Here you’ll find an exploration on how to make a living, by being creative. This blog gives you a little bit of a window into the day in the life of a Simpsons artist, who’s doing his own art on the side. You’ll also get an insight into what goes on in an artist’s brain. As well, as how he tries to improve his skills and his way of life with his creativity.
He also draws things that will hopefully make you laugh, or at the very least, crack a smile.
I’m a Storyboard artist on The Simpsons TV show and The Simpsons Movie. I drew Simpsons comics, on the side, for Bongo Comics for 12 years as well. Author of The Art of Draw Fu: Beginners Level. I live in California with my wife, daughter and four sons who I love very much. I’m Roman Catholic and I was born in El Salvador.
Bart: What a perfect plan. Now, Roger Myers will tell as just… Myers: [announcing the studio’s re-opening] And so when no one could think of a plan to resurect Itchy & Scratchy, a young boy, a wonderful irrepressible young boy, took it on his own to solve the problem. He discovered that the postal service’s Mr. Zip. was just a rip-off of my father’s stick figure character Manic Mailman. [crowd murmors] So the government gave me a _huge_ cash settlement, and Itchy & Scratchy Studios is back in business. [engines start up again] Thanks to you, Lester. [a Tracey-Ullman-era Bart comes on stage] Bart: What the hell is going on? Lisa: I don’t know, but it looks like you might have a little competition all of a sudden. Lester: Thanks everybody, but I couldn’t have done all this without the help of my brainy sister Eliza. [a Tracey-Ullman-era Lisa joins him] Lisa: [gasps]
This question was asked to a Facebook group that I’m a part of. It was specifically about two things: Superheroes and Manga:
When is fitting the standard too… standard?
I’ve been looking at some kids’ writings and comics and have thought about familiarity between readers and the border of having something too generic and having something familiar that a reader can be comfortable with.
What comes to mind is when people draw things for Mangas and Comics. In comics, we all love superheroes in outfits, but how long until everyone looks the same or try-hard? Same goes for anime; how long until they all look like schoolgirls or kids who stumbled into a hot-topic?
There are a lot of memes that come into the expectations of our media, so it’s difficult to be really different, yet remain in the comfort zone long enough as to not scare off any prospective audience.
What are your experiences? Thoughts? Things to add?
I LOVE this question and I’ll do my best to answer it in the video below. I also wrote out the answer if you’d rather read it. Either way you get the same info.
I didn’t answer the question thinking I have THE answer, I just wanted to try to give one:
The Sea of Sameness
So Manga has a standard and there’s also genres within Manga. So you’ve got the “school girl” genre, right? And you know there’s a market for the school girl kind of stories. If you want to join in, how are you going to stand out in a sea of sameness?
Same problem with Superheroes. There’s a bunch a guys in tights fighting and they’re all superheroes. How are you going to stand out? Marvel and DC have basically monopolized the market. How do you stand out in a market like that?
Well, I’m no expert, I don’t think I have THE answer. If I did, I’d be doing it and I’d be rich, right? But I’m going to throw out my thoughts on the matter. This is how I would approach the situation.
Okay so here goes:
My Answer
One of the reasons you’re not standing out is because you’re not saying anything new. You’re not taking that genre and saying something new enough.
I understand that the genre exists because people are looking to get specific things within the genre. Specific emotions, a specific experience. Every genre has specific experiences that they draw from that people are attracted to.
“What people want is the same but different.” They want to be surprised. They want to get something they didn’t see coming while experiencing the familiar.
I think, the problem is that you’re trying to say the same thing everyone else is saying. You don’t have a voice, you’re not saying ANYTHING. YOU are not in the work. I think that’s really the problem.
I think you can make a successful Superhero story or School girl story if you’re actually saying something of VALUE. That is new, that also fills a NEED.
Search for What you can Uniquely Fill
In order to do that, you have to find out what is MISSING. Then see how YOU can uniquely bring that subject to the table in a way that has not been done or said.
So it the end, it’s not really the genre. It’s about what is missing that you can fill, that you can uniquely say, within the confines of the genre.
You can also do this without being within a genre. You can do this by just finding something unique that you’re interested in talking about. You can start there first and then put the genre on top of it later.
So that’s what I was thinking. That’s my two cents.
What’s YOUR Answer?
What do you think? Am I wrong am I right, am I missing something? Let me know. Seriously, I don’t have THE answer here. I have a possible answer, I have a possible solution.
If you think it’s a good solution, let me know, if you think it’s not, let me know.
It’s a good topic for conversation.
I hope this was something worth thinking about.
Pulp Simpsons
If your still interested in seeing the Pulp Simpsons drawings, I’m sending out five more drawing to my email list this week. Join up and see what you’re missing.
CATHOLICISM – Pope Francis
Viva il Papa!
Hurray! We got a new Pope and I think he rocks!
I’ve been following all the new about him pretty obsessively.
I also like his face. So much so that I got an overwhelming urge to draw him. So here’s my drawing of Pope Francis.
ART – How Artists can Better Learn to Teach Themselves
The Simpsons Quotes:
So when I took the test, the answers were stuck in my head. It was like a whole different kind of cheating! – Bart Simpson
When you haven’t got a mentor around, or when you’re the only person you know who draws. When the figure drawing teacher in your class is awful or if there isn’t even a teacher at all, how can you learn?
How do you improve your art when there’s no one who can help?
Today I’m going to write about some possible solutions to this problem, and it really begins with self motivation.
You can watch the video below or read the information on the post below. It’s really the same info either way:
There’s a section in the book called “Meta-Learning” where he brakes down the concept and teaches you how to teach yourself anything. I found this really fascinating.
Why is it important for us as artists to learn this sort of thing?
Well, the things you do when you’re meta-learning are very similar to the things you do when you want to teach somebody to draw.
It teaches you how to break things down, how to study it so you can do so. It helps you break a subject matter down to it’s building blocks. Then find what you really need from those building block and learn from them.
Bite Sized Chunks of Info
If you’re an artist and you don’t have access to anyone that will do that for you and if your going to have to do it yourself, it would be a good idea to learn to do it well. It’s one of the reasons why some art teachers tend to learn more about the subject that they’re teaching, than the students.
They have to break down a subject in such a way, that they can explain it to their students in a way that it can be internalize. Break it down into small size bites so that the students can learn it.
The very process of doing that is a learning experience, and it help you internalize stuff. Once that’s done, you can practice what you’ve broken down over and over.
But that’s not the only book I recommend. I also recommend a book by the name of Game Frame: Using Games as a Strategy for Success by Aaron Dignan. The reason I bring this one up is because it puts forth the proposition that games are fun because we are learning something. We’re learning to control a character, or a rules or something.
Part of the fun of playing games is the slow learning process you get when you play the game itself. The best games have this thing called “flow” where they’re teaching you a skill that you don’t know, in such a way that it’s challenging but not frustrating.
If it’s too frustrating you’re not having fun, if it’s too easy you’re not having fun. When you get the right balance, between too frustrating and too easy, that’s when you’re actually learning. That’s when you’re having fun.
Gamify the Process
That’s one of propositions in the book. The book itself is about adding a game layer to life. Trying to find a way to “gamify” your life. That way you can find ways to make things that are dull a game. If you can make things like that fun, then they are motivating.
Motivating yourself is really the tricky part we have to deal with most. Even in the The 4-Hour Chef there was a part about finding incentives for yourself. He called it, setting stakes. Have something be at stake if you don’t complete what you’ve set out to do.
In a game, the stakes are, you don’t want to lose, you’re in a state of flow, you don’t want to stop playing. Like if you play a game of Civilizations you want “one more turn”. Games are really good at doing that. Getting you into that flow.
Melding Ideas
If you want to learn to grab that idea from the book Game Frame and you read The 4-Hour Chef, you can combine the ideas in both books. You might find a way to become a better artist. And you might be motivated to learn a lot of other things too.
