Yesterday in the wee hours of the morning a nasty storm ripped through our neighborhood. My neighbor on the left had a tree fall into her back yard, my neighbor kitty corner from me also had a tree knocked over, and the neighbor on my right had a giant branch take out his telephone and TV cable lines before smashing...
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Today's word over at IllustrationFriday.com is "Captain". It's been a long time since I was able to take part, so I'm going to throw this against the wall and see if it sticks. Here's some early concept sketches I did for a publisher a while back. The project eventually evolved into something else and the character changed, so these sketches...
As I mentioned last week, I'm taking a character design class online from Stephen Silver at Schoolism.com. Last week's lesson was on silhouettes. A strong character design will have a clear silhouette that is visually interesting, making the character instantly recognizable. To illustrate, I've taken Jafar from Aladdin and shaded him in. Notice how clearly everything reads: Our assignment was to...
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Sad, sad news. From newsarama.com: The comics industry lost a luminary this weekend - Mike Wieringo passed away Sunday of a sudden heart attack. Details are still sketchy as of this time, but according to close sources, the acclaimed artist had chest pains at some point during the day and called 911, but the responders did not make it in time. Wieringo...
