Monster Alphabet: A is for Albora, B is for Babithy
Decide which of these creatures you believe is the elusive “Albora.” Voting is open until Thursday, July the 5th. [poll id=”24″]
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Monster Alphabet: "A is for Albora"
Greetings! Cloudscape is proud to announce a new contest: the Monster Alphabet. Every week, a name for a strange new creature will be posted, each one beginning with a new letter of the alphabet. You will have until the following Wednesday to create a drawing of whatever bizarre monster or […]
Giant of False Creek
Here’s another addition to our “Main Street Giants.” Kate Ebensteiner gives us the “Giant of False Creek.”
Giants of Main Street
In answer to our request, many talented artists have together shown us many of the giants that wander Main Street. [nggallery id=72] Respectively, the artists are: Cole Penton Reetta Linjama Christine Eberle Mara-Dor Coman Jeff Ellis Oliver McTavish-Wisden Thanks, guys! Anyone who missed submitting this time around, we are calling […]
Draw a Giant for Giants! 2
Greetings Cloudscape and other giants! As part of this month’s mission in drawing attention to our upcoming Giants of Main Street anthology, we are initiating “Draw a Giant” week. Draw a picture of a giant, any giant, and send it to me, the Cloudscape webmaster, at webmaster@cloudscapecomics.com. In keeping with […]
Pitching Pro: A Comic Book Artist’s workshop with Pia Guerra
If you’re looking to submit work as an artist to comic book companies, including the Big Four and independents, this workshop will help you get your portfolio presentation ready. Using tips collected from industry professionals and examples of common mistakes new artists make when approaching editors, participants will learn […]
Quick Tips on Background Staging 3
Over at cartoonSNAP, Sherm Cohen has a bunch of stuff about story boarding and cartooning. I personally have his Character Design book to use while teaching my 6-12 year old students to break out of some of their drawing habits. His tutorials are, by no means, a replacement for […]
Name Game: Two-in-One
by Bevan Thomas We are back once against to the Name Game, where I take a name from DC or Marvel Comics, and develop it into a totally new character of my own creation who is illustrated by one of the many talented artists I know. This character manages to […]
Name Game: Ghost Rider
by Bevan Thomas We return again to the Name Game, where classic old comic book names are attached to totally new characters. I’ve always been a huge fan of Marvel Comics’ Ghost Rider, specifically the Johnny Blaze version. The later nicer nineties one I could take or leave, but there […]
Name Game: Abin Sur
by Bevan Thomas The next installment in the Name Game, where I take the name of some DC or Marvel comics character, and construct a totally new entity from it (for either Universe-D or Universe-M, respectively), with the final result illustrated by some talented artist I know. Today, we have […]