Hey! Here is the official press release for the Comic Studio. If there is anyone interested in signing up for classes, let me know. Any media outlets that would like to post this up, please feel free. As well, anyone that would like to share this on their pages are welcome.
OFFICIAL COMIC STUDIO PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact Persons for The Comic Studio:
Martheus A. Wade
martheus@toshigawa.com
www.mawpro.com
INDEPENDENT COMIC CREATOR PUTS A COMIC BOOK SPIN ON ART CLASSES
September 5, 2012
Indy comic book creator, Martheus Wade, creator of the hit graphic novel series Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa and Turra: Gun Angel and art director for MAW Productions Studios, is proud to announce the formation of The Comic Studio, a series of classes that specialize in the art of comic book and graphic novel creation.
The Comic Studio will be art classes with a comic book twist. The classes take an innovative approach to creative design that combines fine art, writing and graphic design skills and team them with goal setting techniques that will empower students to see projects through to completion. Courses will cover everything from photoshop techniques, to illustration techniques, to writing all from the perspective of comic book and graphic novel creation. "I've always wanted to give back to the Memphis area," Martheus said. "The idea for the Comic Studio began when I taught comic illustration in the penitentiary system. There were some extremely talented individuals there that could have contributed so much to the art world if someone would have reached them early and helped develop their talent. I want to find that child before it's too late." Thanks to fellow artist and prolific painter, Adam Shaw, classes will start at his studio in November at 2547 Broad Ave, Memphis TN. "The revitalization of Broad Avenue as an arts district fits The Comic Studio perfectly," said Martheus. "It's the perfect place to open minds to the arts and the power of the graphic medium."
Classes start in November and will meet Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings. More information on times will be available in the coming weeks. Anyone interested in enrollment should contact Martheus Wade at martheus@toshigawa.com or join our facebook page, keyword: The Comic Studio. Free art tutorials are also available online at www.mawpro.com.
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Martheus Antone Wade
Optioned for motion picture, Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa was created in 1985 by Martheus Antone Wade, a graduate of the University of Memphis. Martheus' love for martial arts, along with his talent as a graphic artist, was a natural fit for creating exciting characters and imaginative storylines. He then began his carrier as an intern at Signature Advertising. After completing his internship, Martheus worked as graphic designer. After two years, Martheus struck out on his own as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator working with companies such as the Radison Hotel, Trust Marketing, Senior Services, The YWCA, The Girl Scouts Council of the Mid-South, and Special Olympics.
He has illustrated for Maximum CNG, Bloodstream for Image Comics, Shooting Star Comics, Chaos Campus for Approbation Comics and Andrew Dabb's Slices just to name a few. Recently, he has worked on such titles as Action Man and Nanovor for IDW, Bad Girls Club for the Oxygen Network, and illustrated, wrote, and produced a comic book crossover with his title character, Jetta, and William Tucci's, Shi. His work has been used for the movie Role Models from Universal Pictures as well as the instructional DVD and book, Hi-Fi Digital Color for Comics available from IMPACT Publishing.
Visit www.mawpro.com to see more of his work and artistic process .
Monday, September 17, 2012
Thursday, September 6, 2012
letter to thai
i friend posted the following on her facebook this morning...
"So sick and tired of kids saying something to Thai because she wears superhero shirts to school! Teacher getting a call! She cried about it this morning."
>:(
this is not acceptable. this is downright rage-inducing. messing w/ this girl? because of SUPERHERO TSHIRTS??? this is like messing w/ my own child. we go to cons w/ her & her family. we hang out at kickboxing class. shoot, we have more pix of her on our fridge than we do of our own son.
i know kids can be stupid & use a strange logic that we grown people just don't get, but this needs to be nipped in the bud. i remember once upon a time when self esteem wasn't an issue for me. i mean, every kid coming into the world has unlimited potential to do great things...until they are told by someone else they can't/don't/shouldn't. i use to be the fastest runner in school & queen of the monkey bars (i had the blisters on my palms to prove it). then 6th grade hit & i was made fun of because i didn't play quiet games during recess.
