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TODAY'S FEATURED POST

Need to Print and Scan 11x17in Art?

Winona Nelson

I got a new printer/scanner recently and since there's only one model of this kind of device that I know of, and since it's been working well, I am going to give it a recommendation here! I think it will be useful for anyone who needs to print and scan 11x17 sized reference and art images. For more than a decade I have been using an Epson WorkForce 7510 combo printer/scanner because I needed to…

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EVERYDAY ORIGINAL

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YESTERDAY’S POST

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Five Types of Thumbnails

Ron Lemen

August 5, 2024 - Halil Ural Thumbnails This is a brief follow up to the last post I wrote. Illustration is visual story telling.  The image is a picture sentence.  A memorable or thought-provoking illustration is well planned.  Planning well for it means plenty of rehearsal before execution.  Part of that rehearsal is your career; everything you have done up until now has led you down the path towards the finish of each new piece.  This certainly shapes your confidence to execute another piece.  To keep hitting grand slams every time you create takes a carefully planned and thoroughly dissected approach each and every time. The bulk of the problem solving is done early on in the preliminary stages.  In addition to sketches of models and scenes, objects and effects, there is all the preparation work done in the…

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