Category Archive: CAM-JAM

Oct
06
2010

October 24, 2010 Ghoultide Gathering at the Cartoon Art Museum 11-4

On October 24, 2010 I will be part of another CAM-JAM at the Cartoon Art Museum as part of their 1st annual ‘Ghoultide Gathering’. I am helping to organize the event and I will be creating art as well. The challenge will be for each participating artist to draw one of the cards of the Tarot deck which will be scanned on the spot and will be added to a poster that will show all the cards and be fore sale as a fundraiser for the museum at the bookstore in November.

BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE to the GHOULTIDE GATHERING….(details are subject to change)

WATCH: the Tarot Card Comic Art Jam -all day
Watch as local artist draw the cards of the Tarot for a special fundraiser art print for the museum.LEARN: Try your hand at drawing creepy creatures at our in-gallery art table. 

EXPERIENCE: STORM of “Heroic Tarot” doing X-Men Tarot readings all day.
STORM was voted SF Weekly BEST OF AWARD and is the author of the comic “Princess Witch Boy”. (stormantic.com)

MEET: Jeff Baham signing his book “An Unofficial History of Disney’s Haunted Mansion”
Jeff is founder of Doombuggies.com and co-host of Mousetalgia podcast (mousetalgia.com)

DELIGHT in Johnny Dismal’s cute and creepy creations he will be selling as prints and stuffies. (dismalthings.com)

WOW: There will be treats, tricks and prizes! Don’t miss this devilishly good time!

Jul
19
2010

Cam-Jam 2010 #2 follow-up photos

Hey, thanks to everyone who came to the CAM-JAM 2010 #2 at the Cartoon Art Museum this last Sunday 7-18-2010. It was a lot of fun and our team did some nice work.

Rick Lucey drawing tikis at @cartoonart museum.

photo by Mike Hale

Making tiki art

photo by Mike Hale

Cam-Jam 2010 #2 July 18 at the Cartoon Art Museum

Cam-Jam 2010 #2 July 18 at the Cartoon Art Museum

Cam-Jam 2010 #2 July 18 at the Cartoon Art Museum

Cam-Jam 2010 #2 July 18 at the Cartoon Art Museum

Cam-Jam 2010 #2 July 18 at the Cartoon Art Museum

Cam-Jam 2010 #2 July 18 at the Cartoon Art Museum

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Jul
16
2010

CAM-JAM2010 #2 is this Sunday, July 18!

CAM-JAM 2010 #2 logo

REMINDER: The second Cam-Jam comic jam of 2010 will be this Sunday July 18, 2010 a the Cartoon Art Museum.

This is an event I am organizing, so of course I will be there and I hope you will be there too.

Find out more at:http://cartoonistconspiracysf.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/cam-jam2010-2-on-sunday-july-18th-2010/

Mar
01
2010

CAM-JAM 2010 – #1 follow-up w/photos

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Hey all, I thought it was time to give a bit of a follow-up to the CAM-JAM comic jam at the Cartoon Art Museum that I helped organize with the museum’s bookstore.

I would say it’s the most successful event yet with 16 participants helping create a 40 page mini comic. There is a link at the bottom of this post to read it on-line.

First off, we did not reach one of our goals of printing the book in time for folks to take home with them. We have tried twice and at this point we will probably re-think that part. It was also raining, but that is something we can not control…yet.

Sunday Feb 21, 2010 was  a rainy day, perfect to sit inside and draw with new and old friends. We had just the right amount of artists to fill the lobby at the CAM. Most folks arrived promptly which was nice. When you don’t know how many people are attending, having 5 show up right on-time is a relief.

The event was really energizing, fun, and everyone created amazing work. The theme was Samurai and Superheroes, but no one drew any superheroes.

Here is a video of my taken by Cathy. I wish my voice did not sound like a Muppet on recordings.

11:30 am- We started with a character design mash-up warm-up which was great. The drawings feature mixing up established pop culture icons which are twisted in different ways to make something new. Samples can be seen below or in the web-edition of our comic. Thanks to Marti for scanning the drawings during the event.

CAM-JAM character mash-ups

12:00 am- Next up was a break and then Kristin Barrett of General Pencil Co. demonstrated their brand of watercolor pencils and gave everyone a set. She did a great job and was really fun and interesting. You can find out more about their products at http://www.generalpencil.com. A big thank goes out for there sponsorship.

Cam-Jam 2010 #1 - a demonstration of watercolor pencils

Cam-Jam 2010 #1

- We broke into groups of 2-4 artists. Everyone started their comic by working from a randomly created Haiku poem generated on-line. This seemed to be a good limitation to get the juices flowing and then we just started to create our comics. We drew actual size on 5.5″ x 8.5″ cover stock and we had a selection of brush pens, ink and brushes to use. BTW Brush and Ink was one of our themes for the event.

