Hello everyone! I’m currently in San Francisco relaxing in the hotel after attending FITC for the past 3 days, had a wonderful time seeing inspiring presentations and meeting fellow creative folks. Once I’m back home and properly rested I will put together a proper post about all the fun.

But for now, here’s a real treat. I didn’t have a chance to do my weekly Signalnoise Broadcast because of the trip but my pal Justin Maller had his first official Transmission this afternoon, which is something you should be excited about. Justin is a wicked talented dude and I’ve been a fan of his work for quite some time, so it’s awesome to get some insight straight from him regarding his work, career, processes, etc. For those of you who don’t know his work, check out his website, Tumblr, online print shop and drop by to say hello on Twitter. His portfolio is mighty.

It’s great to see so many people jumping on services like UStream to have a much closer connection to those interested in their work, and to help out by offering advice to fledgling artists and designers. Community makes us all stronger, man.

I am off to FITC San Francisco today to see some great speakers and meet some wonderful creative folks along the way. As I mentioned in a previous post, I will have some Signalnoise t-shirts and goodies available during the event, be sure to follow my Twitter to see when I will be getting these into peoples’ hands.

Things might be a little slow on the blog this week, depending on how much time I have during the many fun events to keep things updating. If time is short, I will be sure to update everyone upon my return home.

So, if you will be attending FITC San Francisco, I look forward to seeing you there!

Last night while I was goofing around Facebook I stumbled across a link my buddy Ben sent to my buddy Dave. I don’t normally click on the conversations of others, but this link in particular dealt with one of my favorite comic illustrators, Frank Quitely (We3, All Star Superman). I was pleasantly surprised to find a 15-minute video (see above) where Quitely explains some of his workflow and processes while showing some behind-the-scenes progress shots on some of his illustrations. All of this was done using his giant Wacom Cintiq and Photoshop.

“Quitely demonstrates how he uses his Cintiq to improve his workflow with traditional media and takes us through some of the preliminary steps in creating a cover for the relaunch of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents for DC Comics (see the finished version above).”

Man, sure would like to have one of those Cintiq’s. I’m a big dork when it comes to “making of” features so I adequately lost it seeing Quitely fire around a digital format with a tablet. This isn’t just for the comic fans out there, I highly recommend watching the full video to see Frank’s process at work. He shows some super rough sketches and thumbnails right up to the finished drawing and colors. He even sounds like a swell guy.

See the original post here.

Here is the recorded version of Signalnoise Broadcast 17 which aired yesterday afternoon. This was a general QA session, we had a great turnout and talked about the Scott Pilgrim movie, plagiarism, the software I use, organic work flows, thumbnails and sketching, synthetic light flares, matte painting, how I did my art show, web design and finished everything up with a mini showcase of some hilarious drawings. My pal Justin Maller even showed up to hang this time around.

I will be leaving on Monday to attend FITC San Francisco so there will be no broadcast next Thursday, but I’ll be back the following week with some stories. Thanks to everyone who came by yesterday to hang and ask questions!

A couple of weeks ago I released my new Tron Legacy poster, adapted to the style and palette of the new trailers promoting the movie. With my first Tron Legacy poster I released a set of wallpapers with the same design, so here are the revised versions featuring the new design. Sorry it took me a little while to get these online, it’s surprising how long it takes to make different sizes of my crazy PSD files. Here are the links:

• 1024 x 768
• 1280 x 800
• 1280 x 1024
• 1440 x 900
• 1680 x 1050
• 1920 x 1200
• 2560 x 1440
• iPhone
• iPad

Please note that this design is fan-based and not official, just something I did for fun because I am enjoying the look of the upcoming Disney film. Feel free to download the proper size to add some neon action to your desktop or mobile device. Enjoy!