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TODAY'S FEATURED POST

10 Things…10 Days to a Breakout Painting

Gregory Manchess

    Nearly every artist has a breakout painting that establishes their direction. A signature piece that people point to and say, “I like their style (approach, voice, etc)” It’s an image that pulls all their experience and skills together at one point and establishes a direction. It’s a breakout piece, and they can happen all along the way. It may not happen right away. It may take years, even a decade, before that one…

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YESTERDAY’S POST

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Off-Model TMNT Fan Art

Stephen Green

October 14, 2024 - A few months ago, I found myself back at the house I grew up in. I had a few weeks off, in between projects, and was visiting my father who was in poor health. It was a time of exhaustion and disinterest in drawing. Conceivably, you’ve had those periods with no rain, where almost any activity imaginable is preferable to moving a pencil across the fibers of some dead tree. The magic of creativity isn’t even an echo of an echo of a memory. One day I was digging through a closet looking for a pair of cowboy boots that, to my regret, weren't as cool as I remember them. Nevertheless, I found something much cooler, a box of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figures. Like almost every kid in the world in the early 90’s,…

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