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what to expect from my class from time to time i would like to feature a few students here on my blog to show you what kind of work is done during the course but also to feature the artists themselves as i am very proud of their hard work it is so exciting to watch a student grow and become better in a span of 9 lessons all of the work on this post was drawn and painted by didier these sketches and painting will give you an idea of what the students are learning in my course my next course at www schoolism com will start on the 16th of april i will be taking on students for an 11 week online course what can you expect to learn from taking my course at www schoolism com i take on artists at all levels of ability from beginners to pro s working for dreamworks bluesky and many others the way schoolism works is students will watch a lesson which is usually two hours long you can pause go back take notes sketch and so on after watching the lesson of the week the student is then given ten to 14 days to complete the assignment this deadline changes from week to week depending on what is expected that week for homework once the assignment is finished the student uploads their home work to the schoolism site leaving questions and comments for me to go over with them i then download their work and record a 25 to 30 minute critique on their work and then upload that critique to their file at www schoolism com i work one on one with each student and as i said above every student is at a different place artistically so each critique i do is very different and one of the cool things about this is that the students at schoolism have access to the rest of their classes critiques as well as past critiques from previous semesters so there are literally hours and hours of demos and critiques to soak up while taking the course my critiques are honest and to the point i look for each students strengths and then push them further in that direction helping to develop their style we work together to improve on areas that need work and as long as the student puts in the time and effort they always come out on top caricature is not only about how much you can exaggerate a person there s so much more to it than that my course covers everything from sketching and the importance of thumbnails developing character likeness as well as the essence of a person how to exaggerate and push the features while keeping a strong likeness exploring shape and form as well as the unique relationships between the features on the face finding the weight and so on the course also covers painting in values as well as color temperature and palettes i go over skulls and understanding the anatomy of the face as well as teaching my techniques for painting hair finally the last three lessons of the course are dedicated to creating a final piece of art that the student can use in their portfolio these lessons cover techniques that i use for my editorial and illustration work putting all the previous lessons together to create one final painting any questions please email me or the staff at schoolism my next course starts on the 16th of april and seats are filling up fast posted by seiler at 9 26 am 1 comment monday march 15 2010 featuring the work of schoolism student yasin sycra as many of you know i am one of the instructors at www schoolism com i ve got another class starting soon so i wanted to make sure to let everyone know and to remind you of what to expect from my class from time to time i would like to feature a few students here on my blog to show you what kind of work is done during the course but also to feature the artists themselves as i am very proud of their hard work it is so exciting to watch a student grow and become better in a span of 9 lessons this week i would like to feature yasin sycra all of the work on this post was drawn and painted by yasin these are only two of the assignments lessons 4 and 6 my next course at www schoolism com will start on the 16th of april i will be taking on students for an 11 week online course what can you expect to learn from taking my course at www schoolism com i take on artists at all levels of ability from beginners to pro s working for dreamworks bluesky and many others the way schoolism works is students will watch a lesson which is usually two hours long you can pause go back take notes sketch and so on after watching the lesson of the week the student is then given ten to 14 days to complete the assignment this deadline changes from week to week depending on what is expected that week for homework once the assignment is finished the student uploads their home work to the schoolism site leaving questions and comments for me to go over with them i then download their work and record a 25 to 30 minute critique on their work and then upload that critique to their file at www schoolism com i work one on one with each student and as i said above every student is at a different place artistically so each critique i do is very different and one of the cool things about this is that the students at schoolism have access to the rest of their classes critiques as well as past critiques from previous semesters so there are literally hours and hours of demos and critiques to soak up while taking the course my critiques are honest and to the point i look for each students strengths and then push them further in that direction helping to develop their style we work together to improve on areas that need work and as long as the student puts in the time and effort they always come out on top caricature is not only about how much you can exaggerate a person there s so much more to it than that my course covers everything from sketching and the importance of thumbnails developing character likeness as well as the essence of a person how to exaggerate and push the features while keeping a strong likeness exploring shape and form as well as the unique relationships between the features on the face finding the weight and so on the course also covers painting in values as well as color temperature and palettes i go over skulls and understanding the anatomy of the face as well as teaching my techniques for painting hair finally the last three lessons of the course are dedicated to creating a final piece of art that the student can use in their portfolio these lessons cover techniques that i use for my editorial and illustration work putting all the previous lessons together to create one final painting any questions please email me or the staff at schoolism my next course starts on the 16th of april and seats are filling up fast now enough talking please enjoy these great sketches and paintings by yasin sycra posted by seiler at 8 28 am 2 comments sunday march 14 2010 this piece is a caricature i did of my girlfriends daughter for easter abby has some very cute and unique features that i thought would be fun to capture posted by lyle doucette at 6 09 pm 1 comment sunday february 28 2010 fdr obama for the weekly standard this past week i did another one day turnaround obama for the weekly standard what can i say the weekly standard is by far my best client they are great to work with i ve done over 35 paintings for them that s nothing compared to the piles and piles of paintings my friend tom fluharty has done for them but i still get excited and look forward to every time i get to work with them i always try to give my all no matter what the time