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    • #chariot
    • #jon carling
    • #rocket
    • #chair
    • #illustration
    • #sketchbook
    • #artists on tumblr
    • #spaceship
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The Search for the Perfect Sketchbook - Mark Burrier

A little trans-national detective work, and a friend in France (SPX brings people together!) was all it took…  

Great read from Mark.

    • #Mark Burrier
    • #Sarah Glidden
    • #comics
    • #art
    • #illustration
    • #prcoess
    • #Ignatz
    • #SPX
    • #sketching
    • #sketchbook
    • #Angouleme
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coffeewithyolando:

I will be assembling the contents of my sketchbook into a Zine for Mini Comics Con at MCAD! 
Expecting it to cost around $1-$3 depending on the printing costs. If you’d like one, let me know! The zine will be black and white with a cardstock cover of your color choice!
:3
-A¥K
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coffeewithyolando:

I will be assembling the contents of my sketchbook into a Zine for Mini Comics Con at MCAD! 

Expecting it to cost around $1-$3 depending on the printing costs. If you’d like one, let me know! The zine will be black and white with a cardstock cover of your color choice!

:3

-A¥K

    • #everything
    • #art
    • #drawing
    • #sketches
    • #sketchbook
    • #zines
    • #sale
    • #ink
    • #pen
    • #black and white
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The Super Bowl

lisahanawalt:

Footballers of all shapes and sizes!

They have bulges in strange places.

Shhh…football players are sneaking all over the field…

There are some fancy-looking helmets out there.

The Puppy Bowl wasn’t so cute this year.

    • #football
    • #sketches
    • #sketchbook
    • #art
    • #sports
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edchoymoorman:

anders nilsen and moderator bill kartalapoulos talking at SPX ‘11. craigthompson’s eye in the corner there (that drawing wasn’t as good.)
i found anders tough to draw because of his skater-y demeanor. hiseyes are usually half-lidded, and the tone of his voice verges onmonotone, but he’s engaged— just super chill. but to draw someonewhose eyes are half-lidded, and they’re present, not bored, sleepy, orstoned— interesting challenge.
my faves here are bill and the anders on the right. i like the disneyeyes on the left, though i see that more as my drawing tic than acharacterization of anders.
also, anders has a bird neck and bird-like hands and wrists. nocoincidences. though anders’s birds look stumpy and not much like him.
when i saw jason at mocca, i immediately could tell it was him becausehe looks just like one of his characters. and seeing pictures of lewistrondheim, he looks just like his cartoon eagle version of himself.
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edchoymoorman:

anders nilsen and moderator bill kartalapoulos talking at SPX ‘11. craig
thompson’s eye in the corner there (that drawing wasn’t as good.)

i found anders tough to draw because of his skater-y demeanor. his
eyes are usually half-lidded, and the tone of his voice verges on
monotone, but he’s engaged— just super chill. but to draw someone
whose eyes are half-lidded, and they’re present, not bored, sleepy, or
stoned— interesting challenge.

my faves here are bill and the anders on the right. i like the disney
eyes on the left, though i see that more as my drawing tic than a
characterization of anders.

also, anders has a bird neck and bird-like hands and wrists. no
coincidences. though anders’s birds look stumpy and not much like him.

when i saw jason at mocca, i immediately could tell it was him because
he looks just like one of his characters. and seeing pictures of lewis
trondheim, he looks just like his cartoon eagle version of himself.

    • #thinking
    • #characters
    • #characterization
    • #spx
    • #cartoonists
    • #comics
    • #anders nilsen
    • #fun
    • #ecm
    • #me
    • #sketchbook
    • #neat
    • #pencil
    • #ink
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wormulus:

Yet another drawing I did while at SPX.
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Yet another drawing I did while at SPX.

