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Have a great weekend!

Mary

We’re just days from sending Master Digital Color: Styles, Tools, Techniques, by Brian & Kristy Miller (of Hi-Fi Colour Design) off to the printer. Master Digital Color is the follow up to Hi-Fi Color for Comics: Digital Techniques for Professional Results, the Millers’ first book with IMPACT. 

It’s a fortuitous time for the completion of book 2, since we’re all celebrating the success of the new Echo series by Terry Moore, winner of this year’s Best New Series Harvey Award. Brian Miller colored the covers for the series, and some of Terry’s work appears in Master Digital Color.

Hmm…maybe we should change the subtitle of Hi-Fi Color to Digital Techniques for Award-Winning Results?

Master Digital Color hits shelves in February 2010. Stay tuned.

–Mona

Learn More about digital coloring: 

• Pick up your copy of Hi-Fi Color the book here.
• Click here for a downloadable video lesson with Brian Miller.
• Check out Special Effects for Digital Coloring with Brian Miller DVD.

IMPACT had another great year at the San Diego Comic-Con last week. Many authors did book signings at our booth, and it was great to spend time with them: Scape Martinez (GRAFF); Chris Ryall and Scott Tipton (Comic Books 101); Randy Martinez (Creature Features); Harry Hamernik (Face Off and Cartoonimals); Brian and Kristy Miller (Hi-Fi Color for Comics); Peter David (Writing for Comics and Graphic Novels with Peter David, Revised); and Andy Schmidt (The Insider’s Guide to Creating Comics).

Many authors also had their own tables or booths, such as Stephanie Pui-Mun Law (Dreamscapes), and many participated in our IMPACT University panel on How to Write and Draw Comics and Graphic Novels along with Comics Buyer’s Guide editor Maggie Thompson.

As Editorial Director of IMPACT, for me, the con was filled with scouting authors, promoting IMPACT, noting trends and absorbing as much as I can about the entertainment and comics industries (despite its name, this convention is not just about comics—it’s popular entertainment of all sorts). There were lots of panels, including many how-to art sessions, and it was great to see what’s coming up from the plethora of creators and publishers represented in all of the popular styles IMPACT covers. Lots of new ideas and contacts I’m excited to follow up on—a great time!

Pam Wissman, Editorial Director

IMPACT Books

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Going to San Diego for this year’s Comic-Con? You’re not alone. Once again the show is sold out. But for those of you lucky enough to score some tickets, make sure you swing by the IMPACT Books booth to see what your favorite IMPACT authors are up to. Here’s our entire schedule of events, so you won’t miss a thing:

Thursday, 7/23

11:00 a.m.

Harry Hamernik, author of Face Off and Cartoonimals

1:00 p.m.

Chris Ryall and Scott Tipton, authors of Comics 101

2:00 p.m.

Randy Martinez, author of Creature Features

Friday, 7/24

11:00 a.m.

Andy Schmidt, author of the Insider’s Guide to Creating Comics and Graphic Novels

12:00 p.m.

Kristy and Brian Miller, authors of Hi-Fi Color for Comics

1:00 p.m.

Peter David, author of Writing for Comics and Graphic Novels

3:00 p.m., Room 30CDE

IMPACT University: How to Write and Draw Comics, Graphic Novels, Manga and Fantasy!

Saturday, 7/25

11:00 a.m.

Scape Martinez, author of Graff

1:00 p.m.

Peter David, author of Writing for Comics and Graphic Novels

2:00 p.m.

Kristy and Brian Miller, authors of Hi-Fi Color for Comics

3:00 p.m.

Harry Hamernik, author of Face Off and Cartoonimals

3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Portfolio Review Area

Pam Wissman, IMPACT Book’s Editorial Director, Portfolio Reviews

Brian Miller, expert colorist and IMPACT author, has just completed two sweet new dvds on digital coloring. Introduction to Hi-Fi Digital Coloring does just what it says—it teaches you the most popular tips, tricks and techniques for coloring digitally, including breaking down an image into flat color and then adding cool light effects. The second dvd: Special Effects for Digital Coloring gives you the inside secrets behind eye-popping special effects.

Both dvds include the artwork used in the video so you can follow along as you learn to color the Hi-Fi way.

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A new preview to the video workshop Hi-Fi Digital Coloring with Brian Miller is now available. Click here to watch the clip and learn about special effects for digital coloring. You can also watch the introduction to the workshop here. The full streaming video is now available on artistsnetwork.tv.

Also be sure to check out the book Brian co-authored with Kristy Miller:

Get coloring and have a great weekend!
mary

Buy Here.

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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

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Check out Brian and Kristy Miller’s site http://www.hifidesign.com/ for everything they’re up to, including their time at the San Diego Comic Con, at which they did a panel on Hi-Fi Color for Comics and participated on our IMPACT Books panel. Great to see them and the tremendous interest in what they do. They’re in Egypt now, if I’m not mistaken (Kristy’s an archaeology prof, as well as the business brain behind Hi-Fi), so I hope they post pictures of that on their site when they return!

Pam Wissman, Editorial Director, IMPACT Books