Beer Sketches

Hey PCS folks! It's been a while since I've posted, and I wanted to get back to contributing. I thought, what better project to share with this crowd then a set of beer cards I'm working on. It's absolutely for personal enjoyment, something to do in between projects, that I hope to finish up soon.

Beer is something that I've tried to educate myself about over the past few years – learning about the many styles, processes and traditions – and we're in a great place for it. Philadelphia has an outstanding beer culture that includes top notch breweries, amazing bars and wonderfully knowledgable people within both. Over the years, I've read a lot about the subject and tried to relate what I'm reading to what I'm tasting. And after all, isn't that the fun part? With all that in mind, I wanted to represent something of the history behind these different styles. The finishes may wind up being printed as labels and photographed as a group, but for now I hope you guys dig the sketches.

Couple 'o Sketches

I've been hearing how great the Kuretake brush pen is for artists who want the versatility of inking with brush combined with the ease of using a dip pen. I couldn't get my hands on one but picked up the poor man's version: The Pentel Brush Pen. My first few tries with it are displayed. So far I like it. Not as precise as my speedball nibs but definitely fun.

Incidentally, these sketches feature new characters from my long-gestating graphic novel, Journeymen. See how I cleverly plugged a project under the guise of a harmless post?

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OUT 2 DRY Art Show.

OUT 2 DRY Art Show is back!

That super-fun kewl art show “Out 2 Dry”.
(Please note the wacky word play for our second go-round!)
Here’s the deal; we hang unframed sketchbook pages, prints and small works and sell them on the cheap. Nothing is priced over fifty bucks! Read more here.

Out 2 Dry Art Show at Brave New Worlds Comic Shop
March 4 to 31 Opening Reception Friday, March 4 from 6pm to 9pm
Brave New Worlds Comic Shop
45 N. 2 ND Street (Olde City)

Photo credits: Pics by Concetta Barbera from the last "Out to Dy" Show.

Out 2 Dry Art Show, Artwork Needed.

It's baaaack!

That super-fun kewl art show “Out 2 Dry”.
(Please note the wacky word play for our second go-round!)
Here's the deal give us your sketchbook pages, your prints, your unsold masses
and we'll hang 'em all on the walls of Brave New Worlds Comic Shop in Olde City.
No frames, no mattes, just a couple of clothes lines with artwork clipped to them.

Last year's romp proved very successful.
The gang at BNW has offered to forgo commissions on artwork priced $20 or less and paid with cash. (Anything paid for with credit cards they have to take a lil' $umthin' ) We are also setting a price cap no artwork over $50.
So get us your stuff soon.

Here's the vital info
- Type of Art: Sketches, limited edition silkscreen prints, small paintings and inked pieces. (Just no digital prints please)
- Art drop off: Get your stuff over to BNW by Thursday, March 3^rd, 6pm sharp.
- Please label your stuff on the back with the following info:
Name
Title of piece
Price
and number them in order of importance.
(We are hoping to get a bunch of stuff from everyone and we want to sell it all right off the wall. So, we'll be hanging a couple of pieces you drop off at first, then when stuff is sold we'll be replacing it. We'll be sure to hang everyone's #1 and #2 and save their other pieces for later in the show.)

- The Opening will be: Friday March 4^th, 6pm to 9pm.

Lastly, this is an “Open Invitation”. A lot of folks have asked about participating in Philadelphia Cartoonist Society events. So if you're reading this consider yourself invited, this is to be one of many meet n' greets for the PCS in 2011.
(Our only request is no current students participate. Sorry.)

Please e-mail us if you would like to participate. You can drop your work off at the shop anytime. Just tell Brian or Rob that your with the March PCS Art Show, they know the drill.

Looking forward to seeing everyone and meeting some of you for the first time.

Take care.

Above and below are pics from last year's event (courtesy of Concetta) to give you an idea of the layout. More information to follow.

*Disclaimer: The PCS reserves the right to exclude any and all artwork(s) for any reason; space restrictions, content of art, etc...

Sketchbook Sunday 02: Back in the Habit.

My contribution to Sketchbook Sunday. You can see more of my sketches here.

Sketchbook Sunday 02: Wraith of Kahn.

My contribution to this week's Sketchbook Sunday, You can see more from my sketchbook at my flickr page here. Cheers!

Sketchbook Sunday 02: Empire Strikes Back.

As some of you might have noticed Kyle has been posting sketches each Sunday. I love this idea but have been remiss in my broseph duties and have not posted as frequently as I would have liked. You can see Kyle's last post here and see mine here.

So here is the deal, I am throwing down the gauntlet and opening up “Sketchbook Sunday” to everyone that posts on the PCS blog.

Back in the day we would hang out at Bob and Barbara's Lounge to listen to Nate Wiley and the Crowd Pleasers, toss a couple back and do some drawing. Many a Sunday night I would thumb through the sketchbooks of Jeff Kilpatrick, Kyle Margiotta, Andrew Hoffmann, Bob Dix and any of the other members that might be on hand.

The blog would be an awesome place to pick up where we left off with those nights at B&B's. Post your sketches, roughs, ideas, whatever.

Looking forward to seeing what everyone has been up to. Cheers!

Image Above: A doodle I did during class while my students took a test.
Image Below: Every semester I give an assignment where my students design a toy. Below is a rough toy design based on one of my comic characters.

Sketchbook Sunday 2: The Revenge

Sketchbook Sunday 2: Electric Boogaloo

Sketch Book Sunday!

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