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Did something very fun and silly with pals and Local Luminaries Ira Marcks (of Shark Summer and Spirit Week fame) and Caitlin Cadieux (making Discord cuter than ever)! Give it a listen.
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Colorado River Monster! | Monster Mash https://youtu.be/2cZX8No1qaU . I had a blast creating a sea monster with Ira Marcks class! I love this Colorado River creature and can't wait to see what monsters you all make! . #drawing #monster #seamonster #art #artist #digitalart #creature https://www.instagram.com/p/ClHOVwJPf9O/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Smash Pages Q&A: Ira Marcks on ‘Shark Summer’
The cartoonist and teacher discusses his latest graphic novel, which combines his love of ‘Goonies,’ ‘Jaws’ and more.
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[Blog Tour] Shark Summer Graphic Novel Book Review
I've been waiting to review this book since last month. The wait is finally over as today's my stop for the blogtour of Shark Summer by @ira_marcks hosted by @TBRBeyondTours
ARC provided by @NetGalley @LittleBrownYR
#sharksummer #tbrandbeyondtours
Hey guys!
Lately, I’ve found comfort in Middle Grade books, be it graphic novel or others. They’ve been kind to me and I’m looking forward to reading more books in this genre. So today I’m reviewing another MG graphic novel that I thoroughly enjoyed reading last month.
Thanks to the publisher and TBR and Beyond Tours for the eARC and letting me join this tour.
About the Book
Title: Shark…
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Review: Shark Summer
Shark Summer is Blair Witch mixed with Jaws and a bit of Goonies. A solid read for tweens as the summer begins! #Comics #ComicBooks
A major motion picture is being filmed on Martha’s Vineyard and with it a film contest for kids. Gayle enlists some friends to try to win the prize and dive into the history of the island.
Shark Summer is Blair Witch mixed with Jaws and a bit of Goonies.
Story: Ira MarcksArt: Ira Marcks
Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call…
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Still alive and working on some projects! November was so busy, but I’ve still been squeezing a little time for art in each week, and one of those things I made time to do was a Skillshare class called “Illustration & Creative Expression: Simple Exercises to Unlock Creativity” by Ira Marcks. A fun, creative, simple exercise!
Some of these squares are more personal or more obvious what they are, but I’m curious if any of you can guess what’s on the computer screen in Moments, or what the location in Windows 2 (the lower right) is? 😄
#sketches and studies#digital#art#sketching#artists on tumblr#self portrait#this is me#artist workspace#my workspace#about the artist#art workspace#art blogging#skillshare class#illustration and creative expression#simple exercises to unlock creativity
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Comic assignment for one of Ira Marcks’s Skillshare classes! Theme was “obsession!” :)
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Here’s my illustration for my by Ira Marcks. I drew inspiration from a good friend who reminds me of Zelda, from Legend of Zelda fame 😁 The assignment was to put yourself in the shoes of someone who’s been hired to illustrate the cover of the groundbreaking Ver Sacrum magazine, the official mag of the Vienna Secession (1898-1903). It had a very specific style (Art Nouveau) to the illustrations. Very flat, had flow to it and used a lot of thick lines. It also played with negative spaces which I’ve never really done before but I really love it. Thanks for the feedback and lesson Ira :D Find him on Skillshare!
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5 Illustration Tips That’ll Help You Go From Beginner to Pro
“A excellent example is incredible. It may enlighten a concept, make complexity easier, and give us all the feelings at once." Graphic novelist Ira Marcks (pun-intended) shows the incredible power of the art with only a few lines. "Two creative aims are always being sought after by an illustrator: to communicate with clarity and purpose and to generate powerful emotional answers. But painting is only half of it—illustration is a psychological condition."
1. Cultivate Daily Practice
Everyone knows that every day is the fastest approach to enhance skills. One of the finest recommendations for artists who want to work at a higher level, but find it difficult to keep to a regular routine is to challenge themselves. Search for broad tags such as the #illustrationchallenge or Instagram #365daysofdrawing, or join challenges like #inktober or #365daysoftype. You may also challenge your favourite artists, where you can rework your work in your own manner.
