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<\/a><\/div>\nPodcast: Play in new window<\/a> | Download<\/a><\/p>\n In this episode I chat with Brandon Palas, a professional comic book artist. I asked him to draw a self-portrait sketch to include in this blog post (see above).<\/p>\n I’ve not got much to add here, except that Brandon’s dreamed-of web comic project is starting slowly. He said in the podcast “I don’t have the time!” but in a recent email he said “I’m never going to have more time, so I might as well try to work on it now.”<\/p>\n Note’s and links: “It’s not about the best illustration or the greatest art, it’s about telling the story.” “Faces and heads are the most important part.” Windows and windows and windows (learning shortcuts): This is a warmup sketch before he settles down to real work: “How many pages per day?” More random notes: In this episode I chat with Brandon Palas, a professional comic book artist. I asked him to draw a self-portrait sketch to include in this blog post (see above). I’ve not got much to add here, except that Brandon’s dreamed-of web comic project is starting slowly. He said in the podcast “I don’t have the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/creative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/creative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/creative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/creative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/creative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/creative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/creative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/creative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/creative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBrandon’s Blog<\/a>
\nConceptArt.org<\/a>
\nPaul F. Gero photography blog<\/a>
\nMarko Djurdjevic’s Character Ideation – trailer (WMV file, 11.4mb)<\/a>
\nThe expressive stick figure art of XKCD<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nBrandon is a comic book artist.
\nLuke doesn’t know anything about comics!
\nGetting into drawing as a kid.
\nCreative energy can get diverted by other endeavors.
\nMessing around, just sketching, builds confidence.
\nFaces and heads are the most important part.
\nIf something’s wrong with an arm, most people won’t notice. Something wrong with the face? Everyone notices!
\nWorking nights\u2026 what am I doing with my life?
\nNear death experience forcing you to move on in life.
\n“I bet you’re 27\u2026 you’re going to wait until you’re 40?”
\nWorking for someone else focuses the mind.
\nIt’s not about the best illustration or the greatest art, it’s about telling the story.
\nLearning from what you appreciate about other artists.
\nA photo lacks motion and life?
\nA series of photos in the same order as a comic doesn’t work.
\nThere’s no point in being a human camera.
\nComic book illustration is an art of shortcuts and gestures.
\nHow to make things out of focus in comic book art.
\nSpotting blacks and line weight.
\nWarming up to drawing.
\nSpending money on training. Spending money on your job!
\nGoing professional, and giving up the day (night) job.
\nHow many pages per day?
\nA two year project, and how much you improve over that time.
\nArt style evolving all the time.
\nThe expressiveness of stick figures and XKCD.
\nLuke’s stick figure art story.
\nBrandon’s next project?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"