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Category: Art
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Art Tools
See, I have a deal with myself. We have always had a pretty small budget for indulgences here. Kids, school, house, life happens… you know the drill. So for me to have money for my hobby, I make it autonomous. Art money buys art tools. So! My new cleaver, having been bought with art monies,…
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Tired Art: How-to
First, you try to do far too much, and get yourself to the point where all you really want to do is sleep but first, art. More seriously, this technique is what I do if I’m sick, or exhausted, but I want to keep to my daily San Check of making a piece of art…
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The Ratel Saga
The Ratel Saga, story by Lawdog, and illustrated by yours truly, is available to purchase! The decision was made to make it available in ebook as a comic, as well as a coloring or activity book, because, well, it’s such fun! Almost 60 pages of meticulously labeled drawings of African wildlife accompany the very funny…
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Books, Art, Varied Diversions
I have a couple of books to commend to you all, dear readers. By some of my favorite living authors, they are fresh off the press. Smell those toasty electrons! mmmm new books… Dave Freer’s Cloud-Castles is a space opera with his usual intense world-building based in sound science, peopled by all-too-human characters and delightfully…
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Is it Friday?
It’s been a morning. My son woke up late and asked for a ride to work. By the time I’d dressed and thought it through I realized that going home again made no sense. Drop him off. Get gas in the car. Buy breakfast and coffee and resist the urge for doughnuts. One of the…
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N’Inktober: Finale
And the last week closes with a final piece in watercolor and ink style. I’m very pleased with my efforts this month, and looking forward to focusing on other things than art next month – as much as I love doing my art, it isn’t exactly received with much comment, so I’ll go back to…
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N’Inktober Week 4
I didn’t think it would be a problem to do this month of daily art challenge – I’ve been making art every day continuously for a while now. I am pleased with myself for having taken the time to be more detailed than my usual daily art, at least. There was a question, about a…
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N’Inktober Week 3
October has been a roller coaster, folks. I know I haven’t been blogging – it’s difficult to be relentlessly cheerful in the face of things out of my control, and I’m struggling to keep my feet under me and moving forward. I am, however, finding small joys in the daily artworks. This year I have…
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N’Inktober: Week 2
Not to jinx myself, but while some Octobers have been chaotic wild with the art challenge on top of everything else, this one seems to be allowing me time for creativity at least so far. I’m pretty happy with most of my output. If you’re seeing this before the explanatory post last week, check out…
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Ninktober: Art Prompts
This year I’m doing it again – expanding and amplifying my daily art during the month of October to take my art skills up a notch. And like last year, there’s no actual ink involved. It’s all digital! Clean, no muss, no fuss, and I just don’t have time for dealing with the wet stuff. …
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Planning Ahead
I have to admit, a friend’s comment elsewhere caught my attention and kind of sums up how I feel right now. Like there are storm clouds looming on the horizon, and I’m bracing for the gust front to swirl through the yard, tossing leaves high into the air… Doom is falling. It just hasn’t landed…
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Ten Minute Sketches
That’s what I’ve been doing for my daily art recently. I want to take the time to pencil, use references, then carefully ink, but I don’t have it. I don’t have the time, I don’t have the coordination, and I don’t have the inclination. Right now? Rough and ready sketches. Cartoons, really. I can cartoon.…