Cool stuff, you guys!

Strathmore is doing a pretty awesome Holiday Gift Giveaway!

Six names will be randomly selected to win:

- One 500 Series Mixed Media Hardbound Art Journal, 8.5" x 11", 90lb, 100% Cotton
- One 400 Series Toned Gray Softcover Art Journal, 7.75" x 9.75", 80lb
- One 400 Series Watercolor Softcover Art Journal, 8" x 5.5", 140lb Cold Press

All of the info you need to enter can be found here or here.

Go do it now!  The giveaway ends really soon!!

Black Belt for Fall 2013

Heads up, everybody!

Black Belt is going to be held on Tuesday, November 19th at 6pm in room 347.  Come out and see the good work that everyone's been doing this quarter!

Also!  We'll be distributing Generate prizes during Black Belt, so double triple mega be there!

Breaking Bad timed sketch challenge

Rachel Ordway

Temple Anthology Project!

Temple of Cartoon Mojo is proud to present…

A Little Pulpy:
A Temple of Cartoon Mojo anthology

We are having an open call for submissions to the anthology. Whether you’re a Sequential Art major, a SCAD alumni who graduated, or a student who just started SCAD, we want your comic!

Only 12 submissions will be in the anthology, so give us your best! We want you to be proud to be a part of this anthology!

Guidelines:

We want your comic, but we need it to follow some rules.

-       Comics must be 6 to 10 pages.
-       The comic must be 1960’s pulp themed. Think Indiana Jones, Doc Savage, and Captain Easy.
-       Black and white only! No tones, ink wash, added greys or colors allowed.
-       These comics are PG-13. No Nudity.

Deadlines:

To prevent interfering with Black Belt, you have until the end of the 2013 school year to have a finished product.  If you would like to submit a Black Belt comic you did during the 2013 school year for this anthology, that is acceptable.

-       Script due:        11/28/2013
-       Final Pages due:    6/5/2014

If you would like editorial assistance during the production of your comic, critique on your finished product, or have any questions regarding the anthology please email the editor at sagecoffey@gmail.com.

Woody Allen timed sketch challenge

Rachel Ordway

Hank Jones

Calvin & Hobbes timed sketch challenge

Rachel Ordway

Sage Coffey

Hoang Anh Tran

David Anderson

Mittie Paul

Sara Vivanco

Jessica Huang

GENERATE!!

GENERATE!!!
A 24 hour art challenge

10am October 4th thru 10am October 5th, 2013
SCAD Atlanta

Think you’re tough? Are you a creative mastermind? Do you think you have what it takes to pull off artistic wizardry under impossible deadlines? Then clear your schedule and let’s see what you’re made of.

Led by faculty, students from multiple disciplines endeavor to create completed works of art during this 24 hour art marathon. The event begins promptly at 10am on Friday, Sept. 28th. Participants should bring their own art supplies, but coffee and food will be provided throughout the night.

Challenges are offered in a variety of disciplines, across many majors. Check the challenges tab to determine what category is the best fit for you. Email your faculty leaders with any questions. There will be prizes and giveaways and in some cases showings for those who can complete their artwork.

Can you generate?

SEQA Challenge:
Based on the 24 hour comic challenge created by cartoonist Scott McCloud, SCAD Sequential Art students are challenged to create a 24 page black and white print ready comic in 24 hours from a blank slate. It's the ultimate sequential art challenge!
1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes furnished by IDW Publishing!

UPDATE!!
1st prize winner gets an exclusive portfolio review from IDW CEO TED ADAMS AND AN ARTIST'S EDITION BOOK!!
More prizes and good things to be announced.

ANIM: Animation Challenge

Interest meeting in ATL Digital Media Center Room 355
Wednesday October 2nd at 8pm.
General overview of the challenge and introduction of the challenge sponsors.
The sponsors and a wrestler or two will be on campus for the interest meeting.

Student will work in teams of 3 to create show concepts for a teen/adult animated series starring a very bitter, very angry, unlikely hero: Jake the Snake Roberts. Jake and a few other retired wrestlers from the golden age of WWF wrestling will be sponsoring the challenge along with Floyd and Cartoon Network helping students develop show ideas. Their own production team will be on site-filming the event for the viral documentary series featuring Diamond Dallas Page and Jake the Snake. (Featured recently on ESPN.) Guest critiques from Cartoon Network and Floyd County animators lined up for the event.

Location:
Start in room 310 then Rm 374

Prizes:
Movie passes, DVDs, and cash. The winning team will also have the opportunity to work on a professional Kickstarter-funded pitch with the property.

Faculty Leader:
Prof. Matthew Maloney
mmaloney@scad.edu

https://blog.scad.edu/generate/the-challenges-2/

Generate Challenge Interest Meeting

When: Wednesday, October 2nd at 8pm
Where: SCAD Atlanta Digital Media Center, room 355
What: Generate Challenge Interest Meeting
Who: Open to all Animation, Sequential Art, and Illustration students

What the heck is gonna happen?

There will be a general overview of what the challenge is going to be for Generate this year and introduce the challenge sponsors.