& it didn't quit there. i withdrew further into myself when in 8th grade was told i was suppose to draw flowers instead of dragons. & then in high school i was 'weird' because i read (for fun, not for homework) at lunch instead of gossip, didn't wear make up, didn't go on dates. &, oh yeah, i didn't care for new kids on the block. i know, ole weirdo janet.
it wasn't until i hit my mid-20s before i realized i was tired & unhappy of trying to fit in & hiding the things i liked, all for people who i never saw again & did not matter whatsoever in my life anyways.
a girl doesn't have to wear pink or draw only flowers & unicorns or wear hannah montana shirts or like princesses to be a girl.
she can dress up as her favorite superhero.
she can be in ballet.
she can whoop some tail in kickboxing class.
she can learn to play violin.
she can have taekwondo family fun time, too.
oh yeah, & she can read a comic book whilst wearing a SUPERHERO tshirt.
so here's my words of encouragment to this multifaceted young lady.
dear thai:
i know sometimes it's hard being 10, trying to figure out who you are & where you fit into this world that can be full of people who, at times, are rather stupid & slow to realize that not everyone's a cookie cutter clone.
you are an individual. you are ok to like the things you like and enjoy the things you do because those things make you happy. and too bad if it bothers someone else so much that they feel they need to make fun of you. those people need to find a hobby, like knitting, if they really don't have anything else going for them.
keep wearing batman tees. keep playing w/ star wars legos. keep reading comic books. one day you'll understand that you are an AWESOME kid. everyone who love you already know your awesome-osity is boundless. :)
love <3<3<3,
~~me
"So sick and tired of kids saying something to Thai because she wears superhero shirts to school! Teacher getting a call! She cried about it this morning."
>:(
this is not acceptable. this is downright rage-inducing. messing w/ this girl? because of SUPERHERO TSHIRTS??? this is like messing w/ my own child. we go to cons w/ her & her family. we hang out at kickboxing class. shoot, we have more pix of her on our fridge than we do of our own son.
i know kids can be stupid & use a strange logic that we grown people just don't get, but this needs to be nipped in the bud. i remember once upon a time when self esteem wasn't an issue for me. i mean, every kid coming into the world has unlimited potential to do great things...until they are told by someone else they can't/don't/shouldn't. i use to be the fastest runner in school & queen of the monkey bars (i had the blisters on my palms to prove it). then 6th grade hit & i was made fun of because i didn't play quiet games during recess.
& it didn't quit there. i withdrew further into myself when in 8th grade was told i was suppose to draw flowers instead of dragons. & then in high school i was 'weird' because i read (for fun, not for homework) at lunch instead of gossip, didn't wear make up, didn't go on dates. &, oh yeah, i didn't care for new kids on the block. i know, ole weirdo janet.
it wasn't until i hit my mid-20s before i realized i was tired & unhappy of trying to fit in & hiding the things i liked, all for people who i never saw again & did not matter whatsoever in my life anyways.
a girl doesn't have to wear pink or draw only flowers & unicorns or wear hannah montana shirts or like princesses to be a girl.
she can dress up as her favorite superhero.
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| best black canary EVER! |
she can be in ballet.
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| graceful. |
she can whoop some tail in kickboxing class.
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| she's smiling because you think she's cute & can't hit hard. |
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| country fiddlin' or classical. |
she can have taekwondo family fun time, too.
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| choke him out!!! |
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| in yo faces, haters. |
dear thai:
i know sometimes it's hard being 10, trying to figure out who you are & where you fit into this world that can be full of people who, at times, are rather stupid & slow to realize that not everyone's a cookie cutter clone.
you are an individual. you are ok to like the things you like and enjoy the things you do because those things make you happy. and too bad if it bothers someone else so much that they feel they need to make fun of you. those people need to find a hobby, like knitting, if they really don't have anything else going for them.
keep wearing batman tees. keep playing w/ star wars legos. keep reading comic books. one day you'll understand that you are an AWESOME kid. everyone who love you already know your awesome-osity is boundless. :)
love <3<3<3,
~~me
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| that's right. wear that superhero tshirt, miss thai. |
Thursday, August 23, 2012
my inner darkness
i've just recently discovered something about myself, & it kind of scares me. but in a good way. or maybe not?
i love lovecraft.
to those who are unaware, this might seem harmless or even fun. i mean it has the words 'love' & 'craft' (the crafting of love?), so how bad could it be? to those who do know, they know this is a step towards a dark part of themselves from which they may never return.
lovecraft, as in mr. h.p. lovecraft, was a pioneer in horror fiction. monsters, aliens, physical metamorphises, interdimensional demon-gods, insanity & all that. go here to read up on him.
i'm kind of a fan when it comes to the horror genre. i like to be scared. blood & gore don't really cut if for me. it's gross, but not exactly scary. i need something a bit more mind-blowing, & lovecraft does just that.
