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Bonus Video: How to Paint with White Gouache on Black Board

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Sometimes negative thinking is a good idea! Especially if you’re designing a very dark piece of art, focusing on the highlights rather than blacks can be useful.

In this little video I demonstrate how I transform a black piece of board into a cover for a novel (my own!).

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Filed Under: Video Tagged With: art hacks, Art Tutorial, black paper, bonus video, cover painting, crime noir, drawing, gouache, painting, pro tips, time-lapse, white on black

Bonus Video: A Most Productive Year

by Palle Schmidt 1 Comment

If you thought I was lying on a beach somewhere, you are thoroughly mistaken! Here’s part of what I’ve been up to this past year or so. Probably the busiest time of my life ever – and still is. Watch the video to find out why.

Filed Under: News, Video Tagged With: #makecomics, A. J. Kazinski, artwork, awards, bonus video, busy, career, collaboration, comics, comics industry, creativity, crime noir, drawing, illustration, making comics, New York, novel, planning, pro tips, productivity, storytelling, studio, The Last Good Man, Thomas Alsop, workflow, Writing, writing for comics, YA novel

Video: Lessons from Thomas Alsop

by Palle Schmidt 7 Comments

I’ve just finished my work on the monthly book from BOOM!, Thomas Alsop. This video is about some of the lessons I learned working on that book – hopefully there is some value in it for you too!

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Video: How to Draw a Leather Jacket in Less Than 3 Minutes

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Here is a little trick to get the job done faster, if you’re trying to draw a leather jacket. It works on other things as well!

There is an Amazon link in the resources section to the acrylic markers shown in this video.

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Filed Under: Pro Tips, Video Tagged With: acrylic markers, art hacks, Art Tutorial, drawing, highlights, how to, inking, leather jacket, making comics, white on black, white pencil, wrinkles

Bonus Vid – How To Hold a Pencil

by Palle Schmidt 12 Comments

Is there a right way to hold a pen or a pencil when you draw?

One of my YouTube chanel followers seems to think so. And it’s NOT how I hold a pencil!

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Filed Under: Pro Tips, Video Tagged With: career, creativity, criticism, drawing, how to, inking, making comics, mistakes, pencil, pro tips

Bonus vid – Painting a page of Thomas Alsop

by Palle Schmidt 2 Comments

A time-lapse video of me painting a page of Thomas Alsop from BOOM! Studios. Hopefully some helpful tips here. More on the book at thomasalsop.com

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Filed Under: Pro Tips, Video Tagged With: Art Tutorial, how to, inkwash, making comics, painting, pro tips, Thomas Alsop, timelapse, video, watercolor, workflow

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