UTILITY BELT

Here are a few tools to enhance your Around Comics Experience.

speaker.png Listen Now!

IPODicon.gif View our iTunes Page

Forum Talkback in our Forum

rss.png Grab our RSS Feed

gallery.png See our Gallery

challenge.png LCS Challenge

email.png Give Us a Shout

Latest Forum Posts

Ep. 270 - Drag Racing (0)
08/03/2010 09:35, Sal

Around Comics: The End (26)
06/03/2010 06:37, Jamfool

Ep. 269 - You're doing it wrong (1)
03/03/2010 17:42, Ted_Kord

Ep. 268 - Has Stars on Their Knees (1)
23/02/2010 13:55, usagi

Ep. 267 - Airline Lubrication (5)
22/02/2010 10:33, Sal

Restoration (0)
19/02/2010 11:27, Tedkord

Marvel and DC Universe Women statues & sculptures (0)
14/02/2010 16:33, Bookaroo

Welcome Back folks! (21)
12/02/2010 14:46, Comicbookhero

16

Apr

40+ Cartoon Character Illustration Tutorials

Over at Smashmagazine.com, they have compiled a list of 40 Online Cartoon Character Illustration Tutorials, including character design, coloring, painting, and more.If you are interested in cartooning, illustration or painting, it certainly will be worth your time. Go check it out.

Everybody likes cartoon characters. They make us happy and keep our mind tension-free. We present here beautiful and mind-blowing Cartoon Illustration Tutorials for you. This article contains a mixture of Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials. Some are intermediate level and some are advanced tutorials that include coloring processing, character sketching, pen tool tricks for tracing line art sketches, shapes processing, vector conversions and much more.

(via Smashmagazine.com)

 

Add comment


Security code
Refresh

TWITTER ROLL CALL

New blog post: Deconstructing Comics #223 Electronic Comics http://bit.ly/9Vzb9F
Also, finally watching the 80s themed episode of the Totally Rad Show.
Man. Mechinarium is fucking awesome...

RANDOMIZER

  • In part two of our 4 part retrospective on the major comic book publishers, we take a look at Marvel Comics. From Avengers Dissassembled, to the Road to Civil War, join Chis Sal and Mark as we dissasemble the Marvel U. Plus news, listener emails, top of the stack and more. Warning, this show contais spoilers, listen at your own risk. Download this Episode Subscribe to our iTunes Feed
    Read more...
  • It's cold in Chicago, but this week our heroes are joined by the warm personality of Art Baltazar. Art is one half of the creative team responsible for bringing us DC's Tiny Titans. Listen in to hear about Art's experiences on the convention circuit and how he came to be the artist of DC's hottest book for young readers. The episode is full of laughs, inspirational moments and a perfect example of Chris's middle-aged whiteness. Listen Now!
    http://media.libsyn.com/media/aroundcomics/AroundComics_Ep217.mp3
    Download .mp3   Discuss this episode -->
    Read more...
  • Comics talk galore in this episode. Join Chris and Tom as they welcome John Siuntres and Kyle Bice for discussions about The Last Days of Animal Man, Fear Agent, Detective Comics, New Avengers, Rasl, Wednesday Comics, JSA, Punisher, Fantastic Four, Horror Comics, The Hero Initiative and much more!

    Featured Music by Luscious Jackson     Listen Now! Download .mp3   Discuss this episode -->
    Read more...
  • Around Comics welcomes alternative comics creator Jeffrey Brown. Jeffrey Brown is a comic book writer and artist originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, but we're lucky enough that he now calls Chicago home. Of course if you read the autobiographical works of Jeffrey Brown you already know that. Join us as we have a conversation about Jeffrey's Grand Rapids roots, his time in art school, his relationship inspired works, and how he's changing as an artist and writer. Around Comics takes a look at the other side of comics with one of the industry's most poignant and unique talents.
    Read more...
  • The Around Comics crew visit Metropolis, Gotham, Fawcet City, Sin City, The Big Apple and many other backdrops that our favorite heroes call home. Join Chris, Sal, Tom and Rick as they find out what's the low-down on the streets and in the gutters. Plus Wire2Wire news, Top of the Stack and more. Download this Episode Subscribe to our iTunes Feed
    Read more...
  • Join Chris, Tom, Skottie, Sal and Mike as they discuss The Emerald City ComiCon, the birth of Henry Leo DeFraction, Platinum Studios going public, Desolation Jones updates, Younr Avengers Presents, Diamond's POS announcement, Duran Duran comics, X-Men Dissasembled and more. In the second half of this episode the gang talks Maintenance #5, Daredevil vol. 12, Thor # 3, American Virgin #2 and Daredevil #100 in Top of the Stack They finish up the show with Futurestaxx and a few announcements. Listen Now!
    http://media.libsyn.com/media/aroundcomics/AroundComics_Ep134.mp3
    Download .mp3
    Read more...

BE A HERO

The Hero Initiative is the first-ever federally chartered not-for-profit corporation dedicated strictly to helping comic book creators in need. Be a Hero and donate today!