My cartoons animated!

I recently had the opportunity to do some artwork for the Anchorage United for Youth advertising campaign.   They wanted a RSA style comic on short notice, so I ended up doing a motion capture of my artwork using Sketchbook Pro, which was condensed and edited by the ad agency.   The taxing thing was that I had to draw it straight through over 20+ minutes without making a mistake.

drawing program: Sketchbook Pro
motion capture: CamStudio (open-source/free)

Some recent projects

I've been horrible about updating my recent projects, but here are some recent illustrations that have gone to press.


First off, a caricature for Bethany Buckingham to commemorate her 3rd year 'leather' anniversary at the Dorothy G. Page Museum in Wasilla.

Next a set of illustrations for the Anchorage 'Scoop the Poop' campaign.  

The finished, color version of the 'fighting cookies' illustration. 

Finally a logo for the Anchorage Musicians Co-op.  

The last of Mustache March!

More Mustache March!

There's one week left and Team Amazing Grace has gotten $587.50 in donations.   Hopefully we'll make it to $600 by the end.  Thanks all, and especially to the last few donations we received at Grace's birthday.  

        

Raising money for Mustache March

As part of the fundraising drive for Mustache March for Covenant House, I've been doctoring up a few pictures of the babe to support the cause.  For every donation to "Team Amazing Grace", I'll work up a mustached Grace as a thank you.  If you donate, you're in good company, we've raised $400 so far, and Covenant House has raised $1200 to help needy homeless and troubled teens.  

https://www.covenanthouseak.org/MustacheMarch2011.asp

The babe is a year old.

One of my goals since my babe was born a year ago was to throw myself in to making the family Christmas cards and her birthday cards which has been great so far.   Here's her first birthday card, parts of which was re-purposed into her first Valentine's card as well, along with her face from the Mustache March flyer.  That's the beauty of stealing from yourself.

Mustache March 2011

I'm taking part in Covenant House's Mustache March charity event this year.  I skipped last year because I didn't want all of her birth pictures ruined by my sweet mustache, but her first birthday's fair game.  Here's part of a card that is going out with her birthday invite to support the cause with pretty great caricatures of the family.

The Graphic Novel: Telling Stories with Pictures

There are just a few more days to sign up for my Graphic Novel class with 49 writers. (click on the image to make larger.)

-Lee

The Graphic Novel: Telling Stories with Pictures

• Instructor: Lee Post

• Class: 1 week, 8 hours

• Dates: Mar 7, 8, 9, and 10

• Day/Time: Mon – Thurs, 1-3 p.m.

• Location: 645 W. 3^rd Ave, Anchorage

• $119 members Register and pay now!

• $129 non-members Register and pay now!

A class in graphic storytelling, with a focus on using the language of comics to tell a basic story in successively longer graphic styles. Beginning with the basic theories behind graphic storytelling, students will draw a one panel New Yorker style gag strip, followed by communicating an idea using a three-panel structure that includes pacing, setting and adding speech. The third session covers the classic 9-panel grid as students explore page layout, mood and flow over an entire page. In the final session, students will explore a freestyle page layout that balances creativity with readability.

• Age level: 15+

• Experience level: Beginning

Valentine's Day Card

Grace's First Valentine's card to everyone, proudly done all in Adobe Illustrator, apart from the paper texture.   

49 Writers

My blog post in anticipation of my 49 writers class was just posted.  Check it out!  and go here to sign up for the class which will run from March 7th through the 10th from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. I'm knocking up the powerpoint slides and activities now and its going to be a blast.

Oh, and I'm working on a set of fighting cookies.  More on that later.