This link comes from a flyer I picked up at Comic-Con06 this year. Kinuko Y. Craft is an amazing fantasy artist/illustrator who is worth taking a look at. The paintings have a classic look, along with a feeling of softness. Beautiful work. tags: kinukoycraft|kinuko y craft|illustration|painting|
Aug 11
Make some Instant Ice Cream
Instant Ice Cream made in a Zip-Loc bag?? YES!! When I visited my sister down south (CA) we made ice cream in Zip-Loc bags. Check out the post to see the whole story HERE. It’s great for kids, either big or small. You can also see a photo of me making my dessert. tags: icecream|science|kids|
Aug 11
Cartoon Camp: Character Creation – ONE WEEK LEFT TO SIGN UP!!!
Kids from age 10 to 14, intermediate level, learn techniques on how to build a cartoon character from the “ground” up. A week long class at the Cartoon Art Museum from August 21-25, from 12-2 every day. From using 3D shapes to show the character from different angles to using reference to give your character …
Aug 10
Superman Returns…from Turkey
I just found this on YouTube. It’s a clip of the Turkish made version of superman. It intercuts scenes from the original Superman movie with new footage of turkish actors. It even has a mego doll on wires for the flying scene. tags: superman|turkey|turkish|movie|
Aug 10
AW Blog Chain of writing
On Absolute Write’s forums a group of writers are doing a blog chain. The blog chain has one author posting on their blog, and then the next person in the chain has to take a topic that the last person wrote and continue. Here are the participants. Peregrinas Pass the Torch The Road Less Travelled …
Aug 09
New BTGC layouts for Chapter 1 with Text
This is a screen-grab of the edited text on top of the rough layouts. On these pages the town bully and his to thug friends harrass Victor and his dad. This is also the page with the “saving the cat” event. I scanned the pages into InDesign and then added in text from the script. …
Aug 06
Sketch: BTGC chapter 1 characters prelim lineup
©2006 brian kolm. Click for larger image. I am always trying to get better with drawing groups of charcters. Here is my first attempt at the characters for chapter 1 of BTGC (grahic novel version). These WILL change soon, but I was so pleased at drawing them all. Tags: drawing|sketch|painting|art|Brian Kolm|comics|Atomic Bear Press|AtomicBearPress|ABP|beyondthegreatchimney|
Aug 05
Boxkutters LIVE!!
Geno, Jason, and Mike When I was in So-Cal last week I got to see my brother-in-law’s band the Boxkutters…LIVE. Here is a snap or two. To see more or hear some tunes, visit the official website Boxkutters.com. The band is joined on Jam night at Liam’s Irish Pub with Tim on bass (left back) …
