Digital Coloring Tutorial

Anthony "Nedroid" Clark gives a great overview of his digital coloring techniques.

Here's another post of Anthony's on coloring that also gets into lighting/effects techniques.

In addition to his own amazing Nedroid Picture Diary comics, Anthony is also the colorist for the popular Dr. McNinja webcomic. Check out his work!

Sonja Rostad's "Personal History vs. World History"

Sonja created a booklet for each year of her life, comparing her personal history to the events of world history.

Personal History vs. World History 24 booklets- 4"x11" folded

"This project involves a booklet for every year of my life. I wanted to look at the events that were happening during the year and juxtapose it to events that were happening in my life. As you unfold the booklet completely, there is a Nasdaq chart for the year with the different events plotted in a timeline on the graph, using symbols that I assigned from the previous page. This was meant to show how world events affect the economy, and how these things also impact personal life. All of the symbols used for each year is on the cover. They are then put on the back cover in a circle. Each year's circle gets added to the next years booklet.

The photos used are all from documented non-personal photos like drivers licenses, school ids, and baby pictures. I wanted to make it less personal by using these photos that society expects from us. It also enforces my idea of using these booklets, which are normally something handed out to many people, to showcase my life."

Also check out this group project Sonja contributed to, the 2012 Book.

Dylan Lathrop and Colin Trechter's "What Do the Twins Mean to Minnesota?"

Dylan and Colin made great use of our versatile perfect binding machine in the making of this book - utilizing such elements as different sized page inserts/tabs.

In their words:

"This book was a collaboration between myself and my classmate Colin Trechter. We attended an event (in this case, a Minnesota Twins game) and gathered imagery and content from that time. We then sent out a brief survey to the fans of the Minnesota Twins and were floored by the honesty and beauty of what they had to say. The book uses those quotes and inserted information about the team—from the players to the stadiums to the Dome Dogs. The book resides for both novice and the die hard, with local charm which we both love about this city."

Both gentlemen do great work - do yourself a favor and check out the rest of their work HERE and HERE.