And it’s fun. Learning is actually fun.
I just thought I’d bring those up.
I’m gonna be reading another book soon on habits and few other game design books and I might talk about those too. I’m really into this kind of meta-learning thing and I’ve been trying it out in my life.
Comment
How about you? What have you found that helps you learn that can make you better at drawing?
Pulp Simpsons Continues
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COMIC BOOKS/VIDEOS – Mark Waid on Digital comics
This was posted on Mark Waid’s blog a while ago but I recently became aware of it. I thought I’d share:
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THE SIMPSONS NEWS – Full Frontal Naked Bart in a French Commercial
The Simpsons Quote:
[Comic Book Guy sits at his computer.]
“Hey, what the? Huh, the Internet King. I wonder if he can provide faster nudity.” – Comic Book Guy.
Sometimes, when you work in animation, you end up working a some very strange projects.
Sometimes you end up working on foreign commercials with full frontal cartoon nudity in them.
This happened to me, and I’m going be talking about in this weeks post.
You can watch the video or simply read what I have to say below.
There’s is a link to the commercial I talk about further down the page:
The First Full Frontal Bart
Years ago I worked on a French detergent commercial that used The Simpsons characters.
It’s one of those surprising and strange projects that you’re asked to do. I believe I did character layout on it.
In case you don’t know what Character Layout is, CLICK HERE, I wrote a whole post explaining it. In nutshell, it’s the process where we set up the shots and draw in the acting and the key animation poses of a scene.
Alright, so here’s the interesting thing about this French commercial: It ends with the family naked at the end. At least some of the family. They kinda run off screen before you get to see any of their nakedness. Except for Bart.
It’s the first time that Bart was ever show naked, full frontal. They did it again The Simpsons movie and made a big joke out of it. But that French commercial was the first time they did that naked joke.
The Note From Matt Groening
Now, this was the thing I found interesting. The storyboard artist had drawn Bart, anatomically correct. But you see…man I wish I had some of the artwork so I can show you but I don’t. I did find the video and you can see it below but the thing is, there was this note. I remember the note because, I think I was doing the layout scene or…I don’t remember what it was but, the note was from Matt Groening.
Well Matt Groening didn’t want Bart to be drawn anatomically correct in the way it was drawn in the board. He wanted the drawing to be a little bit more abstract. You’ll see what he looks like in the actual Youtube video. That’s exactly the look that Matt Groening gave us to have Bart look like.
I thought that was very interesting and very funny.
So if you want to see the first full frontal naked appearance of Bart, here you go:
What did you think? Had you ever seen that before?
Pulp Simpsons Continue
I’m still sharing more Pulp Simpson drawing on my newsletter. It’s mash up of Simpsons and Pulp Fiction that the artists on the show just decided to do for fun.
I’m sharing it with my newsletter subscribers. If you want to join in the fun, sign up. If you do so before next Thursday, I’ll send you this weeks’ email.
WEBSITES – The Drawing Website
I just thought I’d remind you that my ART OF DRAW FU pdf is available to download for FREE.
This book is specially written for anyone who thinks you need to be talented to learn to draw.
Click the link below to read what the book is all about and how you can get yourself a free copy. Don’t miss out.
THE SIMPSONS NEWS – Simpsons Artists Invent a Version of Zombie Freeze Tag
The Simpsons Quote:
[Flanders, a zombie, approaches Homer] Ned Flanders: Hey, Simpson. I’m feeling a might peckish. Mind if I chew your ear? [Homer kills Flanders by blasting his head apart with a shotgun] Bart: Dad! You killed the zombie Flanders. Homer: He was a zombie?
I’ve stated before that I worked at the Fox Studio Lot during the Simpson movie, working on story boards. A lot of interesting things happened during my time there.
The group of Simpsons artist at the Fox Lot quickly go the reputation of being the trouble makers at the lot. It was a tense environment and our way of relieving the stress was to play as much as possible. Like a bunch of children.
Today I’m going to tell you about one of those days where we really had an opportunity to play and have fun during our work hours.
You can either play the video and hear me tell the story or you can read the story below. It’s the same information either way.
OH, and if you want to hear MORE crazy stories and anecdotes, scroll down to the bottom of this post where there a link to a podcast with more insider Simpsons stuff:
The Small Staff at the Fox Lot
There was a very small group of us that worked a the Fox Studios Lot. We were right in the thick of it. Some of us became friends with the writers. Our bosses where THE producers of the movie. We were working directly under the people that were calling the shots, David Silverman and everyone else heading the production.
There was a very small group of us, about 15 to 20. We were kind of like, the key group that needed to get the work done. The 20 of us weren’t all artists. We were editors and compositors.
There’s a lot that happened, but there came a point where…I don’t remember what happened, the writers and producers stopped the production to have a meeting. That meant our small group didn’t have work to do.
What We do When There’s No Work to Do
Well, we’re a bunch of artists who are about as mature as a bunch of three year olds, so we decided we were going to go have fun at the park. You see, there’s a park right across the street from the Fox Lot.
So we all got up an left to the park across the street.
Once we where there, we said,
“Hey guys, lets play tag!” So we did.
We then invented a game we called Zombie Freeze Tag.
The rule went something like this:
One person is “it.”
When they tagged you, you where frozen. Until someone unfroze you by touching.
If you got frozen and unfrozen three times, you became “it” along with the original person who was “it.” You became “infected,” you became a zombie. You became “it” with the other person.
So little by little, everyone gets tagged and untagged, frozen, unfrozen, the group that was “it” becomes larger than the people who are not “it.”
That’s when it becomes the “Zombie Apocalypse Tag.”
The game ends when there’s no more “humans” left.
And that’s what we played. We played it until there was one person left who was running for his life because everyone else was a zombie.
So we invented that game at the park that day and had fun.
A Trip to the Playground
Afterward, we all decided that we wanted to go the playground. Off we go to the play ground, a large group of adults.
We kinda scared off all the kids from the playground because we were the big scary people. We spent out time playing and having fun at the playground. Someone had brought a skateboard and was doing tricks and enjoying himself.
And then, the Ice Cream man came! So of course, we had ice cream.
The Golf Cart
As we were having ice cream and playing in the play ground, we saw a golf cart. It had come from the Fox Lot, and it was for us.
We were told that production had started again, the meeting was over and everyone needed to come back.
Well, there were actually two golf carts that they had sent from the Fox Lot that were sent to come and get us. So everyone climbed up on these little tiny electrical powered golf carts and got chauffeured down the street. Just because we were a bunch of artists who went to the park to be goofy.
Funnest Day Ever
That was actually, one of the funnest days we had, working in the production of The Simpsons Movie. It’s one of those things, that just happen, it’s fun and it’s great, and then it’s back to work.
Just thought I’d share that in case you wanted to know what it was like to work in The Simpsons Movie. What it was like to be one of the artist there and some of the things that happened.
Has this Happened to You?
Hope you enjoyed my little anecdote. If you did just let me know. Have you ever done anything crazy like that at work? Have you ever had that kind of fun and invented games or anything like that?
Leave a comment. Let me know. Share.
Pulp Simpsons Continue
I’m still sharing more Pulp Simpson drawing on my newsletter. It’s mash up of Simpsons and Pulp Fiction that the artists on the show just decided to do for fun.
I’m sharing it with my newsletter subscribers. If you want to join in the fun, sign up. If you do so before next Thursday, I’ll send you this weeks’ email.
PODCASTS – The Simpsons: Then and Now
Want to hear even MORE Simpsons stories and anecdotes?
My co-worker and pal, Chance Raspberry and I talked about working on the show, how we got started, answer questions from the live audience who was with us and generally have a good time talking about The Simpsons.
