Brian Kolm
Author's posts
Aug 13
Designing and Planning for BTGC #3
I promised myself that I would get started on the final art for issue #3 this weekend, so I did some design work and planning to try to solve some of the problems that might arises. The first panel will show a great party, including Ducelot’s adopted family and many , many fantasy characters. I …
Aug 12
Empress Chung, a animated collaboration
Empress Chung is a new animated feature that was a South and North Korean co-production. This news comes way of Animated-News.com. From an article at the english version of Digial Chosunilbo: After eight years of collaboration, the two Koreas will finally screen their first jointly made film later this week. The animated version of one …
Aug 11
take…The Road Less Traveled
The Road Less Traveled is a wonderful new blog with a cornucopia of information that you didn’t know you needed to know. The author has brought together a quiet package of interesting links to just about anything you can think of. Some of the current musings include: Baby Names, Gardening, and Tricks for MS Word. …
Aug 10
Where the Wild Things Are..test clip
There has been a lot of discussion on-line about master Disney animator Glen Keane moving from 2D (cel) animation to 3D CGI animation. To find out more, check out this article at Jim Hill Media. Back in the 1980’s, Mr. Keane did an early test of 2D animation on top of 3D backgrounds for a …
Aug 10
Alcatraz photos on-line
I finally got my Alcatraz photos on-line. They are in the FUN section. Enjoy. The post about my last day can be found HERE. Alcatraz Island Nation Park, early morning. _____________________________________ Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my production art for my comic book, Beyond the Great Chimney as well as other art, sketches and drawings.
Aug 10
Ducelot’s Family Line-Up
In Issue #3 of BTGC we get the first glimpse of the rest of Ducelot’s adopted family. So I thought it would be fun to show the first sketch I did of them. From Left to Right: (these characters might change by the time of publication.) – Ducelot: the wizard, human. Was raised, as well …
Aug 09
more…Asterix and the Vikings movie
One of the few exciting 2D(cel) animation projects in the works is the Canadian/French film based on the international favorite Asterix. It seems the future of 2D animation lies in Europe and Asia, not the US. But with a modern world of communication, we can find out about it faster then ever before. First off …
Aug 09
Introducing Sea-man Six
I recently taught a Comic Book Illustration camp at ZEUM in San Francisco. The object was to create a 4 page story in two weeks, including Design, Pencils, Inking, Scanning, and Graphics. I felt that it was not fair to ask the kids to do this, if I did not do one myself. So here …