crunch is almost every time i work with the standard the deadline is super quick it doesn t matter if it s a cover or a spot illustration i don t know if i ve ever had more than two maybe three days to turn something around for them i learn a great deal about myself while working on these jobs and i learn a great deal about what not to do the next time around still it s important to me that the art is good and that it does it s job it must tell the story that the art director and editor are after and it must also meet my standards this job was no different the final art that is posted above was all in a days work i ll explain more below this is how the final art will appear in the magazine the open space above is for the title and text for the article i liked the painterly look on the edges of the background turned out like this mainly because i was in such a rush this was the first sketch i did after getting off the phone with the art director on wednesday night about a five minute sketch it was already time for me to go home for the day so i would start fresh in the morning i would have all day thursday and friday to complete the illustration i wasn t 100 sure what the a d wanted if it was a parody of obama in the exact pose as fdr or if i should take it to another place the article hadn t yet been handed in so until i heard back on what exactly i was going to be drawing i did this sketch and sent it to the a d to get a reaction on whether this was in fact the direction he wanted to go this sketch was done in about 20 minutes or so at this point i had already begun to block in obama s face trying to give my self a head start the a d and i talked about different ways to tell the story and in the end this sketch just wasn t doing it for either of us so it was time to start again the a d thought it would be funny to show obama swimming in fdr s clothing everything is too big for him so i did this new sketch and sent it off as quick as i could to get the ok to move on and take it to the finish this was near the end of the day as i do not work nights unless i have to the sketch was approved i then spent my last bit of the day painting his face i wanted to get it to a point where i would feel settled enough to go home for the day knowing that i had to finish everything the following day late thursday night after my kids were in bed i decided to go back into the studio for a couple hours something about the face was really bothering me it wasn t capturing the likeness or humor that i wanted or that the piece needed so i found some new references and began sketching and this was the version i settled with it was now to a point where i could go to sleep and feel good about the work i had done that day i was in my studio again around 5 00 a m now that the sketch was how i wanted it i had until 5 00 p m to complete the entire painting it was a long and brutal day and for the next 12 hours i painted non stop i took about a 20 minute lunch break somewhere in the midst of my painting frenzy all in all i m happy with the way the painting turned out learned a lot and even though it was tough i had a blast i love my job posted by seiler at 8 35 am 2 comments saturday february 27 2010 shawn i havent posted anything on this blog for a couple weeks so i decided to put up the caricature of my friend shawn hope you like it posted by torren at 11 53 am 1 comment thursday february 4 2010 the people vs george lucas world premiere sxsw www peoplevsgeorge com it s been a while since i ve had any time to post any new work most of what i ve been doing lately cannot be shared on line for quite some time i can finally share my most recent project the official movie poster for the people vs george lucas a lot of work went into this piece i don t want to go on too much right now but i do want to thank my pal otto for shooting great reference pics for me and of course my models nathan cameron josh helle and my father in law vic williams who sort of looks like george lucas and last but not least my wife and kids for putting up with all the late nights and long hours i should also say that my friend thor did the layout and design of the poster and i think he did an excellent job the people vs george lucas will finally world premiere fresh off the editing press at the prestigious south by southwest sxsw film festival in austin texas march 12th to march 21st 2010 they included the film in their prestigious spotlight premiere section alongside the latest releases from steven soderbergh michel gondry jean pierre jeunet and shane meadows click here to watch the 2nd teaser trailer groundbreaking feature documentary the people vs george lucas in session at sxsw film festival denver co february 4 2010 the people vs george lucas has been selected for the prestigious spotlight premiere section at the south by southwest sxsw film festival in austin texas which runs from march 12th to 21st 2010 the team is ecstatic to be screening at sxsw for the film s world premiere says director alexandre o philippe it s the ideal platform for our launch as the festival brings together indie films music and interactive in a unique way that very much reflects the participatory nature of our doc the people vs george lucas explores the titanic struggle between a godlike filmmaker and his legions of fans over the most popular franchise in movie history at its core pvsg is the examination of a high profile dysfunctional love story says philippe george created this humongous and intricate sandbox for us to play in but is he the sole owner of it or does it now belong to the ages and what happens to your role as a creator when your audience claims it owns your art we basically looked at the conflicted dynamic between george and his fans from a cultural perspective and asked ourselves those questions the documentary features key testimonies from the likes of gary kurtz producer of american grafitti star wars and the empire strikes back neil gaiman the sandman american gods dave prowse aka darth vader anthony waye executive producer of the bond franchise and dale pollock george lucas s biographer author of skywalking the people vs george lucas inventively combines these exclusive interviews with fan footage from around the globe and impassioned testimonies from george s staunchest fans and foes making this film was a huge investigative challenge considering how many people were afraid to talk to us george is a very powerful man but we stuck to our guns and dug deep to deliver a completely uncensored no holds barred factual account and ultimately what we hope will be recognized as a loving tribute says dop robert muratore the obstacles we faced made us really think about the rapidly changing filmmaking landscape and so we used digital technology to facilitate an open call for contributions allowing us to make a fully participatory documentary says producer anna higgs known for cross platform work in the uk and europe in many ways it s a tribute to the youtube generation which lucas s advances in technology helped create points out producer kerry roy fundamentally it s about how new media interacts with old media as well as ownership and copyright in the digital age and it was our intent from day one to give the fans a prevailing voice in the doc the crew worked relentlessly for two and a half years to produce the most accurate thorough and impartial deconstruction of an entire generation s love hate for the man admittedly responsible for their childhood...