2. Keep a Sketchbook
If you ask most painters and professional illustrators, they always reply that having a book of drawings is a vital aspect of their creative work. Even if you like to utilise digital tools to aid your brain figure out essential compositional aspects, explain your ideas clearly and simplify the process of commencing the drawing, starting with a good old stylestick and paper. It also increases your concentrate, as no browser tabs are active!
3. Get Inspired Inspiration, not only in terms of subjects, but also in understanding the colour, materials, methods and style are important for illustrators. Illustrator Chuck Groenink agrees: "What improved my career is to remain interested and open to the world. It requires trying out various objects, reading widely and travelling to museums. For me, a project may turn out to uncover something unexpected. A colour schema for a full work can inform a 15th century artwork and it can lead to an idea for a photo book while reading a history book
4. Create Your Own Briefs
If you are looking for suggestions or advice on how to develop editorial illustrations, both artists and customers who wish to use them propose that they create their own briefs. According to Skillshare educator and cartoonist Leah Goran, 'if nobody comes to you, do the job you want to do.' Whether you want to be an artist of children's books, an illustrator, a pattern designer, a fashion illustrator or a botanical illustrator, see yourself as a customer in your dream assignment and set a precise project and schedule for yourself. 5. Make a Portfolio Quantity is more crucial than quality in your diagram, but the converse is true with regard to your portfolio. Here reside your finest thoughts, initiatives, committees and autonomous briefs. Other advice on illustrations are to reflect on the type of work you want to do. Does your portfolio reflect this? For example, if you are an artist of children's books, it will be far more efficient than 10 model pictures and five vector graphs to add one or two wonderful picture book pictures.
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First concept art finished! I took the skill share class with Ira Marcks and it was so informative! Depicted here is our friend and talking fox, Jerky, from one of my many DND campaigns! This isn’t a scene from our actual campaign, but instead a place I thought of and wanted to display. She does tend to do this; stand and watch as we get ourselves into trouble! I’m sure we’ll eventually end up at some terrible ruin like this. 👀 If you like this one please let me know in the comments! I had a blast making it and would love to do more scenes like this! (at Pacific Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPYx9m6rDeB/?utm_medium=tumblr
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The Pool Scene - Aloysius Yapp, Bashar Hussain, Billy Thorpe, Chang Yu Lung, Chris Melling, Chung Ko Ping, Damianos Giallourakis, Dang Jinhu, David Alcaide, Denis Grabe, Do The Kien, Enrique Rojas, Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz, Hunter Lombardo, Ivar Saris, Jakub Koniar, Jalal Al Sarsi, Jang Moonseok, Jeffrey Ignacio, Johann Chua, John Morra, Joshua Filler, Jung Lin Chang, Kong Dejing, Konrad Juszcayszyn, Lin Ta Li, Liu Haitao, Liu Ri Teng, Masato Yoshioka, Max Eberle, Max Lechner, Mieszko Fortunski, Naoyuki Oi, Oliver Szolnoki, Petri Makkonen, Phone Myint Kyaw, Pijus Labutis, Pin Yi Ko, Radoslaw Babica, Ralf Souquet, Results, Richard Halliday, Ruslan Chinakhov, Shane Van Boening, Stephen Holem, Tomasz Kaplan, Waleed Majid, World 9-Ball - World Pool Billiard
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32 Players Book Their Spots In The KO Rounds In A Roller Coaster First Day In Doha
By Ted Lerner
WPA Media Officer
Photo Credits WPA
(Doha, Qatar)–If the first day’s play of the 2019 World 9-ball Championship is any indication–and by all measures it certainly is just that–then fans around the world better be prepared for a wild roller coaster ride over the next three days. Drama, upsets, nerves, revelations, suprises, excitement and downright brilliant 9-ball at the highest levels were all on display as play commenced in the 28th running of pool’s premier crown. And with a loaded field just getting warmed up, it’s only going to get better leading to the final on Tuesday.
With 64 matches played on 16 tables at the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation in Doha, Day 1 saw 32 players book their spots in the final 64 knockout stage which begins Sunday. None of the 96 players have yet to see the exits, but there were plenty of upsets, near upsets, and upstarts making their mark on pool’s biggest stage.
