Sonic Comics Sketch Event
The all-new 2012 Chevrolet Sonic offers drivers
fuel efficiency, comfort and safety but for a few days later this month the Sonic
will be an art subject at Sloan*Longway. The Sonic Comics Sketch Event is
scheduled for December 27-29, 2011. The event will feature more than eight
comic book artists who will use a specially-wrapped Sonic as a canvass for
their artistic creations. Working in shifts during the three days, the artists
will draw and paint their comic characters on the four-door hatchback. For more
information and a complete list of artists and classes about the Sonic Comics
Event, call 810.237.3450. Three days passes are $15
for adults and children, while a one-day pass is $9 for adults and $6 for
children.
Artists attending the event include:
• Matt Feazell: Creator of Cynical Man, whose work has appeared worldwide including a long running feature in The Disney Adventures Magazine.
• William Stolpin: Fantasy illustrator and fine artist who has two of his art prints on permanent display at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C.
• Susan Van Camp: Fantasy illustrator and painter who was instrumental in creating the premiere deck of Magic The Gathering role-playing game cards.
• Patrick Hardin: International cartoonist whose work has appeared in such publications as Scientific American and Good Housekeeping.
• As well as many regular contributors to Flint Comix such as Editor-In-Chief Randy Zimmerman, and Spark artists Brian Hackney, Justin Faber, and Brian Germain.
Sonic Sketch Event Class Schedule as of 12/20/11
Visitors under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Classes are limited to 15 people only. Call 810.237.3450 to get your name on the list to ensure your spot. If the class is not full, walk-ups welcome. Each class will last 60-90 minutes.
TUESDAY DECEMBER 27th
Sloan Museum
10:30: CARTOONING FOR EVERYONE!
With Randy Zimmerman
Anyone can draw cartoons and instructor Randy Zimmerman gives a basic instruction in cartooning using basic shapes and curved lines. Students draw a “classic” cartoon body, and then two popular cartoon characters (Mickey Mouse and Spongebob) by following examples from the board.
Sloan Museum 12:30 : STIR YOUR IMAGINATION WITH CARTOONS!
With Brian Hackney
It’s easy and fun to draw cartoons and students are shown and encouraged to create their own cartoons using a couple of fun games geared to get the imagination working!
Sloan Museum
2:30: CARTOON ROBOTS!
With Randy Zimmerman
Cartooning with basic shapes, student follow along as they cartoon some classic robot, Including Rosie from The Jetsons and a few other famous robots from cartoons!
Longway Planetarium
10:30: COMIC BOOK DRAWING 101
With Brian Germain
Basic instruction on drawing comics. More than “just” superheroes, this class covers foreshortening, perspective, scene-building, and more tips and techniques you’ll need to put your characters in as realistic a setting as possible.
Longway Planetarium
10:30 DIGITAL ART
With Gabriel Cantu
Learn the fine art of working digitally when working on your comic/manga art. Topics include some cool Photoshop techniques: Coloring, Inking, and a little image manipulation. Then, if time allows there’ll be a few other programs besides. Learn firsthand from a Photoshop madman.
Longway Planetarium
12:30: MANGA MADNESS!
With Gabriel Cantu
The unique art of “Manga” (Japanese influenced comics) is display, and demonstrated. Make your next cartoon drawing a Manga Cartoon with these helpful pointers and demonstrations. Students are encouraged to draw their own manga-influenced character.
Longway Planetarium
12:30: WRITING FOR COMICS
With Jwan Jordan
Comic Book writer Jwan Jordan offers his experience and advice on writing for comics. Story structure, script formatting, plotting, and characterization are all covered. A genuine “How To” for potential comic and sequential art writers.
Longway Planetarium
2:30 SUPERHERO DYNAMICS
With Brian Hackney
Superhero artist Brian Hackney shows how to draw Superheroes in exciting and dynamic ways. Basic Comic Book Hero anatomy is displayed and students are encouraged to create their own Superhero using pencil, paper, and their imagination!
Longway Planetarium
2:30: SEQUENTIAL ART:
With Gemma Keech (instructor change from previous listing)
The art of telling a story combining words and pictures, Graphic Novels are now a recognized literary form, and Gabriel Cantu discusses and shows you their inner workings and discusses the steps that you can do to make your own graphic novel, or tell your own story using Sequential Art. Remember, you don’t have to be a great artist to do this, and with a little instruction you’ll be surprised to see how easy it is to tell a story with pictures.
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 28th
Sloan Museum
10:30: MANGA MADNESS!
With Gabriel Cantu
The unique art of “Manga” (Japanese influenced comics) is displayed, and demonstrated. Make your next cartoon drawing a Manga Cartoon with these helpful pointers and demonstrations. Students are encouraged to draw their own manga-influenced character.
Sloan Museum 12:30: EASY WAY TO DRAW
With Randy Zimmerman
“Cartoon Drawing 101” Cartooning techniques as they apply to not just characters, but to objects as simple and as complex as you want then to be. Examples are shown and students are encouraged to develop an entire cartoon “scene” with character, background, and the objects needed to put your cartoons in a world that everyone can recognize. Fun for all!
