Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist
It’s a pun, get it? Today I share some thoughts on using crow quills to ink, based on some good discussion going on in the forum. I talk a bit about my first experiences working with the crow quill while
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Today I share some thoughts and experiences from my professional illustration career to dig at the notion of working in a “style”. Do we have our own styles? If so, are they what we do “wrong”, or are they what
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Today I respond to a post in the forum by Jon David Guerra, which was essentially a question about how concerned we cartoonists should be about our style changing over time in a comics project. If you use the word
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Today I share some thoughts about how we’re hired for our imaginations as much as our skills with the pen in contractual employment. Illustration skill is important, but you need a highly developed imagination in order to beat those nearly
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Another one from the forum: Is copying and pasting artwork cheating? I share some of my thoughts on the subject, using my professional illustration work, the works of other comics creators, animation, and the Switch Runners project to back up
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Today I elaborate on some discussion going on in the forums concerning being a work-at-home illustrator. Pros and cons, trying to balance out the picture. Subscribe through iTunes RSS https://jdrozd.com/wp-content/audio/tpd021.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Chris Oatley recently shared a thought in his ArtCast about how you can speed up your illustrations by slowing down and taking more care with your structure. I agree, and today I share a few thoughts about how increasing the amount
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Today I talk about four realms of concern I think about when using line value in my illustrations: Light Source Contour Weight Depth More lengthy discussions on line values can be found in these past episodes: Your Comic From The
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