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Cartoonist Conspiracy SF CAM-JAM Animation Art Jam on May 22, 2011 at the Cartoon Art Museum
The Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco is co-hosting a third year of CAM-JAM events with the Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore. The event is on Sunday May 22, 2011 from 11am to 5pm and the theme will be… ANIMATION.
Yes, you heard that right! Our challenge will be to produce 30 seconds of DIY animation goodness that will use technology and old school art skills together to make something cool. We will have stations to do: Flipbooks, Wipe Board Animation and Sketchbook Animation.
The technique that is most intriguing is the Sketchbook Animation inspired by the short film Nosy Bear. The technique is to draw all the art for a couple seconds of animation in your sketchbook which is then composited on the computer into a short video.
The sample in this technique used in our trailer below was drawn on 4 pages of art on 8.5″x11″ card stock in about 2.5 hours and then about 2 to 2.5 hours scanning and compositing the work together. Here are the results…
CAM-JAM 2011- No1 Animation Jam – Sunday May 22, 2011 at the Cartoon Art Museum from Brian Kolm on Vimeo.
So come on out and join a bunch of crazy cartoonist and make some animation. Artist of all levels are welcome.
The final work will be posted here on my blog after the event.
On May 22, 2011 the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco and the Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore will be kicking off the third year of CAM-JAM’s, cartoonist collaboration events. The CAM-JAM’s have tried different themes in the past such as Tikis and Samurais, but this time we will go with something a bit more challenging…Animation. With a mix of old school drawing goodness and desk top video technology we will attempt to collaborate and create 30 seconds of animation within the length of the event from 11am to 5pm.
Will you come and join us?
When: Sunday May 22, 2011
11am to 5pm
Where: Cartoon Art Museum – 655 Mission St San Francisco CA
Cost: FREE for participating artists
What to bring: Sketchbook and any drawing tools that you like. There will be materials available to use at the event, but it’s always fun to share how you like to draw with your fellow artists.The event will feature…
– Wipe Board animation – filmed with a digital camera and stop motion software artist will create animation by drawing on that office favorite the wipe board.
– Flipbooks
– “sketchbook†animation – inspired by the technique used on the short film animated “Nosy Bear†created with small drawings on a few pages of a sketchbook that are then composite digitally.
– Samples of animation by local artists
– Prizes
– Networking
– Treats
– FunOur hope is that cartoonist and artist of all caliber will join in the fun and help create animation on-the-spot.
To sign-up ahead of time, email the Cartoon Art Museum bookstore at bookstore@cartoonart.org or sign-in the day of the event at the front desk
BONUS: ANY ARTIST who shows their sketchbook on the day of the event will receive 10% off their purchase in the museum bookstore. Note: a few items are not applicable for discount.
For more information or questions contact:
Brian Kolm from the Cartoonist Conpiracy – staff@atomicbearpress.com
Heather at the Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore – bookstore@cartoonart.org
Thursday February 24, 2011 San Francisco Comic Jam
The next comic jam for the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco is this Thursday Feb 24 at Borderland Cafe.
Come out and draw with your fellow cartoonist. You can collaborate, chat, compare notes, work on a project or anything you like.
Where/When: Feb 24 at the Borderland Cafe at 6:30 pm to 9/10ish.
870 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 970-6998 ‎
What to bring: Art Materials, creativity, money to buy drinks and treats.
Who can come: any artist who wants too!
note: we meet on the second and fourth Thursday of the each month.
Thursday February 10, 2011 San Francisco Comic Jam
The next comic jam for the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco is this Thursday Feb 10 at Borderland Cafe.
Come out and draw with your fellow cartoonist. You can collaborate, chat, compare notes, work on a project or anything you like.
Where/When: Feb 10 at the Borderland Cafe at 6:30 pm to 9/10ish.
870 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 970-6998 ‎
What to bring: Art Materials, creativity, money to buy drinks and treats.
Who can come: any artist who wants too!
note: we meet on the second and fourth Thursday of the each month.
reminder: January 27th Comic Jam in San Fransico CA at Borderland Cafe
Come out and draw with your fellow cartoonist in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can collaborate, jam, chat, compare notes, work on a project or anything you like.
