Top
Search

You are dedicated to your craft. You have spent countless hours honing your skills. You have a boundless curiosity for the underlying theories and structure of communicating ideas. You are the artist who finds the connections between your medium and other communications media. You are the artist who relishes in a setback; after all, it's a new opportunity to learn and grow. Inspiration is more than a haphazard mode of thought requiring constant nurturing: it is your natural state of mind.

Lean Into Art is where you go when you're ready to push yourself as an artist in new ways. As a place to learn communication arts online it combines an art-journaling approach, the best of live and time-shifted classes, and a recognition system that encourages students to finish projects, give feedback, even participate in teaching.

It's a big art challenge - that's why we put the enticing warning in the name. You have to lean into it.

Quest Updates on Twitter

« LIA Cast 53 - Self-Learning Skillset: Research | Main | LIA Cast 51 - Art Automation, Pt 2 »
Sunday
Sep092012

LIA Cast 52 - What We Think When We Ink

DateSunday, September 9, 2012 at 10:00AM

Inking! It's an outmoded method of comics creation, right? Thanks to recent technological advancements, we can make print-ready comics out of any medium we wish. But doesn't that mean that using ink lines on our work becomes an even more artistic endeavor?

This week we talk a bit about the special affordances found when using ink in our illustration work. We explore how one can stumble upon technique, creating an "inking taxonomy," and how inking expresses inner realities while mimicking outer reality.

We close with some tool demonstrations and a few Stupid Helpy Tips!

Links mentioned in this episode:

Social Networking

LIA Cast 52 - What We Think When We Ink

AuthorLean Into Art | CommentPost a Comment |
in ,

PrintView Printer Friendly Version

EmailEmail Article to Friend

Reader Comments

There are no comments for this journal entry. To create a new comment, use the form below.
Member Account Required
You must have a member account on this website in order to post comments. Log in to your account to enable posting.