Brian Kolm
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Sep 01
Day 4/5 – Cartoon Art Camp: Character Creation
I know this post is late coming. I was trying to get my handouts avalible in downloadable PDF form, but got distracted by other things. For Day 4 we focused on developing our own characters. The students had to make a choice to what they wanted to draw for the next two days (Thursday and …
Sep 01
Cartoon Skeletons in Korea
The Arario Gallery in Korea is displaying some realistic skeletons of cartoon characters. Visit this link to see the bone structure of the Road Runner, Bugs Bunny, Wile E Coyote, Felix the Cat, and Mickey Mouse. It’s just disturbing and cool all at the same time. tags: cartoon|skeleton|Korea|
Aug 27
AW Blog Chain: College Food and Beyond
Well, it’s time to for another AW Blog Chain (#5). Over at the Even in a little thing blog, Gillian Polack writes about her view on the classic English dishes that she knows being modified and changed as time progresses. I like food. Even with my tubby tummy, I am still glad that at a …
Aug 24
Day 3 – Cartoon Art Camp: Character Creation
Today’s class began with a warm up of gesture drawing of the human form. Each of the kids took turns drawing a quick gesture on the newsprint pad from the pose of one of the other students. We then sat down and I passed out a handout of photos of Live Action Superheroes. I demonstrated …
Aug 22
Day 2 – Cartoon Art Camp: Character Creation
Day two went as great as day one. We started the day with a warm-up focusing on the skills we learned the day before: making a character from spheres and cilenders/tubes. The rest of the day we spent learning to draw the classic heroic male from a front view. Images coming soon. Tags: drawing|sketch|painting|art|Brian Kolm|comics|Atomic …
Aug 22
Day 1- Cartoon Art Camp – Character Creation (second session)
Today was the first day of Cartoon Art Camp: Character Creation at the Cartoon Art Museum. The students did a bang up job on the lessons that I provided for them, and they have a lot of talent. We were also filmed for the KGO-7 Evening News, and we all looked great. Every day in …
Aug 22
Look Ma, I’m was on TV!!
I was on KGO-7 News tonight with my Cartooning Camp class at the Cartoon Art Museum. Reporter Don Sanchez interviewed me and some of my students. Click here to visit a blurb with streaming video clip. Cartooning Camp: Character Creation runs all this week. Tag(s): Beyond the Great Chimney|btgc|comics|Brian Kolm|Atomic Bear Press|AtomicBearPress|ABP|
Aug 22
See me on KGO-7 news website!
I was on KGO-7 News tonight with my Cartooning Camp class at the Cartoon Art Museum. Reporter Don Sanchez interviewed me and some of my students. Click here to visit a blurb with streaming video clip. Cartooning Camp: Character Creation runs all this week. Atomic Bear Press|Atomic Bear Press|ABP|Beyond the Great Chimney|BTGC|Brian Kolm|News and Notes|comics …