During Generate: We have guest critiques from animators from Cartoon Network and Floyd County lined up for the event.  Student will work in teams of 3 to create show concepts for a teen/adult animated series starring a very bitter, very angry, unlikely hero: Jake the Snake Roberts.  Jake and a few other retired wrestlers from the golden age of WWF wrestling will be sponsoring the challenge along with Floyd and Cartoon Network and helping students develop show ideas.  Their own production team will be on site-filming the event for the viral documentary series featuring Diamond Dallas Page and Jake the Snake.  (Featured recently on ESPN.)

HUGE THANKS to Lynn Barrett for helping us set this up with our guest critique-ers.  

Prizes will include movie passes, DVDs, and cash.  The winning team will also have the opportunity to work on a professional Kickstarter-funded pitch with the property.  

The sponsors and a wrestler or two will be on campus for the interest meeting.
For Generate, this challenge will be based in lab 310 in the DMC, but we'll be moving around quite a bit and sharing the space/love.

Thank you to Professor Matt Maloney for the info!

IMPORTANT: Advising for Winter Quarter

Hey SEQA students!!

Put this date in your calendars:

Friday, October 4th, 10am-11:30am

On Friday, October 4th, from 10am-11:30am, SEQA faculty will be advising students for the Winter Quarter.

THIS IS MANDATORY FOR ALL SEQA STUDENTS.

Show up early, and finish up early!

See you all there!

Metal Gear timed sketch challenge

Jessica Huang

Sage Coffey

David Anderson

Hey everyone, welcome to Fall Quarter 2013!  Don't forget to come to room 347 at the new time of 2 PM to participate in our timed sketch challenges!

A Fond Farewell...

This quarter was unfortunately the last for our esteemed professors Chris Schweizer and Nolan Woodard.  We will miss them, and wish them the best of luck in all their future endeavors!

Black Belt Ceremony: Spring 2013

Calling all SEQA students!

Finals are almost over, so you know what that means!!

BLACK BELT CEREMONY!!

The Black Belt ceremony is happening Thursday, May 30th, at 6pm in room 347.  Come out and see what your fellow students have been working on all semester!


Good luck, guys!  See you there!

(If you are owed a belt from a previous semester, be sure to come to the ceremony next week to pick it up from Shawn.)

Street Fighter timed sketch challenge

Nancy Olivo

Axel Alonso, Marvel EIC, May 3rd

Axel Alonso, Editor in Chief at Marvel Comics, will be doing a Q&A in room 347 on Friday, May 3rd, from 5-6:30pm! Come with questions! Don't have any? Think of some! This is a rare opportunity to talk to one of the biggest movers-and-shakers in the entire comic industry! Get your wisdom on!

This event is open only to SCAD students, alumni, faculty, and staff.

Powerpuff Girls timed sketch challenge

Hank Jones

Rachel Ordway

Emily Erdman

Cullen Gardepe

Travers Cooke

Sailor Moon timed sketch challenge

Hank Jones

Rachel Ordway

Brittany Heiner

James Atwood

Mittie Paul

Emily Erdman

Student Advising

Mandatory student advising is happening April 20th, from 1-3 pm in room 347!  Be there!

Batman: The Brave And The Bold timed sketch challenge

The first timed 90-minute sketch challenge of Spring Quarter 2013!

Rachel Ordway

James Atwood

Black Belt Society!

Hey guys!

The Black Belt Ceremony is this coming Thursday, March 14th, at 7pm in room 347.

Come and see what your peers have created this semester!  Comics! Friends! Awwww yeah awesome!

Editors Forum 2013

This coming weekend is SEQA-Atlanta's Editors Forum with Oni Press Editor in Chief James Lucas Jones and Marvel Editor Lauren Sankovitch! There will be a panel discussion in rm347 at 6pm on Thursday. Sign-up sheets for workshops and portfolio reviews are on the door to rm346. See you there!

And you can follow them on Twitter too!
https://twitter.com/jameslucasjones
https://twitter.com/PancakeLady

This event is closed to the public.

Heads up!

There will be NO TEMPLE MEETING tomorrow, Friday February 22 (re: you can still show up but there will be no sketch challenge to complete), because of the events surrounding our special guests, Marvel artist Skottie Young and Marvel talent scout C. B. Cebulski.  They will be holding workshops on Friday and Saturday (signup sheets can be found outside room 347 with times and locations), as well as the panel discussion TONIGHT, Thursday February 21, at 6:00 PM in room 347.  Be there or be square!

Dead Space timed sketch challenge

You know what a survival horror third-person shooter video game franchise needs?  Lighthearted whimsical humor!

Cody Badders

Jorge Santiago

Rachel Ordway

Logan Naef

Mittie Paul

James Atwood

Selena Coffey

Iron Man timed sketch challenge

Although it was rejected in favor of Iron Man, the first challenge pulled out of the hat was "Bop-It", so a few students allowed that first topic to influence their sketches...

Nicolas Zamudio Diaz

Jessica Huang

Sara Vivanco

Rachel Ordway

David Anderson

James Atwood

Trevor Verges

Cody Badders

Brittany Heiner

Selena Coffey

Brian Prince

Jorge Santiago

Mittie Paul