to start off w/, what exactly defines a person? who are you? your likes & dislikes, thoughts, feelings, emotions. these are things that a person might consider a part of their soul / give a person their humanity.
now what lovecraft does is tap into a part of your reptillian mind, the primordial subconscious, where there is no rt/wrong, no logic/reason, no emotion. there just IS. & nothing more. this is the instinctual part that every1 has buried deep w/in their minds that just wants to survive & possibly procreate. it is raw & completely soulless; humanity is gone. in lovecraft's stories, your normal everyday life is a lie you tell yourself to hold on to--erm, yourself. then 1 day you peek thru a doorway or notice a bit of darkness moving in the corner of your room that you've never noticed before, & you're suddenly thrusted into a vast & undefined universe where you do not matter, & if you tried to understand it/your place in it you lose your damn feeble, unable-to-ever-grasp-the-truth mind.
THAT, my friends, is scary to me. to lose yourself & know you can't do a damn thing about it. i've often wondered if crazy ppl knew they were crazy. but there's something so seductive about insanity, to lose yourself. walking the tightrope & peeking over the edge to the monsters & darkness & all of the unkown. it's like being at the crescendo of a rollercoaster ride, rt before it plunges w/ frightening speed. you have no choice but to hold on & HOPE you come out ok & not shit your pants. thrilling, ain't it?
my mother always wanted me to draw flowers & pretty things. harmless things. acceptable things. perhaps i should've listened to the harpy & stuck to the light instead of be curious of what was in the dark.
s'more lovecraft-inspired goodies...
sleep tight, kiddies.
[insert crazed laugh here]
i love lovecraft.
to those who are unaware, this might seem harmless or even fun. i mean it has the words 'love' & 'craft' (the crafting of love?), so how bad could it be? to those who do know, they know this is a step towards a dark part of themselves from which they may never return.
lovecraft, as in mr. h.p. lovecraft, was a pioneer in horror fiction. monsters, aliens, physical metamorphises, interdimensional demon-gods, insanity & all that. go here to read up on him.
i'm kind of a fan when it comes to the horror genre. i like to be scared. blood & gore don't really cut if for me. it's gross, but not exactly scary. i need something a bit more mind-blowing, & lovecraft does just that.
to start off w/, what exactly defines a person? who are you? your likes & dislikes, thoughts, feelings, emotions. these are things that a person might consider a part of their soul / give a person their humanity.
now what lovecraft does is tap into a part of your reptillian mind, the primordial subconscious, where there is no rt/wrong, no logic/reason, no emotion. there just IS. & nothing more. this is the instinctual part that every1 has buried deep w/in their minds that just wants to survive & possibly procreate. it is raw & completely soulless; humanity is gone. in lovecraft's stories, your normal everyday life is a lie you tell yourself to hold on to--erm, yourself. then 1 day you peek thru a doorway or notice a bit of darkness moving in the corner of your room that you've never noticed before, & you're suddenly thrusted into a vast & undefined universe where you do not matter, & if you tried to understand it/your place in it you lose your damn feeble, unable-to-ever-grasp-the-truth mind.
THAT, my friends, is scary to me. to lose yourself & know you can't do a damn thing about it. i've often wondered if crazy ppl knew they were crazy. but there's something so seductive about insanity, to lose yourself. walking the tightrope & peeking over the edge to the monsters & darkness & all of the unkown. it's like being at the crescendo of a rollercoaster ride, rt before it plunges w/ frightening speed. you have no choice but to hold on & HOPE you come out ok & not shit your pants. thrilling, ain't it?
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| cthullu wants to play w/ your children. |
my mother always wanted me to draw flowers & pretty things. harmless things. acceptable things. perhaps i should've listened to the harpy & stuck to the light instead of be curious of what was in the dark.
s'more lovecraft-inspired goodies...
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| behemoth thing from stephen king's "the mist." |
dye's music video "fantasy"
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| mignola's ogdru jahad from "hellboy." |
[insert crazed laugh here]
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
geek girl lookbook - thundercats, hoooooo!!!
i've been looking @ too many fashion blogs lately.
i'm no fashionista, but i do have a geek girl uniform.
i'm no fashionista, but i do have a geek girl uniform.
