LIA Cast 135 - Thinking Like a Game Designer, with Nate Aschenbach

Talking about making coding and game design approachable on the LIA Cast!

What makes game design such a useful place to grow and apply visual art and coding skills?

On this episode of the lean into art cast Jerzy and Rob explore art-code-game connections with special guest Nate Aschenbach, technical artist, game designer, and one of the leaders of GameStart School in Ann Arbor Michigan.

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LIA Cast 134 - Manga Studio on the Tablet

Talking about digital illustration on the LIA Cast!

Back in episode 111 we walked through some of our favorite tools in Manga Studio 5/Clip Studio Paint. After almost a year of working with it, we return for another discussion on this digital illustration tool, along with some other workflow and apps that help us put our work together.

We also compare our experiences working on the Surface Pro 2 and the Surface Pro 3!

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LIA Cast 133 - Working out in Public, with Krishna Sadasivam

Talking about sharing your works-in-progress on the LIA Cast!

Working out in public can take many forms. Much like pumping iron at the beaches people walk by - when you post work in progress drawings to your Tumblr or Twitter accounts people see you putting in effort.

When is that an advantage? When does practicing illustration in public contribute to your training instead getting in the way? Does it ever slow your training down or is it always a power-up?

On this episode of the Lean Into Art Cast Rob and Jerzy explore these questions with Krishna Sadasivam  Art Instructor and comic creator of the 15+ year running comic PC Weenies.

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LIA Cast 132 - Writing Visually, with Zack Giallongo

Talking about writing with images on the LIA Cast!

Visual writing shares many of the concerns of prose writing. We want our characters to register. We hope the dialogue rings true. We work hard to create interesting plots that act upon and respond to the inner lives of our characters.

But when one decides to be a visual writer they're introduced to another array of storytelling tools, and these tools challenge us to use them intentionally. A visual writer must think about composition, visual pacing, character “acting”, and staging.

How does an artist navigate all of those choices? What methods of idea capture and refinement seem to work for a visual storyteller?

Join us for a discussion on writing visually with Zack Giallongo, author of Broxo, Ewoks: Shadows of Endor, Star Wars Doodles, and artist of The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue series. Together we'll explore how we sort through all of the storytelling choices facing a visual writer.

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LIA Cast 131 - Reflecting on Kids Read Comics

Talking about conventioning, tabling, and teaching on the LIA Cast!

It's been a month of conferences and travel for Rob and Jerzy. Last episode we talked about our experiences at Eyeo, and this past weekend we both participated in the Kids Read Comics convention held at the Ann Arbor District Library.

Join us for a discussion on our experiences at KRC, an exploration of how an event's design addresses its users needs, and how that design in turn affects the culture of the participants.

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