Working with schools

A few opportunities have popped up lately for me to do some freelance work with schools. I love it. Working with schools is something I feel good about and is a fresh breath from my normal routine. Schools usually aren't quite sure what I do, they just know they like it, so they kind of let me just go all out and do whatever I want that I think will add value.

The pictures above are me providing live scribing for an FCE event at James Madison High School last month. My boy, CW of Real Coaching brought me in. Fun stuff there and I even got to give some drawing lessons to the kids.

Next up is assisting with LG Pinkston High's professional development day. This is where the teachers return after summer break (before the students) and prepare for the coming year. Their principle, James Colbert, had seen me scribe at an event last year and asked me to come help make his development day a bit more creative. I'll be providing live art and assisting the facilitator they've brought in.

Should be fun, and will hopefully lead to more work with schools.

Ironic considering how much I didn't enjoy actually attending highschool.

New WildWorks website

I spent a good deal of time over the last few weeks rebuilding the WildWorks website. WildWorks is the company I work for and who I provide the majority of my scribing through. The content of the new site was written by everyone in our company and really focuses our message a lot better than the previous version.

I'd love to hear comments if you have any. You can visit the site at www.wildworksgroup.com

Thanks.

lots and lots of gorillas

I've been drawing lots and lots of gorillas lately. I'm trying to get their anatomy down, understand how they move, and what looks really cool in terms of drawing them. The drawings above are a selection of about half of the sketches I did a few nights ago.

You can click on the image (twice) to enlarge it.

What's a 24 hour comic?

As explained by its inventor Scott McCloud, the objective of a 24 comic is...

"To create a complete 24 page comic book in 24 continuous hours. That means everything: Story, finished art, lettering, colors (if you want 'em), paste-up, everything! Once pen hits paper, the clock starts ticking. 24 hours later, the pen lifts off the paper, never to descend again. Even proofreading has to occur in the 24 hour period. No sketches, designs, plot summaries or any other kind of direct preparation can precede the 24 hour period."

This is a crazy big task. So challenging, I wont even boter going into all that you have to consider to do a comic in a single day.

I completed my first 24 hour comic last year at LoneStar Comics in Dallas. It was a great experience, yet when I was done I felt like I had run a marathon. You can see the results at my site, where I've just posted Stream of Confidence, my 24 hour comic.

Enjoy.

Just for fun...

more specifically because I was bored out of me skull...
this is a pretty quick little cartoon I threw together this afternoon.

What is scribing?

Scribing is the art of capturing a conversation in real time through pictures. People have conversations and I draw images of the things that they're talking about. It's what I do for a living. I've done this kind of work all over North America, often for very prominent speakers and very (very) big organizations. As I write this I'm currently in Chicago scribing for a consulting company.

Above are some recent examples. These are about 5 feet tall in real life and are produced live in minutes as I'm listening to conversation.

More at my website.

Akiane

Hi, remember me?
Been awhile. I have been working, though. Mostly traveling around doing client work- scribing and graphic design. I'm writing from Chicago now where I'm doing live art for a consulting company.

But I wanted to jump on and key you towards an artist that I find inspiring. 11 year old Akiane is a child master painter and an accomplished poet. I first saw her work on television, then went to her website to learn more. I encourage you to check her site out. The above painting is a piece she did at 9 years old.

http://www.artakiane.com