Hope everyone's holiday season is merry and bright!
You probably noticed I'm not posting here that much these days. I do spend a lot of time on tumblr and facebook though. Hope to see y'all in 2014!!
Monday, December 23, 2013
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
It's Inktober!
It's been a long break for me, but my family and I have finally settled into our new home. Now, to get back into the swing of things, time to plunge into Inktober! One ink drawing a day for the entire month. Glad to be back!!
Friday, July 12, 2013
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Style Test
Playing with some digital screentones. Trying to develop a style for a comic I'm working on.
Lemme know what you think!
Lemme know what you think!
Labels:
testing
Friday, June 28, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
On Time Management
Hey, blogger-town. I'm spending more and more time on tumblr these days. How about you folks? Where do you do most of your blogging?
Anyhow, this is a response to a question I got on tumblr. Thought some folks might find it interesting, so I'm reposting it here as well.
Anyhow, this is a response to a question I got on tumblr. Thought some folks might find it interesting, so I'm reposting it here as well.
Labels:
advice,
Comics,
tumblr anwers
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
PRETEND
Labels:
animated gif,
comic strips,
Comics,
family,
wimpy dad
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Jake Parker's Spaceskull (and Other Drawings)
Y'all dudes know Jake Parker, right? Comics genius extraordinaire? Well, he's launched a kickstarter to print a book of his beautiful ink sketches--and you should get a piece of that action!
Looking at other artists' sketches is part of what keeps us all inspired, so get yourself some inspiration. If you don't, Spaceskull will probably decimate your home planet with his laser beam.
And if grainy gifs aren't your thing, here's a high-res version on vimeo
Jake Parker's Spaceskull from Anthony Holden on Vimeo.
Labels:
fan art,
jake parker,
kickstarter,
spaceskull
Monday, May 20, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
How to Get a Job in Animation
You dudes are on tumblr too, right?
This was in response to a question I got on my tumblr (which you can find here).
What are studios looking for? How can I
get into a good animation school? What should I be studying?
I get a lot of these types of questions
now and again, and I never know how to answer them. I can't be sure
of what studios are looking for, I don't control admissions policies
to schools, and I have little idea what makes for a current and
relevant curriculum. There are a lot of variables in your bid for a
career in animation, and it's kind of impossible to control most of
them. You must be crazy to want this job!
I find it helpful to focus on the
things I can control. Among those things are your study habits and
how you spend your personal time. It's good to work hard and have
goals—without them we would get nowhere. Study hard and make
decisive strides towards achieving your art goals. But in the heat of
that pursuit, don't forget to go out and live your life!
If you spend any amount of time looking
at artists online, you've probably figured out by now that there are
about a million dudes and dudettes in internetville who draw better
than you (I relive this realization daily). Once your have done your
best to rise to their level, the only tool you have to compete with
these crazy talents is your background, your personal character—is
you!
Consider developing your whole self
with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular
skill set. Get focused. Go out, have adventures. Run, jump, skin your
knee, fall in love, root loudly for the away team at a baseball game,
barely escape a crash of stampeding rhinos, live to see another day.
Experience things big and small. Go for a walk. The world is full of
wonders.
I know this advice is not particularly
animation-specific, but maybe that's for the best. At any rate, it is
something I feel strongly about. Animation is great, and there are
few things that I enjoy doing more than drawing and storytelling. But
in order to have stories to tell, first you have to live them.
Be good, and see you soon!
Labels:
advice,
career in animation,
Comics
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