My boy and I like to pick out movies from the library to watch (they’re free and we get ’em for two weeks!) and this week’s picks included Contact, starring Jodie Foster, from 1997. What an incredible film. I picked it up because I remembered liking it, but I’d forgotten just how great it really…
This is fascinating: the visual artist Shea Hembrey took it upon himself to create an international art show, featuring the works of 100 artists. When faced with the question of how to find 100 different artists from around the world, Shea decided to create the artists himself—their personas and their art. [ted id=1169]
I had this great idea on Saturday to invite myself as a guest on the Conan O’Brien show to talk about my upcoming graphic novel, Upside Down: A Vampire Tale.ย Great idea, right? Well, I seem to have misplaced his email address, so I had to come up with a way to get in touch with…
[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.
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/22999575] Beautiful promo video for the Toronto Comics Arts Festival this Saturday.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWj5Q1oiM9Y] Peter Jackson is vlogging his progress on the making of The Hobbit. Apparently they’ve started production and left us with this 11 minute behind-the-scenes. Can you imagine all those cameras filming the other cameras filming the actors? Wild.
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…
Surely you’ve heard about this—it’s like Google Earth, but for museums. You can virtually explore several of the world’s largest and most frequented art galleries and museums via the Google Art Project. A little behind-the-scenes video here. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYXdEUB0VgQ&feature=player_embedded]
TUTORIALS / PROCESS / INTERVIEWS Coloring Comics Digitally with Kazu Kabuishi Using Photoshop Actions to Speed the Process Various interviews with comics writers, publishers and artists onย The Comics Journal The Personal Touch (audio recording of panel on personalizing your comics) How to Make an Interactive Comic video by Jason Shiga Understanding, Making and Teaching Comics…