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Podcast series on how to be a teaching artist: https:// jdrozd.com/category/thunderpun chdaily/howtobeateachingartist/

I’ve been reading a lot posts about artists’ sustainability being disrupted by the changes on social media. An important revenue stream for me comes from working as a Teaching Artist, and a few years back I recorded a podcast series on how I run my teaching business.

#teachingarts #business #podcast #sustainability
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#christmas or #holiday gift idea! My co-author (and spouse) and I have ten copies of Science Comics: Rockets that we’ll sign and sketch in for you: https://jdrozd.com/product/science-comics-rockets-signed-paperback/

Science Comics: Rockets is a documentary on the history and science of rockets as told by the animals who participated in rocket history. It’s a funny and informative book for anyone interested in flight or engineering.

#comics #science #history #animals #kidlit

#comics
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Anatomy of a sound effect. Something I developed over a decade ago to help my students understand the flexibility and power of sound design in comics. I’ve been told this has been used in some college classes as well–I just hope it helps lead cartoonists to more thoughtful integration of sound in their comics!

@OCRbot

#MastoArt #sounddesign #comics
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I’m hiding #baronvonbear art drops around the Buckeye Book Fair today! Find them and enjoy, or give them to someone who will enjoy them.

#mastoart #buckeyebookfair2022 #woosterohio
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I came across this comic I made for the 2016 A2CAF promotional anthology (https:// a2caf.com ).

In case you didn’t read monthly comics in the 70s and 80s, Marvel and DC Comics ran these absurd ads for Hostess snacks in their books.

It was that second-to-last panel that made me chuckle. It’s silly, but there’s also a sincere drop of my personal values in that moment. Sometimes people who act the worst need our help the most.

#MastoArt #comics @OCRbot
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Happy Halloween! Since I can’t give each and every one of you a piece of candy, here’s a PDF of my first Baron von Bear minicomic: https://www. dropbox.com/s/ivex56i4wvdfzts/ BvB.pdf?dl=0

The graphic novel will be out in time for Halloween next year!

#MastoArt #comics #spooky #halloween #cursedobjects
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More barbarian Shenandoah, this time with her two-headed buddy Kobros. Working on character designs and listening to what they have to tell me, in case they want to be in my next book.

#MastoArt #baronvonbear #drawings

#watercolor #comics
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Add Extra O to Your OC! I led some creative games designed to get artists writing from life at the Sequential Artist Workshop. You can watch the video and try the games yourself here: https:// youtu.be/lpnJeWpN8yA

#writing #drawing #comics #storytelling
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Just led a session in comics class on making spooky comics. For the past 10 years I’ve had the kids watch this animated short of The Tell Tale Heart to inspire them: https:// youtu.be/bCEdRES08Y4

#comics #storytelling #animation
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Shenandoah the barbarian cat with Jared the abominable snowman. Ink and watercolors on a 4×6″ card of watercolor paper.

#mastoart #baronvonbear #cats #monsters #barbarian #fantasy #watercolors
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