Comments on: Illustration Academy ‘08

By: James O'Brien

James O'Brien — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:38:00 +0000

Hey Scott, great post, wish I could have been there, as a student of course. I was struggling through an image last week and wondered how in the hell I could demo my process since mostly I’m lost in the woods until I see a clear path to take to the finish. How do you demo that? Four hours of fumbling around and then, oh, I’ll go that way. But I think the key is to keep it simple, know your journey, where you want the image to go, plan ahead, and cross your fingers.

By: Francis Vallejo

Francis Vallejo — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:43:21 +0000

It was great to meet up with you in SD. Hopefully I’ll have a booth next yr so I’ll be back…you? I also wanted to say I really enjoyed yours and Robin’s assignments. Both the con and the academy were incredible. I’m on overload still!

all the best,
-francis

By: Jeff Love

Jeff Love — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:45:15 +0000

Scott,

Just wanted to say thank you for coming out to the Academy – it was a great week, and I enjoyed meeting you and learning from you.

Best,

Jeff

By: Peter Cusack

Peter Cusack — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:07:36 +0000

Hey! What a Rockstar!!!! I would have love to heard your talk and seen your demo and crit. Did you get to finish the demo. Looks like it’s a beaut! BON!!! ALLEZ!

By: Anita Kunz

Anita Kunz — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:07:09 +0000

WOW! What a great post! Wonderful memories of an intense week. Thanks Scott.
The students were incredible. I’m always surprised at how some of them seem so lost at first but then turn out unbelievable work, most of it professional.
And after years in this business I also end up learning lots of things! (I’m going to be setting up a blog on my site soon for one.)
Whenever I leave it takes me a while to decompress…it’s tough to get back to work. While we do a lot of work at the Academy we also have a ton of fun.
Anyway, I miss all you guys and hope to see you all soon.
xxAnita

By: andy

andy — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:11:34 +0000

probably one of the best blog posts I’ve ever seen! Looks like an amazing week.

By: Bristol

Bristol — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:03:24 +0000

Hey Scott, love the post…especially that goofy picture of Brent out at dinner. I think giving out two assignments was an excellent decision, the results were amazing…we saw some huge improvements that week.
And I thought I should let you know that your beautiful demo portrait was happily selected as one of the firsts at the end of the Academy.
Thank you so much for encouraging me to attend the Academy…my mind has been opened, my brain has been trained.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:08:26 +0000

Thanks Tyler! We had the best time out there. Good to hear from you!

By: tyler

tyler — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:30:55 +0000

Scott…. great post! Man, I really wish I could have been there. Thanks for sharing. I’m going to read through it a few more times. Beautiful work…and Robin boggles my mind with his ability to blend acrylics like that. Hope to talk to you sometime soon….