Watch out—today I am unleashing… THE CHAIN GANG is a hilarious 1,000-page ultra comic about a group of unwanted and forgotten bicycles led by Poppa Wheelie that band together to wreak havoc on the world, one neighborhood at a time! Instead of waiting years for me to draw all 1,000 pages, I’m going to be releasing…
The Provo Library has been a good friend of mine for a long, long time. I first discovered Stephen King’s writing at the Provo Library. Bill Peet and Roald Dahl were there, too—not to mention M.C. Escher’s work, and books of paintings from Pablo Picasso. Books on writing, drawing, epic fantasies that soared inside my…
I’ve been thinking of running a UStream video of an illustration or comics page from start to finish. Would anyone be interested in watching something like that, or would it just be a waste of time? Is there anything you’d like to see? [polldaddy poll=5396614] Also: I came across this quote from Lawrence Pearsall Jacks…
Just found out there’s only one of my GIANT LOOK-AND-FIND COLORING POSTERS left on the Little Paper Planes site! The poster is 2 x 3 feet and filled with over one hundred drawings of snowmen and spooks. The poster comes with a list of items to find, as well as a pack of crayons to…
A few friends pointed me toward Chuck Groenink’s post on how he made this beautiful picture: Thought you might dig it.
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/17448270] I came across this beautiful animation this morning by Aaron Wendel, and was struck by its stunning narrative in such confounding simplicity. If you have a spare couple of minutes, I can’t recommend enough watching this short.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv0YjQ2KN3c] The creator of Habibi drawing page borders and sharing his workflow for his 12 hour pages (6 hours for panels, 6 hours for page border).
A couple of pages from my current sketchbook.
Lucy Knisley has made what is easily my favorite series of images of the year in her pictorial summary of Harry Potter in 8 parts. Each picture summarizes a book, with the last book being split into two pictures. While each picture has, no doubt, taken Lucy hours and hours to make, she’s unable to…