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Nov 09
APE 2008 sketches
Well, APE was a week ago and it was a blast. I did do some sketches for myself as well as for the Cartoon Art Museum. I sold one of them as well. Aging glam rocker. Fantasy gal. Dragon. A sexy retro girl. (This one sold! Yay!) A strange meeting. This picture I did at …
Nov 08
Holiday Cartoon Boot-Camp 2008 at the Cartoon Art Museum (updated)
I will be teaching a NEW holiday cartoon boot camp at the Cartoon Art Museum on Dec 26,27,28,29,and 30. Yep that will be Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon and Tue! It will be for intermediate artist ages 10-14 and feature a fantasy theme. The class will included both basic skills (constructing and posing the figure, rendering …
Nov 04
A new president of the USA
I normally do not talk politics on my blog, but I feel inclined to do so today. Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States of America. I just watched his speech and am feeling excited for our future as a nation. The future is still uncertain, but maybe all of us …
Nov 02
Drawing With Water: Making the Art for ALAN’S WAR
First:Second has a great making of video from their book Alan’s War. I think I am going to give it a try.
Nov 02
Sunday Thoughts – 11-2-08
Well, I am back from APE and had a great time. Time for some cool links, or what I like to call Sunday Thoughts. Artist Michael Cho has a great art piece on his blog: http://chodrawings.blogspot.com/2008/11/toronto-back-alleys-pt-15.html Zander Cannon’s 24 Hour Comic Book Day comic: http://www.bigtimeattic.com/blog/2008/10/zanders-2008-24-hour-comic-is-online.html Keven Cannon’s (no relationship to Zander) 24 Hour Comic Book …
Oct 29
Disney themepark Halloween Fun
– Window to the Magic audio podcast’s Halloween episode. Includes rocking mash-ups that uses audio from theme park rides, animation soundtracks, etc. as well as audio from classic kids records. GIVE A LISTEN HERE. – Every year Tokyo Disneyland has elaborate parade, here a few of my favorite: 2005’s Pumpkin Party 2007’s Haunted Mansion themed …
Oct 24
APE is this WEEKEND, November 1-2, 2008
APE: the Alternative Press Expo in it’s new time and date in November (great for holiday gifts) is in one week. It’s the day after Halloween! The convention has become not only about self made and small press comics, but of handy crafts and original art. The special guest this year are: Jessica Abel, Paige …
Oct 24
Sketch Crawl San Francisco is tomorrow Oct 25, 2008
The 20th Sketch Crawl is tomorrow in the Mission District from 11 am to 5 pm. Find out more here: http://www.sketchcrawl.com/blog/?p=79 From the official site: …The basic idea: to record nonstop everything I could around me with my pencil and watercolors. A drawn journal filled with details ranging from the all the coffee I drank …
