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Mighty Men & Monster Maker

Dan dos Santos

I take a real enjoyment in going back to the things that inspired me as a kid, and got me into art in the first place. Lately I've been on a kick of re-watching old television shows I enjoyed as a kid (introducing them to my children now), and re-reading the comic books that later inspired me as a teenager. There's no real "reason" for doing this. I'm not trying to bone up on basics,…

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Composition Junction, What’s your Function?

Greg Ruth

September 26, 2025 -   Composition is the quiet workhorse of any piece of work, fine art, cover illustration, key art, etc... it is the contextual energy that guides the eye and steers it across the scope of the image. It does the lion's share of the work on a piece but also often works best when it's buried a little bit behind the hedge making magic in the background. You can express compositional energy with simple graphic layouts as with say splash page style action shots, or use furniture and light, or even the way characters in your image gaze at each other or elsewhere. Composition is the absolute most quiet and potent workhorse on the canvas or page.     Because of my comics background I was forced to grow a limb that always thinks about how…

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