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Michael Herrera Interview

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Michael Herrera: Designer CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE INTERVIEW AND SEE HIS GALLERY Media: Tombow brush markers, Faber-Castell brush pens, and Prismacolor markers

Ergomart LCD monitor arm for the Wacom Cintiq user.

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I don't normally do this, but I know a lot of you out there that read this blog use the Wacom Cintiq.  When I was doing a tour of  Gentle Giant Studios , I came across an artist who had one of these Ergomart  LCD monitor arm for his Cintiq . He was able to move his Cintiq right next to his first monitor, to use as a second monitor, and then he was able to move the Cintiq and have it float above his lap.  I knew I wanted that as soon as I could get one. I will have to admit I have always thought that the Cintiq was big heavy and bulky, and you were lucky not to ever drop it onto the floor.  The artist at Gentle Giant was kind enough to let me play around with it on his desk.  It was awesome, I was able to move it very easily from one position to the next.  You can move it up and down left and right, Tilt the display back past 90° or down more than 50°, and you can rotate it from horizontal to portrait. You can also make it so it is very tight and hard t...

Stevie Lewis Interview

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Stevie Lewis: Designer CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE INTERVIEW AND SEE HER GALLERY Media: Pencils

Very funny animation.

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My friend Dan pointed me to this very funny animation. I had to share this with all of you.  

Gennaro Morra Interview

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Gennaro Morra: CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE INTERVIEW AND SEE HIS GALLERY Media: Col-Erase Pencil and Adobe Photoshop

Jason Sadler Interview

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Jason Sadler: Character Designer at Blue Sky CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE INTERVIEW AND SEE HIS GALLERY Media: Col-erase pencils and Adobe Photoshop

Update on Stephen Silver

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  Stephen what have you been up to in the last 5 years? Since the last time we spoke, I had been working over at Sony Feature Animation and then I went back to Nickelodeon to work on Danny Phantom and then The Penguins of Madagascar, I even did a 3 month stint over at Fox on the Cleveland show. My main goal was to start working from home as a freelancer which I have been doing now for the last 3 years, as well as creating my own properties and teaching and lecturing in the states and around the world full time. I am now doing exactly what it is I want to do, creating new books and teaching. Over at Schoolism .com not only do you have your Character Design class, but you have these wonderful Master Series of Mort Drucker , and Stan Goldberg . Could you tell us how and why you decided to do these? Mort and Stan have become very close friends of mine, and the knowledge they have, I felt needs to be captured and told outside of book form. I always wanted to learn and know about thei...