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« Previous EntriesMan vs. Art Episode 17! Giving your art as a gift, Tips for Drawing people in public, plus an interview with Steve Sievers and Dahveed the creators of Supa Pirate Booty Hunt!
Sunday, March 7th, 2010Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:29 — 51.7MB)
Some tips when sketching in public.
When you are drawing people in public, it’s a good idea to be discreet. You never know how some folks might react. Especially the ladies and vain guys. You know “Metro” guys. Try to be tactful also. Save the mean drawings to do at home. And for the love of god, if you are going to let people flip through your sketchbook make sure there isn’t anything in there you don’t wouldn’t show to your mother!
I recently attended a wedding where this lady fell victim to my pen.
Man vs Art Episode 015 Jim Lujan and I recap the Animation Getdown Plus A Man vs. Art look at the mindset of the artist, and some tips on how to hold your pencil.
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:08:52 — 63.0MB)
What should mindset as an artist be? I say you need to be enthusiastic, passionate and dedicated. Most importantly you must have the love. If you don’t love drawing, I mean really LOVE IT! You won’t last. Sorry. Look, creating art is hard. You must love your art enough to get through the tough times.
Man Vs. Art Episode 014! So you want to be an artist? 5 Unavoidable truths about being an artist.
Saturday, January 9th, 2010Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:37 — 50.0MB)
If you are serious about learning how to draw, there are a few things you need right off the bat.
The desire to to learn, education, patience, dedication, and most important of all,
you need tons and tons of practice!
Before embarking on your lifelong quest to master drawing, you must be aware of what I call ” 5 unavoidable truths of being an artist.” If you can’t accept ALL of these, perhaps you should try something other than art.
How to draw an Elf going postal for Christmas with The Ramones! Plus a 2D animation of a dancing girl.
Thursday, December 24th, 2009A little holiday revelry!
Lily Feliciano at The Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood runs a website called Sketch Theater.
They celebrate the process of sketching! Can you believe that?! So awesome! They invite professional artists and film them from above as they draw. Then they speed up the footage and add some cool music making [...]
Man Vs. Art Halloween Special 2009! Edgar Alan Poe, Bill Melendez, Chuck Jones, and why today’s horror movies suck.
Monday, October 26th, 2009Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 45:10 — 0.0KB)
One of my absolute favorite Holiday specials ever in the history of the universe is without a doubt Charles’s Schulz’s t’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown produced on a shoestring budget and against an impossible deadline by the late great José Cuauhtemoc “Bill” Meléndez. To this day nothing comes close to the warmth and charm this cartoon radiates.
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