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    • #continuous line drawing
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fibonacci-device:

So, you may be asking yourself what is ‘The Fibonacci Device’? But first, a little background: earlier this year I completed a sketchbook for the Art House Co-op’s Sketchbook Project 2011, which is currently on tour in the U.S. I picked the theme Dirigibles and Submersibles, and fashioned a steampunk-like adventure story using the dossier as a storytelling device. There are 11 total, each chronicling an individual who possesses a mysterious device that can create electricity from the very air itself.

If you aren’t able to see the sketchbook while it is on tour, I’ve made a short run of books that you can purchase. It includes a new version of the text, revised images, and in my opinion looks pretty snazzy. Check it out if you’re interested: Mike Sgier Comics & Illustration - The Fibonacci Device

    • #steampunk
    • #adventure
    • #illustration
    • #comics
    • #sketchbook
    • #sketchbook project
    • #dirigible
    • #submersible
    • #art house co-op
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Started a new blog dedicated to the crap I draw at work, its still just a baby, but much more to come...

Darick Maasen draws crap at work.  

And other stuff.

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    • #sketch
    • #sketchbook
    • #comics
    • #comix
    • #comic books
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The Small Press Expo is North America's premiere independent cartooning and comic arts festival. SPX brings together more than 4,000 cartoonists and comic arts enthusiasts every fall in Bethesda, Maryland.


Dates & Times:

September 14th and 15th, 2013

Saturday: 11:00 am – 7:00 pm Sunday: 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm


Admission:

One Day Membership: $10 Weekend Membership: $15


Location:

The world class Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center
5701 Marinelli Road
North Bethesda, MD 20852



2013 Special Guests

Small Press Expo is pleased to announce Seth, Gary Panter, Lisa Hanawalt, Gene Yang and Frank Santoro as special guests at SPX 2013, to be held Saturday, September 14 and Sunday, September 15.  We are honored that both Seth and Gary Panter will be making their first SPX appearances at this year’s show.

 
Seth
Creator and advocate of a Canadian design aesthetic, Seth is best known to the comics world as the artist/writer of the long running Palookaville comic, as well as his graphic novels Wimbledon Green and George Sprott (1895-1975), which was originally serialized in the New York Times. He is also known for his book design work for such series as The Complete Peanuts, Nancy and Melvin Monster, in addition to The Portable Dorothy Parker.

 
Gary Panter
Painter, poster artist, cartoonist, commercial artist, and set designer, polymath Gary Panter has covered the gamut. Best known to the comics world for his long running, post-apocalyptic Jimbo series as well as his graphic novel Dal Tokyo, he also won an Emmy Award for his work on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, and the Chrysler Award for his influence in graphic design.

 
Lisa Hanawalt
Lisa Hanawalt has vaulted from her Ignatz Award winning mini-comics Stay Away From Other People and I Want You, to illustrating for such periodicals as the New York Times Op-Ed page, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Bloomberg Business Week, as well as McSweeney’s and The Believer. Her latest book is My Dirty Dumb Eyes, a compendium of her work being published this May by Drawn & Quarterly.

 
Gene Yang
Gene Yang, creator behind the award winning American Born Chinese, is returning to the graphic novel field with a two volume set, Boxers & Saints, to be released this fall by First Second Books. Set in China in 1900, it tells the story of the Boxer rebellion and how the teemagers of the day used their “super heroes” from Chinese opera as inspirations to fight against foreign invaders.

 
Frank Santoro
Frank Santoro is back with his latest work, Pompei, published by Picturebox. His Storeyville was one of the most influential comics of the 1990’s, leading to its reprinting in book form in 2007. He now runs the Santoro Correspondence Course For Comic Book Makers, which carries on the tradition of correspondence courses for cartoonists that stretches back over century, now in an online form utilizing the latest in collaborative technology.


Access:

The hotel is directly across the street from the White Flint metro station on the Red Line.


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For the full list of attending artists and guests for SPX 2013, see here!


SPX 2013 Info

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>> Attending Artists

>> Animation Showcase

>> Ignatz Awards





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