...will he ever win?

What with all the hubbub over Flash these days, it’s nice to see an artist utilize the program as a means throughout the process of animating, not using it as a crutch. Animator and filmmaker Nick Cross gives us a detailed account of his process when he animates in Flash, including video. It’s a fascinating look into how Nick works as well as how he’s able to use Flash without making it look like it was done in Flash. Just good ol’ animation skills that can’t possibly be replicated by a computer program.

Posted by Ward Jenkins on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog | Permalink | One comment
Tags: Animation, flash, Nick Cross, penciltest

May 25, 2010 05:06 PM

If you have been reading my blog for awhile, you know that Howie Post is one of my favorite cartoonists. Well, I just heard that he recently passed away. I hope that he at least knew that he had recently been rediscovered on all the blogs.He's known mostly for his Harvey comics, especially Spooky and Little Audrey. I used to buy Harvey comics and go right to his stories without knowing his name.

May 25, 2010 03:48 PM

One of the best zines I picked up at the Toronto Comics Festival earlier this month was a little greyscale, brush & ink comic called Little Wolves by James Hindle. You can read the whole thing online here.

Now I’m going to go read the rest of his comics (also online)…

James Hindle, previously on Drawn.

Posted by Matt Forsythe on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog | Permalink | 10 comments
Tags: Comics, James Hindle, stories, Webcomics

May 24, 2010 06:32 PM

Boy, I love old-time theatrical costume sketches (above), the best of them I mean.  I had the impression that nothing good was being done in that medium any more, but I'm glad I took the trouble to check, because there's some interesting stuff out there that deserves to be seen.

Lots of sketch styles are acceptable now.  Amazingly, one of them (above) is caricature.

Another is collage. This artist (above) is pretty good at it.  I like how the dog is walking backwards.

Very nice (above), and it's practical, too. I have no trouble envisioning the real-life costume.

This guy (above) looks like a character out of an Otto Dix painting.

This picture (above) is pretty abstract but it conveys the important information.  I assume the play is a comedy where the superhero has to look broad and lumpy in his suit. The sagging diaphragm is a nice touch.

This picture (above) is skimpy on the details but the overall concept is solid. Sometimes the designer is limited to suggestion, and the costume maker figures out the details.

Wow! What a prolific artist (above)! Better click to enlarge!

Interesting (above)! A Steinberg-type style combined with 3D collage! It's a very girly treatment but, as with everything here, you can use your imagination to see something more masculine.

Sometimes swatches of fabric are added to the sketch. Designers keep enormous scrapbooks full of samples of the stuff that are pinned or stapled onto the page.

According to an article on the net, the designer usually starts with cut-outs of pre-existing pictures from magazines (above) just to see if her and the director are in sync.

Here's (above) Ann Roth showing off her designs for old Hollywood movies, and here's a link to an interesting interview that she gave. Part 2, the best part, is only a couple of minutes long, and it contains advice that all artists in all trades can use. http://makingof.com/insiders/media/ann/roth/ann-roth-on-costume-design-pt-2/61/172

May 24, 2010 04:53 PM

Felt Mistress AKA Louise Evans (previously featured on Drawn!) is a UK-based stitcher, prolific tea drinker and creator of some of the best darn dolls these adoring eyes have ever gazed upon. Utilizing skills learned as a couture dress maker and milliner, Lousie works with her partner, illustrator Jonathan Edwards, on a wild and wooly array of wonderful one-off creatures. Other notable collaborations include her work with three very talented Jon’s; Jon Burgerman, Jon Knox and John Allison.

Current projects include shows such as Brain Drain with Jon Burgerman, Heliumcowboy (link might not be safe for work), Plush You! LA, a few upcoming custom shows and some super duper top secret solo projects to which she claims she’s sworn to secrecy (for the time being). To keep up with the latest from Felt Mistress (and to see if she coughs up any of those highly guarded secrets!), you can happily follow along with her blog or flickr stream. I know I will!

Posted by Stephan Britt on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog | Permalink | 5 comments
Tags: blog, Crafts, dolls, Felt Mistress, Flickr, John Allison, jon burgerman, Jon Knox, Jonathan Edwards, Louise Evans, plush

May 24, 2010 09:22 AM

Joy Ang shares her illustration process for the cover of the beautiful new Anthology project book.

Posted by Matt Forsythe on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog | Permalink | 12 comments
Tags: anthology, Books, Joy Ang

May 23, 2010 06:09 PM

There are tributes to Wayne Boring and Carl Barks in there.

May 23, 2010 04:26 PM

May 22, 2010 11:40 PM

I don't have time to put up a well-thought out post, but I think I can manage a long post.....I mean a really, really LOOOOOOOOONG post! I imagine the girl's feet (above) are interfering with my sidebar graphics, but I don't think any of my male readers will complain.

Boy, this new beta Blogger format is liberating! You can stretch across the page with it. I expect to do a lot of articles about impossibly long snakes, trains, sleeping Watusis and Diplodicus-type dinosaurs.

Above, one of my favorite widescreen movie posters.  Now I get to display it in a format that supports it.

Ah, these are heady days! Thank-you Blogger! I can't believe that all this is free!

May 22, 2010 06:17 PM

continued from:http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2010/05/heartaches-pilot-12-unkind-fate.html

May 21, 2010 11:51 PM