THE SIMPSONS NEWS – So as I Was Walking Through the Fox Studio Lot, I Saw Kevin Smith and…
The Simpsons Quote:
“Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs.” ~ Homer
As a kid, I grew up in Burbank and I saw lots of celebrities around town. Working on The Simpsons, I’ve seen my share of celebrities.
When I worked on The Simpsons Movie I saw a few more, to add to my collection.
This time around I saw Kevin Smith and I’ll tell you what happened this week.
You can hear my story by watching the video or you can read the story below. It’s the same story either way:
Walking to the Parking Lot I Saw…
I worked on The Simpsons movie on storyboards in the story department. I actually had to drive down to the Fox lot everyday and worked there.
That in itself was a bit of an adventure. There’s so many stories and so many things that happened there, that I can talk about.
So here’s one of them. One really small one so it’s going to be a very short post.
So, we’re in a movie studio, and sometimes actors or celebrities that we’re familiar with, walk around.
One night, a friend of mine and I were leaving. We were headed to our car.
It was nighttime and it was dark. As we were walking to the parking lot. I happen to look up ahead and see an actor director that I recognized, Kevin Smith.
Now, I’m not one of the these people who like to approach actors or celebrities. It’s just not one of my things. I’m generally, a shy person and I also don’t like to bother people.
But I do get a kick from seeing celebrities,
“Hey, there’s so and so,” then I can say to people, like I am right now, “Hey I saw Kevin Smith.”
The Loud Whisper
So I was walking with my friend and as we were talking I whispered,
“Hey, there’s Kevin Smith.”
He turns to me, “Huh?”
“I said, there’s Kevin Smith,” and as I say this we’re getting closer to him. He frowns at me,
“What?”
In a loud whisper as start repeating, “Kevin Smith, there’s Kevin Smith, Kevin Smith. Kevin Smith is over there. Kevin Smith.”
“What? I can’t hear what you’re saying,”
So I blurt out, “THERE’S KEVIN SMITH!” and at this point we’re right next to the guy. Of course then he looks right at us. I mean I just yelled out his name.
It was so embarrassing, I didn’t know what to do. I just had to walk with my head down. Trying to cover my face, “don’t mind me, just passing through.”
Uh, Yeah…
It was so ridiculous and so…right out of a Kevin Smith joke.
Yeah, so that’s my story. It’s one of my, “here’s what happened as I was working on The Simpsons movie, anecdotes.”
Has something like this ever happened to you? It’s just embarrassing.
After that I turned to my friend,
“Look what you made me do!” I don’t like calling attention to myself and it was embarrassing and I’m sure Kevin Smith could care less and doesn’t even know it happened and it doesn’t bother him.
But it’s funny and embarrassing at the time. I knew right then that I had a story to tell.
I hope you liked my story.
Please Leave a Comment
If something like this has ever happened to you, let me know.
Share the pain, share the pain!
Pulp Simpsons Continues
I’m still sending “Pulp Simpsons” art on my newsletter. I’ll be doing it for a while. There’s a ton of art there.
What is “Pulp Simpsons?” It’s The Simpsons/Pulp Fiction mash up drawing that The Simpsons crew did for fun around the time the movie came out.
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THE SIMPSONS NEWS – Is it REALLY How the Pros Draw The Simpsons?
The Simpsons Quote:
“Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything that’s even remotely true.” – Homer Simpson
Have you seen the book: “The Simpsons Handbook: Secret Tips from the Pros”? Have looked at it and said, is it REALLY Secret Tips from the Pros?
I mean, why would they print a book that ACTUALLY taught you to draw The Simpsons? These books are always drawn by people who have to relation to the Pros who work on the show right?
You can either watch the video or read the post. The info is the same.
Head up, all links to the book on this post are affiliate links.
And don’t forget to look further down into the blog to see the Pulp Fiction/Simpsons mash up drawings and the Simpsonized Doctor Who art. I’m also offering some free drawing couching. For more on that see below:
What you get in the book is actually information on how the draw the characters on the show from actual Simpsons artists. They actually hired some of my friends. For example, the book says, character art by:
All these people that I’m naming are they’re ALL coworkers. I mean, it’s ridiculous…these are my friends right?
It’s weird, because if you really want to know how to draw the characters for real, this book tells you how to do it.
But You Don’t Have to Take MY Word For It
Don’t take my word for it okay, I’m going to prove it to you.
So using the hand outs that we get, I’ll show you. It’s an old hand out and we’ve updated some of this stuff but I’m going to use it as an example.
Now, so I don’t get in trouble, I’m only going to show you small parts of the hand out sheets. Here we go:
See that lumps there? Okay.
The light bulb body.
The three cups long that his arm is.
Okay so that’s from our official how to draw hand outs that we get as artists.
Now I’m going to show you what’s in the book under Homer:
See there? The lumps for the hair:
The light bulb body.
The Three cups long that his arm is.
The Big Difference
In the book, it’s as if they took all that stuff we’ve got in the hand outs and cleaned them up. You saw how rough and unorganized the info was in the hand outs.
We’ve pretty much replaced a lot of what we hand out to new artists, with scanned sheets of this book. It’s a cleaner version of what is in our old hand outs.
Our old hand outs where unorganized and rough. Even for professionals it got really confusing so we’re using the book now. If fact, the book expands upon many of the concepts for drawing the characters. It’s really handy.
All the new artist, they pick u the book or see the scans of the some of the pages from the book so that they can learn to draw the characters.
The Reason I’m Even Bringing This Up
IF you want to know what we know about drawing the characters, then “The Simpsons Handbook: Secret Tips from the Pros,” is what you need. It was drawn by us, who work on the show. This is what we do. This is us.
I just thought I’d bring this up and talk about this book.
A lot of people talk about this book, have seen the book and it’s almost like a joke,
“Hey look at this. How to draw the Simpsons. Heh heh heh yeah right,” no, this is REALLY how we draw the characters.
There was a coworker who was brand new and he came in and as a joke, he showed me the book,
“Hey look, I got this book. But I’m not going to use it. I just got it because I was curious and I thought it was interesting,” and I turned to him,
“Why aren’t you going to use it? This is pretty much what they’re going to give you to draw from anyway,” and his eyes get all wide,
“REALLY? I thought that was joke.”
“No, look at the artist credited in the book. The art is from us.”
How Valuable is to You?
The book, if you purchase it, is $39.00. You can probably get it cheaper at Amazon.
I think it just comes down to what it’s worth to you. If you really want know how to draw the characters the way we do it on the show, then it’s really a good deal.
So What Can You do With This Info?
On this week’s email, I sent out the first of many Simpsons and Pulp Fiction mash up drawings. See what we artists do behind the scenes with our ability to draw Simpsons characters.
Here’s a small sample:
Want more? I’ll send you this week’s email if you opt in to receive e-mails before next Thursday. The longer you wait the more you miss out on.
WEBSITE – Do You Want Free Drawing Coaching From Me?
I’ve been talking a lot about having mentors and friends that can help you improve your drawings. Sometimes, circumstances don’t allow this to happen. Because of this, I thought perhaps I could offer my services, as part of my services from www.TheDrawingWebsite.com
Sometimes you need someone to go over your stuff so you can see your work in a new way. It helps you improve quicker. This is what helped me get better faster. This is STILL the fastest way for me to get better.
I want to do that for you, I want to help you that way. I just couldn’t figure out a way that would make it as easy for everyone involved as possible, until last week.
This is what I came up with. You tell me what you think.
To Do That, Send Me Your Art
I’m going to accept TEN people’s work. That means, ten people will send me a drawing, and I’m going to go over it. Give you tips and advise. Tell you what to should look out for and what you should work on.
There is no draw back to doing this. You send me your drawing and I basically give you a FREE lesson on how YOU can improve your skills via e-mail. No video, just drawing over your stuff with commentary written on it.
