Polytechnicast - Keep Moving

In this episode of the Polytechnicast is more art-journal than art-thesis. I share how I’m feeling good-yet-still-recovering from 30 classes in 30 days, some reflections on 30 Classes, and other November-timed art challenges.

Links Mentioned

Follow Rob on Twitter or his blog at Interactive-Storyteller.com

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LIA Cast 14 - Men of Letters

It's a hands-on episode as Rob and Jerzy demo some of their favorite illustration and lettering techniques in Adobe Illustrator. While we did our best to describe what we were doing for the audio listeners, this episode might be best enjoyed in the video format.

We also spend a little bit of time talking about community building and how blogs, podcasts, and vid casts can all be tools to help one find inroads to starting an art "scene" in their area.

Topics: Sound Design, Logo Design, Lettering, Illustration

Links Mentioned

John Wundes - maker of many great scripts for Adobe Illustrator
Demonstrated in the episode - John's Divide Text Frame script

Social Networking

Upcoming Workshops for January 2012

FTAM! Designing Sound Elements in Adobe Illustrator January 7, 11, and 14

LIA Cast 14 - Men of Letters

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FTAM! Creating Sound in Adobe Illustrator Workshop

Registration is now open for a multi-session workshop series where you'll learn how to use Adobe Illustrator to create sound elements for your comic!

In this series, amounting to 6 hours of instructional material led by Jerzy Drozd, you'll learn how to select fonts, design word balloons from scratch, create alternate voices for your characters, design unique sound effects, and integrate them into your comics art.

The live sessions will be held on January 7, 11, and 14, but you can also participate in a time-shifted manner and learn at your convenience.

Check out the class page for more details and a video preview of the workshop.

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LIA Cast 13 - Critical of the Force

In this audio-only episode of the LIA Cast, Rob and Jerzy discuss the idea of critical thinking, where it’s incredibly useful and when it can be a barrier to creative pursuits and learning.

Along the way we visit StarWars, Burger King, Western Philosophy, the Industrial Revolution and being self taught learners. We do battle with tricks and logical traps including the false dichotomy of artistic mastery creative chaos vs. being a very intentional and critical thinking focused machine.

Topics: Critical Thinking, Being Self Taught

Links Mentioned

Social Networking

Upcoming Workshops for December 2011

Write With Images (taught by Jerzy Drozd) - Sat. Dec 3 at 6 pm ET
Photoshop Elements (taught by Jerzy Drozd) - Mon. Dec 5 at 6 pm ET

Note: Yoda image from starwars.wikia.com. Jean Claude Van Damme image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/37195519@N02/ and copyright their respective owners.

LIA Cast 13 - Critical of the Force

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LIA Cast 12 - Coloring with Light

Jerzy Drozd's mercenariesThis week Rob and Jerzy discuss some of the techniques they like to use to color in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. While demonstrating the techniques they discuss the return on diving into the nitty gritty of what an illustration tool has to offer, and how just putting in the time doesn't guarantee that you'll get any better at the work. You have to lean into it, but in the spirit of play!