LAAFA at Comic-Con Part 1: Gearing up for the Weekend

Image by CECIL KIM

Comic-Con is here and LAAFA is right in the middle of the action! 

If you are at Comic-Con, be sure to stop by Booth #5567.  For those of you who won't make it until this weekend, here's a daily photo diary of what's happened so far!  Follow us on Facebook for updates throughout the day on what will be happening for the rest of the weekend!

FRIDAY: ANIMATION VETERAN AND PIXAR SKETCH ARTIST JOHN NEVAREZ  

JOHN DEMONSTRATED DAZZLING SKETCH-WORK AT 3:00PM ON FRIDAY.

   REGISTER FOR JOHN'S VISUAL STORYTELLING WORKSHOP NEXT MONTH AT LAAFA WHILE THERE IS STILL SPACE!

THURSDAY:  CECIL KIM FROM SECTION STUDIOS

 CECIL SHOWED A WINNING COMBINATION OF TECHNICAL MASTERY 

AND IMAGINATION DURING HIS 4:30 PM DEMO

WEDNESDAY:  PREVIEW NIGHT

  ARTIST/ILLUSTRATOR/TEACHER MARSHALL VANDRUFF CAME TO VISIT

May Workshops at LAAFA with Nathan Fowkes & Marshall Vandruff

On Saturday, May 19th, Nathan Fowkes has a one-day workshop - Composition: Design for Dynamic Picture-Making.  This intensive workshop will cover fundamentals of effective picture-making, creating mood and environment, and organizing complex scenes.  The workshop includes a painting demonstration by Nathan, as well as time for student painting with instructor feedback. Discover Nathan Fowkes's impressive credentials on his blog.  Register here.

May 25th-27th master illustrator and instructor Marshall Vandruff presents a crash-course in the classic approach to draftsmanship and animal anatomy.  The workshop will teach students to draw animals from their imagination as well as to interpret visual information when drawing animals from life. Recommended pre-workshop reading is on Marshall's website.  Register here.