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New Art! Critter sketch cards drawn at the Image Comic Expo 2012

Brian — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:10:48 +0000

Click for a bigger image at Flickr.com

These critters are drawn on blank Sketch Cards at the Image Comic Expo this past March 2012. I think they may lead to something else, but I am not sure what.

New Art! CowGirl

Brian — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:19:51 +0000

Drawn from the model Kat on 5-17-12 with Brush and Ink and colored in Photoshop.

New Art! • Space Girl with Cig

Brian — Sat, 19 May 2012 06:49:00 +0000

From 5-17-12. I did the drawing last night at a life drawing session with a friend. The model Emily was fantastic. The spaceship interior and cig where my own addition to tell more of a story.

Ink and Brush drawing with digital coloring.

watch the Animated trailer for Cartoon Boot Camp at the Cartoon Art Museum 2012

Brian — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:06:31 +0000

(can’t see the video, visit the blog post in your flash equip browser to watch)

This is my new animated trailer for my Cartoon Boot Camp Classes at the Cartoon Art Museum this Summer. It uses the artwork created to promote the class and manipulates it in Adobe After Effects.

To find out more about the classes, visit the official page at: http://cartoonart.org/2012/04/cartoon-boot-camp-summer-2012/

New Art! Tribute to Mobius

Brian — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:41:27 +0000

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I have been a big fan of the master French comic artist Mobius (aka Jean Giraud) since my college days where I was inspired by his style, technique and color use. With his recent passing I thought I would, like so many around the world, draw a tribute to the master.

My piece is based on Mobius 1985 “Starwatcher II” which many have been doing their version of in the last few years. To read more I would recommend the Tumbler Blog ‘Quenched Consciousness’ which has been my favorite place to follow the work of Mobius.

Visit the official Mobius website http://www.moebius.fr/

Cartoon Boot Camp – Comic Book Creation

Brian — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:27:58 +0000

Promotional illustration for my Cartoon Boot Camp class at the Cartoon Art Museum: Comic Book Creation.

The class runs the week of July 9 to 13, 2012.

Cartoon Boot Camp 2012 – into to Stop-Motion Animation artwork

Brian — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:22:27 +0000

Promotional illustration for my Cartoon Boot Camp class at the Cartoon Art Museum- Intro to Stop-Motion Animation.

The class runs the week of June 11 to 15, 2012.

Cartoon Boot Camp 2012 – Character Creation: Superheroes promo illustration

Brian — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:15:25 +0000

Promotional illustration for my Cartoon Boot Camp class at the Cartoon Art Museum – Character Creation: Superheroes.

The class runs the week of June 4 to 8, 2012.

Motion Comic Magic- the Blue Dog

Brian — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:27:09 +0000

A post on re-purposing comics and illustration into animation

Time for a little “Practice-what-I-preach.” I have been posting examples of re-purpose artwork (comics, illustrations, photos) for animation for a while, but I have not posted much in the ways of my own animation. I do cartoons and illustrations, but also do some work with motion graphics and animation as well. In fact I am teaching a motion-graphics/animation workshop at a youth center in San Francisco currently.

My latests project was a promo for my workshop starting a Blue Dog I drew while teaching a cartooning workshop the youth center I work at. Here is a sample of the final animation…

Blue Dog test animation from Brian Kolm on Vimeo.

The animation above is a mixture of different techniques in Adobe After Effects (I am using CS4).
- Puppet Tool
- Liquefier
- Parented Objects
- Nested Compositions
- gg_puppet tools script to help automate coding the null layers to control the puppet pins on the figure.

And here is the original art…

I would be happy to post more description on how I achieved it if anyone is interested. Just let me know.

NEW ART! People based on animals.

Brian — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:34:10 +0000

Pencil drawings of human characters mostly based on animals.

NEW ART! Blue and gold superhero.

Brian — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:30:32 +0000

Brush and ink drawing with digital coloring.

NEW ART! – Green Fish

Brian — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:27:31 +0000

Pencil drawing with digital color on top.

Happy Bunny Day! Happy Easter!

Brian — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:21:40 +0000

Happy Bunny Day! Happy Easter! Whether you celebrate the day in a religious way or just eating brightly colored eggs and chocolate bunnies, I hope it was an enjoyable time for everyone.

New Art! – Sketch Tuesday Superhero

Brian — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:45:34 +0000

This is one of my favorite pieces I created at 111 Minna gallery and club in San Francisco for the Sketch Tuesday artist event on 3/21/12. The event allows artist to make art on the spot and place it for sale for patrons visiting the space. The art is black acrylic ink and watercolor on watercolor paper.

I started with some light blue pencil lines, then etc on wet ink, then loosely painted the figures with broad watercolor strokes and finished with some more ink. Fun!

New Art! – Sketch Tuesday Skeleton at the Bar

Brian — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:54:22 +0000

Drawn at 111 Minna gallery and club in San Francisco at the Sketch Tuesday artist event on 3/21/12. The event allows artist to make art on the spot and place it for sale for patrons visiting the space. The art is black acrylic ink and watercolor on watercolor paper.

New Art! – Sketch Tuesdays Sheep

Brian — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:54:06 +0000

NEW ART! Sketch Tuesdays Dragon

Brian — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:32:35 +0000

NEW ART! Sketch Tuesdays Pin-Up Girl 2

Brian — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:28:09 +0000

NEW ART! Sketch Tuesdays Pin-up Girl 1

Brian — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:23:59 +0000

This one was my first one I sold.

NEW ART! Goblin

Brian — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:37:23 +0000

I really like how the color came out on this one.

Brush/Ink drawing with digital color