My brother had surgery on his ankle and asked me to perform a little Feng Shui on his cast. These dinosaurs are a little teaser from an upcoming project.
[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…
This is a picture I made for Dad’s birthday. He’s an extremely gifted jigsaw cutter (and a pro pretty much anything else related to cutting, carving, or transforming wood). He thought a Noah’s Ark scene might make for a fun puzzle, so I hope this works!
This blog is one month old today! Hooray! They really do grow up so fast… To celebrate the end of this first month, I’m going to start giving away some drawings and doodles on this blog—subscribe and I’ll pick a winner at random. Deal? I’ll give away the first item next Friday, April 8.
Two years ago, my friend Loranย Cook asked if I’d be interested in illustrating a short horror story that he’d written. Of course I said yes! He envisioned the story in comics form, with fun and child-friendly drawings, so that the horrifying ending would come as a surprise. When Loran starting describing Victuals as a story…
I came across CTRL PAINT the other day, while poring over inking techniques and processes. CTRL PAINT is a website completely dedicated to helping you learn digital painting in Photoshop through a series of simple videos and tutorials. If you’ve ever wanted to start painting digitally, but have been intimidated by Photoshop, or if you…
You know that James Kochalka was recently named the country’s first Cartoonist Laureate, right? This is for real.ย James Kochalka is the prolific creator of American Elf, Johnny Boo, Dragon Puncher, Monkey vs Robot and about a billion other books and music albums and he’s currently making another billion books and teaching at the Center for…