TODAY'S FEATURED POST
You should be ashamed Wizards of the Coast
You should be ashamed Wizards of the Coast. These past six months, I have been quiet on the issue that follows - an infringement against my work by Wizards of the Coast concerning the Magic: The Gathering card ‘Trouble in Pairs’ from the Murders at Karlov Manor set released on March 2024. My lawyer and I were finally able to reach a settlement with Wizards in September which would put this infringement issue behind us,…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Threshold Drawing
February 2, 2024 - For Muddy Colors this month I thought I would suggest a practice that I've been making great use of lately... Threshold drawing. By threshold I am referring to a particular adjustment layer in Photoshop (this may also be available in other types of software but I am unfamiliar and can't speak to what other programs offer) Adding a threshold layer in conjunction with adding a "drawing" lay over an initial pencil piece will give you a black and white image to simplify shapes and reduce any value confusion happening in the drawing. Sometimes a drawing will look good to you but as you attempt to define areas (perhaps for painting or as in my case, defining abstract areas to be sculpted for an asset in a film or game) the visual business in grey areas…
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A Teaser
Monday, January 31, 2011
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Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration
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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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