Back from my Eye-atus!

Hey Everybody,
It's time to get this class going again. So I will see you on 24 June at 4 PM, usual location, and we'll  pick up where we left off. I look forward to seeing all you guys again.

Bring your recent work please.

John

Special Guest Brie Spielmann

Hi Everybody,
Freelance artist, writer, cartoonist and comics lover Brie Spielmann will visit class tomorrow. She'll be talking with us about the life of a freelance artist, what she uses to line up work, what it's like dealing with clients.





Don't forget that tomorrow's class will meet at the new time, 4pm.

See you then!
John

Clip Studio Paint on sale for one week!

Hi, you guys! See you again on the 22nd!

Heres a good chance to save on this outstanding program:

http://my.smithmicro.com/manga-studio-ex-5.html?utm_source=smithmicro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=clipsale20170410&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9quX2LMQqC4vMsdt62DRQ3MZh0L1Si2bq1nxRjkFEifNe-mQkhKfnRHEuh_Z5dUwdVj3nHjii-ZmkF6hGfD20hd1gEpg&_hsmi=50212557

 The less fancy version -- which is called Clip Studio Pro, oddly -- is a super bargain at $25!! I heartily recommend either.
http://my.smithmicro.com/manga-studio-5.html

Also, I have heard good things about the app Procreate, which is for tablets, and costs only $5.




Till then,
John

Scheduling Notes -- UPDATED

Hiya, Folks.

We will not meet on 1 April, because I will be moving that weekend.

We will not meet on 8 April, because I will be at Colossal Con in Pleasanton.

We will not meet on 15 April, because of the Easter holiday.

Nothing personal. I like you guys! Please mark your calendar.


See you soon!

John

P.S.:  There is no new homework assignment this week. But you are encouraged to do any homework you may have missed, such as the cop and beggar assignment. If you can't do that, I'd recommend plotting a three-page story from the world of your self-assigned dream project that we've been talking about.

More Inspiring Lively Little Figures...

By an Academy student 

See you Saturday eve! INKING!
John

Roy Chang at the Chinese Historical Society Museum in Chinatown, Mar 26

Hey, Saturday Comics Classers!

I was contacted by the Chinese Historical Society of America museum in SF Chinatown.

They will host Cartoonist and Comic book author Roy Chang at the museum on Sunday March 26th. Here are the details of the event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-comic-book-author-cartoonist-roy-chang-tickets-32483764815 Please save the date and reserve a space if you are interested in meeting Roy. He is also giving a small comic book workshop. 

JH

Stop Me Before I Blog Again.

Hey Artists,
I should be working on a commissioned sketch or my space bordello project, but instead I'm analyzing skull depths like some 19th century German crackpot.

Reducing the vast variety of humanity to three "specimens," I've found that what I've told you guys so far is broadly correct--if you go by these three pictures!

You decide if any of it matters to you and your style.

To review (in order to make this exercise have any value at all):

• The human head basically fits in a square.
• Black folks have the deepest crania, and Asians the shallowest. (Our representative Asian has a head notably taller than square, the white girl just taller than square, and the black guy, just deeper than.)
• Eyes are about at the halfway line. Children's crania are bigger, "pushing" their eyes below the halfway line. Our white girl has that going on too. Better to err in that direction in drawing women, I assume, unless you want to make them look older or less elegant.
• Ears are a healthy fraction of an inch farther back than the vertical halfway line. Making the skull come to its greatest height above the ears seems reasonable.
• I marked her picture, in green, with the landmarks of the Loomis "thirds" scheme and learned that her forehead is a little more than a third--not surprisingly, since she looks like a teen.

John



Wait! New data!
This normal-looking guy has a head that's way taller/shallower than square, and eyes well above the halfway line. What did I tell you guys about generalizing?!

;)

John