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A new art promo for my art for Brian Keene’s Scratch
Having done the artwork for the book, I decided to do a promotional “layer-by-layer” video for YouTube.
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Making prints of my art
I still get the occasional question from folks who want to buy a print of my work. So, I thought I’d ask if any of the below pieces would be good print choices.
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A YouTube promo for my art
I’m working on a Flash book trailer for a client (you’ll see soon enough, it’s not a small client), and for testing with converting Flash animation to video I decided to create a promo for my own art. After a number of unique issues (I’m looking at you, Kaspersky), I Read more…
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Russ’s Art Blog: “Pushkin’s Farewell to the Sea”
Ok, so it’s been a little while since the last one of these art blogs. I’ll see if I can’t post a few more of them, and without the 4 months between them. Above is Ivan Aivazovsky and Ilya Repin’s Pushkin’s Farewell to the Sea (1887, Oil on canvas), Read more…
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New art for Cemetery Dance
The new issue of Cemetery Dance Magazine (#61) has a new piece of art by yours truly, for a story by Peter Straub. I’ve been anxious to post it for quite awhile.
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Fun with Textures
I tend to experiment quite a bit with different ideas and looks, but here’s a general usage idea for textures.
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Photos from New Mexico
I’m still getting settled into our new house, but I thought I’d best post something (just so no one thinks I died or anything). These photos were taken on our trip to New Mexico in May, and I thought they turned out pretty well. These in particular are from Santa Read more…
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Russ’s Art Blog: Achenbach – “Caught In A Squall”
This isn’t just a wave coming in, or the rising tide. The water is alive, and is fighting everything in its path.
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Russ’s Art Blog: Vedder – The Questioner of the Sphinx
I’ve run across a number of Elihu Vedder’s pieces before, and this one is one of my favorites. This is Vedder’s, The Questioner of the Sphinx, a piece that for me is always inspiring.
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Russ’s Art Blog: Bierstadt, and seeing it in person
I’ve seen many Bierstadt works in art books (and a handful in person), and I think he had a real knack for capturing the feel of the wild.
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The old architecture ways
In the late 90’s and early oughts’, I dabbled in the idea of producing simple architectural design prints.
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Color sketching and fun with Photoshop
I’ve been picking away at a color sketch in Photoshop, and I think it’s finally done. I try to do pencil sketching, ink and crosshatching practice and Photoshop/digital sketching and manipulation each week just to get new ideas rolling around in my head. Sometimes they work, other times not so Read more…
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Russ’s Art Blog: Resistance, or The Black Idol
This is Frantisek Kupka’s Resistance, or The Black Idol, which despite it’s fairly simplistic idea is still a striking piece.
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Russ’s Art Blog: And the sea gave up the dead
This is Lord Frederick Leighton’s “And the sea gave up the dead which were in it”, a piece that caught my eye when I was looking for something else (which is often the case).
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Post-Apocalyptic Survival Bunny
In trying out new ideas, the topic a few weeks ago was “Post-Apocalyptic Survival Bunny”, which I thought sounded like a lot of fun.