http://copicmarker.com.au Australian Distributor of Copic Markers Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:36:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en During my blog reading this week I found a great feature on Illustrator Abner Graboff. For those of you who dig children's book illustration, especially stuff from the 50's and 60's, this is a great read. Portland, Oregon Illustrator Ward Jenkins did some research on Graboff and even did an ... http://copicmarker.com.au/illustrator-abner-graboff/ Illustrator Mark Todd currently has a limited edition mini-zine available for sale on his site. As he describes it: "This is a collection of some of the altered comic cover pieces I have created over the past four years." I need one for the office. It looks so great. Also check ... http://copicmarker.com.au/mark-todd-mini-zine-altered-comic-covers/ This month our Featured Artist Gallery presents Cat Staggs. Some time last year I was contacted by Cat Staggs and was very excited by the work she was doing. She has a very painterly style and her techniques give her film and comic book icons a rich presence. From her bio: llustrating over ... http://copicmarker.com.au/artist-interview-with-cat-staggs/ In 2008 U.K. based artist/designer Daniel Eatock did an interesting experiment with markers and paper. Using upside-down drinking glasses arranged in tight rows he stood individual markers on end allowing the ink to fully drain and soak into the stack of paper. The description from his website: Over the course of ... http://copicmarker.com.au/artist-daniel-eatock/ Last year Graphic Designer Jessica Helfand released a "Scrapbooks, An American History". National Scrapbooking day was back in May (5.03) and we didn't have a blog at the time so I had no place to point this out. She wrote a short essay on the subject at her blog Design ... http://copicmarker.com.au/scrapbooks-an-american-history/ If you haven't heard about the 1000 Journals Project then you really should check out their site. I've had this book sitting on my desk for months and pick it up all the time for inspiration or just a quick visual break. It is a great reminder of the flexible ... http://copicmarker.com.au/1000-journals-project/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="360" caption="Nicholas Stohlman, 2008"][/caption] Found this artist today. He has some great conceptual, pen and ink stuff. I love this kind of quick sketch. Check out the rest of Nicholas Stohlman's work. http://copicmarker.com.au/illustrator-nicholas-stohlman/ Hellboy, 2009, Trev MurphyOur Product Specialist Marianne Walker sent me a link this morning to Illustrator Trev Murphy's website. He does some great Copic based illustrations. Plus he has some great tutorial videos on his marker illlustration process. Great stuff. http://copicmarker.com.au/illustrator-trev-murphy/ The Imagi Studios booth was just down the way from us this year and they were showing the newGatchaman trailer. This is a fan video but you get a sense of what is going on. The script was written by Paul Dini of Batman the Animated Series fame. via Cartoon Brew http://copicmarker.com.au/gatchaman-trailer-at-ax/ Here are some iphone shots of the first day of Anime Expo. Love the giant weapons! [caption id="attachment_621" align="alignnone" width="475" caption="Our guest artists from Japan, Kaoppe, Haruka and Aoki"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_622" align="alignnone" width="475" caption="Cosplay in full effect."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_623" align="alignnone" width="475" caption="Warriors need their Copics too. "][/caption] [caption id="attachment_625" align="alignnone" width="475" caption="The biggest weapons ... http://copicmarker.com.au/anime-expo-2009-day-1/