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| target has the BEST stuff. |
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| it was a thundercat kind of day. |
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| all those bracelets? yeah, i made them. you may be jealous now. |
Friday, August 17, 2012
i got everything that i need! boo boo pee pee pee!
this is definitely a magical time for my husband & i. the boy is coming into his own, developing his own quirky personality (which mirrors our own, surprise surprise). lately he's gotten into busting out random songs he makes up all on his own. like he'll play w/ 2 action figures as if they were fighting, but they'll sing opera-esque their fighting moves.
[lex luthor/ryu]: i will do my haduken now!
[batman/ken]: aaarrrgh! & now i will do my sure-you-can!
--[ominous music]: dun duuun dun dun dun DUUUUNNN!!!
& sometimes he'll take a familiar song & replace key words. like this for instance, from "the muppet movie":
"i got everything that i need! boo boo pee pee pee!"
see what he did there? how golden is that, ya'll?
i <3 this goofy boy so much.
[lex luthor/ryu]: i will do my haduken now!
[batman/ken]: aaarrrgh! & now i will do my sure-you-can!
--[ominous music]: dun duuun dun dun dun DUUUUNNN!!!
& sometimes he'll take a familiar song & replace key words. like this for instance, from "the muppet movie":
"i got everything that i need! boo boo pee pee pee!"
see what he did there? how golden is that, ya'll?
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| "the light side or the dark side? decisions, decisions..." |
i <3 this goofy boy so much.
Friday, August 10, 2012
korra eats an apple instead of doing casual 1 armed push ups
i've been meaning to contribute something to the airbender/legend of korra fandom for quite some time now. the only thing i've ever done was a sketchy of aang as elvis, or aang-vis if you will, that was a compilation of artists from all over who were fans of the show. but w/ the 1st season of korra already done i was pumped to do something else. something a little more...badass.
& if you've ever watched "the legend of korra", you know just what i'm talking about. korra is the embodiment of badass. she's the avatar, a teen girl, a girl who can do amazing things & is so confident of herself that i want to BE her. well, ok let's not get carried away here.
i've wanted to do a korra pinup for some time but couldn't figure out how to pose her. every other amazing pieces i see show her bending, & yeah i know she's the avatar & it's her thing, but i wanted something a bit different. something that was casual but also showed off her awesome arms & torso. a pose that let you know she was a badass w/out even trying. my husband suggested i make her do push ups. the thing about when i do these vector pinups, i base them off of an actual photo reference. which means i take a pic of myself doing the pose. which means if korra was gonna do some casual push ups, then i would be doing push ups too. um, no thanks. then some1 else suggested i take it a step further & make her do a casual 1 armed push up. say wha??? ok now you're just being crazy.
:/
so i picked an easy pose, something mundane but because she's doing it it's not so mundane. like eating an apple. & cocking an eyebrow at you because you're creepily watching her eat an apple.
& if you've ever watched "the legend of korra", you know just what i'm talking about. korra is the embodiment of badass. she's the avatar, a teen girl, a girl who can do amazing things & is so confident of herself that i want to BE her. well, ok let's not get carried away here.
i've wanted to do a korra pinup for some time but couldn't figure out how to pose her. every other amazing pieces i see show her bending, & yeah i know she's the avatar & it's her thing, but i wanted something a bit different. something that was casual but also showed off her awesome arms & torso. a pose that let you know she was a badass w/out even trying. my husband suggested i make her do push ups. the thing about when i do these vector pinups, i base them off of an actual photo reference. which means i take a pic of myself doing the pose. which means if korra was gonna do some casual push ups, then i would be doing push ups too. um, no thanks. then some1 else suggested i take it a step further & make her do a casual 1 armed push up. say wha??? ok now you're just being crazy.
:/
so i picked an easy pose, something mundane but because she's doing it it's not so mundane. like eating an apple. & cocking an eyebrow at you because you're creepily watching her eat an apple.
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| sketched it out. used ref snagged from nick.com. |
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| outline everything. |
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| shapes, shapes, shapes. |
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| close up of those beautiful blues. |
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| "can't a gal eat an apple?" & here we are w/ a very casual but still badass pose. |
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
no direction
my compass needle changes direction so fast. my mind jumps from 1 thing to the next. i feel like i have no focus.
sites like deviantart.com & etsy.com are awesome to inspire, but it can also make you feel like you really suck & have a looooooong way to go in your creative endeavors.
:(
SOMEONE, TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!!
sites like deviantart.com & etsy.com are awesome to inspire, but it can also make you feel like you really suck & have a looooooong way to go in your creative endeavors.
:(
SOMEONE, TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!!
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