Feb 28
Every once in a while I get commissioned to produce some animation for fellow artist to promote their comics and graphic novels. This trailer is to promote Alexis Fajardo’s series Kid Beowulf. This is for the new color edition of Kid Beowulf and the Song of Roland. VISIT >> http://kidbeowulf.com/preview-the-song-of-roland/ For me the challenge of this video is …
Jan 21
NOTE: If you are reading this in an email or other source that dose not show the embedded video, please visit the post at the link above or you can click on the separate video links where they should be seen. Back in 2010 I did a series of illustrations specifically to experiment with the …
Dec 31
I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanzaa, and Lantern and Light festivals. Here is a dancing alien (without music, sorry) to help you celebrate what ever you are celebrating. Holiday Alien 2014 from Brian Kolm on Vimeo. Note: The alien was drawn in photoshop and animated with the DUIK free …
Aug 24
Hey all. Time for a post of trailers for publications that animate the art created for them. First off is this trailer for QUEST by Aaron Becker. I believe Aaron actually did the animation for this book trailer himself which features mapping the artwork mapped to 3D shapes to add depth. Very slick. Find out …
Nov 18
It’s been a while since I have posted on-line videos that feature Motion Comics or Motion Illustration i.e. artwork re-purposed into animation. For the 5 videos I am embedding here we see watercolor illustrations, comic books panels, classic fine art and wildlife photos brought to life through animation. NOTE: If you are viewing this post …
Sep 09
I just saw this video at blake-jacobs-et-mortimer.over-blog.com of the presentation for the Comic-Strip Festival in Brussels. It’s a celebration of the history of bande-dessinee comics, presented in video projection mapping on the Royal Palace. The show is impressive and a lot of fun. It seems that much of the artwork for this years show is …
Mar 12
Today it’s time for a bunch of new examples of Motion Comics and Motion Illustration techniques that re-purpose art into animation. Our first example is here for technique. The youth at 826 LA re-told a fellow students story with live 2d cut-out puppets. I post it here, since the technique could easily be used with …
Mar 10
March 10, 2013 Cat sketchbook animation – test 03 – 3-8-13 from Brian Kolm on Vimeo. Here is the third update on my Sketchbook Animation I am assembling from sketches done in January. Can’t see the video, go HERE. Still to do… – Color the rest of the sketchbook drawings in Photoshop – Tighten the …
