TODAY'S FEATURED POST
The Power of Preliminary Studies
Preliminary studies are crucial to my process. Each artist approaches prep work different but as someone who teaches both technical skills as well as the importance of design and composition, I emphasize the importance of massaging the design before you get into the nitty gritty. Preliminary thumbnails help in a multitude of ways: Planning: Sketches help you organize ideas and create a clear roadmap, saving time and reducing frustration. Problem Solving: They allow you to…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Recommendation and Review: Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise
June 24, 2024 - [caption id="attachment_77079" align="aligncenter" width="579"] We start here, with Dr. Strange taking a very fluid and magical nap.[/caption] I don’t (and couldn’t) read every comic that comes out. I’m sure a lot of things out there are excellent, and I am personally aware of how difficult it is to make something at all, much less something sublime. I want to talk about a project that moved and impressed me in a powerful way. The last time I was swept away by a work was probably Barry Windsor Smith’s WEAPON X, and probably for some of the same reasons. A corporately-owned superhero becomes the instrument of a capable narrative voice, and the overcrowded favela of mediocre and garish melodrama is escaped for a brief time. [caption id="attachment_77078" align="aligncenter" width="900"] I love the creative ways Dr. Strange manifests…
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Rule of Thumb
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The Mud of Venus, Part 2
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