Category Archive: education

Jul
02
2011

Cartoon Art Museum 2011: Storyboard to Animatic

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Well another fun Summer of classes at the Cartoon Art Museum for Cartoon Boot Camp 2011 is over  with our last week focusing on Storyboard to Animatic (June 27-July 1). But what is a Storyboard and what is an Animatic?

Storyboard’s are a visual script to help the creators of films, videos, video games, theme park attractions and other forms of entertainment plan there production before money and time are spent to produce them.

The Animatic (or Story Reel or Pre-Visulization) takes the storyboards and brings them to film or video where they are edited to match the shots of a proposed film along with temporary sound effects, voices and music to simulate what it might look like in real time. The processes has become fairly standard as a way of showing what can be with out spending a lot of resources, especially for expensive live action special effects extravaganzas where the film can go over budget if not careful.

For our class we had six students who broke into four groups to produces a short story or segment of storyboards that were then scanned into the computer with audio and special effects being added.

All of our students did a great job and really brought a lot of creativity to their projects. Congratulations to all of them for their hard work.

Let’s see what the final results are…

The first team done were Eric and Leo who did a short and sweet gag story…

‘The Walnut’ – Cartoon Boot Camp 2011 – Storyboard to Animatic from Cartoon Art Museum on Vimeo.

Next was Danie who did this short gag of transformation…

‘PlantMan’ – Cartoon Boot Camp 2011 – Storyboard to Animatic from Cartoon Art Museum on Vimeo.

Then Leslie, our youngest student did this short educational story…

‘Giggles New Food’ – Cartoon Boot Camp 2011 – Storyboard to Animatic from Cartoon Art Museum on Vimeo.

And last, but not least was Javon and Dont’e with a scene from a martial arts epic…

‘Chickens of Fury’ scene animatic – Cartoon Boot Camp 2011 – Storyboard to Animatic from Cartoon Art Museum on Vimeo.

Further exploration: The same techniques used to bring Storyboards to video or film as an Animatic have also been used for the final productions that uses Picture Book Illustrations (Reading Rainbow, Rabbit Ears videos) and Comic Art (motion comics like ‘Watchmen’ and ‘Batman: Black and White’) To find out more about re-purposing artwork into animation, check out my posts on Motion Comic Magic.

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Jul
02
2011

Cartoon Art Museum 2011: Character Design

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Hey all, below you will find a video slide show featuring artwork my students created for the Character Design Cartoon Boot Camp at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. The goal of the class was to design and draw a character the students could call their own for a final project and I happy to say that all the kids did a great job.

In the slide show I included two images of my choosing as well as their final piece. The two pieces I picked for each student were tough choices since I had only to work with the images we had time to scan into the computer. So, the art presented in the video below might vary in it’s subject matter for each student, but shows their creativity and process.

I hope you enjoy the video sideshow below and visit the Cartoon Art Museum when you get a chance.

Character Design – Cartoon Boot Camp 2011 from Cartoon Art Museum on Vimeo.

Note: the music was created by Kevin MacLeod who licenses’ it for free through the Creative Commons. by http://incompetech.com/. Excellent work.

Cartoon Boot Camp 2011 - Character Design

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May
06
2011

2011/7/11 Summer ‘Cartooning 101′ class at the Schulz Museum

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I will return this summer to the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa CA.

July 11-15, 2011 – Drawing 101

MONDAY–FRIDAY ? 9am–12:30pm

Have a fun-filled week designing and drawing your own characters—from superheroes to cute critters—and developing stories and comic strips. Join cartoonist Brian Kolm to learn the basics of cartooning and create your own mini-comic book.

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Apr
22
2011

My upcoming appearances and classes – spring/summer 2011

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Just an update of where you can find me this Spring and Summer

Looney Toons Family Fun Day at the Cartoon Art Museum – San Francisco CA (ages 10-14)
Saturday April 30 – all ages with admission to museum

CAM-JAM 2011 : Animation – Cartoon Art Museum – San Francisco CA (ages 10-14)
May 22, 2011 – Artist event

Cartoon Boot Camp at the Cartoon Art Museum – San Francisco CA (ages 10-14)
June 6-10, 2011 – Story Board to Animatic
June 13-17, 2011 – Intro to Stop-Motion
June 20-24, 2011 – Dynamic Character Design

Kids on Campus at Chabot College - Hayward Ca
June 20-24: Cartooning: Monsters & Critters
June 27-July 1: Cartooning: Star Wars Art

Schulz Museum – Santa Rosa CA
July 11-15, 2011 – Drawing 101

July 21-23, 2011 – appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con

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Apr
13
2011

New Art-’Cartooning: Monsters & Critters’ at Chabot College Kids on Campus 2011

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I will be teaching again this Summer at Chabot College in Hayward CA for the Kids on Campus summer program.

Cartooning: Monsters & Critters
Whether it’s a graceful unicorn, a slithering dragon or a more modern beast, we have been telling stories of fanciful creatures of all sorts since the beginning of time. This class will feature lessons on drawing classic beasties, the structure and construction of four- legged animals, and designing original creatures as well as a technique for presenting a final drawing.

