Today was the first day of Cartoon Art Camp: Character Creation at the Cartoon Art Museum. The students did a bang up job on the lessons that I provided for them, and they have a lot of talent. We were also filmed for the KGO-7 Evening News, and we all looked great. Every day in …
Aug 22
Look Ma, I’m was on TV!!
I was on KGO-7 News tonight with my Cartooning Camp class at the Cartoon Art Museum. Reporter Don Sanchez interviewed me and some of my students. Click here to visit a blurb with streaming video clip. Cartooning Camp: Character Creation runs all this week. Tag(s): Beyond the Great Chimney|btgc|comics|Brian Kolm|Atomic Bear Press|AtomicBearPress|ABP|
Aug 22
See me on KGO-7 news website!
I was on KGO-7 News tonight with my Cartooning Camp class at the Cartoon Art Museum. Reporter Don Sanchez interviewed me and some of my students. Click here to visit a blurb with streaming video clip. Cartooning Camp: Character Creation runs all this week. Atomic Bear Press|Atomic Bear Press|ABP|Beyond the Great Chimney|BTGC|Brian Kolm|News and Notes|comics …
Aug 19
BTGC: concept art: grotto and Agacon
Sorry the quality is so bad. Photo of my sketchbook in low light. Since in the Graphic Novel we get to see Agacon other in a tailored suit, but in his wizard garb, I have to work out what it looks like. I am going for a bit of Evil Villain Bling Bling with Agacon. …
Aug 17
BTGC: villain concept art.
This is from a digital photo of a pen and ink drawing and colored in photoshop. A new character that is important to the saga of Beyond the Great Chimney. Who is he…well you all will have to wait. Tag(s): Beyond the Great Chimney|btgc|comics|Brian Kolm|Atomic Bear Press|AtomicBearPress|ABP|
Aug 16
AW Blog Chain: Getting rid of STUFF!!
But back then, aged 19, getting rid of everything I own, except what would fit in one bag, and then hitting the road, was one of the most liberating experiences in my life. Stuff isn’t important. The more you have, the more you want. The more ‘stuff’ you have, the more tied down to one …
Aug 16
BTGC: concept art for the villain’s lair
Click for a larger version. Here are two designs for the villains lair that is the first thing you see in BTGC. I was going for craggy and spooky. The second drawing shows the fast moving water moving underground where Agacon and his mentor meet. That is more what I am going for, though I …
Aug 14
Sketch: Heads of different shapes
Sorry for the poor quality, I was feeling lazy and took a digital photo instead of scanning it into the computer. It’s a big drawing. click to see a bigger version of the above image So what inspired me to draw a bunch of heads. The below pages are from an article in the 1975 …
