Thursday, February 25, 2010

School of Film and Digital Media’s Thursday Night at the Movies

School of Film and Digital Media’s Thursday Night at the Movies presents “Dog Day Afternoon”
Thursday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.
DMC Screening Room, Digital Media Center
This 1975 American crime film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Frank Pierson. stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, Chris Sarandon, James Broderick, and Charles Durning. Based on the events of a bank robbery that took place on August 22, 1972, “Dog Day Afternoon” tells the story of John "Sonny" Wortzik, who, with his partner Salvatore Naturile, holds the employees of a Brooklyn, New York, bank hostage. The film, which was nominated for several Academy Awards and Golden Globe awards, won one Academy Award. The screening is free for members of the SCAD Atlanta community.

ILLU-ATL: Brian Stelfreeze

The Atlanta Illustration Department is hosting an event all SEQA students are welcome to attend!

Brian Stelfreeze of Gaijin Studios will be at the Illustration Asylum this Friday from 1 to 3 pm to do a portrait demonstration. He's a terrific colorist and painter, and will share his talent with us in room 379. Mark your calendars!

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Collaborate with Mark Millar!

From CBR:
"From his breakout collaboration with J.G. Jones on "Wanted" to more recent projects with the likes of Steve McNiven and Tony Harris, arguably one of the biggest factors in Scottish writer Mark Millar's success with new comic properties outside the Marvel and DC framework is his choice in artistic collaborators. And for his next creator-owned project, Millar is angling to work with someone his fans have never heard of before.

The one catch: he hasn't heard of them yet either.

"I'm looking for someone who hasn't appeared at either Marvel or DC before. The more unusual the better in the sense that I want something a little different here," Millar declared on a thread in his MillarWorld message boards. "If you're anime, painterly, non-sequential, cartoony or just a traditional superhero artist please post a sample below. Fame and fortune awaits."

The writer already tagged web cartoonist Curtis Tiegs, whose work ranges from other worldly Westerns to pop culture gag strips, as a potential future partner and is looking to share the workload and credit for his new idea with a similarly unknown prospect.

Aspiring artists interested in working with Millar are encouraged to log on to the MillarWorld boards and post a three-page sample of their sequential work in this thread. Millar's next creator-owned comic to hit the stands will be March's "Nemesis" as drawn by Steve McNiven and published by Icon."


Monday, February 22, 2010

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

SCAD Libraries Student Art Contest

Considering we're in the profession of making (comic) books I thought this an appropriate yet small and fun opportunity.
All current SCAD students are invited to design an original bookmark for the SCAD libraries: the top creation will be printed and distributed at multiple SCAD locations. Winners boost their professional portfolios, get their work seen by thousands, and receive great prizes, too! Rules and submission instructions can be found online. Deadline is Sunday, March 21, 11:59 p.m. Questions? E-mail or call the Jen Library at 912.525.4700.