The top 32 seeds were given a bye in the first round of their groups, so these players only had to win one match to reach the single elimination knockout rounds. Defending champion Joshua Filler of Germany did just that, but not before a shaky start which saw him tied at 4-4 in the race to 9 alternate break match against Qatari veteran Bashar Hussain. The World number one was never in trouble, though, and cruised to a 9-5 win.
2017 champion and runner up last year Carlo Biado of the Philippines didn’t fair as well as he got dumped over to the one loss side of his group with a shocking 9-3 loss to Chile’s Enrique Rojas. It was Rojas’ second straight victory of the day, the first coming over Kuwait’s Abdullah Alyusef. Rojas now books his well deserved spot in the Final 64 tomorrow.
The USA’s Shane Van Boening is one of the favorites here this week, but he looked a bit cold early on in his match with young talented Chinese player Xu Xiaocong. Xu is part of a large crop coming from China’s youth movement and he had the American down three quarters of the way through their match. But SVB pulled it together at the last minute and squeaked by the Chinese, 9-8. Xu will get one more chance on Sunday.
Fellow American and Mosconi teammate Billy Thorpe also booked his spot in the final 64 with a 9-5 win over Canada’s Stephen Holem.
It was a solid day for team Taiwan. World 10-ball Champion Ko Ping Chung went up against Myamar’s rising star Phone Myint Kyaw, who also goes by the moniker, Muang Muang. Kyaw is a player that pool fans will want to pay attention to. He’s a former snooker player who has been winning regularly on the brutally tough Chinese 8-ball circuit, and he just grabbed two gold medals in the Southeast Asian games in Manila. His stroke is one of the most solid in the game and anyone who watches him play instantly can see the potential in this young man.
But of course, Ko is a young prodigy who has already proven his metal in American pool with his recent win at the World 10-ball in July in Vegas. Little Ko didn’t have much trouble with Muang Muang, winning handily, 9-4.
Little Ko will join his older brother Pin Yi in the final 64, who defeated the always stingy Jalal Al Sarisi of Venezuela, 9-4. Other Taiwanese cruising into the final 64 include Chang Jung Lin, Chang Yu Lung, and Kevin Cheng.
The Philippines is surprisingly unrepresented in Doha this year with only four players in the field. With Biado losing early it was up to Johann Chua and Jeffrey Ingacio to save the day for the Pinoys. Both looked the goods and nabbed spots in the final 64.
It was a mixed bag for the European Mosconio Cup team. Greece’s Alexander Kazakis is one of Europe’s top bets here this week and he qualified for the knockout round with an easy 9-5 win over Qatar’s Waleed Majid. But Albania’s Eklent Kaci and former World 9-ball Champion Niels Feijen of the Netherlands weren’t so fortunate. Kaci lost big to the Netherlands’ Ivar Saris, who had earlier looked solid in a 9-6 win over Poland’s Karol Skowerski. Feijen went down to upstart Hong Konger Yip Kin Ling, 9-7, who took his spot in the Final 64 with his second win of the day.
The surprises kept coming throughout the day. Lithuania’s Pijus Labutis first squeaked by Peru’s Gerson Martinez, 9-8. Then he took on former World 9-ball Champion Wu Jiaqing, and shocked the Chinese great with a 9-7 upset, and a spot in the knockout rounds.
Also booking a spot in the final 64 was Canada’s John Morra, who continued his return to fine form with a 9-8 win over Poland’s Mateusz Sniegocki. Singapore’s Aloysius Yapp showed that he’s clearly a dark horse to watch here in Doha with a 9-4 drubbing of China’s talented Dang Jinhu. England’s Chris Melling came back from 6-2 down to defeat Vietnam’s Do The Kien, 9-7. Also advancing today were Japan’s Naoyuki Oi, Austria’s Max Lechner, China’s Lui Haitao, Estonia’s Dennis Grabe, Finland’s Petri Makkonen, Germany’s Ralf Souquet, and Spaniards David Alcaide and Francisco Sanchez Ruiz.
