Sketches from last Saturday kids class at the Cartoon Art Museum. There was a Totoro theme.
This is a current project/exerciese to create sketch cards of orignal art. The superhero images were drawn from convention costume photos.
Tag Archive: illustration
Sep
22
2008
Sep
15
2008
ILRCSF Vote! postcard
I just did my second illustration commision with the ILRCSF (Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco) for there election postcard. It’s important that everyone gets out to vote. Pen and Ink with Watercolor.
©2008 ILRCSF
About the ILRCSF:
OUR MISSION is to ensure that people with disabilities are full social and economic partners,
both within their families and in a fully accessible community.OUR CORE VALUES include choice,
consumer leadership, full access to and inclusion
in the community for all people with disabilities, universal usability of housing and consumer products, and that persons with disabilities are experts on their own disabilities. We achieve our goals through Service, Education, & Advocacy.
May
23
2008
Jason Peck’s Adventure of the Brush
A new favorite blog of mine features the work of artist and painter Jason Peck. He practices classic painting techniques like oils and watercolors to create cool fantasy and adventure themed illustrations and art. He has a fully painted graphic novel comic out, the Explorers, that looks fantastic. So check out his work HERE. To celebrate the release of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Crystal Skull, check out Jason’s Indy artwork…HERE.
artwork ©2008 Jason Peck and used with out permission.
Mar
11
2008
The Wizards of Ur
The Wizards of Ur is a new artist blog that features artists James V. West, A.P. Furtado, Nate Piekos and Chuck Whelon. I will be looking forward to seeing what new stuff these gents produce.
The work below is by Chuck Whelon.
Feb
29
2008
826 Valencia Field Trip artwork: the Day the Kids didn’t come
For the latest 826 Valencia field trip I arrived Thursday morning and was surprised to see a group of folks from Santa Fe New Mexico who would help out with the field trip to see how it is done. That meant instead of the 5 people who usually work the field trips, there was more like 12. The group was also going to compete in a spoken word slam this weekend (which is very cool).
I set up my work area to illustrate the student’s story and help re-arrange chairs and tables and even drew a quick pirate….
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…But the kids never came. The school class canceled at the last minuet, which kind of sucked and here was 12 people with nothing to do (plus there is a year wait for another field trip date for the school, bummer) . So our leader Chad went on and explained how the event went which was hard since our publisher Mr. Blue was none too happy at the circumstances. No kids=no books to publish.
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So I did drawings while Chad had these older students through the process with a sample story that featured a female toe nail clipper made of peanut butter and her best friend a non gender specific jar of concord grape jelly. The dream of the toe nail clipper…to clip the toenails of the queen.
Here are the drawings I created.
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Feb
11
2008
Lots of Art Links
Watercolor paintings of Warner Bros. Cartoon Characters by Scott Seeto for the Warner Bros. Store. Great stuff. LINK
Blue Sky Disney has reported the loss of movie poster artist John Alvin who is best know, to me, for the beautiful moody preview poster for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. LINK
He also worked on: Aladdin, Pocahontas, Atlantis, Quest for Camelot, Hunchback, Lion King, Harry Potter, Hercules, Tarzan, StarWars, etc. He did all the serious Disney movie posters vs. the happy kids posters.
Felix Lorioux’s Puss In Boots at the ASIFA Archive. Great illustrations. LINK
Charles Vess shows progress photos of a painting commission. Some amazing stuff. LINK
Dinotopia artist James Gurney has posts on doing a painting with a limited pallet. Great idea for illustration as well maybe the color of comics. LINK
A lucky lady has won to be immortalized (for a year) as a pirate in the line for Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean. Check out the beautiful watercolor here. LINK
Feb
08
2008
826 Valencia Field Trip artwork: Annie’s Gold
Annie is a funny colored hamster who wants to mine for gold during the American Gold Rush in California. So she leaves from her home in Spain to go to California on the back of a swimming horse. She’s attacked by flying pigs before being rescued.
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This is the latest book I illustrated at the 826 Valencia writing center for their book making field trips. The kids write the story and Illustrate it in real time. It’s a blast. It challenges you to create faster and more creatively.
From the website:
This is our most popular field trip. Students are charged with the task of writing, as a group, a story, with the help of 826 volunteers. While the students decide on character and plot points, an 826 volunteer is typing the story into a computer, which is projected onto the wall. The students can track the story’s progress, and make corrections as needed. Meanwhile, the story is being illustrated by a professional artist. As the pages are finished, they’re being copied — one set for each student — and collated in our back production room. Thus, as soon as the class finishes creating the story, we’re ready to bind the books with our in-house tape bindery. The students illustrate their covers, add their photo to the back (for an About the Author page), and go home with personalized books created as a class. This field trip teaches students about collaboration, self-editing, the bookmaking process, and elements of successful storytelling. And it’s really a good time for all. Recommended for students 7–11 years old.
Feb
07
2008
Yee-Haaw
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