Mort Drucker, world famous caricaturist and humorous illustrator best known for his work in MAD magazine has made an exclusive, never before seen tutorial film about his process and life experiences. Presented and interviewed by Stephen Silver. To watch the 2 hour and 15 minute film go to www.schoolism.com and click on "The Masters Series" banner located on the bottom. The film will debut starting January 2oth 2010. to view the trailer go here
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I will be doing another Live Artcast on Ustream that you can join the chat and ask questions. I do this every Tuesday night at 7pm west coast time for one hour.  I discuss, my philosophies and journeys of art and how to succeed in what it is you love to do.Go here [link] to join and watch and become a follower so that you get the updates. ustream.tv/channel/artcast-by-silver

My "How to self-publish your own book" seminar is now available @  schoolism [link] under courses and lessons for only $39.95 check out this trailer [link]
Have you ever wanted to learn how to self-publish your own children's book, art book or graphic novel? Well here is your opportunity. The video seminar will give you detailed information including a step by step process on self-publishing. Everything you need to know in order to get started will be addressed. You will learn how to self-publish, print and promote your very own books. There is no need to spend hours upon hours reading books and searching for the right printer, it is all here. Pursue your dreams.

live artcast tonight september 29th and every tuesday night at 7pm east coast time. [link]
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Come join me tonight: Monday September 21st @ 9pm west coat time on [link] Artcast-By-Silver for another live ustream broadcast.

Tomorrow night thursday the 3rd. 7pm on west coast time I will be doing a live stream artcast @ [link] where I will be answering an art student that e-mailed me about his struggles he is having in art, finding a focus. other questions are welcome in the chat. It will be a live feed from my home studio. feel fee to invite anyone to join.

I have a booth at the San Diego Comic-con H-o6 at the end of isle 1000 by the food.
Stop on by and say hello.

wanted to let you know of a video podcast that I did with Samuel Kirkman of Visual Storytellers Studio. go to this link [link]

Here is my video [link] announcing the 2 winners of my book givaway,
Thank you all so much for sharing your dreams and aspirations. Now it is time to make it all come true!
To order my book at a discount till wednesday, visit the store [link]

If you are interested in getting one on one critiques from me and learning all about character design, than check this out.

What's Schoolism.com?

Imagine if you had a professional to help you and look over your work! Schoolism classes not only teach you the secrets from known professionals, but you will see them draw over the top of your drawings and hear them talk about how to take your art to a whole another level!

Schoolism.com Online Art Classes open for registration:

Character Design by Silver - starts September 7, 2009
Over nine lessons, Stephen will introduce you to the art of drawing, character design and the business of art. Your role will be to create major and incidental characters for animated T.V., feature films, or video game concepts!

The Art of Caricature with Jason Seiler - starts July 24, 2009
By the end of this course, master caricaturist, Jason Seiler, will have you looking at people in a whole new way! For illustrators seeking to add high-end caricaturing to their repertoire, this course is a must!

Building a Powerful Comic Book Portfolio with Alvin Lee - starts July 31, 2009
Go through an intensive workshop with professional comic book artist Alvin Lee to create a powerful comic book portfolio. Watch and listen as Alvin draws on top of your work, explaining to you the 'DOs' and 'DON'Ts' of what makes a great comic book portfolio!


Portfolio workshop with Cheeks - starts November 15, 2009
Sean Galloway aka Cheeks will be taking you through 9 lessons of intensive workshop to teach you the do's and dont's of what makes a great design portfolio for film, television, animation, or illustration.

Digital Painting Techniques with Bobby Chiu - starts November 1, 2009
Learn Bobby's personal techniques of how to digital paint. Watch the lessons, do the assignments and see Bobby paint on top of your paintings showing you how to improve your art!

Register at WWW.SCHOOLISM.COM

I entered an animation contest, I would be honored if you would vote for my show concept. 11th row down far right. "JOLLY AND ROGER'S  MISGUIDED ADVENTURES" The cute little pirate guy. click on this  [link]
Thanks in advance

Hello Everyone!


I am very excited about my latest self published book that just came out. So I am doing a free book giveaway of my latest book on my blog. check it out! [link]
Also for the month of june I am doing a special with my first book the art of silver
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Greetings, I have updated my website recently and also republished my first book. "The Art of Silver" with 17 new pages

Still trying to figure out how all this works, so far lots of fun, I just added a bunch of stuff on my website [link] and can sign and do sketches in all my books in the bookstore.