Creating a Graphic Novel : Art – Food – Photography

On the eve of 2009, wishing everyone a Happy New Year!
Make sure you stick to your resolutions and hope the new year turns out fantastic.
From Amiya, Zatanna ushering in the New Year.

Wishing everyone a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Be good now y’all.
Festive Supergirl picture by David Enciso.
Check out his website for more of his work at :
http://www.davidenciso.com/

In 2008 SIGMATESTUDIO has been posting some amazing works. I have several works in the pipeline but would love to talk to and showcase more people. So . . . want to show off your art or writing skills to the world in 2009?
Reach me at sigmatestudio [at] sigmatestudio.com and we’ll discuss what needs to [...]

Stuck for a good present idea?
There are lots of collectible coins and notes stores around. Try picking up a coin from the year they were born or a significant year (e.g. graduation year). It’s something different and it’s a different spin from just giving them money. Well . . you are giving them money but [...]

Jean Sinclair is an awesome upcoming Brazilian artist. Although currently focusing on pin ups, some of his sequentials are fantastic. I was so impressed with his artwork that I commissioned a Spiderwoman piece from him and also managed to ask him a couple of questions about himself.
Firstly . . how did you get started drawing?
In [...]

My first attempt at making ice-cream tiramisu. One layer of sponge fingers soaked in Kahlua, marsala (italian wine) and coffee followed by a layer of high quality vanilla ice-cream with a dusting of grated chocolate. This was then repeated twice. It may not look particularly “pretty” in the photo but it was definitely delicious!

I found Amiya’s work one day and was very impressed by it, so much so that I requested a commission from him. Through the process I got to find out a little more about him.
Is Amiya your real name or a pen name?
My full name is Andrew Amiya Yerrakadu. Amiya is my middle name. I [...]

A recap of the 8 week journey for my first life drawing course. The course taught a lot of different techniques and it was a lot of fun. I hope I have the opportunity put into practice some of things I have learnt.
Prequel – Enrolment
Prequel – Equipment
Week 1 – Contour
Week 2 – Gesture – Foreshortening
Week [...]

Hard to believe there’s exactly 2 weeks till Christmas! Time has gone past too quickly. With the Life Drawing course concluded, I asked the instructor Karl Mattas if he would be interested to answer a few questions for http://www.sigmatestudio.com about how he started out and his approaches to teaching.

When did you start art professionally?
I became [...]

With Week 7 completed, this was the last week of the Life Drawing course. A next technique shown was cross contour which builds up the depth in the sketch, giving a three dimensional feel to it. This was my attempt with the focus on the face. I tried to illustrate the model’s high cheek bones.

Karl [...]