Where do you send the drawing? What are the conditions?
If you’re interested to know this and more, CLICK HERE.
You find out the information you need to know, but act fast because the offer will only last for two weeks from this post.
THE SIMPSONS NEWS – Doctor Who Simpsonized
And speaking of Simpsons mash ups, I found this on the internet and thought it was sooo AWESOME!
I’d TOTALLY watch this episode. It’s REALLY difficult to Simpsonize someone and still capture the right likeness. I can’t believe what a good job this artist did.
COMIC BOOKS – Working on a Mike Allred Simpsons Comic Book.
Hmm, that lightning exclamation point looks awfully familiar.
The Simpsons Quote:
In the alley behind his store CBG: (throwing out a large stack of comics) It seems I will never sell these “She-Hulk vs. Leon Spinks” comics. Worst cross-over ever!(leaves) Nerds: (getting the sent of the comics, one grabs the comics from the trash bin) CBG: (points a flashlight at them, which make their eyes shine red) Nerds: Aargh! (they run away) CBG: (Waving a broom at them) Shoo, nerds, shoo!
I’d done other work besides working on The Simpsons show.
Sometimes, doing this sort of thing actually makes for some fun adventures.
Today I’m going to talk about one of those fun moments that happened when I worked on some Simpsons comics.
You can either watch the video below or read it. The information is the same either way:
(All the links to the products below are affiliate links.)
A Fun Freelance Job
While I worked on The Simpsons I used to freelance for Bongo Comics.
Well, I’m a big fan of Mike Allred, the creator of Madman. My boss at Bongo, Bill Morrison, knew this. He was also a fan and we used to talk about comics all the time.
BUT I drew the plots and I still have them. So check this out. Here’s the rough plots of the page above:
Pretty cool huh?
Surprised at Comic Con
So here’s the interesting part, okay. So I drew this comic, that year I went to San Diego Comic Con. Laura Allred, Mike Allred‘s wife was in a booth there selling their extra comics.
They were these old comics they had worked on called Grafik Muzik. That was, actually the comic that had made me become aware of Mike Allred. These Grafik Muzik comics.
The comic made me search out for more of his stuff which led me to his Madman comics and all his other books.
So I started talking to Laura and I told her I was a big fan, and I bought some Grafik Muzik comics. I also told her that I had worked on the Simpson Comic her husband had written.
She told me to stick around for a moment because she was sure that he might be coming by. Sure enough, he showed up.
I introduced myself, we shook hands and I told who I was and what I did. I was 19 or 20 years old at the time. I don’t remember but I was much younger then.
And he was so awesome. We just started talking about comics, The Simpsons and all kinds of things. Then he says,
“Come on, come with me,” and we just walked off into Comic Con. I went with him as he bought comics and we talked and looked around.
It was fun. He spoke with a lot of industry guys as I tagged along, and it was fun. It was really nice that he did that. I really appreciated it.
I have fond memories of having worked on the comic. And I have fond memories of what happened after.
Working on the Comic
And here’s the thing. The script he actually wrote that he wanted a iris panel, because that’s his style. He does those old school grids and page layouts. He basically choreographed the way he wanted the grids and the panels to work. I was familiar with his style so, to me that was a lot of fun too.
Embarrassing Myself
I ended up sending them a thank you note via Bill Morrison after I got home from Comic Con a few days later…so embarrassing.
It’s this drawing I did of Bart Simpsons on Madman’s leg and Madman is trying to shake him off. BUT then on the drawing I wrote this, like, love letter to both Laura and Mike Allred and it’s…it’s bad. I really hope they forgot about it…
ANYWAY, I hope you’ve enjoyed this, anecdote. Let me know what you think of my story. Are you a fan of Mike Allred. I can only say good things. He’s a great guy.
A Better Look at All the Roughs
This week’s newsletter has the roughs for the comic, if you want to take a look at them. Give’s you an idea of what the story he wrote was like.
PODCASTS – Simpsons: Then and Now
Tonight, as of the time of this writing, my co-worker Chance Raspberry and my pal and animator Larry Whitaker are going to meet up with animation fans for our second live recording of our The Corner Booth podcast. Our podcast where we talk about the animation industry from the inside.
It’s happening tonight in a secret location, in Burbank. The topic for this recording is, The Simpsons: Then and Now.
Chance and I will be talking about our experience working on the show.
How we got our jobs on the show and the madness that is producing an episode.
Plus some anecdotes from our time working on the movie.
AND the best part, you can interrupt us anytime and ask us questions about the show.
Depending on what time you’re reading this, you might still be able to come and join us.
Like I said, the location is secret BUT if you opt in to The Corner Booth notification email: http://www.thecornerbooth.net/welcome/ BEFORE 5pm tonight and you live near Burbank, we’ll send you the info.
Louie: It’s him all right. Should I shoot him gangland style or execution style? Fat Tony: Listen to your heart.
Drawing styles is what separates artists from one another. Even when some artists copy each others styles, they aren’t exactly the same.
Styles are important enough that artists are more or less successful, sometimes, on style alone.
So a lot of developing artists are in a HUGE rush to get one. To find the style that will “make them somebody.”
I think this is the wrong way to think. I think worrying about style is a waste of time.
Today, I’m going to be talking about drawing styles.
You can either watch the video or read what I’ve got to say below it. It’s the same content. Go have a look.
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My Style
I think I have a style. I’m not sure, but I might. If I do, I didn’t develop it, create it, or go out of my way to make it.
As animators we’re not trained to have a style. We’re not really supposed to have a style. We’re supposed to be chameleons of style. We are trained to emulate ALL styles.
In the animation industry, I would even go so far as to say that, having a style might be a detriment. I would say, that this might also be true with artists in general. If you only have one style, you’re shooting yourself in the foot.
Style Development
I think it’s better to be a good draftsman and draw well, then to have a style. What style actually is, is your favorite short hand solutions to drawing problems. It’s how you want to draw knees or faces…it’s the way you want to express certain things.
It’s something unique to you, and it just happens.
When you study a lot of academics, artists, and drawing solutions, the amalgam of all that work develops into your voice. Your style will develop without you trying hard. It will just happen.
Style is just you’re go to solutions. That thing you always do.
People will say,
“You always make one eye bigger than the other. You always draw eyebrows like that,” and you’ll say,
“Because that’s what I like,” and that’s what’s going to end up happening. Your style will begin to develop naturally.
Draftsmanship First
The problem is that the people who don’t know how to draw as good as they want, are the people that want to skip to style right away.
Develop your draftsmanship FIRST. Then you’re style will develop naturally. It will just happen, because you will develop short hand solutions.
Mastery of All Styles
I would even go so far as to say, that even when you develop a style, break from it. Try other styles. Do other things. Try emulating other people’s styles. Be a style chameleon. Don’t be pigeon holed.
Be able to do any style. From realistic to cartoony.
For example, if you look at someone like Frank Frazetta, he has some very “realistic” paintings. His style is very naturalistic. That’s what everyone sees when you google him. It’s these beautiful fantasy paintings:
The thing is, he was an incredible draftsman. Yet, he was also a fantastic cartoonist. He was able to draw the “Looney Tunes” style, perfectly. You would have never guessed it was him if you saw them:
When I first saw his cartoony stuff, I thought to myself,
“That’s Frank Frazetta? Really? That’s fantastic!” I wouldn’t have known.
He was really really versatile. Style didn’t matter. His draftsmanship skills where so good, he could do anything.
THAT’S what you want.
The Handy Cap of Style
You don’t want to pigeon hole yourself into one style. What happens when your style goes out of style? When no one wants “your style?”
Well, then you’re out of a job. You’re a one trick pony. Don’t do that to yourself.
Be a style chameleon. Be able to do draw anything in any style. The only way to do this, is to really work at developing your draftsmanship skills and master drawing.
