Note: Jae Waller's web comic is a very vertical comic. Very Vertical. For that reason, Madbadcat chose to excerpt a panel and link back to the original on the Mill City fiasco website. ::: Artist(s) Name::: Jae Waller ::: Title of Projects::: Mill City Fiasco ::: Publisher::: (self-published?) Lilyrei Studios (self-published, less official than it sounds) ::: Website::: millcityfiasco.com ::: 1 ::: Tell us about yourself. Where did you grow up? What’s your … [Read more...]
Profile: Marc Scheff – Concept Artist
May 27, 2009 By 3 Comments
This guy gives me new appreciation for everything Big Phamaceutical has done for us ;-) Don't miss Mr. Scheff's book- Alchemy - available thru Blurb.com. Oh and the iphone portraits. Visit his online portfolio for a look at his wonderful iPhone portraits. ::: Artist(s) Name::: Marc Scheff ::: Clients/Employers ::: EA, Breakthru Films, Zynga Games, Large Animal games, Mothership Pictures, other Freelance work. ::: Website::: http://www.dangermarc.com ::: 1 ::: Tell us about yourself. … [Read more...]
Profile: Katie Cook
May 13, 2009 By 1 Comment
Katie Cook is a very busy girl: she has recently finished the first season of the Starwars.com Clone Wars webcomic, Her 8-page "Tricks of the Trade" was published by Dark Horse Comics in an anthology and she has just been commissioned by Strathmore Papers to create the cover art for a line of sequential lined bristol board. She also designed 25 "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" trading card set for Rittenhouse Archives AND she recently co-curated Visual Storytelling, an multimedia … [Read more...]
Profile: Jaye Frisina
May 6, 2009 By 2 Comments
Madbadcat's Note: The first time I saw Jaye Frisina's work, I laughed out loud. How is it possible for that whimsical ninja to be endearing and threatening at the same time? The answer to that question is probably the essence of Ms. Frisina's talent. ::: Artist(s) Name::: Jaye Frisina ::: Title of Work(s::: FIN cartoons, and Thirteenth Story zines ::: Publisher::: Self-published ::: Website::: ThirteenthStory.com … [Read more...]
Concept Art Reverie 2009- The Workshops
April 30, 2009 By 7 Comments
rev⋅er⋅ie [rev-uh-ree] –noun a fantastic or visionary idea... Sunday the doors opened up at 1 pm (now that's an artist schedule!), and the true meat of the conference began. Before the opening keynote, Massive Black CEO Jason Manley stressed to the crowd that Reverie would address the economic climate woes through exploring the various markets where an artist can sell their work. Though this flexibility, artists can gain more opportunities and independence. … [Read more...]
Concept Art Reverie 2009- The Conference
April 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I grew up in bookstores, particularly ones of the used variety and I naturally gravitated towards the science-fiction and fantasy section. In the 80s, cover artists such as Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo, and Michael Whelan caught my imagination. As I daydreamed about their fantastic worlds, I would also wonder how did they get the get their jobs? How did they get from painting to cover? Could you really make a living at this? One could research into mainstream or medical … [Read more...]
Profile: Mihailo Vukelic
April 22, 2009 By 2 Comments
::: Artist(s) Name::: Mihailo Vukelic ::: Publisher::: (self-published?) Image ::: Website::: http://solon-fyre.deviantart.com/ ::: 1 ::: Tell us about yourself. Where did you grow up? What’s your favorite color? When did you first realize you were an artist? Did you draw as a kid? Color outside the lines? I grew up in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. At 11 I moved to the U.S. with my family. My favorite color is sepia. I realized I was an artist around 3 or 4, I have memories of those … [Read more...]
Comic Life Magiq: My Troubleshooting Experiences
March 25, 2009 By 1 Comment
To be honest, I was not always happy with Magiq. When I first downloaded the 1.0.2 version, it had a problem with displaying and exporting images. The results looked fuzzy and blurred in spots, and not up to par with Comic Life Deluxe. Deluxe image export: Magiq 1.0.2 image export: My experience with Macintosh software taught me that, when in doubt, check the preferences. Deluxe used to have something similiar when WYSIWYG image filtering was turned on- so originally I thought … [Read more...]
Making a Comic in Comic Life Magiq
January 27, 2009 By 5 Comments
Comic Life Magiq is an unusual product in plasq's software line, as it's not meant to be a replacement for Comic Life Deluxe. As an avid fan of the latter, I wanted to see if Magiq addressed some of my wishlist in templating and layout for my web comic. For folks not familiar with Comic Life Deluxe by plasq, not to worry. There will be some comparisons with Deluxe throughout the article, but the article is designed to get you going from the ground up. There is an assumption that you already have … [Read more...]
Getting Started in Adobe Illustrator’s Livetrace
January 8, 2009 By 4 Comments
One gazillion years ago (I call it 1989) I used a rather nifty application called Adobe Streamline. It had the ability to convert pixel-based bitmapped images into a vector graphic image. But why would you need that? It is due to the adage of while you can shrink a low-res image, you can't enlarge it. That's because a bitmapped image is made up of pixels. Blowing them up only creates larger pixel areas creating that all-too-familiar crappy Youtube video look. With … [Read more...]
The Pixelmator Challenge: Alicia Vogel
January 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I really love Pixelmator as a painting program. It has Photoshop-like brushes and a Painter feel. I popped a sketch I had started in Painter in and was able to fully block it out and have a decent detail pass in a matter of hours. For me, its simplicity is a big plus. With Photoshop and Painter, I get dazzled by all the options and end up forever tweaking all the tools. In the future I'm going to do all my pre-painting in Pixelmator and then tweak either in … [Read more...]
San Diego Comic-Con 2008: Part 2
October 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment
My professional agenda for Comic-Con was fairly simple: Soak in the visuals, get a general feel for the industry and do some basic networking. With this in mind, here are some useful tips I learned along the way on how to take advantage of the convention: Bring a highlighter. You'll need it to track the three-ring circus of panels. Comic-Con often has an online schedule in advance of the convention, so it's possible to do some pre-planning. But it does change/update … [Read more...]