Where/When:
January 27
at the Borderland Cafe at 6:30 pm to 9/10ish. That’s the Second and Fourth Thursday of the month BTW.
870 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 970-6998 ‎
What to bring: Art Materials, creativity, money to buy drinks and treats.
Who can come: any artist who wants too!
Hope you can come.
Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco last comic jam of 2010 and Cheap Ass White Elephant gift exchange.
Well folks, another year of cartooning has come and gone and it’s time for the last comic jam of the year. That means it’s time for a bit of seasonal cheer and our 3rd annual Cheap Ass White White Elephant Exchange where you get to share Cartoonist Friendly things you don’t want or need anymore and get something new in exchange.
We’ll also be giving Alan and the amazing staff at Borderland Cafe a break and going back to our old haunt at the Church St. Cafe.
The evening will also have our second annual art exchange and a snack/meal/supper at a nearby restaurant afterward.
So, here is the scoop.
WHEN Thursday December 9th, 2010
—6:30 PM Church Street Cafe
http://www.yelp.com/biz/church-street-cafe-san-francisco
note: we don’t have reserved tables and seating, so if you are the
first one there you might want to grab a few tables and chairs for us
to use.
260 Church St
(between 15th St & Market St)
San Francisco, CA 94114
Neighborhood: Castro
a short walk from the MUNI subway and street cars BTW.
— 7:15 Cheap Ass White Elephant gift exchange
Time to get rid of your Comic Books, Graphic Novels, usable art
supplies, how-too books, and other things that you don’t want or need
anymore and a fellow artist will love. Just wrap them in the most
festive and cheap ass wrapping you can find and bring them along.
Anyone who brings a gift, gets a gift!
—8:00 Art Exchange
Create small masterpieces of art for your artist friends. That means
everyone goes home with original art.
— 9:00 Sparky’s for a late night snack/supper.
It’s just two doors down from the Church St. Cafe
So, come and celebrate the season at the last Cartoonist Conspiracy
Comic Jam of 2010!
Reminder: San Francisco Comic Jam this Thursday MAY 13, 2010
Reminder that the ‘Second Thursday’ Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco meet up is in a few days on May 13, 2010
When: The SECOND and LAST Thursday of the Month
Time: 6:30pm to 10pm
note: The café will not be making coffee drinks after 9pm since they need to clean-up the equipment, but we can stay and draw.
Location:
Borderland Cafe
870 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 970-6998
Comic-Jam Thursday Feb 25, 2010
The second comic jam of February (we meet the second and last Thursday of each month) is going to be on Thursday Feb 25, 2010 at 6:30 PM AND at a new location.
The upcoming jam will be again at the Borderlands Cafe (next to the Borderlands Sci-Fi Books) on Valencia St. Hardwood floors, old sci-fi paper packs, great snacks and drinks and some great art from all involved.
So, why not join us.
Location: 870 Valencia Street, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110(415) 970-6998‎
Here is their site http://www.borderlands-cafe.com/and here is the store next door http://www.borderlands-books.com/
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm ish
What to bring: drawing materials, sketchbook, your latest work, samples of favorite artists and artwork, stuff.
See you there.
CCSF: Trailer Trash Monsters
Happy New Years 2010 to Everyone!
Here is a blast from the past. These were group drawings done in 2008 and just scanned now. One person penciling and (mostly) one person inking.
CLICK on the monster to visit our blog and see some more cool Monsters.
Results of the last CCSF Comic Jam of the Year 2009
On Dec 10, 2009 we the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco held our last Comic Book Jam of the year. It’s been an interesting and exciting year for our group with an expanded 24 Hour Comic Book Day event arranged by Doc Pop and group collaborations that took us outside of our regular bi-monthly Thursday Night meeting times. Many members of the group have also been expanding there work into new areas including video games and art prints.
For this last comic jam we had our second annual Cheap Ass White Elephant Gift Exchange with all sorts of cool surprises. The group also was inspired by artist Rick Lucy to do an art trade. Each drawing is on a small sheet of drawing paper and were handed out randomly once a mass of them were created. We then started traded them and created additional new ones too. It was a huge success.