I’ve been a fan of Dave Stewart’s abilities for the last ten years, and it’s been fascinating to watch him tackle projects as varied as Hellboy, Sandman: Overture, Daytripper and now Craig Thompson’s Space Dumplins. I recently discovered the new comics interview show, From the Gutters, and was happy to find a two-part video interview with…
(via LaughingSquid) Over the course of three months, Hevesh5 and Millionendollarboy created this amazing four-minute video of domino tricks using between 20,000 – 25,000 dominoes. The video is a “screenlink,” which means that each section is built and filmed separately and then edited together to look like one continuous contraption. Here are some outtakes:
Author Hugh Howey (Wool) talks about writing characters that the reader cares about: CHARACTERS WE LOVE What are some characters that you’ve read about and love? What makes them interesting to read about? Post your comments below!
Saturday was nuts! After 200 hours of planning, priming and painting, Provo City celebrated the new murals along the Provo River Trail with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Joined by dozens of good friends and family, we heard a few words from Provo city mayor John Curtis and council members Kay van Buren and Gary Winterton.…
WHAT IS A STORY IN ITS PUREST FORM? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loxJ3FtCJJA Ira Glass of “This American Life” talks about the building blocks of a great story. NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH For those of you that write, you’re probably aware that we are now six days into NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Over the course of November’s thirty…
Master pinstriper Glen Weisgerber demonstrates the roundhand lettering technique. Weisgerber teaches pinstriping and lettering at the Airbrush Getaway Workshops.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXwiu18J9H0&w=420&h=315] My brother recently stopped by the tunnel, where I’ve been painting two 100-foot murals for the city of Provo. I knew he had a camera strapped to his chest, but I didn’t know he had been filming the entire time we were talking. Here’s a little taste of the tunnel so far, with another…
Craig Thompson’s hour presentation at Meltdown Comics on the process of making his graphic novels, Blankets and Habibi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI2tro_-JpE Nice video on using more economic lines and creating stronger images with Francis Vallejo, as part of a longer instructional film (which no longer seems to be available. Anyone know where to get it?). Here’s a sample of some of Francis’s comics work. I love how he creates depth with his blacks, not to…