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Good morning. Tom Gauld is posting his comics on Tumblr!

mattforsythe — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:36:22 -0400

Good morning. Tom Gauld is posting his comics on Tumblr!

Today as you paint or draw or design, you’ll no doubt...

luclatulippe — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:55:34 -0400

Today as you paint or draw or design, you’ll no doubt enjoy listening to the most recent episode of Radiolab: Colors.

by Florent Remize

johnmartz — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:22:13 -0400

by Florent Remize

Some illustration/lettering process tips from Britt Wilson.

johnmartz — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:14:38 -0400

Some illustration/lettering process tips from Britt Wilson.

Will you be in Vancouver this weekend? If so, come check out the...

luclatulippe — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:51:36 -0400

Will you be in Vancouver this weekend? If so, come check out the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival! Well-known creators like Ryan Pequin, Tony Cliff (pictured above.. well, not HIM, but his work, duh!), Angela Melick, Ed Brisson, and Rebecca Dart will be in attendance. I will be there too, fawning over them and many others like a well-meaning fanboy! Sweet!

(via Vancouver’s First Comic Arts Festival Bolsters City’s Indie-comics Cred | BCLiving)

Simple, pleasing motion graphics for an Italian telecom. SPARKLE...

johnmartz — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:50:38 -0400

Simple, pleasing motion graphics for an Italian telecom.

SPARKLE - Connections (by Sebas & Clim)

Movie Simpsons is a growing collection of movie references made...

johnmartz — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:57:21 -0400

Movie Simpsons is a growing collection of movie references made by your favourite yellow family.

Make good art. (via Neil Gaiman commencement address explains...

davidhuyck — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:49:00 -0400

Make good art.

(via Neil Gaiman commencement address explains the artist’s life - Boing Boing)

Animation director Gene Deitch (Kim’s father) talks about...

wardomatic — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:04:00 -0400

Animation director Gene Deitch (Kim’s father) talks about his collaboration with Maurice Sendak on the official animated version of Where The Wild Things Are (as well as In The Night Kitchen) that was produced by Weston Woods during the 1970s. Storyboards, notes, video clips, and correspondance from Maurice himself make for a fascinating read for both animators and illustrators alike.

Dustin has already mentioned this, but here it is again...

jaredchapman — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:14:27 -0400

Dustin has already mentioned this, but here it is again (including a couple pieces from the show):

If you’re in LA this Friday, swing by the iam8bit gallery and check out the opening of Jim Rugg’s new show, Notebook Nerd, which consists solely of work done on notebook paper with ballpoint pens.

More info can be found on the iam8bit website.

Today’s nightmarish mashup (by Justin White)

johnmartz — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:56:40 -0400

Today’s nightmarish mashup (by Justin White)

Chuck Jones shows how to draw Bugs Bunny

johnmartz — Mon, 21 May 2012 10:07:26 -0400

Chuck Jones shows how to draw Bugs Bunny

5-second animations from Ross Phillips

johnmartz — Mon, 21 May 2012 10:06:23 -0400

I like these 5-second animations from Ross Phillips, made as part of the Five Second Project.

Happy Food (by Yum Yum London)

johnmartz — Mon, 21 May 2012 09:53:45 -0400

Happy Food (by Yum Yum London)

I like what’s going here with Erin...

luclatulippe — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:44:51 -0400

I like what’s going here with Erin Hunting’s Muppets. Kermit’s wall-eyed stare works for me.

Marmaduke, like a lot of classic comic strips, gets a bad rap...

johnmartz — Sun, 20 May 2012 11:31:18 -0400

Marmaduke, like a lot of classic comic strips, gets a bad rap these days as an all-too-easy punchline (and sure, the recent movie didn’t help) for unfunny comics, which always strikes me as a bit unfair. Because isn’t it great that today’s world of comics has enough material to cater to such a variety of tastes? Marmaduke-lovers included.

Regardless, I don’t think I had ever seen the strip’s earlier incarnations. Its bold clean lines barely resemble the loose scribbly Great Dane we know today.

cartoonretro:

Very appealing simplicity in Brad Anderson’s early Marmaduke strips.

danhacker: Drive | Jim Rugg Another phenomenal peice by Jim...

dharbin — Sun, 20 May 2012 11:12:53 -0400

danhacker:

Drive | Jim Rugg

Another phenomenal peice by Jim Rugg, done only with ballpoint pens and spiral notebook paper. The Notebook Nerd exhibition by Jim Rugg is on display at iam8bit in Los Angeles, California.

Jim Rugg has been on some kind of wild tear lately. If you can’t get to the iam8bit show, there’s always this Flickr set of his bananas pen drawings. Plus his new podcast, Tell Me Something I Don’t Know, which he cohosts with artist Jason Lex.

deantrippe: heyoscarwilde: H.P. Lovecraft and Nikola Tesla:...

luclatulippe — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:31:59 -0400

deantrippe:

heyoscarwilde:

H.P. Lovecraft and Nikola Tesla: Paranormal Investigators

Illustration by Travis Pitts :: via zom-bot

Boom. This wins.

seokim: Here’s a metaphor for what happens typically when I...

johnmartz — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:18:09 -0400

seokim:

Here’s a metaphor for what happens typically when I have an art related epiphany. If you know me, you know that this describes my life.

:) :(

Comics Correspondence Course with Frank Santoro

dharbin — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:09:00 -0400

Cartoonist and Comics Journal columnist Frank Santoro is about to start the second of his correspondence courses, with a deadline for applications of May 30th. Complete details here. You might know Frank from his books Cold Heat and Storeyville, or more recent turns in Sammy Harkham’s anthology series Kramer’s Ergot. Frank’s approach to comics-making is one of the more unique ones I’ve seen, rooted in old school printing techniques and renaissance-era “golden ratio” -type harmonic compositions, and increasingly based less on black lines and more on building colors in layers.

It’s fascinating stuff, even though I only understand about a third of it, and am only half convinced of even that (another ratio!). But if I had the time and cheddar, I’d take his course in a hot minute. I’m probably not the only one out there who could stand to look at his own approach to drawing and mark-making and composition from a whole new angle (I’m looking at you, Everyone). For more on Frank, I recommend his series of Layout Workbook posts on tcj.com, which go through a lot of his ideas about grids and the harmonic points in compositions.

Also hello! This is my first post as a Drawn! contributor; first-time caller, long-time listener. If you don’t like it, I suggest you blame… Frank Santoro.