Play on day 2 on Sunday, Dec. 14th will begin at 10am Doha time(GMT +3). The field will be whittled down to 64 players playing single elimination knockout race to 11. The round of 64 will be completed in the first two session, and by the end of the day, the field will be down to the final 32.
The winner of the 2019 World 9-ball Championship will receive $30,000. The total prize fund is $150,00.
*The 2019 WPA World 9-ball Championship takes place at the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation in Doha, Qatar from December 10-17, 2019. The event is hosted by The Qatar Billiard and Snooker Federation(QBSF), and is sanctioned by the World Pool Billiard Association, the governing body of the sport of pool.
Fans around the world will be able to view live scoring, results, brackets and live streaming of many of the matches via the QBSF’s free live streaming platform at esnooker.pl. Multiple tables will be available to view online at no charge to the public.
Results
Group 1
Bashar Hussain (QAT) 9 – 6 Hasan Hwaidi (IRQ)
John Morra (CAN) 9 – 7 Jerico Bonus (PHL)
Group 2
Ruslan Chinakhov (RUS) 9 – 5 Mohammad Soufi (SYR)
Mieszko Fortunski (POL) 9 – 6 Kong Bu Hong (CHN)
Group 3
Pijus Labutis (LTH) 9 – 8 Gerson Martinez (PER)
Dang Jinhu (CHN) 9 – 7 Saki Kanatlar (TKY)
Group 4
Kong Dejing (CHN) 9 – 6 Matt Edwards (NZL)
Jalal Al Sarsi (VEN) 9 – 7 Marc Vidal (SPN)
Group 5
Waleed Majid (QAT) 9 – 5 Mohammad Al Amin (BAN)
Oliver Szolnoki (HUN) 9 – 3 Woo Seung Ryu (KOR)
Group 6
Tomasz Kaplan (POL) 9 – 5 Ali Alobadili (QAT)
Do The Kien (VET) 9 – 3 Ricky Yang (IND)
Group 7
Liu Ri Teng (TPE) 9 – 5 Abdulatif Alfawal (QAT)
Radoslaw Babica (POL) 9 – 1 Nadim Okbani (ALG)
Group 8
Lin Ta Li (TPE) 9 – 1 Hassan Shhada (JOR)
Enrique Rojas (CHL) 9 – 7 Abdullah Alyusef (KUW)
Group 9
Phone Myint Kyaw (MYR) 9 – 3 Khaled Alghamdi (KSR)
Stephen Holem (CAN) 9 – 6 Casper Matikainen (FIN)
Group 10
Yukio Akagariyama (JPN) 9 – 7 Mohammad Berjaoui (LEB)
Max Eberle (USA) 9 – 7 Ali Maghsoud (IRA)
Group 11
Ivar Saris (NET) 9 – 6 Karol Skowerski (POL)
Hunter Lombardo (USA) 9 – 1 Ahmad Aldelaimi (KUW)
Group 12
Damianos Giallourakis (GRE) 9 – 7 Marck Bijsterbosch (NED)
Yip Kin Ling (HKG) 9 – 8 Abdulla Alshemari (KSR)
Group 13
Xue Zhenqi (CHN) 9 – 5 Clark Sullivan (NZE)
Masato Yoshioka (JPN) Luis Lemus (GUY)
Group 14
Jakub Koniar (SLV) 9 – 8 Darren Appleton (ENG)
Richard Halliday (RSA) 9 – 4 Fayaz Ussain (MAL)
Group 15
Konrad Juszcayszyn (POL) 9 – 7 Robbie Capito (HKG)
Jang Moonseok (KOR) 9 – 6 Wang Can (CHN)
Group 16
Petri Makkonen (FIN) 9 – 0 Mohamed El Raousti (ALG)
Xu Xiaocong (CHN) 9- 2 Riccardo Sini (ITL)
Winners Side Matches Day 1.
