Illustration Friday -Highlight

This is a drawing I did for the illustration friday word “highlight.”

Tags: art, bad drawing, drawing of a man at a desk, drawing of a man with a highlighter, highlight, Illustration, Illustration Friday, picture of a man at a desk

Bombast Podcast -It’s Alive

note: Neither person in this picture is either Phil or Matt.

So this post is to let my readers know that I’ve now started a podcast / internet radio show.  It’s with my buddy Phil Jacke, and it’s called Bombast Podcast.  The subject matter is movies, comics and random conversation.  We had a fun time recording it, and we hope you’ll have a fun time listening.

for the Show, we’ve created a Blog -

http://bombastpodcast.wordpress.com/

and there is also a libsyn page you can go directly to to download an episode.  It’s also available for free in the itunes store.  On our first (successfully recorded) episode Phil and I lay out their ideas for what the show will be, mainly, a place to dicuss comics, movies, music, and whatever random folderol they want to talk about.  Topics discussed include Canadians, the DC reboot, Shingles, Nicholas Cage, Crime in Rockford, and more.

http://bombastpodcast.libsyn.com/

To readers of this blog,  I plan to continue posting her, at least for now…  Hope a couple of you check out the radio show, and at least 1 of you enjoys it, haha.
Matt Jeske, signing off.

Tags: Comics, Matthew Jeske, Phil Jacke, podcast, radio

Happy Birthday Jack Kirby -Pt. 2

Today is the day Jack Kirby was born in 1917.  If he was still with us, he would be 94.  Jack is one my favorite artists, and he had a tremendous work ethic, drawing up to four comic books a month, (an unmatched achievement…) while also being a great originator.  He created or co-created Captain America, The Fantastic Four, Galactus, Silver Surfer, The Avengers, The Mighty Thor, Kamandi, The Demon, The New Gods, Mister Miracle, The Inhumans, and the Boy Commandos!  (plus too many more to name)  Here’s a sampling of his genius in pictorial form.

Tags: art, Captain America, Comics, DC Comics, Drawing, Fantastic Four, Forever People, Fourth World, Indie Comics, Jack Kirby, King of Comics, Marvel Comics

Happy Birthday Jack Kirby -Pt.1

Today is the day Jack Kirby was born in 1917.  If he was still with us, he would be 94.  Jack Kirby is a brilliant artist and a great one to learn from.  In the history of Superhero comics, the 4 most important people are Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Jack Kirby, and Stan Lee.  Here’s a great video that explains what made Jack so great.  If it piques your interest,  watch the whole series!

Tags: Comics, comics history, DC Comics, Indie Comics, Jack Kirby, Marvel Comics, prisoners of gravity

Happy Birthday Ray Bradbury

This is for Ray Bradbury, who turned 91 yesterday.  American Classic, and Science Fiction Legend.  Thanks, Ray!

Tags: american, american literature, birthday, california, classic scifi, fiction, Illinois, literature, ray bradbury, sci-fi, science fiction, scifi, sf, short stories, writing

Illustration Friday -Imperfect

Here is my entry for the Illustration Friday word ‘imperfect.’  My first drawing with a new technique! (Not that you can really, tell… )  I used a light blue col-erase pencil for the pencilling stage, and some of my normal pens for the inking stage.  Kind of a quickie coloring attempt here, but I think it works okay.

Tags: art, ceramics, Drawing, Illustration, Illustration Friday, mugs, pottery, shopping, woman

How HipHop Backing tracks are made -2 great videos

Here are 2 great videos I found on how rap beats are made.  It feels incomplete calling them beats because they can include horns, strings and guitars – a drum makes ‘beats’  but I digress…  This first video I found a while ago.  It’s pretty amazing watching Just Blaze making a beat in 15 minutes.

Th main tool that Just Blaze is using is an Akai MPC 4000.  If you want to skip the intro, and skip Blaze talking through all the gear he has, skip ahead to 2:05.

This is something else, this is a guy ‘playing’ a beat live on electronic equipment.  I found this through Pigeon Johns’s twitter feed.  Amazing.

Tags: Alchemist, beatmaking, Evidence, Hip Hop, Hiphop production, Jay-Z, Just Blaze, Maschine, Rafik, rap, sampling, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland

Illustration Friday -Stay

A man trying to get his toupee to stay.  My entry for the Illustration Friday word ‘stay.’

Tags: art, Drawing, face, figure, IF, Illustration, Illustration Friday, texture

Illustration Friday -Soaked

Here is my entry for illustration Friday -soaked.

Tags: art, bad drawing, Drawing, Illustration, Illustration Friday, longboat, viking

New Drawing -Caged

a drawing I did a while ago, then finally inked, then finally inked, then finally colored!  I hope you enjoy it.

Tags: art, cage, caged, Drawing, facade, face, giant, Illustration, man, metaphor, Muted Colors, surrealism, visual metaphor