Author: Chris
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Getting Even with Shakespeare
Here’s an illustration job I recently completed for a play called Getting Even with Shakespeare. The production is an official selection in the Manhattan Repertory Theatre’s Winterfest 2010. Here’s the premise (from the website): “Five Shakespearean tragic heroes are in a New York City bar…and they are pissed. According to the laws of metaphysics, Hamlet,…
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Trip to New Zealand
Well, it’s four months and I’ve finally found the time to throw together some video from our trip to New Zealand. Just before we left, I got a Flip MinoHD. It’s small, portable, and extremely easy to use. Unfortunately since it weighs next to nothing, every small shake of the hand is picked up by…
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Michel Fiffe’s Website
I recently designed and created a website for cartoonist Michel Fiffe. Not only does the site feature some of Fiffe’s great comics, he’s got some fantastic interviews with other cartoonists. Check it out. I command you.
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Wedding Animation
Last summer, John Kuramoto and I were commissioned to make a short animation for a wedding. The short was added to a surprise video for the bride and groom which was shown at the reception. Our task was simple — make a quick retelling of the couple’s origins. It was a typical story: Boy meets…
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826NYC Workshop Logos
Not too long ago, I helped out with a creative writing workshop over at 826NYC. Over four weeks, the kids split into groups and created a restaurant, complete with theme, menu, and back-story. With direction from the two teams, I drew up a logo for them. Here they are, along with everything the kids wrote.…
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Second Chance Vance – Week 9
Will the Paparazzi Man get his just desserts? Or will Vance give him a rare Third Chance? Find out in the thrilling conclusion to Chapter 2!
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Figure Drawing 8
Here’s a different inking version of the drawing I posted a while ago. For this version I used a nib
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Second Chance Vance Returns
Chapter 2 continues with this week’s penultimate installment, but I would suggest you reacquaint yourselves with Mr. Vance by reading frm the beginning. Use this post for comments about the new site and/or the story!
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Marvel Strange Tales #3
Much like the first two issues, I colored the introduction page to the new issue of Marvel Strange Tales #3 which is at your local comic book store today. Unlike the pages posted here, those versions have exciting dialogue! Look for this cover: But wait, there’s more! For this third and final issue, Nick Bertozzi…
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Travel Sketches: St. Petersburg
Charcoal on Paper, 8″x10″ I went to St. Petersburg, Russia a couple of years ago on my honeymoon. We did a lot of tourist stuff (including a marathon tour of the Hermitage) but also had a couple of days to relax and lounge about in our favorite places. This sketch is of one of the…
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Figure Drawings 7
Pastel on Paper, 18″x 24″ Since so much of cartooning is straight line drawing, I was trying to break my habit of doing mostly line drawings of live figure models. This style, which I made by smearing my finger with pastel and then smudging the paper accordingly, is sort of the antithesis of line art. …
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ACT-I-VATE Primer Is Released!
A while back, I posted about a short story I colored for the ACT-I-VATE Primer book (read about it here). Well that book is finally available for sale. Get it at your local comic book store (or failing that, there’s always the online bookstores.) And for those of you that live in New York, come…
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Five Minute Figure Sketches
Five minute sketches can be a good way of filling the paper without getting too precious. I have a tendency to dwell on my mistakes which is most often counter-productive. A short time limit forces me to embrace my errors, and in the immortal words of Tim Gunn, “Make it work!”