CCG Coordinator's Ramblings

Lexington KY Comic Creators Group Coordinator's Ramblings.

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A nice piece of writing from Tolkien. :-)

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Testing out dip pen nibs. :-)

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Inktober day 2.  Pentel brushpen on office paper.

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Inktober day 1.  Touch line 0.1 and FC Pitt Big Brush on ledger sized office paper.

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Inktober day 4. Pentel Finito on pocket calendar notepad paper.

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An advertising image i created for Kennedy’s The Art Part two years ago.  Sadly Kennedy’s shut down last year. :-(

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Liam Francis Walsh.

Bio: I grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin with lots of siblings, a pet crow, and Calvin and Hobbes and Bloom County.

(Liam is a cartoonist at The New Yorker and his work has also been featured on the cover of the The Guardian’s Saturday Review. Liam has a picture book called FISH coming out next spring, published by Neal Porter Books, and he is currently working on a graphic novel called Red Scare).

Find this print and more here.

Tools of choice: I draw with a mechanical pencil and a size 2 Winsor & Newton Series 7 brush of finest sable. Higgins Black Magic Ink, Pelikan Drawing Ink, Copic Opaque White, and a cheap set of well-worn Princeton brushes for wash. But–and this is a very big but–tools don’t matter: it’s all about what you do with them and how often you do it.

Tool I wish I could use better: I wish I could use all my tools better. As is written in Hagakure, The Way of the Cartoonist, “It is a mistake to put forth effort and obtain some understanding and then stop at that. At first putting forth great effort to be sure that you have grasped the basics, then practicing so that they may come to fruition is something that will never stop for your whole lifetime. Do not rely on following the degree of understanding that you have discovered, but simply think, ‘This is not enough’.”

Tool I wish existed: Something to reduce wrist, back, and eye strain. Everything else has a solution.

Tricks: For a long time I was trying too hard to leave white areas bare, now I finally discovered opaque white. I love my light box. Also, listening to a good audiobook seems to help keep me in my chair (of course this doesn’t work when you’re writing).

Misc: Sit up straight. Change the height of your chair or the tilt of your table monthly. Go for a walk. 

Links: liamfranciswalsh.com

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A Case For Pencils was wondering what art supplies her favorite New Yorker artists were using. So she’s been asking them. And they’ve been answering. With kindness and candor and photos of their messy desks. This Tumblr is your glimpse into the tablets, killer sound systems, Styrofoam cups, and lack of drugs that power our nation’s grayscale wit. 

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The hard work of cartooning....

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Jungle Action #17. Art by Billy Graham. Words by Don McGregor.

You can purchase 500 pages of this stuff for under $20.

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Billy Graham and Don McGrepor had an incredible run on Black Panther back in the 1970′s! This seemed to be a real labor of love for Graham.

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About Bluegrass Entertainment Design Academy or BEDA.  I Think Kentucky needs an Entertainment Design degree option at one of our colleges/universities! This seems to be a natural extension of the education efforts of the Lexington Ky Comic Creators Group and my support of John DeCuir's hope to teach Cinematic Art Design here in KY -see Designing 4 Film.

I invite readers to consider joining this open FB Group if you would like help with this effort!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/155321961330492/

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BEDA - Bluegrass Entertainment Design Academy

About Bluegrass Entertainment Design Academy or BEDA.  I Think Kentucky needs an Entertainment Design degree option at one of our colleges/universities! This seems to be a natural extension of the education efforts of the Lexington Ky Comic Creators Group and my support of John DeCuir's hope to teach Cinematic Art Design here in KY -see Designing 4 Film.

I invite readers to consider joining this open FB Group if you would like help with this effort!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/155321961330492/

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CCG Booth March 13-15th at 2015 Lexington Comic & Toy Con

We will have some guest artists at our booth (3053) during the LCTC this weekend! (All times are subject to change)

Friday - March 13th, 2015 - Show Hours: 6-9pm for VIP Ticket holders

TBA

Saturday- March 14th, 2015  - Show Hours: 9am VIP 10am - 6pm

10:00-11:30 AM - Herald-Leader illustrator Chris Ware (Signing copies of some his cartoon work) Family friendly

11:45 -1:00 PM - EKU Video Game Institute Professor George Landon (describing the game development program in Richmond)

2:00-3:30 PM -  Sculptor Luke Eldridge (Demo of how to make superhero figures out of pipe cleaners) Great for kids of all ages

Sunday - March 15th, 2015  - Show Hours: 9am VIP 10am - 4pm

TBA

We will also display/ distribute info about:

CCG Group activities (past workshops, CCG Themed Life Drawing Sessions (CCG TLD)

Self Study Educational options

College and Universities Programs for cartoonists, animators. illustrators, and entertainment design programs

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Friends and Members of the CCG setting up at 2015 Lexington Comic & Toy Con

Make sure to come out and visit these CCG members and friends at this weekend's Lexington Comic & Toy Convention!

Justin Stewart - Booth 1003

Tressa Bowling - Booth 1002

Kenn Minter - Near Mint Press - Booth 901

Jenny Stead - Booth 1109

Sam Greenwell - Booths 707 & 708

Mark Kidwell - Booth 91

R D Hall - Booth 603

Ray Coffman - Quarantine Comics - Booths 1005 & 1006

Stevie Moore - Studio Spectre - Booth 815

Billy Tackett - Booth 82

Chuck Moore - Comic Related - Derby City Con - CompleteSet Booths 1103 and 3002 respectively

Craig Boldman - Booth 77

And come upstairs to Booth 3053 for the CCG - we will have info about the group and several guest artists presenting and or demonstrating their work throughout the weekend!

Here is a link to the excellent floor plan page for the LCTC web site - cans search by name to find the folks you want see at the show!

http://www.lexingtoncomiccon.com/floor.html

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Paul Pope - Battling Boy: Lecture, Show Opening and Reception

Anyone in the NYC area on Friday the 11th of October (if you are not at NYCC) come over and see the lecture and show opening for Paul Pope! http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/Whats-Happening/Events-I-Q/Paul-Popes-Battling-Boy/

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Local Editorial Cartoon Under Attack - Sound Familiar?

Local Pulitzer prize winning editorial cartoonist Joel Pett struck a nerve with a basketball-crazed readership here in Lexington. This was highlighted in a Yahoo post:

Editorial cartoon blasting John Calipari angers Kentucky fans

sports.yahoo.com

The idea that basketball, coaches or players are sacrosanct is ludicrous and really makes me want to draw comparisons to the plight of Danish cartoonists who incensed Fundamentalist Muslim leaders to call for their death because they drew pictures of the prophet Muhammad.

Not really a fair comparison since we are talking sports and religion? Well around these parts basketball is a religion! Unfortunately amateur athletics at the University of Kentucky (specifically our high profile men's basketball team) seems to espouse a new dogma - go for the green. Since our new coach arrived we have been plauged with the one and done syndrome. Is the role of our state's highest institute of learning to be a training league for players with no true affiliation to the school?

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Vive la différence! 

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Man, what's in the water out in Oregon! These guys are on fire! Love this stuff!!

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JEEZ! Dustin Weaver draws Joan for the Mad Men sketch challenge.

Source: Dustin’s Livejournal, where you can also see photos of cute babies with superpowers.