Parallel to my own experiences learning the trade and craft of making comics when I started, here’s a documentary with cinematic craft about recreating the first issue of Peter Laird & Kevin Eastman’s TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. You gotta see this! youtu.be/2iHI3cjsKMU?...
Superheroes: From Fiction to Reality - Ben presented a panel at the International Reading Forum in Saudi Arabia to libraries to increase the acceptance of comics! More about the IRF event: www.kxnet.com/business/pre...
Ben wrote more about our part in it here: www.instagram.com/p/DBJhNp5PHx...
a student's drawings based on Wally Wood's 22 panels that always work. 22 panels - mostly of a figure, trying different framing approaches, closeups, extreme closeups, silhouettes, etc.
a student's drawings based on Wally Wood's 22 panels that always work. 22 panels - mostly of a figure, trying different framing approaches, closeups, extreme closeups, silhouettes, etc.
a student's drawings based on Wally Wood's 22 panels that always work. 22 panels - mostly of a figure, trying different framing approaches, closeups, extreme closeups, silhouettes, etc. This one was done with cats...
Wally Wood's 22 panels that always work. 22 panels - mostly of a figure, trying different framing approaches, closeups, extreme closeups, silhouettes, etc.
My students' takes on Wally Wood's 22 Panels that Always Work - some great approaches - and every time we do this, I always see them grow significantly in the process - thinking about framing, shadows, angles very deliberately! And if you're not familiar - Wood's original set. Give it a try!
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A lot of media attention recently. This mention in @variety.bsky.social was pretty cool! variety.com/2024/film/gl...
Hello all you new Blue Skyers!
I thought it might be fun to see some process stuff from one of my favorite sequences in this issue.
Script > Thumbnails > Inks >Colors and Letters
Script by @robertvenditti.bsky.social
Colors by Jordie Bellaire
Letters by @artmonkeys.bsky.social
Here’s a quick thread.
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Comic book artists; writers; cartoonists. Crowdfunding a book is difficult. What would make it easier for you? #crowdfunding #comics
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@InDesign? See pages here at bit.ly/ArtmonkeysIn... (first panel from Humanoids' MEYER by Jonathan Lang, Andrea Mutti & Shawn Martinbrough)
New 2023 portfolio is up! coroflot.com/Artmonkeys #InDesign #lettering #comics and #classic #Illustrator #lettering #artist
SUPERMAN ’78: THE METAL CURTAIN isn’t out yet, but here’s a little tease from issue 2.
SUPERMAN ’78: THE METAL CURTAIN #1 is on sale today! It’s always a joy to work with these characters, and we have a big story planned. Hope you all enjoy it!
Trick or Treat AMA about #comics and #Lettering!
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