the art of iain mccaig

Paris Poster

2010-08-30T21:23:00.000-07:00

Drawing Expressions

2010-08-30T21:18:00.000-07:00

How to Draw Hair

2010-08-08T02:56:00.000-07:00

Next Saturday!

2010-08-08T02:01:00.000-07:00

Ye Gods, it's 2010!

2010-08-01T01:58:00.000-07:00

Greetings, Part Two!

I first wrote a post for this blog back in 2008, but never published it, for reasons that elude me but almost certainly had to do with deadlines, tea breaks, or the arcana of technology. I have resurrected it here 'cause it's still woefully relevant--iainmccaig.com is still 'Coming Soon'--though wonder of wonders, my blog has stumbled onto the stage at last, thanks to years of gentle prodding by the ever-patient J. J., praise be.

To celebrate the occassion, I've uploaded two 'Hot Tips and How To' Booklets that I really meant to include in 'Shadowline--the Art of Iain McCaig', but for one reason or another ended up missing the train. I originally created them for an online class that I gave for 'PixelCorp', a delightful school of scum and villany run by my old Star Wars brother-in-arms, Alex Lindsay.

'How To Draw An Eye' is one of the first classes I teach my pupils. The moment your characters actually seem to look back at you is the moment your drawing seems to come alive, so why not learn this one up front? You've got to promise not to cheat and let your amazing eyes make up for not learning all the other stuff though, 'cause they will let you get away with a whole host of fumbles and badly drawn things.

'Ocean Light' is one of the more advanced classes, right up there with Concept Art and Visual Storytelling. I'll be posting more stuff from both of these categories as this blog blogs on, and all sorts of other stuff to do with storytelling, the universe, and everything.

How often I make it back here depends on the whims of the Art Gods and Goddesses and the ubiquitous Deadlines, of course, but with a little luck, I should be able to top my current record of once every two years.

Happy Drawing!

Iain

Ocean Light

2010-08-01T00:16:00.000-07:00

How To Draw An Eye

2010-08-01T00:09:00.000-07:00

Coming Soon...

2008-10-22T21:22:00.000-07:00

O dear and patient people...

I am sure, by now, that I have set the world record for the longest 'Coming Soon' website in web history. Should you pop on over to www.iainmccaig.com, you will find that it is still almost ready, a phenomenon that must be driving visitors almost as crazy as it is driving me (but not nearly as much as it is tormenting my saintly webmistress).

I know this is where I should reveal the amazing secret behind the delay, but honestly, it's just because I keep choosing to do other things, like write a book, or design a movie, or play with my family (but not because of watching the TV--I got rid of that timesucker years ago).

So, yes, Virginia, there will be a website. I'm currently heading up the design team on the film version of 'John Carter of Mars'--fourth time lucky--so time is once again as scarce as Dejah Thoris' costume. www.iainmccaig.com was meant to launch earlier this month when my book, 'SHADOWLINE', hit the bookstores, but deadlines have descended and I am locked in battle with tharks and other Martian beings. That was when I remembered this Blog, kindly created for me by my old friend, J. J., and found it to be a rather pleasant place to stop by and witter on for a bit.

So there--it's not a website, but it's something, and when I hit the post button, it will actually go live, tonight, now. I'll try to drop by share what I can, as often as I can, and even answer some of the email that has been piling up since this blog stumbled onto the stage, thinking the theater was empty.

And if I ever vanish, and you wonder where I've gone, well, that's why I wrote 'Shadowline'. It's the best way I know to bring you along with me.

Cheers!