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Tag Archives: art

Cartooning Basics #2: Faces & Body Language

Sometimes it helps to act out an idea, and FEEL the picture in your body…

Posted byMarek24/03/202018/04/2020Posted inComics Workshop, how to, videoTags: art, cartooning, Comics Workshop, diy, drawing, face, how to, makeart, stick figures, video4 Comments on Cartooning Basics #2: Faces & Body Language

Cartooning Basics #1: Shapes & Faces

Anybody can draw cartoons… Follow along at home, & you’ll be surprised at the results!

Posted byMarek20/03/202018/04/2020Posted inComics Workshop, how to, videoTags: art, cartooning, comics, Comics Workshop, diy, drawing, face, makeart, paper, pencil, shapeLeave a comment on Cartooning Basics #1: Shapes & Faces

ALGO ADENTRO / Something Inside

Far from home and family, a migrant laborer discovers the survival power of art…

Posted byMarek05/11/201615/07/2017Posted inApplied Cartooning, comics, ethnography, mini-comicsTags: art, El Viaje Mas Caro, family, hidalgo, Mexico, migrant, painting, Vermont1 Comment on ALGO ADENTRO / Something Inside

“Teaching Artist” Mini

Here’s a mini-comic I drew in preparation for a recent panel discussion (“Getting Gigs & Making Work”) at Plymouth State University…

Posted byMarek07/03/2015Posted inApplied Cartooning, Comics Workshop, mini-comicsTags: applied cartooning, art, artist, education, mini-comics, Plymouth, teaching4 Comments on “Teaching Artist” Mini

Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity”: There Must Be Stars

I take this passage in Escher’s essay to be particularly appropriate for comics creators:

Posted byMarek10/12/201414/11/2017Posted incomics, mathTags: art, Escher, infinity, math, science, space, time2 Comments on Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity”: There Must Be Stars

Mathematics is an Art (Lockhart)

One reader’s notes to Paul Lockhart’s thought-provoking “A Mathematician’s Lament” …

Posted byMarek30/03/201404/04/2014Posted inmathTags: art, black holes, math, Paul Lockhart, physicsLeave a comment on Mathematics is an Art (Lockhart)

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