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Seven Eternal Truths and The Sons of Liberty

Stephen Green

Sometimes without warning, a dream job appears, something you’ve always wanted to do. An opportunity to do a subject that’s become a permanent resident of your imagination, by one of your favorite artists. Mondo is releasing the soundtracks to the Metal Gear Solid series on vinyl, and somehow, I was tasked with doing the gatefold art to MGS2: Sons of Liberty.    Now, I wouldn’t call myself a gamer, but I would say that MGS…

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Art Hacks: Scanning, Printing and mounting a Drawing on panel.

Scott Fischer

July 29, 2025 - Howdy folks! Bit of a nuts and bolts post here. I get asked all the time how I go about mounting a drawing I've done, to panel. Maybe you've done a drawing and you dig it so much you don't want to paint over it?  Maybe you want to have the original drawing available for a collector? Heck, maybe you want to simply paint bigger than your original drawing? I gotcha covered. Plus, I also go a little deeper and take you into the scanning and printing part of the process too. Of course there is loads of info out there on these subjects, including a fabulous mounting Q&A by our own Donato Giancola here: https://donatoarts.com/mounting-paper-to-panel So take what you will from this video demo (Keep an eye out for a Cthulhu appearance!) and modulate…

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