The super-talented-illustrator-and-all-around-nice-guy Bob Ostrom and his co-host Chris Wilson have re-launched their Creative Independence podcast and have given me the honor of the first interview! I prattled on about my Kickstarter campaign for the Pose Drawing Sparkbook, including what I learned and what I'd do differently next time. Give it a listen. And if you like what I have to say,...
I've put together a webinar about my Kickstarter experience called "Kickstarter Tips and Tricks". I'm going to share what I learned, some mistakes I made, and what I hope will be lots of helpful advice for anyone thinking about doing a Kickstarter. Eventually I may sell the webinar on my website but for now it will be one of several...
[youtube_sc url=iblAFBcwWzI width=430] Thought I'd try something different. Just for fun I've recorded my own audio commentary on a classic public-domain Popeye cartoon ("A Date To Skate", 1938) focusing on pose drawing and animation. Let me know what you think. I'm also starting to build my own YouTube channel with misc. odds and ends related to drawing (demo videos, etc.). Not sure...
The Pose Drawing Sparkbook and ebook are now available, along with a lot of other resources, at the StoryboardArt.org online store. Here's the links to the Sparkbook physical book and basic ebook, and here's the link for the entire store which includes webinars, DVDs, software, and classes as well as other books and ebooks designed to help you improve your skills...
This is a few days late, but I thought it would be a good time to pause and reflect on what an awesome and action-packed year 2013 turned out to be! Here's a few of the highlights from my studio: Illustration I received a Pewter Plate Award from Highlights! magazine. I was hired by Ultra Creative to do cereal box art for Cocoa...
The Pose Drawing Sparkbook is a workbook of sorts I designed to help artists put more life into their drawings, and it's finally made it to the iBooks store. Well, the Basic version is there. I'm still waiting for the Expanded version to be approved by Apple, hopefully very soon. (The Expanded version includes 200 bonus sketchbook ideas in the back of...
