Art & Story Video

A brief tutorial on how to turn graphite pencils into non-photo blue lines using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements. The blue pencils can then be printed onto bristol for inking without having to worry about messing things up! Follow Mark (http://twitter.com/Mark_Rudolph) and Jerzy (http://twitter.com/jerzy) on Twitter (http://twitter.com/)! iTunes Feed (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=321917733) RSS

Jerzy shows the process of making a daily sketch for the Go! Go! Illustration sketch blog (http://gogoillustration.tumblr.com). Inked using a Pentel Color Brush (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0027ACIRE?ie=UTF8&tag=arst09-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0027ACIRE)(http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arst09-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0027ACIRE). Follow Mark (http://twitter.com/Mark_Rudolph) and Jerzy (http://twitter.com/jerzy) on Twitter (http://twitter.com/)! iTunes Feed (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=321917733) RSS

As a thanks to all of you Art & Storriors for making the video podcasts possible, Mark and I put together this tour of the place we spend most of our waking hours. We tour through the Tiny Astronaut (http://tinyastronaut.com) studio, Mark's work areas, and my own little art nook, while doing our best to explain how we've organized things and why. Follow Mark (http://twitter.com/Mark_Rudolph) and Jerzy (http://twitter.com/jerzy) on Twitter (http://twitter.com/)! iTunes Feed (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=321917733) RSS

Mark gives us a brief demonstration of how he uses sable brushes to ink his comics. For more audio on our inking techniques, check out The Big Art & Story Party Time episodes 1 (http://illustrationparty.blogspot.com/2009/05/big-art-story-party-time-episode-1.html) and 2 (http://www.cvcomics.com/artandstory/?p=345)! Follow Mark (http://twitter.com/Mark_Rudolph) and Jerzy (http://twitter.com/jerzy) on Twitter (http://twitter.com/)! iTunes Feed (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=321917733) RSS

Some highlights from Jerzy's recent comics character design workshop for teens held at the Saginaw Public Library on June 25, 2009. Follow Mark (http://twitter.com/Mark_Rudolph) and Jerzy (http://twitter.com/jerzy) on Twitter (http://twitter.com/)! iTunes Feed (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=321917733) RSS

Jerzy walks through his technique of lettering comics using Adobe Illustrator. This tutorial covers the designing of word balloons and dialogue. Later video podcasts will demonstrate special word balloons, thought balloons, caption boxes, sound effects, and finally exporting to Photoshop. Follow Mark (http://twitter.com/Mark_Rudolph) and Jerzy (http://twitter.com/jerzy) on Twitter (http://twitter.com/)! iTunes Feed RSS