Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
Let’s talk about my latest drawing for the next Art Soundoff entry.
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I mentioned my Fabulous Secrets microcast, with even more behind-the-scenes and personal reflections, which you can find on Patreon!
It’s another Art Soundoff prompt: can I pitch my latest product or service? As Reflector says in Transformers, More than Meets the Eye, pt 1: Let’s find out!
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Here are the notes I took just before recording:
Another Art Soundoff entry, this time on how I’m thinking about influences on my work as a teaching artist and cartoonist.
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Here are the quick notes I took just before recording:
Join Chris Schweizer, The Roanoke Colony: America’s First Mystery, The Creeps series, The Crogan Adventures series, for an exploration of strategies for visual historical research and adapting those findings to suit the needs of your aesthetic, characters, and story.
Photos by Raylavoie.com
Video production by Nicolettecinemagraphics
Logo by Victoria Douglas
Frame design by Han Donovan
Part of Cartoon Crossroads Columbus – September 27 – October 1, 2023
Cartoon Crossroads Columbus – CXC is a FREE comics, art & animation festival in Columbus, Ohio!
Something I’ve been watching on YouTube. Follow the playlist here.
For this Art Soundoff entry I think about a recent blog post and a conversation I had with a student. And a metaphor that may or may not be serviceable.
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Here are the notes I wrote just before recording:
And here is the audio from the blog post linked above:
For this Art Soundoff entry I look at when we have to say goodbye to a favorite tool.
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If you couldn’t make it to Cartoon Crossroads Columbus 2023, you can check out all of the recordings of events as they post them to their YouTube Channel. Here is this year’s edition of the Super Comics Challenge game show, starring Raina Telgemeier, Coni Yovaniniz, and Rafael Rosado. Oh, and hosted by me!
Some highlights from the show:
Speaking of that, I have to share the drawings they all did of Martha Bee!
I love leading this game show. Here’s hoping we get to do it again next year!
Back in 2020 I led a few virtual versions of Super Comics Challenge. You can watch them below:
It’s time for another Art Soundoff entry! This time I’m thinking about my relationship with how I want an audience to react to my work.
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It’s another Art Soundoff Prompt: What are you Playing? Well, I’m not playing any video or board games, but I am being playful with my teaching!
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Here are the notes I took just before recording:
This week in high school comics class: working on outlining and structuring our minicomic stories. The structure is there to support them when they’re stuck and for them to rebel against when they’re not.
P1: Introductions – We learn about the characters and setting
P2: Characters interact – We learn more about how the characters see themselves and each other, particularly through dialogue
P3: Conflict – Some kind of problem shows up
P4: Characters react to conflict – We learn more about the characters through their reaction to the conflict
P5: Twist – Some kind of surprise shows up–could be big, could be small
P6: Characters react to twist – We learn more about the characters through their reaction to the conflict
P7-P8: Resolution – I always think about this part as answering one of two questions: *How* is the world different, or *Why* is the world the same?
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