Whle traveling, I have left my iPad and oil paints at home and am refocusing on gestural drawing. Here are some of the characters I captured on my journey.
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The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up: Artist's Edition
I used to be an adventurer like you and never tidy my studio, until I took this book to heart
Read MoreApple Pencil Goes Swimming, Rice Bag Doesn't Help
After getting caught in a rainstorm while walking Geddy the poodle, my sweater was soaked so I threw it into the wash.
Ten minutes later, I was about to take some notes on my iPad, when I realized, with a sinking heart, I had left my apple pencil in my sweater.
Read MoreShameless Fan Art I Made: Final Fantasy Weapons
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Read MoreBikes from Sculpted in Steel at the Museum of Fine Art Houston
A series of concept cars about the future from the past.
Read MorePaint Flames
While painting with a palette knife, sometimes the best art happens before the paint even makes it to the canvas!
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Art Coffee Break: Studying van Gogh's The Rocks
Looking at this painting, you can realize a key truth about van Gogh's work.
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Shameless Fan Art I Made: Red Dead Redemption and Metal Gear Solid V
I got killed by mountain lions so many times in Red Dead Redemption.
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Medium Moment: Adult Coloring Books
You've seen them at Barnes and Nobles, airports, and in the grocery store line. There are radio shows about their popularity, but you're not sure who uses them. Maybe you should buy one for your mom, or maybe Craig in Accounting might like one.
Read MoreShameless Fan Art I Made
From time to time I make fan art, not necessarily for any reason. What I like most about making fan art is that it makes my friends happy.
Read MoreHeavy Layers
The best art is generous. A gallery of close-up photos of heavily applied oil paint
Read MoreDigital Art Process Notes
Notes on creating digital paintings
Read MoreSan Francisco Mini Drawings
While visiting family and peeps at the software company where I work, I made a quick series of drawings on postcard paper with a brush marker. San Francisco is a fun city and I had a great time making this series.
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The Funniest Video Game You Will Ever Play: Charles Barkley Shut Up And Jam Gaiden
The year is 2053. Basketball is dead.
The Chaos Dunk, a basketball move of lethal proportions, has left millions of people dead in Manhattan. Therefore, basketball has been outlawed, and most b-ballers are now dead or living in hiding.
Read MoreThe Good, the Bad, and Appropriation Art
Appropriating images has a long a complex history
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Art is a Long Game
Art as a business is a bit like a good scotch - it takes time to mature
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Medium Moment: Removing Oil Paint from Anything
Oil painting gets messy. After all, oil paint is a vegetable-based oil, meant to stick on a surface, bond with it, and never break free. Good oil paints never fade. Heaven forbid you ever get alizarin crimson on your carpet.
Read MoreMedium Moment: Cold Wax + Stand Oil
Finding the right oil painting medium is a gear obsession. Much like a guitarist goes searching for guitars and pedals to find the perfect sound, painters go on quests for the ultimate painting medium. There are hundreds of formulas to choose from, all of which Picasso would have killed to have.
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Medium Moment: Ink on Mylar
I decided to put Mylar to work as a surface for large-scale ink drawings.
Read MoreConcept work for Tilted Sun
So, what is Tilted Sun about? You can find out when it launches! It doesn't have a tasty hook or a cool one-line summary. It might have both of these things in the future, but right now it is just a story.
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