TODAY'S FEATURED POST
a Thanksgiving story
Don’t have much art that I can show at the moment, so I thought I’d treat you to a fun thanksgiving story. This one time, years ago back when I was just starting out, a friend of mine reached out to me with a prospective illustration job. It was 1996, I was living in El Paso Texas, before I’d moved to San Francisco and gone to art school. Art jobs were scarce and you took…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Tiny Paintings
September 13, 2024 - For years Vicki has wanted me to paint small paintings so I would have a variety of sizes and prices for different people to be able to pick up. As I am ME I always said... NO. Not really actually, I would try but it was always hard for me to reduce an image down just because. They like to be the size they are going to be. At least that's what I always told myself. [caption id="attachment_78007" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Allen Williams_Initial Sketch[/caption] This little sketch isn't much bigger than a magic card and as I show below the little bit of narrative translated well to the cropped image. [caption id="attachment_78008" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Allen Williams_Placement of Sketch[/caption] I used my laser cutter to cut a precise template that marks a thin border on…
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Crit-Submit #2
Thursday, March 10, 2011
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In The Courts Of The Crimson Kings, by S. M. Stirling
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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Illustration Process: Digital Trickery
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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“Art on a Grand Scale”
Monday, March 7, 2011
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McQueen Retrospective
Sunday, March 6, 2011
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What Makes an Artistic Genius?
Friday, March 4, 2011
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