Newspaper syndicates may soon be a thing of the past.Cartoonist Scott Kurtz has one of the most successful comic strips on the web. PVP is a smartly-written strip about the publishers of a gaming magazine. Scott gets about a jillion hits a month to his site, and his popular strip has recently expanded into print (through Image comics), t-shirts,...
My warm-up sketch today was for a cowboy thread on The Drawing Board. For the color I experimented with some Photshop brushes. I really want to get a better grasp of what Photoshop can do....
This has been around for a while, but it's still a great link. In October 2002 California State Polytechnic University Pomona filmed a presentation by Disney character design supervisor Chen Yi Chang (Batman, Mulan, Tarzan). For over two hours Chang gives a multimedia discusssion covering the basics of good character design and technique. Then he reviewed student's work...
I've been working on a project illustrating Bible stories in a comic book format. Last night I went to the comic book store for inspiration, and found some great stuff! Most notably "Kyle Baker: Cartoonist" (Vol. 2) and a few comics by the legendary John Byrne.I got home just in time for a thuderstorm to blow through and...
I've been pulling all-nighters to meet deadlines, so there's not much new to report. Here's a cartoon that's been hanging in my studio for a while. Since I work at home, it really made me chuckle. It's from a great strip called "Speed Bump" by Dave Coverly, a very funny and award-winning cartoonist. If you need...
One of the great things about freelancing is that you get to work at home and be your own boss. One of the not so great things is that it can get quite lonely. You miss having other artists around to talk to, joke around with, and be inspired by. So I was really excited this morning...
