November 28, 2008
November 24, 2008
Landmarks in superhero comics
1.The arrival of the Watcher, Galactus and the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four 48-51.
2.The Kree-Skrull war in Avengers 89-97.
3.The Frank Miller run on Daredevil.
4.The Amazing Spider-Man 31-33 Steve Ditko/Stan Lee
2.The Kree-Skrull war in Avengers 89-97.
3.The Frank Miller run on Daredevil.
4.The Amazing Spider-Man 31-33 Steve Ditko/Stan Lee
Books To Get You Started
Books To Get You Started:
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - Betty Edwards
Drawing With Children - Mona Brookes
Anatomy for the Artist - Sarah Simblet
Perspective for the Comic Book Artists - David Chelsea
The DC Comic Guide to Coloring and Lettering Comics - Mark Chiarello &Todd Klein
The DC Comic Guide to Pencilling Comics - Klaus Janson
The DC Comic Guide to Coloring Inking Comics - Klaus Janson
How to Draw the Marvel Way - Stan Lee & John Buscema
Comic and Sequential Art - Will Eisner
Graphic Storytelling - Will Eisner
Dynamic Anatomy -Burne Hogarth
Dynamic Figure Drawing - Burne Hogarth
Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery - Burne Hogarth
Dynamic Light and Shade - Burne Hogarth
Books That Will Give Further Insights to Comics
Understanding Comics - Scott McCloud
Reinventing Comics - Scott McCloud
Making Comics - Scott McCloud
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - Betty Edwards
Drawing With Children - Mona Brookes
Anatomy for the Artist - Sarah Simblet
Perspective for the Comic Book Artists - David Chelsea
The DC Comic Guide to Coloring and Lettering Comics - Mark Chiarello &Todd Klein
The DC Comic Guide to Pencilling Comics - Klaus Janson
The DC Comic Guide to Coloring Inking Comics - Klaus Janson
How to Draw the Marvel Way - Stan Lee & John Buscema
Comic and Sequential Art - Will Eisner
Graphic Storytelling - Will Eisner
Dynamic Anatomy -Burne Hogarth
Dynamic Figure Drawing - Burne Hogarth
Dynamic Wrinkles and Drapery - Burne Hogarth
Dynamic Light and Shade - Burne Hogarth
Books That Will Give Further Insights to Comics
Understanding Comics - Scott McCloud
Reinventing Comics - Scott McCloud
Making Comics - Scott McCloud
November 22, 2008
November 21, 2008
Dong Kingman
Dong Kingman (31 March 1911 - 12 May 2000) was a Chinese American artist. As a painter on the forefront of the California Style School of painting, he was known for his watercolor landscape paintings as well as his graphic design work in the Hollywood film industry. Kingman worked as an illustrator in the film industry, designing the backgrounds for a number of major motion pictures including "55 Days at Peking" and the Hollywood adaptation of "Flower Drum Song".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Kingman
November 19, 2008
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November 16, 2008
November 13, 2008
November 10, 2008
Coloring lineart using flats
colouring lineart
1. open your rgb scan
2. select the blue channel and duplicate it and name it "lineart"
3. clean up the lineart channel with levels/use threshold to make it b/w
4. in layers palate fill background layer with white
5. make a new transparent layer and name it "colour"
6. start making selections on the colour layer and fill them
7. once you have all the major parts filled copy this layer and paste it in to a new channel
8. name this channel flats.
9. On the colour layer slected an area
10. choose gradient with foreground to transparent (multipy mode).
make sure the foreground colour is the same as colour as the area you are colouring
11. drag over selected area - it will become darker
12. choose airbrush with screen mode 40% opacity
13. start painting to lighten the area
14. if you make a mistake select area from the flats channel and start again
1. open your rgb scan
2. select the blue channel and duplicate it and name it "lineart"
3. clean up the lineart channel with levels/use threshold to make it b/w
4. in layers palate fill background layer with white
5. make a new transparent layer and name it "colour"
6. start making selections on the colour layer and fill them
7. once you have all the major parts filled copy this layer and paste it in to a new channel
8. name this channel flats.
9. On the colour layer slected an area
10. choose gradient with foreground to transparent (multipy mode).
make sure the foreground colour is the same as colour as the area you are colouring
11. drag over selected area - it will become darker
12. choose airbrush with screen mode 40% opacity
13. start painting to lighten the area
14. if you make a mistake select area from the flats channel and start again
November 3, 2008
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in the Cities - One of the key films of the New German Cinema, it is available on DVD for the first time ever in the UK. The disc includes an exclusive interview with Wim Wenders by Mark Cousins, rare interviews with stars Rüdiger Vogler and Yella Rottländer, a collectors booklet and photo galleries. The film is presented in Full Frame with German Stereo sound and English subtitles. Widely accepted to be one of the director’s most poignant films, it marked the emergence of Wim Wenders as one of the most distinctive European filmmakers of all time.
November 2, 2008
Exhibitions
2008
Art Associates Under $500 exhibition
Gardner Galleries
October 2008
Nintendo “Out of Controller” competition and exhibition
2nd place winner
FAD Gallery, Melbourne.
September 2008
2007
End of year art auction
Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy
2003-2005
Linden Postcard show
Linden – Centre for Contemporary Arts, St.Kilda
1996
Noma Concours Picture book exhibition
Encouragement prize
Artwork exhibited in Tokyo and Bratislava
Art Associates Under $500 exhibition
Gardner Galleries
October 2008
Nintendo “Out of Controller” competition and exhibition
2nd place winner
FAD Gallery, Melbourne.
September 2008
2007
End of year art auction
Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy
2003-2005
Linden Postcard show
Linden – Centre for Contemporary Arts, St.Kilda
1996
Noma Concours Picture book exhibition
Encouragement prize
Artwork exhibited in Tokyo and Bratislava
Suggested purchase
Hi-Fi Color For Comics: Digital Techniques for Professional Results
Animation from pencils to pixels : classical techniques for digital animators
Prepare to board! : creating story and characters for animated features and shorts
How to cheat Adobe Flash CS3 : the art of design and animation
Graphic Artists Guild handbook : pricing [and] ethical guidelines
Drawing words, writing pictures : making comics: manga, graphic novels, and beyond
Making a living without a job : winning ways for creating work that you love
How to be an illustrator
Wim Wenders' road movies [videodisc]
How to make webcomics
Animation from pencils to pixels : classical techniques for digital animators
Prepare to board! : creating story and characters for animated features and shorts
How to cheat Adobe Flash CS3 : the art of design and animation
Graphic Artists Guild handbook : pricing [and] ethical guidelines
Drawing words, writing pictures : making comics: manga, graphic novels, and beyond
Making a living without a job : winning ways for creating work that you love
How to be an illustrator
Wim Wenders' road movies [videodisc]
How to make webcomics
November 1, 2008
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