tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52258176571638492012024-02-07T21:26:32.835-05:00Sean Britcher Art BlogArt and Musings in Pixels and PaperUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-19281133513289267532012-02-10T01:52:00.004-05:002012-02-10T02:13:00.388-05:00Mechanized Fluff-ball of Terror<div>Despite the prolonged radio silence, I am still around and continuing to draw and create. As proof, here is the MecHamster carving a swath of destruction through some hapless city: </div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Djyx0JcLoGtibCxSpunAvPMzLcHMON3XZ19h5VwZxle3nAw0_dx2pLzYz7e4RReC_uFUVS8eg_vtX_6e2BPdd-Y-SG8F9enXix4uJgKJpGzxtYtpOQ8bcUPb-dEaFXptQkvQ7bhZWN3b/s1600/10120210-Mechamster.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Djyx0JcLoGtibCxSpunAvPMzLcHMON3XZ19h5VwZxle3nAw0_dx2pLzYz7e4RReC_uFUVS8eg_vtX_6e2BPdd-Y-SG8F9enXix4uJgKJpGzxtYtpOQ8bcUPb-dEaFXptQkvQ7bhZWN3b/s400/10120210-Mechamster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707397444660540306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><i>terrifying, yet adorable</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div>In other news, after a prolonged stint as a goblin rookery, the Studio is finally almost organized. Just need to clear out the last nest of the buggers. </div><div>I'm trying to get them to move into the attic or the basement.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-61007767401228384012011-03-02T16:26:00.003-05:002011-03-02T16:40:58.372-05:00Grisaille<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZTAeKuJpNOt3rrxc75K-n1y682clbOvdweQM1po5APyX1Fdf8ZgxPfQDfykRTpl35w6sLKiRUrxF0XzYm3_BMdcuIE9ho_rudukSPQkjrm6Fs5Za_7I0eTzRrqxGA1oamGNuKD8yKrUm/s1600/2011-03-02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZTAeKuJpNOt3rrxc75K-n1y682clbOvdweQM1po5APyX1Fdf8ZgxPfQDfykRTpl35w6sLKiRUrxF0XzYm3_BMdcuIE9ho_rudukSPQkjrm6Fs5Za_7I0eTzRrqxGA1oamGNuKD8yKrUm/s400/2011-03-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579598238442694402" border="0" /></a><br />Muse helping me experiment with an idea to reproduce some techniques that I have done with the Copic gray-scale markers (warm, cool and neutral).<br /><br />It's been a while since I've drawn some of my old characters (Muse, Rayne, Obadiah, as well as some from several of my first sketchbooks) so plan to see them here in the next couple of posts.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-58303509954625808602011-02-09T00:16:00.005-05:002011-03-08T13:48:59.909-05:00Linum usitatissimumHere's one of the paintings that I was talking about last post. I'll have to set up a better rig at some point for better pictures.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMi5h4BJHJ90QRLvSmUmkH_c0snp_F_uRW35cPWDBsGZAvFsDfVkKd6B-mDPAGu0JjPYwOCBI7y8rfEsOQCd5Ko7luCXVb8yNyLYSYMUyMAPlZgfefGAZXs7I-85jF8Iq_9aDIdIzCv7uC/s1600/IMGP6751.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMi5h4BJHJ90QRLvSmUmkH_c0snp_F_uRW35cPWDBsGZAvFsDfVkKd6B-mDPAGu0JjPYwOCBI7y8rfEsOQCd5Ko7luCXVb8yNyLYSYMUyMAPlZgfefGAZXs7I-85jF8Iq_9aDIdIzCv7uC/s400/IMGP6751.