Kids on Campus – Summer Camp 2011
Weeks of June 20-24 and June 27-July 1

Sign-up at: www.chabotcollege.edu/comed/kidsoncampus/kidsoncampus2010/

Cartooing Monsters and Critters at Chabot College Kids on Campus 2011

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Mar
27
2011

Spring break cartooing at the Schulz Museum – follow-up with new art.

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Friday March 25, 2011 I had another great session of cartooning at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa CA for their very rainy Spring Break week. I taught two classes:Mutants, Mermaids and Monsters and Drawing Superheroes and Sidekicks. Both of the classes were really fun, even with the heavy rain outside.

The morning class was all about drawing creatures and mixing up animals to make your own. The kids were really into it, but I have little to show for it by way of my own sketches and drawings. Except for these…

Schulz Museum spiring break class 3-25-11above: mash-up animals

Schulz Museum spiring break class 3-25-11above: lizard+human with a bad topee

After I got a quick lunch break the next class began and was on drawing Superheroes and Sidekicks. The class was a smaller group so there was more time for one-on-one instruction. I gave the young kids (ages 8-12) some tough challenges to do, but they all did a great job of following along.

We started off creating a description of a superhero (gender, age, powers, weaknesses, etc) and then I had the class follow along as we created the character with the their input. This character was: male, middle-aged, mental powers and flight with a meekness of a fear of snakes. Part of the process was having one of the student pose for reference. Next we created his young sidekick too.

Schulz Museum spring break class 3-25-11above: Father and son superheros


One of the best parts for me of this afternoon class was that I got to sit down and do some one-on-one drawing demonstrations while everyone was focused on their work. For example one challenge I gave them was to create a Superhero and Sidekick with a set superpower: Super Gift Wrapping. I got to sit down with the kids and did this drawing…

Schulz Museum spring break class 3-25-11click above for a bigger image at Flickr.com


Over snack time I got out my favorite inking pen out (Zebra brand)  and did the drawing below with input from a few students…

 

Schulz Museum spring break class 3-25-11

click above for a bigger image at Flickr.com


When class resumed I had the students create a character with the motifs of Spiders and Pirates. Here is my drawing…

Schulz Museum spring break class 3-25-11click above for a bigger image at Flickr.com


And then towards the end when things were winding down I did this drawing mash-up hero and sidekick, borrowing from some favorite characters of mine. Any guesses which ones?
Schulz Museum spring break class 3-25-11

click above for a bigger image at Flickr.com


All in all a very nice session made better by some very enthusiastic students. See some of them below…

Schulz Museum spring break class 3-25-11

BTW: I will be teaching a summer week long session at the museum as well, so if you are a kid or parent in the area and are interested why not sign up…

Cartooning for Kids
MONDAY–FRIDAY ? JULY 11–15 ? 9am–12:30pm
Have a fun-filled week designing and drawing your own characters—from superheroes to cute critters—and developing stories and comic strips. Join cartoonist Brian Kolm to learn the basics of cartooning and create your own mini-comic book.

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Mar
04
2011

Cartoon Boot Camp 2011 this Summer at the Cartoon Art Museum

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Cartoon Boot Camp 2011

I will be teaching Cartoon Boot Camp for the 5th year in a row at the Cartoon Art Museum June 6-10, June 13-17, and June 20-24. More details coming very soon.

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Dec
03
2010

Winter Cartooning Classes at the Cartoon Art Museum – Dec28,29,30 2010

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I am going to be teaching 3 classes at the Cartoon Art Museum over the winter holiday break the week between Christmas and New Years Eve. December 28,29 and 30th 2010. Click on the links to sign up for the class on-line.

Start off the new year right with these fun classes at the Cartoon Art Museum over the winter holiday break December 28-30. All classes includes materials and admission to the museum.

Parent Child Family fun class

Drawing Fun for Parents and Kids – Family Fun Class


December 28 (Tuesday)
Time: 12:30pm – 2:30pm
Cost: $10 per-person (only 1 to 2 kids per adult please)
About: What a better way to finish off the year then a cartooning class for an adult and child to have fun learning how to draw together. The class will feature many short creative challenges and drawing exercises that will both delight and stimulate creativity.
Reserve your space: http://guestli.st/38694

Intermediate level drawing classes for ages 10-14.
These classes are aimed at young artists who already are drawing and cartooning all the time.

Crazy Cute Class
December 29 (Wednesday) Crazy and Cute Creatures


Ages: *intermediate level/ages 10-14
Time: 1pm – 3pm
Cost: $20
About: Students learn the basics of cartooning while making up their own original creature characters who are cute and/or crazy. The class will work with drawing construction, design, expressions and attitude.
Reserve a seat: http://guestli.st/38703

Funny Faces class
December 30 (Thursday) Happy Heads and Fierce Faces


Ages: *intermediate level/ages 10-14
Time: 1pm – 3pm
Cost: $20
About: This class will focus on learning to draw the face and expressions and using them to tell a story. It will touch upon visualizing the head in 3D, showing different ages, emotions, exaggeration and using reference.
Reserve a seat: http://guestli.st/38712

All classes are taught by instructor Brian Kolm (Atomic Bear Press) atomicbearpress.com.

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