Cam-Jam 2010 #1 - Artists at Work

Cam-Jam 2010 #1 - finished art

- Around 5pm we stopped our work with 5 unique stories of the Samurai. I tried to tape down the pages into a dummy of the book so we could go and make copies at Copy Central, but it too long. But we did have a long Mini Comic of 40 pages, including a snazzy cover to show for our hard work.

Cam-Jam 2010 #1 - Artist at Work

We packed up all our materials and put away the tables and chairs. Thanks to Amy and David for helping us and for giving us a bit more time after their quitting time. Afterward a group of us went to Mel’s for some food.

The next week I scanned the files and had them printed at Costco Business (great service and prices) and stappled them in time for the Cartoonist Conspiracy SF comic jam on Thursday Feb 25, 2010.  I handed some out at the jam and then mailed others the next day. The book is really amazing and we should all be proud of what we created together.

Cam-Jam 2010 #1 - Artist at Work

A big thank you has to go out to Heather Plunkett and the staff of the Cartoon Art Museum and Bookstore for their support, space and help. A shout out to Kirstin Barrett for sharing her products and the wonderful samples. And of course a big thank you to everyone who participated…

Cameron Forsley, Maggie Tran, Lindsey Stapleton, Eric Haddad, Aurora Sofia Alcantar, Jeff Nevins, Rick Lucey, George Webber, Pat Tong, Mike Scagliotti, Audry Soffa, Jeff Plotkin, David Mann, Rena Simon-Igra, Alan Groening, and Cathy Notter.

So, here is the final book: click on the picture below to give it a read. (flash required)

Feb
15
2010

Inspiration links for the CAM-JAM2010-1 coming on Sunday Feb 21, 2010

Just a reminder that the CAM-JAM event is happening this coming Sunday Feb 21, 2010. To find out more, VISIT THIS LINK.

Since the themes for this CAM-JAM Comic Jam are Samurai/Superhero and Brush and Ink here are a few good inspirational links.

http://www.gallerysamurai.com/ – Photos of Samurai artifacts and armor.

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/ – Examples of Superheros from around the world.

http://pulphope.blogspot.com/ – A great master of brush inking, Paul Pope

http://www.timsale1.com/ – The talented Tim Sale.

Feb
02
2010

CAM-JAM 2010 #1! Feb 21, 2010 11:30 to 5:30 at the Cartoon Art Museum

OK, folks. I am representing the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco in setting up another comic jam at the Cartoon Art Museum with help of the museum’s bookstore. Yep, this is my ‘baby’. So if you are in the area and love to draw, come on down and join us.

Come and draw with us on Feb 21, 2010

The Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco and the Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore present CAM-JAM 2010 – #1 on Sunday February 21, 2010! 11:30 am to 5:30 pm

It’s a New Year and time for more collaborative comic jam fun with the artist from the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco. Spend the day drawing and creating with a local talent while we challenge ourselves to create and print a mini-comic with the events theme(s) by the end of the day. The themes for this CAM-JAM are: Brush and Ink, Samurai and Superhero, Poetic and Wordless.

Where: Lobby of the Cartoon Art Museum, 655 Mission St. San Francisco CA

When: Sunday February 21, 2010 – 11:30 am to 5:30 pm

Cost: FREE, but copies of the final mini comic will cost the price of printing. ++

What (to bring): Yourself and your favorite drawing tools, especially your favorite brush pen. Feel free to bring clippings/copies of reference that fits the theme as well as your networking paraphernalia.

How – Schedule below: (note: you are not required to attend the whole day, but you are encouraged too)

11:00 am – Set-up and schmooze.

11:30 am – Warm-Up Jam: Group Mash-up Character Design.

12:00 pm – Our Warm-up Jam drawings will taken and scanned while we set up for the mini-comic jam. Note: If you worked on the Warm-Up Jam drawings and stay till the end, you get to take a drawing home with you. Free art, woot!

Feel free to bring printouts/clippings of inspiration based on this sessions themes to share.

Set up to draw. Take a break for a quick lunch or snack.

12:30 pm Start the Comic Jam!

We will break into small teams of 2-4 artists who will be tasked with creating a short 2-8 page comic using the themes of the event. Card stock will be provided to draw on and some ink and brushes to try, but feel free to bring your favorite tools too.

A few volunteers will be helping us to scan pages when your team finish one, so we should be able to get the work on-line/printed faster then last year.

4:30 pm STOP

While any last pages are quickly prepped/scanned to make copies, the group will work on the final cover.

Everyone cleans up! Shop at the bookstore!

A team of expert copiers will jet on over to the copy store while any remaining artist will help vote on their favorite Warm-Up Jam drawings that are now displayed on the Bookstore Wall. There might be a possible prize as well.

5:00 pm ish Book arrive for you to take home with samples of everyone’s work. **

** Each artist can get copy(s) of the final Mini-Comic at cost; a few extra copies will be available at the bookstore for a full price as our way of helping this wonderful non-profit museum out.

