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“Presearch” — Part 1 of 3


Paolo Rivera

  Amazing Spider-Man #638, Cover. 2010 Watercolor and gouache on Illustration Board, 11 x 17".   Part 1: Why do we need reference? — Refining searches through specificity — Today begins a 3-part post on "referential" advice. I will include a smattering of links that some of you may find useful, but my main purpose is to convey my thought process — in particular, the way in which I increase the depth of my knowledge…

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Why’d You Make That – “Sisyphean Temptatis”


Julie Beck

December 27, 2024 - I recently shared some thoughts about the original intention behind my painting "Sisyphean Temptatis" on IG, and I’m excited to dive a little deeper into the layers of meaning here. I love to hear "how the sausage in made" with other creatives so I wanted to share that with you. This particular concept had been simmering in my mind for quite some time (years), but it took longer than expected to find all the right stuff, finalize the setup and bring it to life. The physical set up was quite challenging to secure, and I had to completely make up what the background would be. (Do you like my totally ridiculous mock up for the background in my set up? Maybe it would have helped if I had done more work on that in advance.)…

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