Author: Cedric

Special weekend stretch goal! If my Kickstarter, the Pose Drawing Sparkbook,  hits $10,000 by noon Monday (central time) I'll draw a silly cartoon for my backers (written without dialogue, of course). More info here: http://ow.ly/nOqBx...

I wanted to take a break from my Kickstarter, the Pose Drawing Sparkbook, to highlight a few other goodies by some incredible artists. First, I just learned that amazing Florian Satzinger has a book out! How did I miss this? It's called Duck: Birds and Pencils and it's a collection of some of his wonderful cartoon bird drawings. I just ordered my...

(This excerpt is from the Pose Drawing Sparkbook, a super-charged sketchbook designed to help you put more life and personality into your drawings. Think of it as acting exercises for your sketchbook.Read other snippets here and here.) Don't limit your acting to just the face and hands. The head makes up less than ten percent of a person's body. You've got another ninety percent of...

(This excerpt is from the Pose Drawing Sparkbook, a super-charged sketchbook designed to help you put more life and personality into your drawings. Think of it as acting exercises for your sketchbook. Read other snippets here and here.) Action Reveals Character (Excerpt) Once you decide who each character is, you need to find ways to introduce them to the audience. Here are three common shortcuts you can...

A few people have asked for an ebook-only version of my Pose Drawing Sparkbook on Kickstarter. Good news! I've added an option to purchase the "Basic" ebook for $10. You can also purchase a new "ebook + webinar" combo or an "ebook + sketch club" combo. More info here. If you've already placed an order for the physical book and want to...