No place exotic like Colombia, Iraq, Australia or Cuba… just St. Louis MO to help open up our caricature operation for the season at Six Flags. I’m not even flying but driving… however I have no drawing of me driving along with underwear flying out of my car window so i just used the airplane. I’ll upload a postcard from the park! READ MORE
Artwork by Anton Emdin Those who frequent The MAD Blog know I do not lightly recommend artist’s blogs or websites. There are so many good ones (and so, SO many bad ones) that singling one out is tough to do. However, I have no problem in recommending the spankin’ new blog of Australian cartoonist and illustrator Anton Emdin. Anton sat next to me at the Australian Cartoonist Association’s Stanley Awards: Anton and me down under … where he won a Stanley for Best Illustrator. As it happens he is also one of the nominees for the National Cartoonists Society’s divisional award for best Magazine Illustration/… READ MORE
Q: I’m just wondering if there are any special consideration you need to take in your illustrations, colour wise, that you know are going to be printed?¬¨‚Ć I know in animation, when a background is being painted in Photoshop, there’s a filter that checks if the colours will show up on TV, but is there similar issues with colouring for print? A: There are a few things you need to keep in mind about colors in print, especially when it comes to digitally created art. First off, and probably the most immediate concern, is the difference between the colors you see on the screen and… READ MORE
Hermann at work I just got back last night from a quick weekend trip to NYC where illustrators Ed Steckley, Ray Alma and I got the rare opportunity to work with the fantastic Hermann Mejia while he shared some of his watercolor expertise with us at Ed’s pad in Sunnyside (Queens). I haven’t really worked much with watercolor before (took a class once a million years ago), so this was a pretty new experience for me. I loved getting a chance to hang out with these talented artists, experiment with a new medium and especially to watch a true master of watercolor work his magic.… READ MORE
Last week my good friend, illustrator and caricaturist Ed Steckley, called me to chat and told me about a cool painting get together he and some fellow pals had planned for the weekend. Ed was going to host a watercolor mini-class by MAD illustrator Hermann Mejia for just he and another MAD artist, Ray Alma. He invited me to tag along. Hello frequent flyer mile awards. I cashed in a few of those frequent flyer miles and spent the weekend in NYC. On Saturday we bummed around Brooklyn, and checked out Hermann’s show at RocketShip comics on Smith St. See pics of the show below.… READ MORE
Artwork by Patrick McDonnell The nominees for the divisional awards from the National Cartoonists Society are officially announced: TELEVISION ANIMATION Kevin Deters – “Walt Disney Prep and Landing” Mike Gray – “The Infinite Goliath” Seth McFarlane – “Family Guy” FEATURE ANIMATION Ronnie del Carmen – Storyboard Artist – “Up” Tomm Moore – Director – “The Secret of Kells” Barry Reynolds – Character Designer – “The Secret of Kells” NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION Bob Rich Tom Richmond Robert Sanchuk GAG CARTOONS Glenn McCoy VG Myers Dave Whamond GREETING CARDS Glenn McCoy Kieran Meehan Debbie Tomassi NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS John Hambrock – “The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee” Wiley… READ MORE
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG06zG6_SWU[/youtube] Speaking of cartoonists on TV, my buddy Stephen Silver was featured on the HGTV show “The Antonio Treatment” recently. READ MORE
Someone recently posted a comment mentioning that they are used to my “effusive praise of other artists” to which I replied “if it seems I only effusively praise other artists that is because I only mention artists who work I truly admire… ones I think suck I just don’t talk about. My mom always said, “If you can’t say anything nice…”” Too true. I don’t dislike everything I do not take the time to post about… far from it. But I do wholeheartedly love and admire that which I do take the time to post about. Like the comic strip “LIO“. I’m friends with LIO… READ MORE
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