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571554661903946402" border="0" /></a>"Helianthus annuus<i>"</i><div style="text-align: center;">oil on canvas panel<br />-Work In Progress-<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-32675734108736297052011-01-28T17:25:00.002-05:002011-01-28T17:51:29.032-05:00[update]Hey all, been busy with some oil paintings, crocheting a half-dozen projects at once or so, and fighting off a nasty cold that hit me last weekend. Will be posting up pictures for your ocular feasting in the next few days.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-52735065839443506472011-01-12T04:53:00.001-05:002011-01-12T04:56:14.300-05:00Technologic Trefoil<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh082kM0San5ekhKHZ-FwNILao1gnQPD1aoHj6O1mbrwyBMecLe7PgwHe7S-ibnDcbrSNa7SgVwkZ2O2SIm0E5gy6KhJ1W_B7tW0FDpIFNffzzFXM1EjLJn1shzYhKeetY6ZyJ92G6ZfeSP/s1600/2011-01-12a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh082kM0San5ekhKHZ-FwNILao1gnQPD1aoHj6O1mbrwyBMecLe7PgwHe7S-ibnDcbrSNa7SgVwkZ2O2SIm0E5gy6KhJ1W_B7tW0FDpIFNffzzFXM1EjLJn1shzYhKeetY6ZyJ92G6ZfeSP/s400/2011-01-12a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561235468569447426" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-33402445418041030622010-11-14T22:59:00.005-05:002010-11-14T23:21:48.127-05:00There and Back AgainAs some of you know, I was away for a week for a brief sojourn to my alma mater.<br /><br />Was nice to see some of my class mates again and to meet some new members of the club I had helped start up my junior year.<br /><br />The trip to campus was pleasantly uneventful.<br /><br />The trip back is another story.<br /><br />Good news is that I was parked in a rest stop when my SUV decided to not start, and once I was towed to a garage (thank you AAA) I was back on the road in about two hours. Bad news, needed a bunch of new parts and I don't think I'm going to be able to head down the coastline again for a while.<br /><br />Will have a new pic of some kind up tomorrow, perhaps of the scarf I'm working on.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-1097139116094835342010-10-30T23:33:00.000-04:002010-10-30T23:35:24.433-04:00Everyone Hail to the Pumpkin King!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPq2g1uOnr0720D-I9NwpeAviaXbU6d1s77bzdvEmV49lowQUkKF0Ize3F6N7mKY37uZYMYubrQTw8l88qFr0Dxdn1poWZjEnwfpdQcdqO9YyBcjgkXWTSRpzRZqC3VkQnmNR6BOrbaJ6D/s1600/IMGP6720.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPq2g1uOnr0720D-I9NwpeAviaXbU6d1s77bzdvEmV49lowQUkKF0Ize3F6N7mKY37uZYMYubrQTw8l88qFr0Dxdn1poWZjEnwfpdQcdqO9YyBcjgkXWTSRpzRZqC3VkQnmNR6BOrbaJ6D/s400/IMGP6720.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534048456404990658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqfav-Zahp5OD7T6vefJly_Z67eHoVT_sQo9inm3AMI6ftfX2gKoQSzKDZmS1GHY9tNPXHcmm0-bhTi8Y7-THVtdBk5lnh9v3krTonr2YdVV-Ew30xWFEBVyElcfpE9CNRxdZh0adlJ2r/s1600/IMGP6738.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqfav-Zahp5OD7T6vefJly_Z67eHoVT_sQo9inm3AMI6ftfX2gKoQSzKDZmS1GHY9tNPXHcmm0-bhTi8Y7-THVtdBk5lnh9v3krTonr2YdVV-Ew30xWFEBVyElcfpE9CNRxdZh0adlJ2r/s400/IMGP6738.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534048453384003666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYaQptqsAqDxOyuWFSrq4niMAA15B2_eZDq-69wHuQOuZJ3OztuCwcdRI3SyslcVcPVq0Wtf8prqelmATekpB2kbJBqwDL0jDVa7SkM1i1RoRStppNclpHV9-LunjJfGJI-aabrpDCN4N/s1600/IMGP6740.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYaQptqsAqDxOyuWFSrq4niMAA15B2_eZDq-69wHuQOuZJ3OztuCwcdRI3SyslcVcPVq0Wtf8prqelmATekpB2kbJBqwDL0jDVa7SkM1i1RoRStppNclpHV9-LunjJfGJI-aabrpDCN4N/s400/IMGP6740.