Many of you know that in June I attended HEROES CON 2011 in Charlotte. HEROES CON is a comic book convention that showcases the creative work of corporate and independent artists, writers and publishers.
Not onl
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Joe Sinnot - inker on Kirby talks about his drawing board: http://vimeo.com/14453541
Flip through the videos and pick and choose what's of interest. Steve Rude flips through a sketchbook, Joe Kubert talks process, an excellent inter
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This is from the “Do Something Creative Everyday” file:
Just to have a little fun while sharpening my skills (and to try out my new camcorder and the cool tripod I bought for it!) I did these two pics where I “cloned” myself!
How Did I Do It? Very easy
Hi everyone. I'm struggling to work on one of my New Years Resolutions, which was to streamline my digital workflow. (I've found that when my project files are nested twenty subfolders deep, I'm overcomplicating things.) So I'm asking around to the d
Read more…I wanted to send out a special thank you to those that have picked up a copy of my latest book, "The Artist & Designer's Book of Tips". The book contains 12 practical tips and spiritual principles that you can read about today and use tomorrow.Take a
Read more…Ok I know I'm fairly new to the comic-ing world, Just out of art school. But I have been drawing for awhile, and normally I can do poses pretty well and with out to much trouble. But over Christmas I agreed to do a one-shot manga with a friend, its o
Read more…A Crossroads Where Art Meets Faith
Taken straight from the web pages of the blog ArtLessonsFromGod.com; artist, business coach, columnist and minister Tony Snipes presents 12 proven tips:
• How to Set Your Artistic Goals
• Artists Becoming Able to Do W
Hey guys, can anyone share some adice on lettering? I'm using Photoshop, because embarassingly, I'm not too fluent in Illustrator. IN any event, all my "balloons' look like big old ovals and I'm not real satisfied with them. I'd hate to see this book
Read more…Thanks for taking time to look over my work.
This is a just a piece I finish up earlier today. The first is the pencils, and the second I imported the same image to photoshop, did a black layer overlay to darken the lines. Sort of an ink job if you
A friend and I are thinking of starting a web-comic, but nither of us knows the first thing about any of this. Can any one here help? (we have a script, but we don't know how or were to put the comic online.)
Read more…I started an earlier discussion - but I think I was asking too much. The crux of it though is the statement of this one:
Can you be both Fast and Good? I tend to find I'm slower than I want to be. Is there any way to speed up the process - yet still m
As you can probably tell from the title, I am looking for some sort of internship or job for next summer. I am an art major at a small Christian college in the Southeast. I would like to learn more about the comic industry and a internship seems like
Read more…Hey all,TastyFaith isn't a bakery. We create resources that connect hope to the non-sugarcoated issues urban youth face. Anyway, the stuff pushes the edges and really connects with tuff kids. We are looking for an illustrator to revamp some coloring
Read more…Hi, I'm kinda new here. I was wondering, is there anyone out there who might be able to help me to get my tract into published form? I have already wrote it and have got the drawings the way I want them but I have no knowledge after that. If someone
Read more…This is a email Ive sent to Image Marvel and DC and they have not got bck to me please read and maybe you can help or send this to someone who can thank you(________ are were I inserted Image Marvel and DC in)Dear _________My Name is Cameron Hortenbe
Read more…Drawing people I can do. Animals-I'm okay. Landscapes-no hills I can't climb there. But BUILDINGS! I've used tons of resources, but the buildings I draw still seem to lack...something....that makes them looks believable, even for a comic. The lines a
Read more…There is an amazing website where the resources for all things art seem to be endless, it's the Deviantart.com website. You can find brushes, tutorials on almost anything that has to do with art, wallpapers, textures the list goes on. If I get stuck
Read more…Okay, here's the deal: I've been serious about art now for about three years, and though I've always leaned towards being a comic-artist... Lately I've been thinking about studying animation. I'm only 15, so I obviously have a while to think about al
Read more…So yes, I want to get the legal version of Adobe photoshop and perhaps, maybe, illustrator. I don't know which ones to get because of all the different versions (recently CS3 came out) and the suite and the prices.Would you recommend illustrator? It
Read more…I thought I'd get a topic going where people can post a little bit about his/her artistic process and what tools he/she uses when creating a comic.I'll get started to show what I mean...When I do my weekly,- I start out with a rough script/dialogue (
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