TODAY'S FEATURED POST
THE BLIND MUSE
No plan survives contact with the enemy. As much of a inarguably legitimate artform professional illustration is, it is one of the few that is also ruled by a ticking clock in a way that is in totally contradiction to the process of creating. It just is. You kind find out for yourself by blowing your deadlines and then watch the offers and jobs dry up in response as that poor legend starts to spread…
YESTERDAY’S POST
A Quick Tip for Finding Character In Any Photo Reference
February 19, 2024 - This is for the artist who has a difficult time drawing caricatures, or altering faces in the way we need them for our work, or cannot find ideal enough reference to accomplish what is needed in their art. First of all, unless your models can act, you will have a portrait of someone posing, lacking the essentials of what would be ideally useful for most illustrative situations. Secondly, there is no "ideal" reference waiting for us. We have to push all our reference to get it to feel valid for the moment we are depicting in our work. So why not push the reference towards a closer "truth" of what is needed? If you need a specific type of character, you have a face that is close, but a little less emotive, the wrong…
PREVIOUS POSTS
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Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration
Saturday, January 29, 2011
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It’s not too late!!!!
Friday, January 28, 2011
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Inspiration: FASHION
Thursday, January 27, 2011
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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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