That’s what I would recommend when it comes to style.
Comments
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ART – You’re as Good an Artist as the Artist Friends you Hang Out With.
Simpsons Quote:
Bart: I’m going to keep the Mary Worth phone right here. Her stern but sensible face will remind me never to do anything so stupid again. (it rings and Bart answers it)
Milhouse: Hey Bart, you want to go play with that X-ray machine in the abandoned hospital?
Bart: Sure!
I don’t know who’s a worse influence, Bart on Milhouse, or Milhouse on Bart.
Jim Rohn once said:
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”
This isn’t an absolute statement, but the point is that you’re influenced either positively or negatively by the people you hang around most.
For artists this includes the artists or lack of artists you hang around with. They influence your art and development.
In this week’s post I’m going to put forth the proposition that the better the artists you hang around with, the better your art will be.
You can either watch the video or read along below it. Either way, you’ll get the same information.
Make sure to check the final bit of the post to see what I sent off to my newsletter this week when you’re done. You don’t want to miss out:
My Friends
I tend to hang out with friends that are better artist than me. I think you want to do something similar.
Try to find a group of artists out there somehow, by creating a drawing group or something, and try to hang out with artists that are WAY better than you. The kind of artists that, when you look at their art, they make you feel bad.
The kind you think you SHOULDN’T be hanging around. Because that’s exactly the reason you should.
When you hang around friends that are better than you at drawing, they pull you up to their level. The fact that you’re around people who know more than you and are doing stuff that you aren’t will help you.
When you do this correctly, and aren’t allowing the fact that they’re better make you feel sorry for yourself. When you reverse those thoughts and you observe what you friends do, see what they’re doing that you’re not, ask them, trade notes, watch them draw, emulate…what they do will rub off on you. You WILL become better.
Fixing Your Drawing Flaws
For example, if you’re having trouble and you have a lot of flaws in your art, it will be easier for you to see it. It will be easier for you to see what you’re doing wrong.
You’re hanging around people doing such great work that it’s highlighting your flaws. Step one is to see what you’re doing wrong.
DON’T let that bring you down though. You need that to elevate you. Now that you know what you’re doing wrong, you can do something about it.
For example, it would be a great idea to, study what they’re doing and how they solve the problem. See how they’re doing it.
But you also can take that opportunity to go to your drawing books (because we artists have a lot) and you sit down and study that thing. Since you’ve compared your stuff and seen what you need to work on, now you know exactly what you need to study.
By doing this, self study of the academics and seeing how you friends APPLY the academics, you can’t help but improve.
Pushing You to the Next Level
Surround yourself with better artists. Surround yourself with better art. Learn from them. Don’t let that get you down. Use it to drive you.
Don’t be the big fish in the small pond where you’re the best. There’s a danger that if you’re in that situation, you’ll cease trying.
I’ve got friends who are better than me who hang out with guys who are better than they are. That elevates them.
I hang out with them because it elevates my work.
Find those groups. Look for those groups.
I’m not saying you should abandon the friends you’ve already got. That’s just being a jerk. But find those people who will push you and take your stuff to the next level.
Doing This Already?
If you already do this, let me know. Leave a comment. Tell me who the people are that you hang out with and what they do for you. How do they help you become a better artist?
Simpsons Star Wars Mash Up
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ART – Draw Fu Cover Art
Here’s the line art for the cover of my ART OF DRAW FU drawing book based on the info I wrote on TheDrawingWebsite.com.
I had a lot of fun drawing it. I hope you like it.
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ART -The Importance, for Artists, to Have a Good Teacher or Mentor.
The Simpsons Quote:
Bleeding Gums Murphy: You know, you play pretty well for someone with no real problems.
Lisa: Yeah, but I don’t feel any better.
Bleeding Gums Murphy: The blues isn’t about feelin’ better. It’s about makin’ other people feel worse and makin’ a few bucks while you’re at it.
Bleeding Gums Murphy was Lisa Simpsons’ mentor. He taught her more about her art. How to think about it, what to do with it, how to improve upon it.
He died tragically of “script writer killed him off” syndrome.
There’s a lot of, up and coming artists, who sit around frustrated. Not knowing what they’re doing wrong or how to get past the wall they’ve hit. There’s only so many things you can get from books.
Sometimes you just need someone to take a look at what you’re doing and guide you where you need to go.
Today I’m going to be writing about good teachers and mentors. Why you need one and how you might go about getting one.
You can either watch the video below or read along. It’s up to you. The information is the same, either way.
That said, at the bottom of this post I introduce a new podcast I’m on so check it out when your done:
Mentors
I’ve had a lot of good teachers and mentors. I think it’s really important to find one or get one.
The reason I say this is, you can have all the academics down, all the theories, everything you need to know. You can learn them in books, videos and sources like that. But sometimes you need to have someone sit down with you and go over your work.
It’s critical to get that kind of feedback. You might think you’re applying the systems and academics correctly, when in fact, your not.
It helps to have someone look at your work and critique it.
Examples of Mentor-ship in Action
I have a few examples of this sort of thing here on the blog already. There was a post I wrote about making a painting breakthrough. I was studying painting. Trying to get my painting right, trying to get the theories to work, but I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong.
Then my friend and mentor Paul Wee, came into my office and saw me in midst of despair. We had a conversation and he told me what I needed to do and why.
My first two seasons on The Simpsons, directors would just sit down and draw over my stuff…over and over and over. Yes, it’s brutal. You feel like you’re a total loser.
You thought you had it all figured out, until someone better than you started pointing out all your flaws. It’s tough.
But from that point on, you become aware, that there are things you need to think about that you never realized you needed to think about before. Suddenly you start seeing your work from the eyes of your mentor.
You start asking, “What would they say? What am I not doing?” this helps you improve and grow.
So I highly recommend getting yourself somebody.
How?
The Steps you Can Take to Get a Mentor
PAY somebody. I don’t know, whatever it takes. Maybe you can contact someone online. Maybe they can help you out and offer critique. Give you a little bit of pointers.
Maybe see if you meet up with them and they might give you a few pointers in exchange for some sort of compensation.
Or just find a friend who is WAY better than you. I happen to have my friend Paul who is a bazillion times better than, just about everybody. I ask him question and he just sits down and helps out.
He does this because he’s a friend of mine BUT he also does it because he knows that it helps him. It helps him wrap his head around drawing. He actually learns more by helping me. It solidifies and clarifies what he knows about drawing.
That would be my suggestion to you, if you want to improve yourself and improve your art. It will show you all the ways you could improve that you would have never been aware of otherwise.
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Bart Playing Video Games
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PODCAST – The Corner Booth
So I’ve teamed up with my co-worker Chance Raspberry and my pal and animator Larry Whitaker to create The Corner Booth. It’s a podcast where we talk about the animation industry from the inside.
We’ll cover many topics and have guests from the industry on the show.
One of the unique things about this podcast is that some episodes are recorded during a live meet up at an ACTUAL corner booth.
As of the time of this writing we’ve got two episode out. One is on:
We recorded a promo for the show but, it took us like HOURS to get it. We couldn’t stop laughing and screwing it up. If fact, Chance took it upon himself to make a blooper reel. It’s SUPER long:
Madness. Do you see what I’ve got to work with here?
Just found your page about Italy! Loved it! Lived in Italy a couple of years; just doing a YouTube video about how to get to the Sistine Chapel. Your sketches brought back so many memories (especially the “Metro at Rush Hour” type).
Dear Luis,
Very interesting and thoughtful blog. If you are interested in Catholicism and boardgames you might appreciate “Vatican” the boardgame I designed. It has been selling worldwide and we have gotten very favorable comments
Sincerely,
Stephen Haliczer Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Professor
Product Designer
The College of DuPage Press
Hey! I’ve been trying to call you for a couple weeks! I should have checked your blog sooner. I thought you might have had the baby by now! Congrats! Call me ya bum. My number…unlike yours… is the same xxx-xxx-xxxx.
im doing a piece of it coursework and wondered if i could put your
“computer stoopid” picture on it.
