20 Sep Deadline Crunch
Too busy with freelance work to post today. But check out the very talented artists and fun links listed over to the left. Back with more tomorrow....
Blog
19 Sep FallCon is Coming October 6 & 7
The 19th Annual FallCon will be held at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul on October 6-7. FallCon is Minnesota's largest comic book convention. If you live near the Twin Cities, come check it out. It's no Comic-Con (what else is?), but it is a well-organized event with big attendance and a lot of fun. This year the 501st...
18 Sep Schoolism.com: Turnarounds
As my regular blog readers know, I'm taking a character design class online from Stephen Silver over at schoolism.com. This week's assignment was to do rough turnarounds of our character. In animation, once a character design is approved the next step is to create "turnaround" drawings. The purpose is to make sure the storybaord artists, animators, and/or computer modellers can...
17 Sep “Monk”-ey Business
One of my favorite TV shows is Monk, a dramedy about an obsessive-compulsive detective (Adrian Monk) played brilliantly by Emmy-winner Tony Shalhoub. Imagine if Sherlock Holmes had been wracked with anxieties and phobias, and you've got the essence of the character. His over-the-top attention to detail makes him an excellent detective but also an enormous frustration to the people around...
14 Sep Day of the Field Trip Zombies!
A book I illustrated earlier this year has just been published. Day of the Field Trip Zombies was a project I did for Stone Arch Books. It's a 32-page graphic novel designed to help elementary-aged boys improve their reading skills. It's got everything a boy could want: action, humor, and zombie penguins! I've illustrated seven children's books, but until now the...
13 Sep Re-Post: Chen Yi Chang on Character Design
From the Archives...