Recently I was nominated by Bob Ostrom for a “Superior Scribbler” award. As far as I can tell its not a real, tangible award. Just a fun way to acknowledge other artists whose work you enjoy.
If you are nominated, one of the rules is that you nominate five other artists. Here are my picks (in [...]
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When it rains it pours! For the last couple of weeks I’ve been juggling several client projects at various stages of completion. I’ve recently finished a marker comp, an illustration for a print ad, and some storyboards for a TV commercial pitch. I’m currently working on a toy design, packaging illustrations for three different clients, [...]
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Peter Green is a talented artist who runs a design and marketing firm in Los Angeles. He has a long history of doing work for pretty much every major Hollywood studio in one form or another. I’ve had the privilege of working with Peter on a couple of projects. He and his staff are terrific. [...]
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Craig McCracken, creater of The Powerpuff Girls and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, has released a brand new sketchbook entitled Wander Over Yonder. I’m a huge fan of his character design work and can’t wait to get my signed copy in the mail. Don’t wait too long to order yours. Word on the street [...]
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(Artwork by Bob Ostrom. Copyright 2009. All rights reserved.)
Long-time illustrator Bob Ostrom has recently posted an excellent tutorial describing how he does his work. While you’re at it, don’t forget to browse his portfolio and blog as well. Great stuff!
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Recently artist Sam Nielson ran a contest of sorts on his blog. He wanted to practice some digital coloring/painting but didn’t feel like drawing anything, so he asked for submissions. Two winners would then be chosen to have their sketches colored by him. Cool!
On a lark I submitted some concept sketches (above) from a “buffalo [...]
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Earlier this week my wife and I hosted a couple for dinner, illustrator Toby Dugan and his wife Vonnie. Toby is a retired artist, evangelist, and magician and one of my wife’s long-time family friends. He was kind enough to bring his portfolio to my studio which was a real treat!
For much of his career [...]
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For twenty years Walt Stanchfield was a drawing instructor at Disney, teaching and inspiring some of the worlds’ best artists and animators to help them hone their craft. He often gave his students handouts filled with inspiring sketches and valuable insights into the process of gesture drawing. The handouts were so popular that they were [...]
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Issue #3 of cartooning magazine Stay Tooned! has just been published. I received my copy over the weekend and it’s full of great stuff, including a 7-page interview with Yours Truly. Here’s a full list of the artists and contributors from the mag’s website:
“[Stay Tooned! issue #3] features profiles of Chad “Tundra” Carpenter, magazine gag [...]
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It’s been a while so I thought I’d take a minute to shamelessly plug my website store. I plug a lot of stuff so there should be something of interest to everyone.
First, you can download The Best of Head Hunting, a PDF containing over 100 of the best portrait and cartoon sketches from my two [...]
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