sketchbook Tag

12 Aug

Posted at 00:24h in Pose Drawing Sparkbook

News about my Kickstarter the Pose Drawing Sparkbook continues to spread! More sites are featuring it including On Animation, Animator Island, ShowMeTheAnimation, ComicRelated, and even a concept art blog from Brazil. But the biggest news is that the Sparkbook is now on the pop culture blog BleedingCool.com. I wrote a short article for them called Attack of the Killer Word Balloons (Why Artists Should Study Silent Storytelling) and whipped up...

06 Aug

Posted at 09:27h in Character Design, Illustration, Pose Drawing Sparkbook, Sketchbook (The Unfunny Stuff)

(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...

31 Jul

Posted at 02:40h in Character Design, Illustration, Pose Drawing Sparkbook, Sketchbook (The Unfunny Stuff)

(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...

30 Jul

Posted at 10:06h in Art & Business, Character Design, Illustration, Pose Drawing Sparkbook, Sketchbook (The Unfunny Stuff)

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...

27 Jul

Posted at 12:36h in Art & Business, Pose Drawing Sparkbook, Sketchbook (The Unfunny Stuff)

The Pose Drawing Sparkbook continues to do well on Kickstarter. It's only Day 4 and it's already passed the $4,000 mark and is 45% funded! Over 2,000 people have watched the promo video and the project is now featured in the "Popular This Week"section under Kickstarter's "Publishing" category. Two artists with very large followings (over 10,000 each) have shared about it on social media...