HAPPY 4th OF JULY . . .

. . . to the Westerns that is.

Don't get the Blues, summer is here!!!

Best,

MAC

Recent Figure Drawing Sketches

Here are some recent sketches using water color during a recent figure drawing session.

Happy 4th to Everyone!!!

Best,

MAC

TEACHING NEW CLASS - Monday 4-7PM!!!

New Class:
MONDAY 4pm-7pm

Starting Monday JULY 6th!!!

Animation Mentor Book Review

http://www.animationmentor.com/newsletter/0609/feature_showcase.html

Recent Gesture Instruction @ The Walt Disney Company

These drawings were done from a recent session I taught at the Walt Disney Company. In this class I was stressing to the employees about thinking about the importance of not only capturing the essence of the pose, but making it personal and taking it to a higher level of completion. The level of completion can vary from artist to artist but one of the important things that I try to get artists to think about is the use of "color linking," (a term which I coined that I talk about in depth in Chapter 9 my book - The Art and Feel of Making It Real). This principle is a great way to link each of the drawings from a particular session into a cohesive set, similar to what is done in Visual Development when working on feature films.

Best,

MAC

Visual Storytellers Studio - INTERVIEW

I was recently asked to do an online PodCast for a really kind and generous artist, Sam Kirkman who heads up the Visual Storytellers Studio for Illustrators and Children's Book Illustrators alike. If you interested please check it out and let me know what you think:

Check out the link to the right: INTERVIEW 03 - - - - - >

MAC

Chinese Playing Cards

These were done just for fun.
Best,

MAC

Chinese Magistrate

Everyone can have a challenging day . . . especially a Chinese Magistrate. It's a tough job but somebody's gotta do it.

(This is a piece that I did while I was discussing to my class at Disney, that subtilty within gesture drawing is just as important as a bold or grand storytelling movement. I was instilling not to forget the same impact can be made by emphasizing a quiet moment within a drawing or design.)

Best,

MAC

Sketchbook Doodles 001

Here's a couple of pages from a new sketchbook I started. The images on the left were from a visit to Sony where the amazing Marcelo Vignali: (http://vignalistudio.blogspot.com/) has founded his Sketchclub: (http://www.sketchclub.blogspot.com/).

Based on the fun I have had visiting and seeing such an amazingly diverse group of talent artists, its spurred me to start my vary own Sketchclub, Sketchclub East: (http://www.sketchclubeast.blogspot.com/) - with a group of amazingly talented friends of mine on our side of the hill. It's been quiet on our side of the hill for a little while, but that's about to change.
The Sketchclub East is back again . . . with lots more to come later.

Best to everyone,

MAC