Mike Hoffman Art Academy of Drawing and Painting

05/04/2024

The other day a woman told me she found Comics today "Hard to look at". I replied yes, they're usually overly cluttered, forms aren't separated enough and tend to just overlap, and the digital coloring obscures the linework and puts "modeling" everywhere where it's not needed. Sure, this is the Modern "style" of Comics and as such is instantly recognizable to the Gnerd fanbase, but functionally speaking it doesn't work at all. Basically these beginner-level artists need some serious training or they'll never improve, and YES IT'S AVAILABLE at my online Art Academy:

creating Instructional Materials & Videos, 1-on-1 Art Coaching

01/30/2024

it's live!

Practical Axioms for Achieving Mastery in Traditional and Digital Graphic Art

01/14/2024

Why did Comics start getting called "Graphic Novels"? There are quite a few reasons I touch on in this new book! Mainly, it was an emphasis on the Words over the Pictures, which had to do with Publishers fueling an ascendance of "writers" over "artists" in the Industry. That sabotages the Medium itself, coz you can always remove the words and still have Comics, but you can't remove the pictures because they are PRIMARY. Without Pictures, you really DO have a Novel! Anyway, all this is why the new book's called "Creating" Comics, not "writing and drawing" them. As with all my Instructional books, there's info & insights in there you're not gonna find anywhere else!
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12/03/2023

here's your Xmas present for 2023!

The awesome Anti-Claus threatens Santa and his Gang's North Pole Operation while an Alien presence looms large! Mike Hoffman's Classic Christmas tale will thrill, amaze and entertain you! HO HO HO!

04/12/2020

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01/22/2020

After years of private Art coaching we're "going public" with a delivery platform using Patreon:

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