Sharpen your stylus' ! Announcing Iggy and Scared Bunny's New Contest from Focal Press

ARE YOU ANIMATED?

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Enter Focal Press' The Animator's Eye Character Mentor Contest and win free books from Focal Press, a signed copy of The Animator's Eye: Adding Life to Animation with Timing, Layout, Design, Color and Sound and a drawing by Iggy.

Check it out at: http://www.focalpress.com/character_mentor_contest/

The Animator's Eye is being published Friday!

The Animator's Eye Book Trailer

Greetings everyone! Friday, September 21, 2012, my new book The Animator's Eye is scheduled to be published by Focal Press. You can watch a trailer all about it on YouTube.

And please give a big hand to Hans Karl for the wonderful score, Chris Siemasko and  Brian Cox for some super special effects and J.D. Stewart as Hans' audio production services and finally, my son, Ryan Glebas for shooting video and editing for the book.

And of course, a big thanks to all of the wonderful folks at Focal Press for their work in bringing The Animator's Eye to life.

You can see the short I made for the film at: The Animator's Eye cartoon short

Yes, it's true.

You can see Iggy on YouTube. It's an 18 minute drawing lesson taken from the upcoming Focal Press book, The Animator's Eye. The book contains the making of an animated short starring Iggy and Scared Bunny as they learn the secrets of animated life. I can't wait to hold the book in my hands and flip the flip books.

Drawing tips and tricks- learn to draw Iggy

Yes, Bunny it is true, you are drawn on a sticky note. This is one of my favorite ways to work. I wrote my first book on sticky notes and storyboarded sequences on sticky notes while sitting in airports. They cheap available and easy to rearrange. I like drawing with Ticonderoga Redisharp + markers. They create an expressive black line, they're permanent, and no smell.

I'd actually love to have software where I could type and draw onscreen in the same program. So far I haven't found it. This blog was written in Literature and Latte's Scrivener. I drew the cartoons on sticky notes, then photographed them with a digital camera and imported them into the computer.

Would elves? A long lost comic strip

What do you call a digital treasure? I was looking in my hard drive's attic and found this old comic strip that I did when I was in high school. I wanted to be a cartoonist like Charles Schulz the creator of Peanuts. I was also inspired by Charles Barsotti the creator of Sally Bananas. 

I never did get to publish it but now, due the miracle of the internet I can share Would Elves? with an audience. Enjoy. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)

History of Snowboarding

Been on the road from Connecticut to California. I have some interesting posts planned once things settle into a rocking' groove.

This was my first published cartoon. Funny how publishing makes you a "professional". It was published in International Snowboard Magazine. They were great because they didn't usually publish cartoons. Go for it. You'll never know unless you try.