TODAY'S FEATURED POST
Float Frames for Double-Sided Art
I've got a bunch of comic panel drawings with their underdrawings still attached to the backs, and wanted to find a way to display them where the underdrawings could still be seen. A couple of months ago I was on the hunt for realistic fake roses for table decor at an event, and after buying some at Michael's I ventured into Hobby Lobby looking for more variety. It turned out they were having a half-price…
YESTERDAY’S POST
bit by the bug
April 4, 2024 - I started this graphic novel, Transient, way back in 2005. Worked on it steadily from around 2007 to 2011, in between jobs, nights and weekends. It became this weird obsession. I’d never drawn a comic book before, but drew more from a knowledge of cinema acquired from watching thousands of films while working in movie rental for years as a kid. I wrote it as I went along, not trying to reinvent the wheel or anything, but more to sort of shoot from the middle, to take an unusual and maybe unsavory idea, and package it to be as easily digestible as possible. Living in downtown SF at the time made it easy to write about that world. It wasn't hard to stay inspired, and I tried my best to channel my surroundings it into…
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Showing At The Society of Illustrators
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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Experimentation
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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Dancing in the woods and other advice.
Monday, January 24, 2011
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Tips and Tricks from an Art Slave
Friday, January 21, 2011
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Life Models and the Art They Inspire
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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Over the edge
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
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