I would acknowledge where it came from beneath it and in the bibliography.
If the answer is yes then could you tell me the artists name too?
thanks. keith.
I just came upon your Nephilim skeleton debunking image….very interesting.
I wish we could have met at Comic Con to discuss certain issues. Nothing that
I would want to discuss openly here.
If you want to discuss something privately, you could always e-mail me. The address is up there under the “Hi, Welcome!” about the top commentators. It’s luis(at)luisescobarblog(dot)com.
Can you give me permission to use one of your illustrations for a tee shirt. I really want to wear “there must be some way to plug this keyboard into this game” – It’s how I see the world.. and you explained everything I want to tell the world in that one illustrzt8ion.
Gina
Yes, Gina. You can make it into a shirt for yourself off of that cartoon. I’m flattered.
I’ve been thinking about making shirts off of my little cartoons but I’m not sure which ones to do. Outside of an occasional cartoon that really hits home for someone, I’m not sure if they would sell.
Hi Luis,
My name is Phil and I came across your site while looking up information about animation and voice-over work. I’m a huge fan of the Simpsons & Futurama and a big Billy West fan (Ren&Stimpy, Futurama, Ect.). It is truly amazing to me how so many individuals come together to create these animated cartoons and the quality of the end product. I’m curious from your perspective how much work you have to re-do sometimes because of the networks and the way they censor some of the work that is being done. Best of luck to you in your projects. – Phil
You’d be surprised Phil. The biggest censors of the show are the writers themselves. They often pull back a joke they think is going too far. Sometimes, some of the jokes are funny too. It’s the artists that end up complaining about it. For example, there was a joke in one of the Halloween shows that all the artists thought was really funny. It was the show where Homer goes back in time on his toaster. In one of the futures he comes back too, he finds himself married to Patty and Selma. He discovers this when they show up waring lingerie. They looked really nasty, with their flab and hairy legs. When we saw it, everyone roared with horrified laughter. It was crazy. For some reason, during the re-write, they cut the gag because they thought it was too much. It was very disappointing. They didn’t even put the scene as an extra on the DVD.
It does. Thanks for the reply Luis. That gag actually would have been hilarious! Too bad it didn’t make it. I wonder if some unnecessary second guessing happens though because the writers feel they may be going over the top? (If that’s possible.) I know there is that fine line that writers and creators have to walk probably not only with the content of the show that’s created but with the networks as well. At least from what I understand in reading interviews and seeing convention interviews. Storyboards I think really help to set the tone of an episode and I bet it probably helps to justify many of the ideas that get spun out during the writing sessions of the writers. You all do great work on the show and I’m going to continue reading through your website. Thanks! – Phil
Hello there. I was researching nephilim for a report and I foung your blog. Its too bad those pics were all frauds. If they had been real, it would have been amazing.
After I read your stuff on the pictures I hung around a little, and read your “about me section”.
I am merely curious, so if I overstep a boundary, please feel free to tell me so.
I was wondering, sir, since you state that you are in fact a roman catholic, weather or not you believed in the deity of Jesus Christ?
I myself am a Christian, but I research other religions and alternate sects of my own. You could say its a hobby. In any case, if you find my inquiry impolite, I am sorry. I mean no offense.
Heh, no Christine, your question isn’t impolite. It’s good of you to ask. Too often people just assume things about Catholicism without asking.
The simple answer to your question is, “Yes”. Catholicism, teaches that Jesus Christ is God, the second person of the Holy Trinity.
The slightly more involved answer is as follows: The Catechism of the Catholic Church (the official book that explains all that the Catholic Church teaches) in paragraphs 446-451 ( http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P1H.HTM ) states the following:
446 In the Greek translation of the Old Testament, the ineffable Hebrew name YHWH, by which God revealed himself to Moses,59 is rendered as Kyrios, “Lord”. From then on, “Lord” becomes the more usual name by which to indicate the divinity of Israel’s God. the New Testament uses this full sense of the title “Lord” both for the Father and – what is new – for Jesus, who is thereby recognized as God Himself.60
447 Jesus ascribes this title to himself in a veiled way when he disputes with the Pharisees about the meaning of Psalm 110, but also in an explicit way when he addresses his apostles.61 Throughout his public life, he demonstrated his divine sovereignty by works of power over nature, illnesses, demons, death and sin.
448 Very often in the Gospels people address Jesus as “Lord”. This title testifies to the respect and trust of those who approach him for help and healing.62 At the prompting of the Holy Spirit, “Lord” expresses the recognition of the divine mystery of Jesus.63 In the encounter with the risen Jesus, this title becomes adoration: “My Lord and my God!” It thus takes on a connotation of love and affection that remains proper to the Christian tradition: “It is the Lord!”64
449 By attributing to Jesus the divine title “Lord”, the first confessions of the Church’s faith affirm from the beginning that the power, honour and glory due to God the Father are due also to Jesus, because “he was in the form of God”,65 and the Father manifested the sovereignty of Jesus by raising him from the dead and exalting him into his glory.66
450 From the beginning of Christian history, the assertion of Christ’s lordship over the world and over history has implicitly recognized that man should not submit his personal freedom in an absolute manner to any earthly power, but only to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Caesar is not “the Lord”.67 “The Church. . . believes that the key, the centre and the purpose of the whole of man’s history is to be found in its Lord and Master.”68
451 Christian prayer is characterized by the title “Lord”, whether in the invitation to prayer (“The Lord be with you”), its conclusion (“through Christ our Lord”) or the exclamation full of trust and hope: Maranatha (“Our Lord, come!”) or Maranatha (“Come, Lord!”) – “Amen Come Lord Jesus!”69
Luis – my name is Luis Escobar – every now and then I Google my name just to see what pops up. Well – I often come across you. No doubt – you have discovered me too. Anyway – sure there a ton of our Luis Escobar’s out there but I thought that I would just say hello and let you know that you have a cool name. BTW – I am the third Luis in four! Grandpa, Father, me and my son. Louie’s all around!
wow – that was fast – I am a photographer, distance runner and high school cross country coach. I live in Santa Maria California. Married with three kids. Your work is great. You are very skilled. I will take some time and learn a little more about you and your work. Very cool. Well – I am off to a work with one of my running students. I will look forward to talking with you a little more in the future. Luis
Howdee Luis, if you are a real Christian then i would suggest you to do some research on your big boss (Matt Groening being a 33rd degree mason).
Loads of subliminal messages in the Simpsons, and occult symbolism.
(Even 9-11 was announced).
Greetings…. (Peace be upon you)
I would like to present to you all the sciences related to cosmogony together with its rules as per its identity which is something not similar to any of the other things and is out of any and assimilation according to the following point of view:
1. The theories of on cosmogony lack the fundamentals of the origin of things as they are mainly based on incidence and on the unseen.
2. The cosmic extension that has been taking place is the result of the range of vision through using the telescope and any other instruments because the thing being seen is determined by vision and this is one of the universe laws.
3. Knowing the within secrets of man will uncover secrets of the universe as the apparent entities of existence are of six kinds: the perspective (what is being seen), the tangible world (what can be touched and felt), what can be weighed, what can be heard, things that have flavor and things that have smell. These, in most cases, are overlapping and are counted six in number.
The origin of all entities are bare pictures of materials, void of force and readiness; it shines in debate and is complete when read. The investigation of scientists is restricted to this reading (capability and liability) where the material is with all its atoms, energy and speed and this alone is useless compared with its radiance.
The first cosmic law is that nothing can be determined unless established with what is contrary to it. And things are sometimes concrete and sometimes abstract and both are the same according to law.
