Comics Are Great! 09 – Limitations Breed Creativity
December 16, 2010 by Jerzy Drozd
Filed under CAG Podcast, News, Podcasts
This time it’s a one-on-one conversation between me and Ryan Estrada, the cartoonist who is taking on the brobdingnagian challenge of animating a feature-length film in one month!
As we discuss the project and the perils it presents to Ryan, we wind up investigating some topics that apply to any cartooning endeavor, such as:
- Story and Character as the chief driving force of a project, and finding the right style and structure to service them
- Project constraints and deadlines breed creativity
- The benefits of publicizing the process of your project and how to measure what you do and don’t share
Some of the links we mention during our conversation:
- The One Month Animated Feature process blog
- Jake Parker’s essay on how constraints and accountability are the “flint and steel” of creativity
- Ryan’s Cartoon Commune business
- Ryan’s 168-hour comic, Ped X-ing
- 11 Minutes Ago, a
shortfilm made in 24 hours - Scott Kurtz
- Kris Straub
- Barney Wornoff
- Kevin McShane
- Dan Meth
- John Campbell’s Pictures for Sad Children
- Ryan and I did an Audioboo about a crazy talented kid at Kids Read Comics
- Ryan’s talk on Making Comics Like an Adventurer at the Ann Arbor District Library
Follow Jerzy and Ryan on Twitter!
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11 Minutes ago is a feature! (A good one, too! Check it out!)
Ha! I let the title trick me into saying that. Updated the post with the edit. đŸ™‚