Little sailor hats!!!

For comic camp 'Chugus-Nutus we should totally buy a bunch of those little sailor caps that the peanuts gang would wear to summer camp.

Tiny Peeks

A new exhibition and anthology of small comics about the day to day.
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Opening: 30th September 2010 at 'Hand Held Gallery'
Suite 18 of the Paramount Arcade: 108 Bourke st.Melbourne
Open Monday - Saturday 12 - 5pm until October 30th 
2010

To be self published in only the finest of manners by the hands of  braddock
and distributed in only the most independent of ways throughout the world.

a silent army show

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this is an invite for a new ANTHOLOGY and EXHIBITION

WHAT ARE WE AFTER?
A new page of drawing from you, preferably new.
Focusing on your day to day 'routine' or 'lifestyle' -
drawn as A COMIC.
Just 1 page!
Thinking loosely w/ the idea of the everyday in mind, just a little
anecdote, true story or something you wanna get off ya chest.  Be spontaneous and honest!


WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO BE INVOLVED IN THE ANTHOLOGY
- RSVP by FRIDAY AUGUST 23rd
- DRAW A ONE PAGE COMIC & SEND IT by SEPTEMBER 1st
- SIZE OF PAGES IS ONLY 148mm x 105mm - so reduce size if you draw it larger
- SEND ARTWORK AS - 300dpi PDF or Jpg Greyscale to - 
mpfikaris@gmail.com
- the anthology will have your name in back with preferred contact details etc
- first 50 pages received will be printed.


WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO BE IN THE EXHIBITION and ANTHOLOGY.
- RSVP by FRIDAY AUGUST 20th.
- CREATE AN ORIGINAL PAGE TO BE DISPLAYED AT THE GALLERY
- BRING ORIGINAL ART & CASH TO TRAILS NIGHT: WED SEPTEMBER 1.
www.trailsinmelbourne.blogspot.com
- CONTRIBUTE TO THE COST OF GALLERY RENTAL BY
SEPT.1st  - $20 each
Your $20 will pay for rental, invites (designed by silent army) and wine for opening.
- Collect your copy at the opening night of exhibition or at Oct. TRAILS meeting
- the first 25 people to pay their way will be in the
show.
www.handheldgallery.blogspot.com


SEND YOUR ART or DELIVER before WED Sept.1st
OR simply bring to the monthly drawing night at same address on Wed.
Sept.1st
www.trailsinmelbourne.blogspot.com

'SEED FACTORY STUDIOS'
GROUND FLOOR of
1 Parslow street
Clifton Hill
VIC 3068


CALL US FOR ANY OTHER QUERIES (and draw up a storm you freak!)

Michael Fikaris : 0423 790 721     holabraddock@gmail.com
Jo Waite : 0403 160 941     dudeluxe@yahoo.com.au

Challenge update

Some examples of redrawn comic pages, from a blog I just found

http://fanfour9.guttertrash.net/

I was originally going to make this project a redraw a Fantastic Four page, but then I felt that may be too limiting. I am having trouble finding an old Fantastic Four online. I may have to do something else.
I also forgot to menton there is a two week deadline for this one, which means you still have unitl Sunday week to whip something up for it!

(If you can not find an old comic go ahead and draw a newer one)

Chugnut Challenge, May 23, 2010

An idea I came up with based on the covered blog, and chester Brown's Batman comic

Redraw a comic page that is at least 20 years old...

I thought it may be more interesting to redraw something from the past rather than redraw a contemporaries comic.

Add subtract etc as you wish. There is only one rule, one page to one page (however many panels you like)

Australian comics wiki Hayase

So far I have not had the time to follow up on the ideas from the camp but I would like doing so. Secondly following on from the idea of a comics school is the Australian comics wiki Hayase.


Go here to have a look
http://hayase.net.au/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page


Before playing around with this wiki, the idea of editing a wiki made me nervous, thinking I would make a mistake. I quickly got over this and once I learned a few formatting codes I was on my way. Unfortunately I have not been doing much editing of late and I think when you notice you are the only one doing it at that time you can lose interest quickly. So jump on it and start editing it, it becomes addictive once you get the hang of it.

I would love to hear any coments on your opinions on this wiki, problems, ideas etc

2001 Space odyssey, page 100 (part 1)

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Here is my page 100 submission. Taken from '2001 Space Odyssey' by Arthur. C.Clarke. I recently became interested in seeing the film but felt I should read the book first, which I really enjoyed. I am hoping to see the movie sometime in the next week or two.
I ran out of time to post the whole page; this is actually only half of the page on a four tiered page. It was a really useful exercise to do as it really puts your story boarding techniques top the tests and for me pointed out some possible faults in my process.

My Page 100 Challenge

You know, there are many things that I really should have been working on instead of this, but I just couldn't pass it up.

I have to admit I cheated a bit. This is really only two thirds of my chosen Page 100. But I liked the way the narrative was paced out on the page this way. Plus, I got to play around with some elements like that speech balloon in the second-to-last panel.

Oh, and if anyone can WITHOUT USING GOOGLE tell me what book this is from, I'll send that person the original artwork. First one to correctly identify it in the 'comments' area gets it. That is, if you want it. If you don't, then gloat quietly to yourself.