Winner is through to the Final 64, Loser goes to one loss side of their group for one more chance
Group 1
Joshua Filler (GER) 9 – 5 Bashar Hussain (QAT)
John Morra (CAN) 9 – 8 Mateusz Sniegocki (POL)
Group 2
Denis Grabe (EST) 9 – 7 Ruslan Chinakhov (RUS)
Mieszko Fortunski (POL) 9 – 4 Fedor Gorst (RUS)
Group 3
Pijus Labutis (LTH) 9 – 7 Wu Jiaqing (CHN)
Aloysius Yapp (SIN) 9 – 4 Dang Jinhu (CHN)
Group 4
Kong Dejing (CHN) 9 – 6 Thorsten Hohmann (GER)
Pin Yi Ko (TPE) 9 – 5 Jalal Al Sarisi (VEN)
Group 5
Alexander Kazakis (GRE) 9 – 5 Waleed Majid (QAT)
Oliver Szolnoki (HUN) 9 – 3 Wojciech Szewczyk (POL)
Group 6
Chang Yu Lung (TPE) 9 – 6 Tomasz Kaplan (POL)
Chris Melling (ENG) 9 – 7 Do The Kien (VET)
Group 7
Johann Chua (PHL) 9 – 3 Liu Ri Teng (TPE)
Max Lechner (AUT) 9 – 6 Radoslaw Babica (POL)
Group 8
Liu Haitao (CHN) 9 – 3 Lin Ta Li (TPE)
Enrique Rojas (CHL) 9 – 3 Carlo Biado (PHL)
Group 9
Chung Ko Ping (TPE) 9 – 4 Phone Myint Kyaw (MYR)
Billy Thorpe (USA) 9 – 5 Stephen Holem (CAN)
Group 10
Yu Hsuan Cheng (TPE) 9 – 8 Yukio Akagariyama (JPN)
Alex Pagulayan (CAN) 9 – 3 Max Eberle (USA)
Group 11
Ivar Saris (NED) 9 – 4 Eklent Kaci (ALB)
Naoyuki Oi (JPN) 9 – 1 Hunter Lombardo (USA)
Group 12
Jeffrey Ignacio (PHL) 9 – 7 Damianos Giallourakis (GRE)
Yip Kin Ling (HKG) 9 – 7 Niels Feijen (NED)
Group 13
Ralf Souquet (GER) 9 – 8 Xue Zhenqi (CHN)
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (ESP) 9 – 8 Masato Yoshioka (JPN)
Group 14
David Alcaide (ESP) 9 – 7 Jakub Koniar (SLV)
Jung Lin Chang (TPE) 9 – 4 Richard Halliday (RSA)
Group 15
Konrad Juszcayszyn (POL) 9 – 8 Corey Deuel (USA)
Albin Ouschan (AUT) 9 – 4 Jan Moonseok (KOR)
Group 16
Petri Makkonen (FIN) 9 – 5 Lin Wu Kun (TPE)
Shane Van Boening (USA) 9 – 8 Xu Xiaocong (CHN)
#Aloysius Yapp#Bashar Hussain#Billy Thorpe#Chang Yu Lung#Chris Melling#Chung Ko Ping#Damianos Giallourakis#Dang Jinhu#David Alcaide#Denis Grabe#Do The Kien#Enrique Rojas#Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz#Hunter Lombardo#Ivar Saris#Jakub Koniar#Jalal Al Sarsi#Jang Moonseok#Jeffrey Ignacio#Johann Chua#John Morra#Joshua Filler#Jung Lin Chang#Kong Dejing#Konrad Juszcayszyn#Lin Ta Li#Liu Haitao#Liu Ri Teng#Masato Yoshioka#Max Eberle
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Here’s a practice drawing where I’m trying out a couple techniques learned from Ira Marcks and his Imaginary Worlds class on Skillshare.
My inspiration for this drawing is based on my interest in spooky houses. Big old condemned houses really get my imagination flying about what’s inside. What happened? What’s in the basement? Imagine the smell. The way the floor of the house creeks as you tip toe across it’s debris covered floorboards.
I’m using an iPad Pro for all of this. Previously I liked to use Wacom tablets and Adobe PS & Ai. Now, I’m using Adobe Sketch and Draw. I’m in Love with Procreate thought. I’ve hardly had a chance to see all that it can do.
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The Longshoreman and The Snake
by Ira Marcks
narrated by Jess Fink
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