Today marks the first day of spring for the Year of the Fire Monkey. I got to illustrate the Monkey King himself and have it printed on a T-shirt to mark the occasion.
Category: illustration
Year of the Monkey
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Seeking its Sequential Art Solution: the case of page 108
The challenge of illustrating of page 108 of the graphic novel Tiger’s Tale warrants a more in-depth view of the sequential art process. . . The resulting blog entry catalogues the tensions between two artistic temperaments, the meticulous planner and the inspired improviser, as well as the resulting artwork distilled from their tenuous collaboration.
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Hildebrandts on Illustrating Tolkien
With Game of Thrones and The Hobbit series fresh in mind, this 70’s era fantasy imagery is all the more fascinating.
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26th Annual Children’s Book Illustrator Exhibit
Artists’ reception for the 26th Annual Children’s Book Illustrator Exhibit at the Sun Gallery in Hayward California is this Saturday (March 14, 2015 – 1:00pm to 4:00pm), and you’re invited!
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Digital Inks: All Monster Comics Special
A Throwback-Thursday Special: Alternative Comics published a special Halloween themed mini-comic in 2014 which featured a special writer+artist collaboration and and octet of inkers. My contribution was generated digitally and allowed for images of the step-by-step process.
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Copic Art Hyperlapse
With this fun little movie uploaded to youtube, I can now post the finished (such as it is) piece.
SCBWI submission project
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The Rat and the Raven
A Tiger’s Tales silent aside.
Sketching GREEN TURTLE; The Shadow Hero
I only recently read Gene Yang’s THE SHADOW HERO. I was able to borrow a review copy just before his visit to KungFuMagazine.com. As with most of his other graphic novels, once I started it, I could not put it…
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Illustrating Little Monk and the Mantis: pt. 3
Previously, The story now titled Little Monk and the Mantis: a bug, a boy and the birth of a kung fu legend has been broken down into thirteen key images, one of which has been completed. After nearly a year…
