Ed McKeogh's Comic Story Laboratory

In '08 (maybe '09?), a local library invited me to teach a 2-hour class on making comics. I dove in and created a mini-comic as a "syllabus" to convey information, jumpstart some creative thinking and demonstrate how to assemble a mini-comic. However, it didn't take long to realize I'd bitten off more than I could chew: There was far too much information to convey in such short period of time, let alone an 8-page mini-comic. I recycled the mini-comic and added a touch more information in '10 to teach a series of classes at Artworks on the Square. [I'll post the first page here; the remainder are at my blog.] Enjoy!

30-day Drawing Challenge Cont-d

I'm continuing with the challenge with mixed results, but I'm afraid my work lacks consistency (a fever impeded some progress last week). Because I want to think of myself as an artist, I tell myself that I have to do a polished piece of work every time, which leads me to overthink each assignment and become overly ambitious. It's also difficult to squeeze in "drawing time"; the girls require a LOT of attention. But I won't give up.

As usual, there are write-ups about each image on my Studio Ed tumblr account.

Day 8: Favorite Animated Character


Day 9: Favorite TV Show [I include this as an example of FAIL.]


Day 10: Favorite Candy


Day 11: Turning Point in My Life [Moving Day]


Day 12: Most Recent Accomplishment [Weight Loss]


Day 14: Favorite Fairy Tale


Day 15: Family Picture [including a do-over]



Day 16: Inspiration


Day 17: Favorite Plant


Day 18: Just a Doodle

30-day Drawing Challenge

My attempt to recapture the habit of daily drawing (by doing the 30-day challenge) is meeting with mixed results. Here are days one through seven; there are notes associated with each on my tumblr, which coincidentally serves as a temporary replacement for my on-hiatus 'studioed.net' site. Hope you find something you like, and I'll post more in a week.

Cheers!

(P.S. Still really missing you guys!)

It's the Great Gourdthulhu, Doc Neurotic!

Belated Hallowe'en greetings!

I was in a 'Nocturnals' mood, and this Nocturnals/Peanuts mashup seemed like a good idea at the time. It took waaaaaay longer to get done than I'd planned (obviously; it's November 10th). I often found myself working on it in 15-minute blocks of time between work, chores, playing with the girls, running errands, tending to the sick and doing assorted other family-centric activities.

In other words, it might be late, but I'm just glad I finished it (which doesn't mean I won't go back and fiddle with little things later; I'm just declaring it 'done for now').

Dangerous Nuts

My first love was newspaper comic strips (can you guess which one I favored?). My second love was super-hero comics, especially Marvel's "Fantastic Four" (which led John Byrne to create what analogous super team?).

I've mashed up my favorites to get this team snapshot. Not totally thrilled with the composition, but inspiration struck and took root, so I rushed to get things done, working in spurts around other priorities. Still, it was a challenge, finding a balance between two very different art styles (one of extreme minimalism, the other of extreme detail), hence the flat colors and dearth of modeling.

Most important, I had FUN, so I thought I'd share.

Greetings from the "Away Team"

Hey, PCSers! After taking something of an art-making sabbatical, I'm grinding off some rust and getting the old gears in synch. Since Jeff graciously invited me to post here, I figured I'd touch base. After all, you can take the kid out of Philly, but there's no taking Philly out of the kid.

I donated the above Captain America to the local bus drivers' annual "Military Cookout," which benefits servicemen and their families. The organizers have decided to auction it off, so here's hoping it does its job and finds an appreciative home.

Anyway ... I miss you guys, glad to see you're still active and really enjoy seeing your messages pop up in my Google reader. 'Til then, I'll consider myself part of the PCS Away Team. Peace.