++ (Legal stuff) By participating in the Jam you are giving permission for your work to be placed on-line by the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco and that a limited number of books can be sold as a fundraiser for the Cartoon Art Museum through its bookstore. Every effort to give credit and promote the participants will be made.

Random Numbers will be given by anyone who did the Warm-Up and we will go in order with each person taking an original drawing home.

5:30 go out for food/drink and schmooze, draw more, network, have fun.

So, why not join us?

Questions: Contact the CCSF organizer Brian Kolm at staff (at) atomicbearpress.com

Hope to see you there.

Aug
18
2009

CAM JAM 2 thoughts from Romy and more going ons

- In response to the comic jam on last Sunday, here are some thoughts from my friend Romy. She has nicely created a list of points that would be fit for a corroborate presentation. Romy also helped to keep the event flowing and brought a lot of spirit to the proceeding. Thanks Romy.

- I will be at San Francisco Zine Fest next weekend, but have not solidified any plans. They have lots of cool stuff going on. http://sfzinefest.com/

- “Look at me! Autobio Comics Read by Their Creators” There will be a pre-SFZinefest event at the Cartoon Art Museum on Friday August 21, 2009.

Cartoon Art Museum Event: Friday, August 21, 2009, from 7pm to 9pm
$5 Suggested Donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)

- My pal artist Alex Schumacher will be the artist is residence at the Cartoon Art Museum on Saturday August 22, 2009 from 1 to 3 pm. find out more at: http://www.cartoonart.org and  http://myworldisfunnier.blogspot.com/

Aug
17
2009

CAM JAM 2 follow-up

Yesterday was the second Comic Jam that I arranged at the Cartoon Art Museum, CAM JAM 2. The event was nothing like the first one we did in May 2009, but it was very successful.

My main goal for the event was to create jam comics and then publish them as a zine the same day. You see last time we did some amazing work with a lot of people, but we did not get it finished and so lots of folks are still waiting to see what we came up with. So I was determined to have us complete comics and have everyone take a copy home with them the same day if possible. The amazing thing is that we did accomplish that goal, but if we had the number of artist drawing that we did on CAM JAM 1 then it would not have been possible due to the sheer amount of art produced.

You know you want to see the zines. So, before we go on, CLICK here to see the final product…. (photo by Romy)

We had six artist show up from my invitation, but that did not mean that we did not have others participate in our madness. Joe did an amazing job of inviting folks visiting the museum to come and draw for our contest. You see we started the event by doing a drawing warm up and contest with the prize being 10$ to spend at the museum bookstore. Artist had to draw their interpretation of a villain from a Disney animated feature and boy did we get some awesome work. CLICK HERE TO SEE SOME OF THE DRAWINGS I will be posting the drawings after I scan them, so stay tuned.

So after the core artists finished their villain drawings, we kept it going with a Speed Jam. That is we had each artist take turns to create a comic story by only spending two minuets per comic panel. I had pre-printed zine size pages with box printed on them taped to sheets of news print on the window of the bookstore. Then it was a matter of someone keeping time while artist jumped in and drew. One issue that always pops up with Jam comics is that ending them is a lot harder then starting them. So the cleaver artist at work went in and added not only an ending panel, but a few intermittent panels as well. So as we then moved forward again we had certain locked in elements that we had to make the work flow into. The result was a simple story, but a story none the less. CLICK here to see a picture of Joe in front of the speed jam pages. We ended by creating a title page with Chris doing pencils for five min and then Jeff inking it for five min.

Now all the while we had guest artist doing their villain drawings too which Jason in the bookstore tallied which ones the visitors liked best. Thanks Jason.

So next we tried to start a jam comic, but it ended up with us just doing our own thing. The art was again drawn on the pre printed zine size pages (5.5″ x 8.5″) The amazing Romy finished a short piece as well as our new artist friend Chris. Meanwhile Jeff started a beautiful piece with a group of nuns and I worked on a story of Pinocchio in the old west. Sadly my story was too long for me to finish at the jam, but it was still going pretty well.

So around 4:45pm I started to paste the pages into a dummy of the completed zine. I then ran over to Copy Central on Market St. and first made copies of the pages then fed them into the copy machine to make booklets. I had brought some card stock from home for the covers since the cost is usually less then buying it at the copy store. We finished the zines by bringing them back to the CAM and every one helped to staple them. So most everyone could bought a copy of the book (for only the price of printing) and take it home with them the same day. Copies of the book might be available at ZineFest SF next weekend, I am working on it.

So then everyone helped to clean up the space and then another Comic Jam had ended.

What did I learn? That the number of people changes what can be accomplished. That we can have a better understanding of how we work as artists and that others will jump in and help when you need it.

A big thanks to: Joe, Chris, Romy, Jeff, Audry, and all the visiting guest who participated.

I know there will be another event like this in the future, but who knows what form it might take.

TO SEE ALL OF ROMY’S PHOTOS, CLICK HERE

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