Jul
24
2008
Today the scheduled guest at the Cartoon Art Museum Sketch-A-Thon are:
Thursday, July 24: (subject to change)
12-1pm:Â Felix Kramer
1-2pm:Â Tamer Youssef
2-3pm:Â Cathy Bites
3-4pm:Â Urian Brown, Brian Kolm <= ME
4-5pm:Â Tanya Roberts
5-6pm:Â Jesse Hamm
Visit us at: Cartoon Art Museum booth at MZ11 on the Mezzanine Level
NOTE: These do not reflect any changes that have happened since they were written before the convention started.
Jul
22
2008
This is the trailer I helped create with artist/writer Alexis E. Fajardo for his graphic novel: Kid Beowulf and the Blood Bound Oath. Alexis created the art and I colored the work with Watercolor as well as the motion graphics for the trailer. If you are visiting the Comic-Con, check out Small Press Table P15 to see the trailer in higher quality.
Jul
17
2008
Thousands of artist, writers, fans, film makers, sculptors, actors and everyone else will be heading down to San Diego for the big San Diego Comic-Con. The convention is a week away (July 23-27, 2008) I will be found working the Cartoon Art Museum booth at MZ11 on the Mezzanine Level (the space in the back that you pass on your way upstairs to the sails pavilion and the panels
Last year it was a $10 donation for a 5.5″ x 8.5″ drawing and $25 for a 8.5″ x 11″ drawing (with exceptions for some big name artists). The museum will have one to two guest artist at the booth every hour generally from 12pm to 6pm everyday. You just come by and request a sketch and the before you know it you have a one of a kind piece of original art. The prices are great and it goes to a great cause. AND since our location is a bit hidden we need you folks to come by and say ‘Hi.”
There are still lots of open spots for more artist to come and help out by drawing, Just drop on by and set up a time to help out.
Now the big question is who is going to be drawing. Well some of the artist you know and some you do not, but they are really talented. Some of the artist scheduled are: Alex Schumacher, Debbie Huey, Loraine Sammy, Josh Ellingson, Felix Kramer, Zach Weiner, Nicholas Ivan Ladendorf, Lisa Ann Wilson, Mike Gray, Doug Gray, Loraine Sammy, Catherine Smith, Mark Todd. Weshoyot Alvitre, Scott Sava, Mark Politi, Karen Luk, Dirk Tiede, Molly Hahn, Jesse Hamm, Tanya Roberts, Tamer Youssef, Ted Rall, Catherine Smith, Urian Brown, Brian Kolm, Mark Badger, Phil Foglio, Dan Piraro, Jon “Bean†Hastings, Keith Knight, Batton Lash, Molly Hahn, Karen Luk, Dirk Tiede, Katari Sporrong….and MORE.
You will never know who will show up, so stop on by. See you there.
p.s. here is some of the art I created last year at comic-con.
Jul
02
2008
– Are you willing to donate an hour or so of your time to help the Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco? (http://www.cartoonart.org
)
If you answered yes to both of these questions you might be able to help the Museum as part of their fund raising Sketch-A-Thon at the Comic-Con. This will be the second annual Sketch-A-Thon the museum has done and last years was a huge success thanks to the help of both well known and up-and-coming artist. Last year we had Eric Powell, Alison Bechdel, Tom Beland and Keith Knight to name a few.
“Artists of all shapes, sizes and skill levels are welcome, so please don’t be intimidated by the list that I’ve posted. We’re hoping to have one veteran artist and one up-and-comer at the table at all times, which will allow the younger artists to learn from the older ones (and vice versa).”
How it works: Artist’s are scheduled for a block of time, usually one hour, to come to the booth and draw. On average the cost for the drawings are $10 for 8.5″ x 5.5″ or $25 for 8.5″ x 11″. Sometimes you might be drawing a requested character for someone and sometimes you might be just adding drawings to our impressive selection. Sometimes the drawings do sell for more for certain well known artists.
This year your assistance and supported is needed more then ever since we were not able to get a booth on the actual main floor and are on the mezzanine annex. That means we need to work even harder to get folks to find us. NOTE: Artist must all ready have their own badges to the Comic-con.
“We set a new fundraising record at last year’s Comic-Con, and we’re hoping to top that total this year. Due to overcrowding, we’ll be stationed on the mezzanine level this year with various Star Wars and other sci-fi fan groups, so our need for artists is even greater this year than usual. (My prediction is that any artist who can draw Chewbacca or Mr. Spock will bring lots of attention and money to the Museum.)”
- IF you are not able to come and draw at the table we would still love you to donate a drawing for our Fund Raiser. We can provided you with our sheet of card stock at the convention and can even swing back to pick it up from your booth or table.
- IF you live in the Bay Area and are not able to make it to the convention and want to donate a drawing, contact Andrew at the email below and arrange to pick up the sheet to draw it on.
SO, if you are interested, email Andrew Farago at: gallery AT cartoonart DOT org and let him know who you are, when you might be available, and a URL to your artwork.
Thank you in advance for your support.
