Comica comiket

London's  the place to be this autumn thanks to the organizers of Comica, the UK's longest running international comic festival,  Through out October and November they are hosting a wide variety of comic and illustrative events.

On November 1st there is a free Independent comics market hosted at Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design. Along with tables upon tables of people selling their work, on the main stage there will be a drawing parade, different artists during the day will get up  and draw original art on the big screen,

 If comics and attending  conventions with an artist table might be something you feel you would like to do in the future, you should definitely check out this event and maybe next year we will see you there.

for more information on Comiket .

http://www.comicafestival.com/index.php/comiket

for more information on what else happening through Comica festival.

http://www.comicafestival.com/

  

Short Bites - A Tale of Momentum & Inertia and Aqua Profonda

This week, there's no pleasing some people and a classy 2D cutout piece looking at the fear of water.

The Bézier Game

Once you know how to use it, be it Photoshop or in Illustrator, the pen tool is a fantastic means for any artist to create any shape with perfect lines.

http://bezier.method.ac/

Learning on a different level, I present you The Bézier Game, it's a fast and fun way to help you on the road to mastering the Pen tool. The game created by designer Mark MacKay for educational site Method of Action, starts you off through easy tutorials onto creating all different kinds of shapes and beyond.

Give it a try, how far can you get?

Theatre Watch - Feral

Something a little different this week. For one night only at the Unity Theatre in Liverpool, there will be a puppet, film, animation and physical performance production taking place.

I highly recommend going to see it live on Wednesday 29th October at 8pm.

Combining puppetry, immersive sound and multimedia technology, multi award-winning Tortoise in a Nutshell build an entire world in front of the audience’s eyes. With barely a word spoken, Joe looks back at his childhood home and traces its journey from idyllic town to a community gripped by anarchy.

Inktober

 

Autumn is here and to kick start this festive month I present you the Inktober Initiative. Started back in October 2009 by Jake Parker, this drawing challenge is going strong into it's sixth year, with artist all over the world taking part.

You can all do it, just pick up a pen and start drawing.

.:InkTober rules:.

1.  Make a drawing in ink (you can do a pencil under-drawing if you want).
2.  Post it on your blog (or tumblr, instagram, twitter, facebook, flickr, Pinterest or just pin it on your wall.)
3. Hashtag it with #inktober
4. Repeat

 Check the Inktober website for more information and resources.

 

.:Gerties Tip:.

 Starting your course blog and not sure what to post, this challenge is perfect for you to hone your skills and fill your blog with interesting posts.  I would suggest investing in a Tumblr, Instagram or twitter to also hashtag there and bring traffic to your blog, good luck!