The origin of radiance is the brain and by saying this I do not mean perception but the simple core of it. By formulating this equation the truth becomes uncovered.
The subject is highly complicated and can only be clarified by word of mouth or by arguments.
So, what do you have to present. (show)
بعد التحية :-
أود أن أعرض عليكم جميع علوم نشأة مفردات الكون وقوانينه وفق ذاتيته التي هي شئ ليس كباقي الأشياء خارجه عن حد التعطيل والتشبيه حسب النظرة التالية :-
1/ أن نظريات نشأة الكون تفتقد لأصول نشأة الأشياء وتحيل على ألصدفه أو الغيب .وكذلك استغراق البحث في الأفاق لم يأتي بغايته إلا بقدر ربطه بالوعي الإنساني.
2/ التوسع الكوني الحاصل هو نتيجة المد البصري من خلال التلسكوب وغيره لأن المنظور أليه يثبت بالبصر وهذا أحد قوانين الكون
3/ معرفة أسرار بطون الإنسان تكشف أسرار الكون حيث أن مفردات الوجود الظاهر على ستة أنواع (المنظور أليها ). (الملموسة). (الموزونة). (المسموعة). (ذات طعم). (ذات رائحة). وتكون في أغلب الأحيان متداخلة .وأصل الأشياء كلها صور عارية عن المواد . خاليه من القوه والاستعداد . بمناظرتها تشرق وبمطالعتها تتم . وبحث العلماء ينحصر في هذه المطالعة (القوه والاستعداد) حيث المادة ودقائقها وطاقتها وسرعتها وهذا وحده لا جدوى منه بقدر إشراقها . . وأصل الإشراق هو العقل ولا أقصد به الإدراك أنما هو )جوهر بسيط درأك محيط) وبتكوين هذه المعادلة تنكشف الحقيقة .
الموضوع غاية بالتعقيد يوضح بالمشافهة والجدل فما هو عرضكم ؟
توضيح:-
* أود أن أبين بأن وسائط الإدراك هي الحواس ألخمسه + تحسس الوزن.
* إما أحوال الإدراك ( تصوراته أي المعاني التي يلبسها ) فهي ستة أيضا ثلاثة وخلافها :-
1/ الحياة والموجود ولها صور فمثلا صورة الحياة هي الماء.
2/ الحركة والسكون ولها صور فمثلا صورة الحركة هي الهواء.
3/ الانفعال والسكينة ولها صور فمثلا صورة الانفعال هي النار.
* إما مراتب نفس الإدراك إي نفس ألصوره فهي خمسه:-
1)الجماد 2) النبات 3) الحيوان 4) الملكوت 5) الإنسان وصور ذلك كثيرة.
*** وكل هذه الصور تندرج ضمن تصورات الإدراك .منها ظاهره ومنها كامنة إي لم تظهر لحد الآن . والتوسع الكوني الحاصل هو ظهور لبعض هذه الصور الكامنة.
*وأروع إبداعات الإدراك هو العقل (جوهر بسيط درأك محيط ) ولكل واحده تفصيلاتها الوظيفية.
ووظيفة العقل هي ربط كل الصور المذكورة أعلاه بعوالمها الحسيه ألسبعه. وعالمنا هو العالم السابع وفق نمطيته الحسيه. وتجري آثار العقل على كل الصور الكونية فتصبح محسوسة وفق قوتها واستعدادها التصوري.
قد لا يفهم الموضوع بشكل جيد كونه لم يطرق بتاتا
I’m doing some onsite interviews at Mystic Dragon’s Festival of Books. Would you have time to talk with me about your work and “The Art of Draw Fu”? at 4 pm on August 15th? Please let me know (and your “Black Terror Kid” comics, along with your comic about your trip to Rome, are really fun!).
by Blake Snyder:
, just so you can take the first steps into this mindset. This way you can also teach yourself, a better way to draw if you don’t have access to friends that can give you tips, in case you don’t have access to a mentor or to classes.
by Aaron Dignan. The reason I bring this one up is because it puts forth the proposition that games are fun because we are learning something. We’re learning to control a character, or a rules or something.
” really how the artists on the show, draw the characters?
. My boss at Bongo, 
. That was, actually the comic that had made me become aware of 
comics.
comics. I also told her that I had worked on the Simpson Comic her husband had written.
Luise,
That is a great illustration of the Podcast Expo. Sorry you did not make it to the Mass.
God bless,
Fr. Jay
Just found your page about Italy! Loved it! Lived in Italy a couple of years; just doing a YouTube video about how to get to the Sistine Chapel. Your sketches brought back so many memories (especially the “Metro at Rush Hour” type).
Dear Luis,
Very interesting and thoughtful blog. If you are interested in Catholicism and boardgames you might appreciate “Vatican” the boardgame I designed. It has been selling worldwide and we have gotten very favorable comments
Sincerely,
Stephen Haliczer Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Professor
Product Designer
The College of DuPage Press
Hey! I’ve been trying to call you for a couple weeks! I should have checked your blog sooner. I thought you might have had the baby by now! Congrats! Call me ya bum. My number…unlike yours… is the same xxx-xxx-xxxx.
im doing a piece of it coursework and wondered if i could put your
“computer stoopid” picture on it.
I would acknowledge where it came from beneath it and in the bibliography.
If the answer is yes then could you tell me the artists name too?
thanks. keith.
Sure, absolutely, go right ahead. Thanks for asking.
Hi Luise,
I just came upon your Nephilim skeleton debunking image….very interesting.
I wish we could have met at Comic Con to discuss certain issues. Nothing that
I would want to discuss openly here.
Hope to hear from you,
Den
If you want to discuss something privately, you could always e-mail me. The address is up there under the “Hi, Welcome!” about the top commentators. It’s luis(at)luisescobarblog(dot)com.
Can you give me permission to use one of your illustrations for a tee shirt. I really want to wear “there must be some way to plug this keyboard into this game” – It’s how I see the world.. and you explained everything I want to tell the world in that one illustrzt8ion.
Gina
Yes, Gina. You can make it into a shirt for yourself off of that cartoon. I’m flattered.
I’ve been thinking about making shirts off of my little cartoons but I’m not sure which ones to do. Outside of an occasional cartoon that really hits home for someone, I’m not sure if they would sell.
So go right ahead Gina. Have fun.
Hi Luis,
My name is Phil and I came across your site while looking up information about animation and voice-over work. I’m a huge fan of the Simpsons & Futurama and a big Billy West fan (Ren&Stimpy, Futurama, Ect.). It is truly amazing to me how so many individuals come together to create these animated cartoons and the quality of the end product. I’m curious from your perspective how much work you have to re-do sometimes because of the networks and the way they censor some of the work that is being done. Best of luck to you in your projects. – Phil
You’d be surprised Phil. The biggest censors of the show are the writers themselves. They often pull back a joke they think is going too far. Sometimes, some of the jokes are funny too. It’s the artists that end up complaining about it. For example, there was a joke in one of the Halloween shows that all the artists thought was really funny. It was the show where Homer goes back in time on his toaster. In one of the futures he comes back too, he finds himself married to Patty and Selma. He discovers this when they show up waring lingerie. They looked really nasty, with their flab and hairy legs. When we saw it, everyone roared with horrified laughter. It was crazy. For some reason, during the re-write, they cut the gag because they thought it was too much. It was very disappointing. They didn’t even put the scene as an extra on the DVD.
Hope that answers your question.
