cool
I have always liked puppets. Here are some videos I have found on-line. Here is a cool scary puppet, Bunrakboo Puppetry Illusions by www.gore-galore.com: Here is Big Bird from Sesame Street singing “It’s not easy being Green” at the memorial for Jim Henson. Puppeteer Carol Spinny is obviously doing a pretty good job to stay …
Jun 22
Asian Art Museum (personal) comic jam
This is a comic I drew this last Thursday June 18, 2009 at the Asian Art Museum at the MATCHA event. Most of the items I sketched from are in the Lords of the Samurai exhibit as well as the demonstration of the Tea Ceremony. I still need to write some dialog, but I feel …
Jun 22
Luxo Jr. animatronic at WDW
Pretty amazing animatronic. I wonder if it can be “puppeted” or just played back as a show. See some more photos by Jeff Lang HERE.
Jun 20
Valhalla Cat comic
This is a silly little comic that I drew while experimenting with using Sticky Notes. It was all draw with washes of black watercolor and pasted on sheets that provided the black boarders. I scanned and colored it in Photoshop. Click on the images to see them larger on my Flickr page.
Jun 17
Update…
Just wanted to post some stuff that is going on… – My adult cartooning class this last weekend was fantastic. Thanks to all my students for their hard work and great enthusiasm. – Right now I am teaching the first week of the Cartoon Art Museum Cartoon Boot Camp with a theme of Superheroes. I …
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