I love Manga and was excited to hear that some designs from TOKYOPOP will be made into T-shirts exclusively featured at Target and Anchor Blue stores across the U.S. Click here to see the winning designs.

It’s wonderful that this style of art continues to have an appreciation and voice that reaches so many viewers. It’s a style that crosses all sorts of people in all sorts of places.

If you are interested in starting to do some Manga on your own I’d recommend Discover Manga Drawing by Mario Galea.

Enjoy!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7U_daf7-l0&feature=channel_page

Goblinoids: How to Draw and Paint Goblins, Orcs and Other Dark Creatures

Check out the new promo video for Goblinoids: How to Draw and Paint Goblins, Orcs and Other Dark Creatures, by Scott Purdy. This is a truly stellar offering from our IMPACT partners across the pond at David & Charles. The animation in the promo video is done by F+W Media’s own Adam Hand.

Enjoy

-Mona

We’ve been big fans of YouTube for quite some time, and now we have our very own IMPACT Movies YouTube channel. Click here to check it out and become a subscriber.

Click here to watch our most recent YouTube video, an introduction to Hi-Fi Digital Coloring with Brian Miller. The full-length streaming video will be available on artistsnetwork.tv on April 10.

Have a great weekend!

mary

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Tn6RE-_eQ&feature=channel_page

The Super Friends : The JLA :: The Hall of Justice : Union Terminal

Give a shout-out to Cincinnati, Ohio, IMPACT fans! The mid-size, midwestern rivertown is home to both IMPACT Books and Union Terminal, the humongous, half-atrium, art deco train station built during the Great Depression and inspiration to the classic ’70s cartoon Super Friends’ team headquarters: the Hall of Justice.

IMPACT would like to thank Cincinnati Enquirer writer Alex Shebar for reminding the Queen City masses of the bygone building connection in yesterday’s edition. Good news can happen in our fair land.

In fact, the cartoon Hall of Justice connects to Porkopolis in more ways than one. In 1984, the former locally-based company Kenner Toys released its line of Super Friends toys. Buy the vintage Hall of Justice playset on eBay or just watch the classic commercial on YouTube.

Action figures sold separately.

The Watchmen “Tales of the Black Freighter” came out on DVD and Blu-ray yesterday. Check out a trailer on the Comic Book Resources site.

WetCanvas is a great community site for all artists, whether traditional, or fantasy and comic. It’s a great place to get tips on technique, inspiration, feedback on your work, career information, you name it. As with any great forum, post a new thread or join a discussion already in progress, and you’ll find lots of voices eager to talk with you about art. 

The Fantasy/Sci-Fi forum currently has new posts from artists drawing griffons, elves, dragons, war scenes, and more. Take a look, register with the site, join the conversations, enjoy!

Lately, everybody’s talking about GRAFF: The Art & Technique of Graffiti, so I figured it was time to post the Q+A we did with Scape Martinez, the author of this completely cool, how to draw and paint graffiti guide.

Born in Newark, New Jersey and now living in San Jose, California, Scape creates with spray enamel, house paint, markers, acrylic and watercolor. He owns and operates two clothing lines, Liquidscape (www.liquidscape.com).He consistently teaches workshops and classes throughout the San Jose area, is featured in exhibitions, and works as an arts advocate for kids.

Name: Edward Martinez

Nickname: Scape One, Scape Weezy

Hometown: Newark, New Jersey

Current residence: San Jose, California

Kids and/or pets? No kids, no pets

Favorite food: Sushi

Favorite candy bar: None

Favorite TV show: Law and Order

Favorite movie: Godfather

Favorite website(s): www.wrestlingobserver.com

Favorite blog(s): none

Do you collect anything (stamps, comics)? I collect records(vinyl) and movies (VHS).

First job ever: Gas station attendant

Best job ever: Artist

When did you know you wanted to be an artist? When I discovered I already was one.

Give us a taste of your latest project? I finished a public art project for the city of San Jose. Two murals, one digital, the other hand-rendered. Both are 3 dimensional and abstract. Fun stuff!

Talk about a time you felt starstruck in your line of work. Never felt “starstruck.” Sorry.

What’s the best piece of career advice you’ve received? “Never give up” or “Don’t listen to the haters” or “Don’t try to be an artist unless you can work and live in isolation, without any thanks…” bleak, but needed until you get to the much lauded place.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOTqX8ddLwg