Diverge Workshop - February 20, 21, 22

Alright! Diverge Workshop, 

this time is going to be at Motus Digital, located in Plano Texas.

From February 20 to 22 of 2009.

There is going to be some awesome lectures, 

and let me tell you, all this guys are top of the line concept artists:

-Sammy Hall

-Paul Richards

-Thom Tenery

I Attended to the last one, and it was great, very well organized, 

lot's of friendly artists and even prizes :-D.

Check it out and see you there! :

http://www.divergeworkshop.com/

Christophe Vacher

http://www.vacher.com/

Iain Mccaig

http://iainmccaig.blogspot.com/

John Kricfalusi

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com

Concept Design Academy - SPRING 2009

One of my new year's resolutions is to include more inspiration in this blog, 

and that includes workshops!, so hold your horses, 

here is some workshops at CDA , Pasadena CA for 2009.

Khang Le (Environment & Light - 1 day)

Carlo Arellano (Character and Creature Design - 2 days)

Jaime Jones (Digital Painting Technique - 1 day)

Marshall Vandruff (Composition Workshop - 3 days)

I've only had the pleasure to attend to 

a Marshall Vandruff workshop at Comicon, which was great!

but all these guys are awesome! 

Check their website and blog for the full courses and info, 

they are very friendly so drop them an Email if you have questions.

Absolutely worth it!

Concept Design Academy Website

Concept Design Academy Blog

The Human Figure, John H. Vanderpoel

The Human Figure, John H. Vanderpoel, Life Drawing for Artists

By: John H. Vanderpoel

Published by:Dover Publications, Inc.

ISBN 0-486-20432-4

So you are studying the human figure 

and everyone told you to check Loomis, and Bridgeman. 

But after that, what's next? i mean Hogarth is great 

but Vanderpoel should be your next read!

This book should be easy to find, got mine at Legacy Books in Dallas, 

and the price is great for all the awesomeness you get.

Sketch every plate of this book and you will have a better 

understanding of the human form,

is a great complement for life drawing also, 

and also have a couple of pages that make you go, oh i get it now, 

can't say much about the text since i just focus on the drawings, 

and they are all great.

the book is small in size and very portable and it will not fall apart, 

so keep it around. 

If you want to learn each muscle and name, this is not your book, 

this is all about form, planes and analysis.

I specially like the face feature content 

and the beautiful portraits and figures that appear 

from page to page, truly inspiring.

Get this one!

Dover Publications