Sequential Artists Workshop (Delivered by Art)

Yet another installment of "Delivered by Art."  Through Twitter you can find numerous interesting people as well as causes.  One that I found was SAW (Sequential Artists Workshop).  They were looking for donations to start up a workshop on comics down in Florida.  I have mentioned them before on this blog.

Click on the image to see their website.  Comics have it tough enough as it is.  Even though comic series and graphic novels have gained in popularity and respect, it does not receive the same consideration when it comes to educational funding.  I was happy to lend some cash to the cause, and for one of my donations, I received the following postcard.

Batman reading an Archie comic?  Nice crossover.   I like how he is sweating (I guess because he is running).   This is clearly not Bruce Wayne at his best.  He also has worry lines.  Maybe Archie is about to once again blow it with Veronica.

Best of luck, guys!  Want to learn more?  Visit their website (http://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/) and follow them on twitter @comicsworkshop

Baby Bunny Bib

It has become a tradition of mine (sort of) to make a baby bib for the newborn child of my friends.  I have posted pictures of them before.  I started off with hippos and moved on to baby bear cubs.

The newest addition to my friends' family is a baby girl named Brianna.  So, I started to think of animals beginning with "B" and certainly a bunny came to mind.  I could have done something else, a baby Bumble Bee, or a female Baby Bear, but when the happy new mom and dad sent out their announcement photo-postcard, what kind of stuffed animal was sitting beside the newborn?  You guessed it, a bunny.  So, it seemed only proper that I make a bunny bib.

In the past I have added speech balloons and spent time doing a tri-tone shadowing effect.  I find that this is wasted effort.  I order the bibs through Cafepress.com and I find it best to make the graphic the best size and dimensions to best fit the product.  So, speech balloons, while cute, can be a waste of space.  And in the past, I have found that keeping the colors and color separations simple work best for doing the kind of direct-to-product printing that they do.  So, just black, yellow, red, and gray.  That is it.  I hand drew the image in non-reproducing blue pencil, then inked it with brush and sumi ink, scanned it, and colored it digitally.  Uploaded to Cafe Press and shipped directly to baby.