It does. Thanks for the reply Luis. That gag actually would have been hilarious! Too bad it didn’t make it. I wonder if some unnecessary second guessing happens though because the writers feel they may be going over the top? (If that’s possible.) I know there is that fine line that writers and creators have to walk probably not only with the content of the show that’s created but with the networks as well. At least from what I understand in reading interviews and seeing convention interviews. Storyboards I think really help to set the tone of an episode and I bet it probably helps to justify many of the ideas that get spun out during the writing sessions of the writers. You all do great work on the show and I’m going to continue reading through your website. Thanks! – Phil
Hello there. I was researching nephilim for a report and I foung your blog. Its too bad those pics were all frauds. If they had been real, it would have been amazing.
After I read your stuff on the pictures I hung around a little, and read your “about me section”.
I am merely curious, so if I overstep a boundary, please feel free to tell me so.
I was wondering, sir, since you state that you are in fact a roman catholic, weather or not you believed in the deity of Jesus Christ?
I myself am a Christian, but I research other religions and alternate sects of my own. You could say its a hobby. In any case, if you find my inquiry impolite, I am sorry. I mean no offense.
Heh, no Christine, your question isn’t impolite. It’s good of you to ask. Too often people just assume things about Catholicism without asking.
The simple answer to your question is, “Yes”. Catholicism, teaches that Jesus Christ is God, the second person of the Holy Trinity.
The slightly more involved answer is as follows: The Catechism of the Catholic Church (the official book that explains all that the Catholic Church teaches) in paragraphs 446-451 ( http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P1H.HTM ) states the following:
Arianism was a Heresy that the Catholic Church fought against that deputed this belief around the years AD 250-336 which concluded in the Council of Nicea. For more info go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianism or http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01707c.htm .
Hope that answers your question.
thank you. most people would out-right refuse to answer that question nowadays.
May the Lord bless you, Luis!
Luis – my name is Luis Escobar – every now and then I Google my name just to see what pops up. Well – I often come across you. No doubt – you have discovered me too. Anyway – sure there a ton of our Luis Escobar’s out there but I thought that I would just say hello and let you know that you have a cool name. BTW – I am the third Luis in four! Grandpa, Father, me and my son. Louie’s all around!
HA ha! Yeah, you have a great name too.
Wow! That’s a lot of Luisesesss in your family. Pretty cool. Love your site dude. I’ll link to you.
wow – that was fast – I am a photographer, distance runner and high school cross country coach. I live in Santa Maria California. Married with three kids. Your work is great. You are very skilled. I will take some time and learn a little more about you and your work. Very cool. Well – I am off to a work with one of my running students. I will look forward to talking with you a little more in the future. Luis
Cool. Anytime.
i like simpsons, starting watch becouse my doughter like it
I write comment but strange dropdown
Howdee Luis, if you are a real Christian then i would suggest you to do some research on your big boss (Matt Groening being a 33rd degree mason).
Loads of subliminal messages in the Simpsons, and occult symbolism.
(Even 9-11 was announced).
Greetings…. (Peace be upon you)
I would like to present to you all the sciences related to cosmogony together with its rules as per its identity which is something not similar to any of the other things and is out of any and assimilation according to the following point of view:
1. The theories of on cosmogony lack the fundamentals of the origin of things as they are mainly based on incidence and on the unseen.
2. The cosmic extension that has been taking place is the result of the range of vision through using the telescope and any other instruments because the thing being seen is determined by vision and this is one of the universe laws.
3. Knowing the within secrets of man will uncover secrets of the universe as the apparent entities of existence are of six kinds: the perspective (what is being seen), the tangible world (what can be touched and felt), what can be weighed, what can be heard, things that have flavor and things that have smell. These, in most cases, are overlapping and are counted six in number.
The origin of all entities are bare pictures of materials, void of force and readiness; it shines in debate and is complete when read. The investigation of scientists is restricted to this reading (capability and liability) where the material is with all its atoms, energy and speed and this alone is useless compared with its radiance.
The first cosmic law is that nothing can be determined unless established with what is contrary to it. And things are sometimes concrete and sometimes abstract and both are the same according to law.
The origin of radiance is the brain and by saying this I do not mean perception but the simple core of it. By formulating this equation the truth becomes uncovered.
The subject is highly complicated and can only be clarified by word of mouth or by arguments.
So, what do you have to present. (show)
بعد التحية :-
أود أن أعرض عليكم جميع علوم نشأة مفردات الكون وقوانينه وفق ذاتيته التي هي شئ ليس كباقي الأشياء خارجه عن حد التعطيل والتشبيه حسب النظرة التالية :-
1/ أن نظريات نشأة الكون تفتقد لأصول نشأة الأشياء وتحيل على ألصدفه أو الغيب .وكذلك استغراق البحث في الأفاق لم يأتي بغايته إلا بقدر ربطه بالوعي الإنساني.
2/ التوسع الكوني الحاصل هو نتيجة المد البصري من خلال التلسكوب وغيره لأن المنظور أليه يثبت بالبصر وهذا أحد قوانين الكون
3/ معرفة أسرار بطون الإنسان تكشف أسرار الكون حيث أن مفردات الوجود الظاهر على ستة أنواع (المنظور أليها ). (الملموسة). (الموزونة). (المسموعة). (ذات طعم). (ذات رائحة). وتكون في أغلب الأحيان متداخلة .وأصل الأشياء كلها صور عارية عن المواد . خاليه من القوه والاستعداد . بمناظرتها تشرق وبمطالعتها تتم . وبحث العلماء ينحصر في هذه المطالعة (القوه والاستعداد) حيث المادة ودقائقها وطاقتها وسرعتها وهذا وحده لا جدوى منه بقدر إشراقها . . وأصل الإشراق هو العقل ولا أقصد به الإدراك أنما هو )جوهر بسيط درأك محيط) وبتكوين هذه المعادلة تنكشف الحقيقة .
الموضوع غاية بالتعقيد يوضح بالمشافهة والجدل فما هو عرضكم ؟
توضيح:-
* أود أن أبين بأن وسائط الإدراك هي الحواس ألخمسه + تحسس الوزن.
* إما أحوال الإدراك ( تصوراته أي المعاني التي يلبسها ) فهي ستة أيضا ثلاثة وخلافها :-
1/ الحياة والموجود ولها صور فمثلا صورة الحياة هي الماء.
2/ الحركة والسكون ولها صور فمثلا صورة الحركة هي الهواء.
3/ الانفعال والسكينة ولها صور فمثلا صورة الانفعال هي النار.
* إما مراتب نفس الإدراك إي نفس ألصوره فهي خمسه:-
1)الجماد 2) النبات 3) الحيوان 4) الملكوت 5) الإنسان وصور ذلك كثيرة.
*** وكل هذه الصور تندرج ضمن تصورات الإدراك .منها ظاهره ومنها كامنة إي لم تظهر لحد الآن . والتوسع الكوني الحاصل هو ظهور لبعض هذه الصور الكامنة.
*وأروع إبداعات الإدراك هو العقل (جوهر بسيط درأك محيط ) ولكل واحده تفصيلاتها الوظيفية.
ووظيفة العقل هي ربط كل الصور المذكورة أعلاه بعوالمها الحسيه ألسبعه. وعالمنا هو العالم السابع وفق نمطيته الحسيه. وتجري آثار العقل على كل الصور الكونية فتصبح محسوسة وفق قوتها واستعدادها التصوري.
قد لا يفهم الموضوع بشكل جيد كونه لم يطرق بتاتا
Lol been stalking you. You’re pretty good. Not bad for a dad of many. Very talented. Don’t know how you keep up. Chat soon on twitter
An overwhelming desire to keep sane helps.
I’m doing some onsite interviews at Mystic Dragon’s Festival of Books. Would you have time to talk with me about your work and “The Art of Draw Fu”? at 4 pm on August 15th? Please let me know (and your “Black Terror Kid” comics, along with your comic about your trip to Rome, are really fun!).
Yes, absolutely. I’d be happy to.
Great, thank you! Could you email me a contact for you, at the above email link, and I’ll send you more information (and I’m ordering your book now!).