Yesterday, I visited an elementary school on a military base to talk about drawing and writing comics. I can only hope that the students had as much fun as I did making folded drawings, mini-comics and superheroes, and playing drawing games. It’s always so much fun drawing with kids, because there is an energy and…
The beginning of my new comic The Golem’s Tooth—starring our friendly all-clay hero, in an epic quest to return the Golem’s tooth at whatever the cost!
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7441654662611402262&q=making%2Bof%2Bsalon%2Bbertozzi#] “Behind the scenes with cartoonist Nick Bertozzi, as he writes and illustrates his graphic novel The Salon. Nick shows us the arduous process of making a comic book. Nick explains how he got the idea for The Salon, which retells the story of Picasso and Braque inventing Cubism. He’s added more than a hint…
A couple of years ago I started making digital portraits of people and have gotten orders pretty regularly since. It’s something I have a lot of fun doing and people really get a kick out of having their portrait done with such fun colors and a playful approach. Here is one of my more recent…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPtZOUr0Ctc] Joann Sfar is the madman creator of about a million comics and graphic novels and they’re all my favorite. One of his books is The Rabbi’s Cat and it’s coming out this June in the form of a traditional 2D animation! Sure, it’s in French, but it’s gonna be beeeeeea-utiful!
A few days ago I came across this fun look into Darrell’s process for making his web comic, Sticks and Bones. It’s always interesting to me to see how creators’ processes can be so similar sometimes, and so vastly different at others. This overview seems pretty standard, but it’s a good reminder of how important…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/16362105] Vanessa Davis is one of the few working comics artists out there that works almost exclusively in watercolors. Her book, Make Me a Woman, is out now and it looks fantastic! While you wait for Make Me a Woman to ship, you might want to watch this 25 minute video of her painting.…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuXT6H7-480&feature=player_embedded] Word balloons, line variety, using layers, editing, adding panels, starting pages from scratch, duplicating images…it’s all here and Doug TenNapel shows you how in Manga Studio.
Okay, this list of ways to steal like an artist has gotten a TON of attention over the last few days, but it’s worth reposting. Austin Kleon sums up a lot of the “tips” and advice I heard in college about creativity, process, and getting things done. While I don’t agree with everything he says,…