A post on re-purposing comics and illustration into animation A few NEW trailers for publications, with the actual published art brought to life through digital animation. Some are more elaborately done and some are more simple. BONE: Quest for the Spark BOOK 2 Video Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 Movie Intro (fan made) – with art …
Jan 18
NEW ART! – McRabbit
This is a drawing I did in one of my cartooning classes that I teach where I was showing the kids how I inked a drawing over blue pencil lines. For the inking I used both a brush pen and some sharpies of different widths. I also liked the art enough to give is some …
Jan 18
2012-2-24 – 25 – 26 Image Expo at the Oakland Convention Center (AA 607)
I will be attending the Image Expo on February 24-25-26, 2012. I will be sharing a table with talented artist Rae Wood in Artist Alley. It’s a brand new convention, so it will be interesting to see the attendance. You can find me in Artist Alley AA 607. Dates: Friday February 24 to Sunday February …
Jan 16
New Art: Gorey bug at the beach (now with video animation clips)
My first drawing (posted) of the new year. I drew this guy at my Parent/Child at the Cartoon Art Museum and to me it looks like it was designed by Edward Gorey. Below is a test for something new. My hope is that at lest once a month I will take one of my drawings …
Jan 12
Stop and Go kids stop-motion animation at the Schulz Museum – winter 2012
Last week I taught two classes at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, CA. The above video is the final result of the one day stop-motion class which we call “Stop and Go”.
Dec 25
A special holiday greeting from me to you
A very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday to everyone no matter how/what/where you celebrate. Every year I have illustrated an original Christmas card for my family to send to family and friends. The earliest Christmas cards we would make were silk screened and my father took my art and cut it by hand into …
Dec 11
New Art/Motion Comic Magic: Animatics and the Puppet Tool
I just started a new workshop at the youth center I work at featuring one of my favorite applications, Adobe After Effects (as well as Photoshop and Illustrator too). I love After Effects since there is so much versatility in what you can do. The program is also great since it can accommodate huge differences …
Nov 29
New Art-Life drawings from the Dickens Holiday Fair 2011
As mentioned in my trip report from the Dickens Fair this past weekend I attended the Pre-Raphaelite Artist Salon at the Adventures Club at the event. Here we were transported to a period drawing session with models recreating a religious scene while live harp music was played and poetry recited. It was a pretty awesome …
