Posts By: Patrick

Help My Weak Shadows

Shadows have always been a weak spot of mine. I’ll be sitting there thinking, “Man…that’s definitely not enough shadow on his face,” and the next thing I know, my figure’s head has turned into a giant black blob of ink. It’s more than a little disheartening when you have to redraw entire frames because of something so seemingly simple, yet so damn tricky! To ensure that this stopped happening, I hopped on my pathetic excuse for a computer and surfed through the net, looking for some awesome shading tutorials.

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Daily Mini-Challenge

Are you ready to improve your comic making skills on a daily basis? Do you want to continually work to connect to a group of peers that are working (like you) to create comics? The “Daily Mini-Challenge” now live and ready for you to join in! Join at any time and engage at your leisure. Every morning you will receive a new challenge designed to take 20 minutes or less of your day. Prepare to be creatively charged as you fill your your brain with comic making info!

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Get A Grasp! Gutter Talk: Scheduling & Setting Goals

Join MakingComics.com CEO Patrick Yurick, EIC Devin Larson, and Gutter Talk Host Adam Greenfield as we cover the third week of content available through the “Get A Grasp!” course.

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Guest panelists for this week include:
Christina Blanch (SuperMOOC, Damnation of Charlie Wormwood)
Eric Shanower (Oz Series, Age of Bronze)
Jared Cullum (Pea Green Coffee Cup)
Damon Gentry (Sabretooth Swordsman)
Lucy Bellwood (Baggywrinkles, Cartozia Tales)
Jen Vaughn (Fantagraphics, Avery Fatbottom, Cartozia Tales)

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Tonight! Making Comics MOOC Gutter Talk Series: Worldbuilding

Join MakingComics.com CEO Patrick Yurick, EIC Devin Larson, and Gutter Talk Host Adam Greenfield as we cover the second week of content available through the “Get A Grasp!” course.

Guest panelists for this week include:

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“Making Comics With The World” Wondercon Anaheim

4:00p.m. – 5:00p.m. Making Comics With The World – Join the Making Comics Dot Com CEO Patrick Yurick (High Tech High MOOCs & Head Comics) as he leads a discussion about the status of the world-wide comic-making revolution happening on and off-line. Guest panelists include Making Comics founder Jason Brubaker (reMIND, Sithrah, & Unnatural Talent) and Making Comics staff Adam Greenfield (Head of Audio & Podcasting), Kevin Cullen (Head of Content Scheduling), and Devin Larson (Editor In Chief). Joining us will be comic industry educators Rachel Beck and Shelley Couvillion (storyforgeproductions.com). Room: 210A (April 19)

Wondercon Anaheim – http://www.comic-con.org/wca

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The Making Comics Pre-Release Panel

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