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Until I get a scanner (or start doing this early enough in the day that I can use a library scanner), I think I'll switch to drawing them in Photoshop. This one's called "What the Stork Dropped": I think I need ...

Today's drawing, "Waiting," is from a reference photo of a toy doll: Blacking in the tie was a bad idea. And there are a number of other problems, too, but it still turned out better than I was expecting. It took about half ...

For this one I wanted to do something geometric, with overlapping lines. This one's called "Geometrica" (I know, how original :)). It's more of a quickie than anything. These take longer than I thought they would, drawing in pencil and then inking and ...

Yes, I'm a day late. But that doesn't bother me. :) I've decided that for this drawing-a-day gambit, I'll do each day's drawing on an index card. That'll be the only general constraint, though each day I may choose constraints that only apply to that day. ...

I (obviously) don't post on here very often. Sure, I've had a lot of other things going on -- writing a novel, for example -- but I don't want to neglect this blog or my art. The other day I came up with what I think and hope ...

Ran across 10 Absolute "Nos!" for Freelancers a few minutes ago. Good stuff, and very pertinent. I haven't done that much freelance design yet (four or five clients in all), but already I've run into several of these. I highly recommend it. And I want ...

It's been a while since I updated this blog, so here's a quick something for now, which I painted in Photoshop the other day: I'll have some Blender art on the way soon, too (I just need to prep it).

I've gotten the bulk of the Riverglen Press redesign done, and it's making me want to redesign all my other sites. :) Let's just say that my design sensibilities have come a long way in the last few years. Anyway, here's what RGP used to look like:...

This morning I redesigned the blankslate.net dashboard: Later, when I have more time, I'll use different photos for each button background. I might add in some color variation on the grid designs, too; we'll see. Anyway, it's ...

The background is a Photoshop composite of a number of different photos, including these from Flickr (licensed under Creative Commons): http://flickr.com/photos/98469445@N00/299313394/ http://flickr.com/photos/98469445@N00/327471676/ http://flickr.com/photos/tontoncopt/1329834941/ The books and character were modeled and rendered in Blender, then composited in with the background in Photoshop. [tags]Blender, Photoshop[/tags]