Work-in-Progress report for Feb 2, 2012. Sneak peek of a panel for my new comic premiering at the Image Comic Expo on Feb 24-26, 2012. Stay tuned to the blog to see more updates and the full reveal of my new comic!
Category Archive: Orginal Art by Brian
Feb
02
2012
WIP report Feb 2, 2012 – NEW ART!
Feb
01
2012
New Art! – Sketch Tuesdays January 31, 2012
Last night I had a great time at Sketch Tuesdays at 111 Minna. The event takes place in a gallery/bar space where artist create art to sell. The place was packed and loud, but the creativity in the room was amazing.
Jan
30
2012
NEW ART – Lizard and Bird watercolors
Two mini watercolor paintings inspired by a March 2003 National Geography Magazine by Brian Kolm. Click above for slightly larger image.
Jan
28
2012
Motion Art Moment: January 2012 Gorry Bug
Can’t see the video, visit Motion Art Moment: January 2012 Gorry Bug from Brian Kolm on Vimeo.
I would like to share with you something new I am doing for 2012, a Motion Art Moment. These will be short monthly videos that take a recent piece of my artwork/illustration/comics and animate them using digital tools. The first video above is from my drawing Gorry Bug in which I first showed a sample of the animation.
The term ‘Motion Art’ is a term I am basing on ‘Motion Comics’ (animated comic art such as DC’s Watchmen videos) which is Art of any sort re-purposed for animation. I might also use the term ‘Motion Illustration’ too.
I have been interested for quite a while in how you can use technology to re-purpose existing art from comic books, comic strips, illustrations and other forms into animation. In fact I have posts right here on the AtomicBearPress.com blog labeled Motion Comic Magic in which I have been sharing samples of internet videos using similar techniques and the tools artist use to create it. I hope these small videos allow me to explore new animation techniques and to share my artwork in a new way.
Please let me know what you think by leaving a comment here on the blog or on my twitter feed.
A post on re-purposing comics and illustration into animation
Jan
27
2012
NEW ART – Celebrating the Year of the Dragon.
Hope everyone is having a wondrous Lunar New Year!
Jan
18
2012
NEW ART! – McRabbit
This is a drawing I did in one of my cartooning classes that I teach where I was showing the kids how I inked a drawing over blue pencil lines. For the inking I used both a brush pen and some sharpies of different widths. I also liked the art enough to give is some photoshop coloring as well.
I know it’s kinda of weird to see a redheaded white rabbit, but I thought it was funny. He has a lot of personality and I like that.
©2011 Brian Kolm
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Jan
16
2012
New Art: Gorey bug at the beach (now with video animation clips)
My first drawing (posted) of the new year. I drew this guy at my Parent/Child at the Cartoon Art Museum and to me it looks like it was designed by Edward Gorey.
Below is a test for something new. My hope is that at lest once a month I will take one of my drawings and use digital tools to animate it. The version below needs a bit of work still, but you get the idea of where I am going with it. If you like it, comment please and let me know.
EDIT: I have replaced the test footage with the final video, to find out more visit HERE.
Jan
12
2012
Stop and Go kids stop-motion animation at the Schulz Museum – winter 2012
Last week I taught two classes at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, CA. The above video is the final result of the one day stop-motion class which we call “Stop and Go”.
