1. Texture Exploring Workshop with Von Glitschka

    Thursday July 3, 10:00am - 11:00am
    45 minutes | $30 | 12 person minimum
    Whether you are just starting to use digital tools in Photoshop and/or Illustrator, or have a grasp of the fundamentals, this workshop by ICON5 Technology Chair Von Glitschka will help you build your own texture library, organize it, create the finished texture files and use them in your illustrations. Each attendee will receive a free set of textures and access to online resources for use after the conference.

  2. Graphic Novels: A Closer Look with James Sturm

    Thursday July 3, 11:15am - 1:15pm
    2 hours | $45 | 30 person minimum
    Graphic novels continue to gain currency in the publishing industry. More and more colleges are introducing cartooning to their curriculum. Yet for many professionals the process of creating a graphic novel is vague. For some publishers, children's books provide a touchstone for creating visual narratives but what more is needed to know to bring a graphic novel to the market? This session will explore this territory with presentations and exercises. James Strum is the director of The Center for Cartoon Studies in White Junction, VT, and a graphic novelist.

  3. Money-Saving Tax Solutions with June Walker

    Thursday July 3, 11:15am - 1:15pm
    2 hours | $45 | 30 person minimum
    Self-employed illustrators, designers and artists get little if any correct information on taxes. Tax laws are written for the corporate world and the employees who inhabit that world. Most tax professionals don't bother to interpret those laws to fit freelancers leaving them uninstructed on how to make those laws work to their advantage. The result is overpaid taxes, unnecessary complications in their careers, and anxiety - all of which stifle creativity and cause lost work time. June Walker's easy-to-understand, light-hearted approach instills the confidence to see that taxes are not a boundless and bottomless morass, but an element of business that can be mastered. Learn how to reduce your taxes and the stress of recordkeeping, how to take advantage of every business expense, know when and how to pay estimated taxes, and understand why it's good to hire your spouse, but bad to incorporate.

    If you have a topic or question you would like addressed at June’s workshop, email her at june@junewalkeronline.com. Please include "ICON5" in the subject line.

  4. Digital Coloring with James Jean

    Thursday July 3, 1:30am - 3:30pm
    2 hours | $45 | 30 person minimum
    James Jean, renowned artist/author of Process: Recess, conducts a workshop where traditional and digital chops meet. Bring a scan of a line pencil drawing you wish to color digitally. You will work onsite. James will demonstrate digital coloring techniques, incorporating traditional media, taking a line drawing to a fully rendered finish in Photoshop. Each attendee will receive a limited edition print.

    Attendees are REQUIRED to bring their own laptop to this workshop.