LEARN HOW TO MAKE COMICS | JUNE 10-14 Just a quick reminder that I’ll be teaching a 5 day comics workshop next week for children ages 13-18. Classes will be held atย Higher Ground Learningย in Salt Lake City, June 10-14, and will cover everything from generating and filtering story ideas to developing characters and story arcs,…
To follow-up with my earlier post on David Hockney and his studies of the camera lucida, here he is talking about the making of his photo collage,ย Pearblossom Highway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTKYb8iVJQ4 If you missed this week’s posts, click to find out more about How to Make Comics Nirvana and the Beach Boys New Album Artwork Draw a…
MAKING PORTRAITS Some of my favorite pictures to make have been portraits–specifically portraits for couples and families. I love being able to create something meaningful for a specific person, or group of people. Knowing that my picture was created for and given to a single person for a special occasion makes the picture a very…
WE LOVE MONSTERS! Yesterday was absolutely nuts! I launched my Monster Look-N-Find book on Kickstarter and the response has been nothing less than incredible. Not only have 53 people picked up a copy of the book, grabbed some original artwork and had themselves drawn into the book, but we’ve managed to raise $1,276 in only…
LOOK-N-FIND BOOKย Rumpus on the Runย is Kickstarter’s very first Look-N-Find book,ย packed with exciting full-color imaginative scenes, characters and surprises! I’ve been wanting to make this book for a long time and am excited to finally make it happen! Get the book, grab some original artwork, and get involved in a special community monster art project.…
INTERVIEW WITH MISTER ROGERS Thanks to fellow comics-maker, Dave Scheidt, I spent yesterday working while listening to a nine-part interview with Fred Rogers (AKA Mister Rogers). This interview touches on so many of my loves in this world, and is an incredible glimpse into the heart and mind of a very kind and intelligent man.…
GUEST AUTHORS & ILLUSTRATORS One of the great joys in my life is when I get to visit schools and libraries to talk with students about writing, drawing, and making comics. Iย loved it when guest authors and illustrators visited my schools! It was an education to see the creator’s work in person, and to be…
RESOURCES My new “Resources” page has been getting a lot of hits, so I thought I’d talk a little bit about what’s available for creators. For now, the page contains 8 printable handouts that I created for last week’s LTUE event for writers and artists. Each handout covers a different topic, for a variety of…