ImagineFX issue 56 is out now, It’s looking good bursting with all sorts of tips and knowledge. There is also an interview with Brian and Wendy Froud which is worth the cover price alone. And you get to read my latest comic strip (as always in the news pages).

You can get ImagineFX at all good newsagenty places like WH Smiths you can also get it at Sainsburys. Or you can get it online from this link:

http://imaginefx.com/02287754331587632645/imaginefx-issue-56.html

A few weeks ago Dave Gibbons gave a very insightful video streamed tutorial on how to use Manga Studio, and now you can view it in its entirety here at Smith Micro’s Manga Studio Website http://manga.smithmicro.com/webinar_video.html

If you don’t know what Manga Studio is, It’s a very powerful program for creating comic books.
I have been using it to draw my ImagineFX strips since last Novemeber!

(Below is a screen cap from Dave Gibbons tutorial!).

The Incredibly talented Lee Carter has just started up a new blog showcasing his work, I implore you to have a look!

http://mrleecarter.blogspot.com/

My good friend Daniel Binns has just launched a website showcasing his lovely work, he is presently undertaking his 3rd year studying Animation at Bristol UWE and his site features a mixture of his Animation and drawing work. Its all really lovely stuff (and he is a very nice man to boot!).

you can see his site here http://www.danielbinns.co.uk



UPDATE 19/02/2010

Daniel has just added a new show reel to Vimeo check it out below.

Daniel Binns Animation Showreel 2010 from Daniel Binns on Vimeo.

Designed and Animated by Daniel Binns and Floris Van Der Peet.

Abomasum from Daniel Binns on Vimeo.

I think I had “Fist of the North Star” on my brain when I drew this!

I re-watched Brad Bird’s Iron Giant movie last night, It’s one of my favorite animated films!

It took me a while to get round to watching it as I had initially written it off as your usual bad Hollywood kids movie gunk ( I think this may have been down to a bad marketing campaign by Warner Brothers which sold it as “bad Hollywood kids movie gunk”).

I ended up catching it on TV on a quiet sunday and was absolutely gobsmacked at how good this movie was. The storytelling, animation and design all amazing. It’s a real shame that very few people watched this on release this is something I would love to see on the big screen!

Anyway as you can see I have knocked out a quick doodle of said Iron Giant, though I may redo the shading as I have seem to gone a bit screen tone crazy! If I have time I may draw him a body and give him a lick of paint.

If you never seen it I suggest you go to you local video shop and rent it (amazon also have it for very cheap).

I just got Manga Studio EX4 and its very good as you can see by the results below!

I will make more posts as I get to grips with the software!