Jose Guadalupe Posada, mentioned in the video, was a mexican political cartoonist of the 19th century. He's mainly remembered for his images of fancy skeletons, from which the collective image of "La Catrina" comes from. Thanks for the great daily education, guys.
To add on that last note: One of my teachers (Andrej Dugin - children book illustrator, check him out) fucked up his back pretty bad by doing art for years, sitting at a bad table with a bad chair and not working out, doing anything for his back muscles.
Excellent video, guys! I’ve been following your channel for the past year + binge watching your earlier stuff and I keep coming back is the variety of content! I’ve been reading comics since the mid 60’s and have always tried to discover new stories especially from the indies horizon! If I wanna merely read superheroes I’d dumped comics along time ago! As always thanks again! Keep making and reading comix! Damn straight!
Great stuff. I like the one on fine arts: there's always something that can be learned by branching out. Like, I realized that cinematographers and portrait photographers know a lot more about lighting(on average) than painters or illustrators. Most of their job is figuring out what lighting is going to do, so they have words that you don't ever hear anywhere else. And posture, posture is a great one. And more complex than it seems. Half the battle is figuring out what ergonomics are sustainable and what's just a waste of money. Among digital artists there's no consensus about whether screen tablets are better than desk tablets, but I'm mostly with the desk camp because you don't have to compromise posture, you just have to put the tablet somewhere that is easy to reach and doesn't flop around, and the screen somewhere roughly aligned with the tablet and up where your eyes are. So I use a floor desk to draw because it lets me move around and stretch without stopping - and that means I don't have to have a fancy chair, and the desk can be smaller and cheaper too. Though I might have to reconsider if I started to focus on traditional.
Just found this channel a few weeks ago and have been loving the coverage of the Eisner/Miller book! I just picked up Hulk Grand Design today and placed an order for the Red Room GN and Trigger Warnings! Love the channel guys this is all great stuff, I've learned a lot!
@4:17 Anyone wants to get a good sense of dialogue rhythm , I recommend listening to poetry. There's tons of ways to listening to classic stuff online, and you'll get a good sense of rhythm without resorting to stuff like counting out meter with a pencil. It's an old Ray Bradbury trick where he said your ear will just pick it up in your writing if you do it every day. You can do it while walking your dog! Plus, you'll hear some classic poems!
I always remember seeing Bill Griffith in the 1997 documentary entitled Wonderland. The subject matter was the Levittown community, of which he was a resident (along with Eddie Money)
19 is interesting. I created a character and did art for 'Divine Authority Press' around 2007 and the colorist HATED that my main character wore primary colors . They wanted to see more gray and muted colors. Looking back at the comic cover, the primary colors make the lead character stand out strong against her dusty surroundings.
Jose Guadalupe Posada, mentioned in the video, was a mexican political cartoonist of the 19th century. He's mainly remembered for his images of fancy skeletons, from which the collective image of "La Catrina" comes from. Thanks for the great daily education, guys.
To add on that last note: One of my teachers (Andrej Dugin - children book illustrator, check him out) fucked up his back pretty bad by doing art for years, sitting at a bad table with a bad chair and not working out, doing anything for his back muscles.
Excellent video, guys! I’ve been following your channel for the past year + binge watching your earlier stuff and I keep coming back is the variety of content! I’ve been reading comics since the mid 60’s and have always tried to discover new stories especially from the indies horizon! If I wanna merely read superheroes I’d dumped comics along time ago! As always thanks again! Keep making and reading comix! Damn straight!
Great stuff. I like the one on fine arts: there's always something that can be learned by branching out. Like, I realized that cinematographers and portrait photographers know a lot more about lighting(on average) than painters or illustrators. Most of their job is figuring out what lighting is going to do, so they have words that you don't ever hear anywhere else.
And posture, posture is a great one. And more complex than it seems. Half the battle is figuring out what ergonomics are sustainable and what's just a waste of money. Among digital artists there's no consensus about whether screen tablets are better than desk tablets, but I'm mostly with the desk camp because you don't have to compromise posture, you just have to put the tablet somewhere that is easy to reach and doesn't flop around, and the screen somewhere roughly aligned with the tablet and up where your eyes are. So I use a floor desk to draw because it lets me move around and stretch without stopping - and that means I don't have to have a fancy chair, and the desk can be smaller and cheaper too. Though I might have to reconsider if I started to focus on traditional.
i can not tell how much i appreciate you guys. mad love and utmost respect bruvs.
You guys are so great, I learn so much. Thank you youtube!
Just found this channel a few weeks ago and have been loving the coverage of the Eisner/Miller book! I just picked up Hulk Grand Design today and placed an order for the Red Room GN and Trigger Warnings! Love the channel guys this is all great stuff, I've learned a lot!
Don’t know if you guys have watched the BBC Maestro class with Alan Moore but he also brings up the iambic pentameter of character speech.
Everything is either lighter or darker than 30%40 gray. So everything pops on it! :)
Nice to hear that other people like Wayne Boring’s Superman too
@4:17 Anyone wants to get a good sense of dialogue rhythm , I recommend listening to poetry. There's tons of ways to listening to classic stuff online, and you'll get a good sense of rhythm without resorting to stuff like counting out meter with a pencil. It's an old Ray Bradbury trick where he said your ear will just pick it up in your writing if you do it every day. You can do it while walking your dog! Plus, you'll hear some classic poems!
This was a really great and helpful episode. Well played, fellows.
I always remember seeing Bill Griffith in the 1997 documentary entitled Wonderland. The subject matter was the Levittown community, of which he was a resident (along with Eddie Money)
Pleased to hear you guys mention Justin Greeen. Dive into Binky Brown one of these days as a tribute!
Bill Griffith is a god!
Very sensible points.
Whats the 3 16 reference?
@@LittleCozyNostril potentially both!
For God so loved the world he gave his own begotten son
Bill teaches sophomores at SVA!
Great video
19 is interesting. I created a character and did art for 'Divine Authority Press' around 2007 and the colorist HATED that my main character wore primary colors . They wanted to see more gray and muted colors. Looking back at the comic cover, the primary colors make the lead character stand out strong against her dusty surroundings.
How do we get 0ur hands on this?!
@@jonmahashintina i cant find the revised version anywhere. These guys got the scoop.
Isn't W.E. Hill the cartoonist who created the ambiguous image of the wife and mother-in-law?