ArtCast: May 19 @ 9PM ET

I’ll be hosting another live Artcast for the Artcast Network on Wednesday May 19 at 9PM Eastern time. Stop by via your browser and watch me draw live, with an interactive chat window to ask questions.

Artcasts usually run about 2 hours, stop by for as long as you can.

You can view the video stream either by visiting the “Screening Room” page on the ArtCast Network site, my Ustream channel, or here on the blog on my Ustream page.

Totally free!

CoghillCartooning.com — Launched!

If you haven’t noticed, I’ve done a complete overhaul to my website as well as moving everything over to the CoghillCartooning.com domain. Designed by me, coded by my patient friend John “CJ” Wallace (@vagrantrevival).

A big tip of the hat to: my buddy Greg Newman at 20Seven (@gregnewman) for snazzing up my navigation links and general web Jedi advice, Matheau Dakoske (@matheaud) of Code Line Software for more coding help and general testing, and finally Heather Malarcik (@hkmalarcik) at Malarcik Marketing for proof-reading and spicing up the text content.

In a sense, this new website reflects a milestone for me. More on that later. For now, I want to share some of the background behind the process.

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Creative Sessions: Character Design Sketch Approaches

A quick heads up to let you guys know that the “Character Design Sketching Approaches” post I put together for the awesome new Creative Sessions blog by the Envato team is up for your viewing pleasure.

The first Creative Session focuses on Character Design, and VectorTuts editor Sean Hodge approached me to author a post. Instead of a walkthrough, I thought it would be great to scratch one of my favorite itches: seeing other artist’s sketch process from rough to final.

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