Sloan Museum
2:30: EXPRESSIONS AND EXAGERATIONS
With Gemma Keech
The fun and wild side of cartooning! How to take a simple cartoon to the craziest degree by exaggerating details and expressions! Lots of fun and simple ways to make your cartoons even funnier and more fun than ever before! You will be amazed at just how easy it is to be a talented cartoonist with these easy tips.
Longway Planetarium
10:30: DRAWING A COMIC STRIP
With Randy Zimmerman
You’ve seen them in the newspaper, now YOU get to draw your own comic strip with the help of some quick, easy lessons in cartooning, timing, and storytelling. Students work on their own short four-panel strip, usually with some crazy results. You don’t have to be a great artist to draw a comic strip, just be able to tell a story and get your point across on paper.
Longway Planetarium
10:30: SUPERHERO DYNAMICS
With Brian Hackney
Superhero artist Brian Hackney shows how to draw Superheroes in exciting and dynamic ways. Basic Comic Book Hero anatomy is displayed and students are encouraged to create their own Superhero using pencil, paper, and their imagination!
Longway Planetarium
12:30 DRAWING AND MAKING MINICOMICS!
With Matt Feazell
Learn how to make you own small “zine” or mincomic! If you’ve ever seen a Cynical Man comic, then you know what a minicomic is, basically a sheet of copy paper, drawn, copy, and folded into an amazing little booklet with your work on it for you to distribute as you please, and no one is more of a master of this fun art than Matt Feazell!
Longway Planetarium
12:30 DRAWING AND PAINTING WITH AN I-PAD
With Susan van Camp
Fantasy painter and illustrator Susan Van Camp shows you how easy and fun it is to draw and paint using an I-Pad. Sue does almost all of her work now on this amazing tablet and has plenty of pointers and advice on not just how to work on the tablet, but what you need to know to get great professional results!
shows you how easy and fun it is to draw and paint using an I-Pad. Sue does almost all of her work now on this amazing tablet and has plenty of pointers and advice on not just how to work on the tablet, but what you need to know to get great professional results!
Longway Planetarium
2:30 DIGITAL ART
With Gabriel Cantu
Learn the fine art of working digitally when working on your comic/manga art. Topics include some cool Photoshop techniques: Coloring, Inking, and a little image manipulation. Then, if time allows there’ll be a few other programs besides. Learn firsthand from a Photoshop madman.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 29th
Sloan Museum
10:30 CARTOONING FOR EVERYONE!
With Randy Zimmerman
Anyone can draw cartoons and instructor Randy Zimmerman gives a basic instruction in cartooning using basic shapes and curved lines. Students draw a “classic” cartoon body, and then two popular cartoon characters (Mickey Mouse and Spongebob) by following examples from the board.
Sloan Museum 12:30 STIR YOUR IMAGINATION WITH CARTOONS!
With Brian Hackney
It’s easy and fun to draw cartoons and students are shown and encouraged to create their own cartoons using a couple of fun games geared to get the imagination working!
Sloan Museum
2:30: DRAWING DINOSAURS!
With Brian Germain
Easy steps on how to draw your own cartoon dinosaurs!
Longway Planetarium
10:30 MANGA MADNESS!
With Gabriel Cantu
The unique art of “Manga” (Japanese influenced comics) is display, and demonstrated. Make your next cartoon drawing a Manga Cartoon with these helpful pointers and demonstrations. Students are encouraged to draw their own manga-influenced character.
Longway Planetarium
10:30 SEQUENTIAL ART:
With Gemma Keech (instructor change from previous listing)
The art of telling a story combining words and pictures, Graphic Novels are now a recognized literary form, and Gabriel Cantu discusses and shows you their inner workings and discusses the steps that you can do to make your own graphic novel, or tell your own story using Sequential Art. Remember, you don’t have to be a great artist to do this, and with a little instruction you’ll be surprised to see how easy it is to tell a story with pictures.
Longway Planetarium
12:30: CHARACATURE!
With Randy Zimmerman
How do you draw a cartoon on someone and have it look just like them? Cartoonist Randy Zimmerman shows you a few pointers on just how fun and easy it is to draw someone and have it actually “look” like your subject.
Longway Planetarium
12:30: DIGITAL ART
With Gabriel Cantu
Learn the fine art of working digitally when working on your comic/manga art. Topics include some cool Photoshop techniques: Coloring, Inking, and a little image manipulation. Then, if time allows there’ll be a few other programs besides. Learn firsthand from a Photoshop madman.
Longway Planetarium
2:30: SEQUENTIAL ART:
With Gemma Keech
The art of telling a story combining words and pictures, Graphic Novels are now a recognized literary form, and Gabriel Cantu discusses and shows you their inner workings and discusses the steps that you can do to make your own graphic novel, or tell your own story using Sequential Art. Remember, you don’t have to be a great artist to do this, and with a little instruction you’ll be surprised to see how easy it is to tell a story with pictures.
Longway Planetarium
2:30: COMIC BOOK DRAWING 101
With Brian Germain
Basic instruction on drawing comics. More than “just” superheroes, this class covers foreshortening, perspective, scene-building, and more tips and techniques you’ll need to put your characters in as realistic a setting as possible.
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