Why Are Things Creepy?

Why do some things scare us when there is no actual element of danger?
This video by Vsauce tries to explain why we find certain things creepy. A helpful video if you're considering writing a scary ghost story someday.

WARNING: Some of the imagery shown are disturbing.

Yoshikazu Hamada Comic Digital Drawing Videos

A video of a 2 comic pages drawn digitally by manga artist Yoshikazu Hamada.
I'm not sure which program he using for these pages, quite possibly Manga Studio.  By my estimation it took him about 15-16 hours to finish these two pages. The pages are from his series つぐもも "Tsugumomo" published in the comic magazine Comic High!

In this other video he shows how he digitally draws an entire room, quite impressive. It was meant to be used for his comic series but was rejected by the editor.


Apparently he does not use any assistants and does all the backgrounds himself.

He has a whole bunch of other videos with both digital and traditional illustrations which I recommend you check out. If there is anything you want translated. Let me know.

Gesture Drawing

Doing some drawing this weekend. While doing some warmup i felt like i needed a refresher on some gesture drawing (not to mention doing it more often. Found these videos that did just that. A nice refresher from art school (explained a little better i might add)

The Hero's Journey as Explained by Puppets

Need a refresher on the Joseph's Campbell's Monomyth formula?
Puppets, Mario and Fafa the groundhog from Glove and Boots, are here to educate.

You can find out more of Joseph Campbell's theory from his book, A Hero of a Thousand Faces.

Interview at Flickering Myth

I was recently interviewed by FlickeringMyth.com.
Check out the interview. Woo!

Zygote Body

Some of you know I'm currently studying écorché, the study of human anatomy without skin.  While searching for some reference I came across this interesting site, Zygotebody.

It has a nifty tool where by using sliders you can adjust the transparency of various parts of the body.  For example if you want to see the circulatory system and the bone structure just slide the away the skin,  muscles etc to reveal the structure underneath.

For studying anatomy, it's great. You can see the the various underlying layers of muscle using the slider. There's both male and female figures too.  The only downside is that while it's possible to see the figure 360 degrees, you have move your cursor way off the screen just to be able to see certain angles of the body, and this chops the image off in awkward places.  Also you can't really adjust the figure's pose either.  It's not great for pose reference but it's a handy tool for learning anatomy and it's just fun to play around with too.

The Science of Productivity

I don't know about the rest of you but winter time is usually a big productivity slump for me.  Here's an interesting video about the science of productivity.  I'm gonna try applying some of it's tips, here's hoping it works. Here's more detailed article about productivity from Sparring Mind.