Category Archive: Graphics

Jul
06
2006

CARTOON ART CAMP: Making Mini-Comics – August 7th – 11th

I am happy to announce my second Cartoon Art Camp class at the Cartoon Art Museum is official – Making Mini Comics. The last one in June was really fun.

Thanks to modern reproduction techniques we can easily make our own books featuring our own art. These are great for gifts or to sell. Where some classes focus on drawing this one will be about taking ones are and making it into something else, a book. The class is small so there is lots of one-on-one custom help for the kids.

Below is the official press release:

CARTOON ART CAMP:
Making Mini-Comics
August 7th through 11th, 2006 from 12pm to 2pm
$100 for non-members ($80 for CAM members)

The Cartoon Art Museum is proud to announce its second class as part of the Cartoon Art Camp, a series of cartooning classes for intermediate level artists from 10 to 14 years old. The class will be taught by cartoonist Brian Kolm, creator of the comic book series Beyond the Great Chimney (www.atomicbearpress.com). Kolm has been teaching classes at the Cartoon Art Museum since 2002, and has also taught at the Charles M. Schulz Museum, and ZEUM.

The class will meet for five consecutive days, Monday through Friday, from 12pm to 2pm, for a intensive class on creating a mini comic book. The students will learn how to take their artistic skills and create a complete one-to-two page comic story that will then be compiled into a class-produced anthology. This class will cover storytelling, layout and rendering of the comic page(s) as well as formatting the work for print and creating a completed book using common desktop publishing tools. At the end of the session, each student will receive a copy of the completed class comic book.

The cost of the class is $100 for non-members, and $80 for members of The Cartoon Art Museum. [Please note that those with Individual CAM memberships may apply their own membership discount to students who wish to register in the class, one discounted fee per Individual membership.] All basic drawing materials for this class are covered by the registration fee. The class size is limited, and seats must be paid in advance to guarantee placement. Full refund for cancellations made prior to August 1st.

For Registration and information, Contact: Andrew Farago, 415-227-8666, ext. 314 or gallery@cartoonart.org.

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Cartoon Art Museum € 655 Mission Street s San Francisco, CA 94105 s 415-CAR-TOON s www.cartoonart.org
Hours: Tues. Sun. 11:00 – 5:00, Closed Monday
General Admission:$6.00 s Student/Senior:$4.00 s Children 6-12:$2.00 s Members & Children under 6: Free

The Cartoon Art Museum is a tax-exempt, non-profit, educational organization dedicated to the collection, preservation,
study and exhibition of original cartoon art in all forms.

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Jun
18
2006

Recent Projects…

I have been a busy beaver lately, so here is a re-cap of some of the projects I have done for clients lately.

First off the newest one: Ghost Crane from Golden Gate Universe Comics. The drawing is by Travis Trono and I provided digital coloring as well as the logo design. Click on the thumbnails below to view the front and back of the book.

Ghost Crane will be available at Comic-Con in San Diego this July.

I also worked on the Cover Coloring for Alexis E. Fajardo/Lexpress on the preview of Kid Beowulf and the Song of Roland.

To find out more about the creation of this piece, check out my previous post.

Kid Beowulf and the Song of Roland preview will also be available at Comic-Con in San Diego this July.

Also for Lexpress is Icarus, a new character based on the Greek myth. Alexis did the drawing at Wondercon’06 and I colored it with watercolors.

Lex has just posted more information about ICARUS on his BLOG, check it out!

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May
04
2006

Cartoon Tunes & Earthquake!!! Reception May 23-2006 7-9pm

The opening for the show Earthquake at the Cartoon Art Museum will be on May 23, 2006. From 6-8 7-9. I have a piece in the show. Be there or be square. Here is the official text from the museum… (I also created the above logo) (more…)

Jan
31
2006

The difference between color and black and white.

I recently did this poster for the Cartoon Art Museum for their upcoming Comics for Comix event. BTW It will be held on Feb 10, 2006.

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Jan
07
2006

Comics 4 Comix – Art and Graphics

Here is the graphic work I did for the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco for their COMICS to COMIX event. The fundraiser of stand-up comedy coincides with Wondercon next month.

I took the current logo and recreated it in Adobe Illustrator. I then did the layout for an ad that will appear in the Wondercon program.

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Dec
10
2005

Kid Beowulf #1 (brand spanking new edition) IS HERE!

Alexis E. Fajardo’s new edition of his classic graphic novel Kid Beowulf#1 is out today! Here it is.

It looks great with a full cover (colored by yours truly), and crisp black and white art inside. You can order it now through the website if you want it in time for Christmas or Hanukkah. OR even better, visit your local comic book store and ask for it by name. It is available through the major comic distributor, Diamond. Its a lot of fun for kids and adults.

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Oct
14
2005

Gross, Gruesome and Gothic GRAPHICS

I just posted examples of my work for the Cartoon Art Museum.


click here to see a bigger example

For this exhibit I created a postcard, banner, and wall signage that featured an original spooky logo. The show runs at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, CA from now till March 12,2006. Visit the official site for more info.

Sep
04
2005

"Kid Beowulf" in living color

For the first time the wonderful graphic novel Kid Beowulf will be distributed through Diamond (the big comic book distributor) to stores across the US and the rest of the world. To celebrate, artist/writer Alexis Fajardo asked me to take his illustration and give it a whole new look. So, with the help of the magic of PhotoShop, I set out to color Alexis’ drawing as if it where a scene in a animated feature.

Lets take a look:

Pictured from left to right: Gertrude (the mother, monster), Beowulf (with the magic sword),
Grendel (takes after his mother), and Ecytheow (their father, now a spirit who appears in fire)
To see a bigger image in my gallery, Click Here

Inspired by the epic poem BEOWULF, Kid Beowulf recounts the adventures of 12 year old twin brothers Beowulf and Grendel as they travel to distant lands and meet the other epic heroes therein. Kid Beowulf is an all-ages graphic novel series filled with action, adventure and humor!

I also help re-design the logo to give it a more heroic-rustic look.

Any interested parties who might be in need of some digital coloring added to their artwork, feel free to e-mail me (link is on the right side bar) or visit the Contact Page. I also can provide graphic design work (like the logo) as well.

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