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Countdown 2: Grayscale in a color book?
As Kristy Miller and I have visited schools and comic book conventions giving coloring demonstrations we find a large number of fans who have a need to produce grayscale comics. Some are manga fans and want to create comics that resemble traditional Japanese comics including the grayscale patterns. Others are indy creators who need their [...]
Countdown 3: The Styles of Master Digital Color Part II
Last time you learned about some of the digital color styles included in the projects, tutorials, and homework challenges found within the pages of Master Digital Color. Today we’ll pick-up where we left off and cover a few more of the styles from the book. Sci-Fi illustrator Joe Corroney explains his creative process and the [...]
Countdown 4: The styles of Master Digital Color
What defines an art style? How many artist does it take to define a style? One hundred, ten, only one? What styles of artwork would you most like to learn? If you are a fan of classic animation may wish to learn how to recreate the look and feel of Saturday morning cartoons. Perhaps you [...]
Countdown 5: Digital Artwork vs. Traditional Artwork
In the blue corner we have the all time champion. Hailing from a time before written language and taking the form of cave paintings then becoming the undisputed master during the Renaissance. He has served the art-world well for centuries and packs a one-two punch of widespread art-instruction and art-appreciation… lets hear a big hero’s [...]
Countdown 6: Turning words and pictures into a book
Writing a book is not a solo effort. In the case of Hi-Fi Color for Comics and Master Digital Color Kristy Miller and I divided the authoring work. She who has the multiple degrees and many years of education experience would conceive and write the Homework Challenges while I would create the step-by-step tutorials. In [...]
Countdown #7: The artist of Master Digital Color
Growing up in Kansas City, Missouri I was fortunate to visit The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art at least once or twice each year. I’ve been to other museums and art galleries since but this is the one that started my love affair with art as a young boy. The great thing about Nelson-Atkins is the [...]
Countdown #8: Knowing is half the battle…
I was out in the garage the other day looking for Christmas decorations. Searching for holiday cheer I had to move several large boxes full of comic books, Diamond Previews catalogs, and old copies of Wizard and Fan magazine when I stumbled across a small box containing some ancient Star Wars trading cards, a broken [...]
Countdown #9: Every journey starts with a destination…
A few years ago Kristy and I traveled from Arizona to Florida where we met-up with her parents to visit Walt Disney World for the Holidays. Her mother, step-father, and the family dog had arrived in fine style towing a fifth wheel style travel trailer behind their Chevy truck. All the RV campers and trailers [...]
Countdown #10: Authors, editors, & contributors… oh my!
Kristy and I received the final proof for Master Digital Color from our editors at Impact Books this week and after some last minute tweaks and notes we have signed off on Master Digital Color: Styles Tools Techniques. Now you and I wait. We wait for the book to be printed and bound. We wait [...]