Lately I’ve been designing logos for a few companies, including this one: Scrubber Repair Technologies. This project was particularly exciting, because I had done some design work for the company a few years ago and they were good enough to get in contact with me again to design their logo!
Here are a few pages from my newest sketchbook. I’m loving the way graphite and brushed ink sit on the Moleskine paper and I’m having a blast exploring some new techniques.
What a great idea, right? Make a recipe in comics form (a recipe for anything—food or otherwise) and send it in to be collected in Just Add Ink: A Comic Cook Book. Submissions are due June 15 and you can find the guidelines for making your comic here. The book will also be shown in…
Ugh. I’m sick. I had a hunch as to what’s been causing my body so much trouble, and I made this picture of it. Anyone else ever have this? THE ILLNESS.
It’s that time of year again, when every comic book store in North America passes out free comics! Top Shelf Productions has a 24-page issue filled with comics from James Kochalka, Andy Runton, Ray Friesen, Chris Eliopoulos, Christian Slade, and a 4-page story of my very own, featuring Harold the vampire, and his batty friends…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loxJ3FtCJJA] Who doesn’t love This American Life? Furthermore, who doesn’t love Ira Glass or good storytelling? Fortunately for us, this four part mini-series on storytelling with Ira Glass is available on YouTube. BONUS: There’s also thisย great animation starring a hot dog.
We all know Bill Watterson as the writer and artist of our beloved Calvin and Hobbesย comic strip. I remember watching the news at my grandparent’s house in 1995, when it was announced that Bill Watterson had drawn the last strip and wouldn’t be drawing Calvin and Hobbesย anymore. I remember rushing to my copies of Revenge…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCm7XwfJE34&feature=channel_video_title] I didn’t make these and you could argue that thenaimi’s didn’t either. This machine is called an Egg-Bot and it is able to draw on curved or rounded surfaces (like an egg!).
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/22999575] Beautiful promo video for the Toronto Comics Arts Festival this Saturday.
The ever-friendly and ever-helpful comics expert, Scott McCloud, has posted a straight-forward tutorial for creating lettering and panel borders using Adobe Illustrator. He makes it simple and easy to understand, and, after reading parts 1 and 2, you’ll no longer have any excuse notย to finish a comic!