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Category: Art
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Inktail in Progress
My Little Man asked me to work on the next Inktail coloring book. I wasn’t initially sure why, he is far beyond coloring books, even the detailed ‘adult’ ones Junior Mad Scientist still likes. But then I found out what he was up to. We had started to look through a couple of my…
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Sense of Wonder
I’m not a great artist, and I never will be. But sometimes I just have to try and portray what’s in my head… this fractal cried out for a spaceship, an explorer, and a sense of wonder at some alien architecture of a distant place and time.
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Japanisme
The current obsession kids these days have with Japan’s wonderful storytelling is hardly new. I didn’t realize quite how far it went back, though, or the closeness of the forms. Anime my children watch – there’s even a streaming service for anime – parallels with the fairy tale books published over a century ago.…
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Drawing Prompts
Having achieved Inktober completness – there’s no winning, in Inktober, just learning and setting daily habits and indulging in a favorite pastime – I was missing the little spark of creativity in my mornings the daily prompt had given me. So I said something in part jest on social media, and my dear friends…
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The Deep Rises
I will be out of pocket with limited internet this weekend. Off to Kentucky to help Mom with some home demo… er, renovation. It will involve a crowbar! Also, life is doing what life does, and changing. I’ll update with more about that in a couple of weeks when things settle into something resembling…
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Happy Accidents
I had a Bob Ross moment this week. I’d taken a photo with the new camera lens… Let me back up a bit and put this in perspective. The lens I use with my DSLR the most is my 18-55mm which allows me to get wide-angle but also close-up shots. It’s the workhorse of…
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A thin Veil
The veil between sanity and madness ripples from time to time. The border between the two is never distinct, to begin with. The veil dances with time and disturbances, weaving back and forth over the lands and the walker of the path betwixt. Take a breath, watch the veil flicker. Let it out again and…
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Glass Roses
And other sophisticated blooms. I’ve been tinkering with Apophysis blooms again, because I can. That, and I can leave the program up, running a render, and come back to it, make a few tweaks until I find something I like, render that and walk away… It’s much cleaner, this digital art thing, than traditional…
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Input, Please
Christmas is coming… and like so many other small businesses, I’m planning for the shopping season. Specifically, I’m going to put out another coloring book, Inktail Too. What I’d love to hear from you all is what you want to see in it. I don’t have the time to do a lot of extra line…
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Inktober Fountain Brush: Review
This Inktober is, for me, less about the daily art than it is about being able to explore the media, the tools, and expand my repertoire. So I made ink, and I’m testing out new pens. These are not your ordinary pens, though. They are super-cool translucent piston-driven cyberpunk pens! Ok, maybe not really.…
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Time Management for the Creative
One of the hardest things I have to do, in terms of self-discipline, is to tell myself no. No, you cannot take on that project. No, a graduate degree is just not practical within the current framework of your life. No. No, no, no… My husband and dear First Reader would tell you that I…