Gweek 030: Supergods, Mutants, and Mystics

Mark Frauenfelder 8:20 am Mon Dec 12, 2011

My cohost for this episode of Gweek is my old friend Barry McWilliams, a designer/art director who has turned me on to a great many wonderful books, comics, games, apps, drawing tools, and so on. In this episode, Barry has a ton of recommendations for cool stuff:

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School

Sketchbook Express

Cartoon Colour Company

Supergods, by Grant Morrison

Mutants and Mystics, by Jeffrey J. Kripal

Dungeon Quest: Book 1, by Joe Daly

Ready Player One audiobook read by Wil Wheaton

Pixelovely Gesture Drawing Tool

Love Castle pose reference

Stu Maschwitz's post on storyboarding with an iPad & Penultimate

Wacom Bamboo Stylus

Stephen Silver's Posebook, iPhone & iPad

Zeo Sleep Monitor

Wacom Inkling

Pentel Pocket Brush Pen

Follow Barry on Twitter!

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