Creative Differences
Official blog of comic book artist and Apocalpse survior Mahamud A. Asrar.
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Creative Differences
– January 27, 2012Posted in: Favorite Blogs, Mahamud Asrar
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Comic Book Video Tutorials – Drawing Quick Poses
– January 24, 2012Posted in: Comic Book Video Tutorials, Quick Poses, Video Tutorials
Comic Book Video Tutorials – Drawing Quick Poses
Just practicing poses! This was a great way to save some dinero, since Life Drawing Sessions were getting to be pretty costly. The poses are 90 seconds each.
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Comic Art Terms – Symbolia
– January 23, 2012Posted in: #makecomics, Comic Art Terms
Comic Art Terms – Symbolia
A Symbolia is a symbol use for a word. Examples being the lightbulb above a character’s head to indicate an idea, the indication of sleep by a saw cutting a log or a line of “zzzz”, Kirby dots, and the use of dotted lines to indicate a line of sight, with daggers being used instead of dotted lines to indicate an evil look.
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Lines of Sanity
– January 20, 2012Posted in: Favorite Blogs
Lines of Sanity
“…been here and there, done lots of art, and made some babies too! More of all of this to come, I’m sure… I am currently the lead concept artist for Trendy Entertainment.” – Ben Greene
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Comic Book Video Tutorials – Figure Foreshortening
– January 17, 2012Posted in: Comic Book Video Tutorials, Foreshortening, Video Tutorials
Comic Book Video Tutorials – Figure Foreshortening
Artist explains how to draw a figure going back into space using simple proportions.
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This Weeks Challenge is 80′s X-Men!
– January 16, 2012Posted in: 80's X-Men, The Weekly Comic Art Challenge, Weekly Comic Art Challenge
This Weeks Challenge is “80′s X-Men”!
I’m putting out a challenge to all my art friends out on the internet! Any artists that wants to participate can draw, ink and/or color a piece about this weeks theme “80′s X-Men”. I’ll post everyone’s entry here on my blog (www.ComicBookGraphicDesign.com) this Friday! Everyone is welcome to participate!
Email entries to: ralph@contrerasdesigns.com (email subject: 80′s X-Men)
File Size & Type: 600w dpi, jpg
Entry By: 01.19.12 (Thursday)
Include: Your Name, Website/Blog
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Comic Art Terms – Narrative Box
– January 16, 2012Posted in: #makecomics, Comic Art Terms, Narrative Box
Comic Art Terms – Narrative Box
Narrative Boxes on a comic book page is sometimes used to convey dialogue, they are more often used to impart a character’s thoughts or as a narrative device.
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The Weekly Comic Art Challenge 2012 – Week One – Shazam
– January 13, 2012Posted in: Captain Marvel, Colored, Ralph Contreras, Ralph Contreras Art, Shazam, The Weekly Comic Art Challenge, Weekly Comic Art Challenge
Last week I started the “Weekly Comic Art Challenge”. I put out a challenge to all my art friends out on the internet! Once a week I’ll name a theme, all artists that want to participate can draw, ink and/or color a piece about that theme. This weeks theme was “Shazam”. Here are the entries I received this week. With the artist name, Title of the piece and a link to their website.
The Weekly Comic Art Challenge 2012 – Week One – Theme “Shazam”
Captain Marvel by Ralph Contreras
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Art of Araya
– January 13, 2012Posted in: Danny Araya, Favorite Blogs
Art of Araya
Danny Araya is a Concept Artist for Trendy Entertainment.
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Comic Book Video Tutorials – How To Scan Comic Art Board
– January 10, 2012Posted in: Comic Book Video Tutorials, Scan, Video Tutorials
Comic Book Video Tutorials – How To Scan Comic Art Board
How to scan pencils (or inks for that matter) thats 11 by 17 inches on a regular scanner that only does a little bit more then 8 1/2 by 11. helpful for pencilers, inkers, and colorist alike.
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Comic Art Terms – Bleed
– January 9, 2012Posted in: #makecomics, Bleed, Comic Art Terms
Comic Art Terms – Bleed
A bleed is usually used on a comic book cover, and is when the art is allowed to run to the edge of each page, rather than having a white border around it. Bleeds are sometimes used on internal panels to create the illusion of space or emphasize action.
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The Weekly Comic Art Challenge 2012
– January 6, 2012Posted in: The Weekly Comic Art Challenge, Weekly Comic Art Challenge
The Weekly Comic Art Challenge 2012 is Here!
This year I’m putting out a challenge to all my art friends out on the internet! Every Monday I’ll name a theme, all artists that want to participate can draw, ink and/or color a piece about that theme. I’ll post everyone’s entry on my blog (www.ComicBookGraphicDesign.com) on that Friday! Everyone is welcome to participate and have fun with the challenge! I think it’s a great way to branch out and draw new things, build up your portfolio and showcase your style! I would like to get suggestions on weekly themes. I’ll randomly choose to keep the challenge fresh and new!
Email entries to: ralph@contrerasdesigns.com (email subject: The Weekly Comic Art Challenge 2012)
File Size & Type: 600w dpi, jpg
Entry By: 01.12.12 (Thursday)
Include: Your Name, Website/Blog
The first weeks challenge is…………..“SHAZAM!”
I’ll post all art entries next Friday (01.13.12)
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A Kevin Wada Art Blog
– January 6, 2012Posted in: Art Blog, Favorite Blogs, Kevin Wada
A Kevin Wada Art Blog
Follow the artist styling of Kevin Wada and his reinterpretation of classic characters.
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Comic Book Video Tutorials – Gesture Drawing
– January 3, 2012Posted in: Comic Book Video Tutorials, Gesture Drawing, Video Tutorials
Comic Book Video Tutorials – Gesture Drawing
In this Gesture drawing lesson The artist will show you how he completes a one minute gesture drawing from the figure. When working on a one minute gesture drawing an artist has many options. It can however be extremely frustrating working in such a short time frame.
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Comic Art Terms – Thought Balloons
– January 2, 2012Posted in: #makecomics, Comic Art Terms, Thought Balloons
Comic Art Terms – Thought Balloons
Thought bubbles are the almost universal symbol for thinking in comics. It consists of a large, cloud-like bubble containing the text of the thought, which is connected to the area next to a character by a chain of increasingly smaller circular bubbles.
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