07/23/07 - Instructional Video Links on Making Graphic Novels

How-to videos on creating a graphic novel! I just found this one - http://www.expertvillage.com/interviews/comics-novels.htm

Does anyone out there have experience with this site?

07/02/07 - Excellent Videos With Ron Lemen Art Instruction

Ron Lemen has been involved in art education for a while and recently been involved with Gnomon Workshops out in California. You may remember that name from previous posts - they offer training to and with some of the best concept design and FX artists in Hollywood.

xTrain is a newish web company that wants to deliver high quality video based training over the web. Right now several wonderful training videos are available to you free once you set an account. I highly recommend the Ron Lemen training on traditional art media and also on Painter X (although I found the traditional media instruction to be more informative). If you have a fast Internet connection I encourage you to JUMP on this great opportunity to learn!

11/18/06 - Using the Computer for Drawing and Reference

I found this post over at Newsarama.com, it is an interview with Brandon Peterson. He has worked with using 3D design software for comics since he was the art director for CrossGen Comics (sigh, I miss that company!). I found out about Google's SketchUp (WOW! A free 3D program that's easy to use and learn!) from reading this piece and find it touches on some timely issues: use of photo references and TRACING! SketchUp looks like a great way to work out perspective for interior or exterior comic scenes...but I will still be working on my hand drawing skills for drawing perspective scenes, interior and exterior. Ask me about the great tutorial DVD I purchased from Gnomon Workshop by Scott Robertson on sketching by hand various 3D objects. Over at eatpoo.com (Yum! what an inventive name!) they have a post by Scott showing his special perspective skills if you are interested.

Just keep saying this mantra: "The computer is just a TOOL, The computer is just a TOOL...". By the way the images above are by moi, they were drawn freehand with a Intuous 3 tablet and SketchBook Pro 2. If anyone has samples they have created in SketchUp I would be interested in seeing it - I will post something once I have gotten through the tutorial!