I don’t do recaps too often, since, really, you could probably just scroll down and see it all anyway. But there are a few things happening away from this site, so I thought I’d highlight them. My Flickr “sketch every day” project, which is at least getting an OK start. Read more…
But I think this new year brings a different feeling, one I haven’t felt in a long time: hope.
Today I’m leaving for VisionCon, and my first shot at being a guest.
For those not in the parlance, a Moleskine is a particular kind of small journal, in my case the “storyboard” version.
I don’t often get to art museums, so I make the most of it when a chance comes up (save for the Denver Art Museum, which is only an hour away). I think, though books and the web can certainly show you art you’ve never seen before, that being in Read more…
Here is a quick rundown of the trip, with a handful of images and observations that I have.
After the accident (there’s a thread around here somewhere for that), I’ve had a hard time getting my head back into art. To help get that moving again, I’m returning to posting some of the sketches I’ve been working on. As always, they vary quite wildly, even on the same Read more…
After talking about it for the last couple of years, my son finally committed to being Colonel America for Halloween.
I decided to write a quick blog on how I would approach a problem in Photoshop. In this case, scratches.
Fantastic news, for the first time ever I will be an official guest at a con! I am one of the guests at VisionCon in January, in Springfield, Missouri (website at www.visioncon.net). Along with Brian Keene, Mike Oliveri, Cullen Bunn and a bunch of other folks. I went last year, Read more…
It’s definitely been an interesting couple of weeks, and to start things off here’s how last week (Sunday evening) started: Out in Colorado here we call that, “turning on a green arrow”. Basically, we get the green turn arrow (everyone else gets red), we start turning and BLAMMO!, other party Read more…
It turns out that, despite having a new house, I do have the money to hit a couple of upcoming cons.
An interesting discussion came up today (both online and in real life) about what music drives our particular passions. I decided to go through my iTunes library and really see which tracks influence my art, or at least which tracks really drive me in certain directions with the type and Read more…
I tend to experiment quite a bit with different ideas and looks, but here’s a general usage idea for textures.
With a little wiring around certain parts, and a cheap lamp, BANG! Anatomical skull reference