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534048447662774818" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-11050164006841264542010-10-27T21:06:00.001-04:002010-10-27T21:13:47.189-04:00Shadow Throne<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8CLk_Ai9TVyELRaia2A4j6TUSwNNVt7vX9_HQbTsF3xfYB6u-Tni5O693Jx0Qhnx06x971S16aKdSGdzAl1atZR_UykLFZ57RqGwYvLH4n4Y9-SiXcrf5tf9XQCZa0JYAmc-67x6DRl9g/s1600/2010-10-27.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8CLk_Ai9TVyELRaia2A4j6TUSwNNVt7vX9_HQbTsF3xfYB6u-Tni5O693Jx0Qhnx06x971S16aKdSGdzAl1atZR_UykLFZ57RqGwYvLH4n4Y9-SiXcrf5tf9XQCZa0JYAmc-67x6DRl9g/s400/2010-10-27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532897530398396818" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-46367128560799973102010-10-26T00:09:00.005-04:002010-10-26T17:45:43.427-04:00Judgement<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSebBvnwXFTDLbdvhNAtgmxSWPHG0kU8zvp5Fs6UCEzYez-Wfx2ApXN03svZPHLcZPZQ63n_tBCo6okMsVXumYbiGNo1MLE2erRSZtCp3cIdAMDOx2j5ZrsFHepXHa2y3VspWJ1bEdW6kD/s1600/2010-10-25.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSebBvnwXFTDLbdvhNAtgmxSWPHG0kU8zvp5Fs6UCEzYez-Wfx2ApXN03svZPHLcZPZQ63n_tBCo6okMsVXumYbiGNo1MLE2erRSZtCp3cIdAMDOx2j5ZrsFHepXHa2y3VspWJ1bEdW6kD/s400/2010-10-25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532202984269221282" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-15047089183592425972010-10-05T23:06:00.004-04:002010-10-05T23:12:51.531-04:00SquidBot<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ti_Q-tQhiHxbddTQAIQWij7tJq5zpfaRNnvdoYtYdndOa3ISJhgOTWkg6k-1NtsFimqsJgVw84fg9IeyCV3wtG-N2o6xSX3Vd0S9_wmPTReLw2MJ0mRjr2rN50izBKXUko2orPgcw-XK/s1600/squidbot.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ti_Q-tQhiHxbddTQAIQWij7tJq5zpfaRNnvdoYtYdndOa3ISJhgOTWkg6k-1NtsFimqsJgVw84fg9IeyCV3wtG-N2o6xSX3Vd0S9_wmPTReLw2MJ0mRjr2rN50izBKXUko2orPgcw-XK/s400/squidbot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524764941947822898" border="0" /></a><br />WIP concept art of a tentacled bot that (I now realize) wouldn't be out of place in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Matrix</span> 'verse. ~ 2 hours in it so far. Originally it had insect legs but they weren't working out so I gave it tentacles instead because let's be honest, tentacles are cool.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-18474727535075562342010-09-28T19:04:00.008-04:002010-09-28T20:09:22.944-04:00Art SupliesI swung by Jerry's Artist Outlet in West Orange, just to check out what they had in stock. Ended up picking up a bunch of supplies for almost dirt cheep.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Canvas panels:</span> 12 6x8 for $0.72 each, 12 8x10 for $0.88 per, 12 9x12 for $1.01 each. All told I paid $31.32, which at list price it would have cost me $69.00. How could I not buy em?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oil Paint</span>:<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>38mL tube of Alizarin crimson for $2.99, list price $6.25<br /><br />I am definately going to keep an eye on this place and keep and the other open for sales and discounts.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-11309001853534830492010-09-20T19:13:00.003-04:002010-09-20T19:20:16.729-04:00"Stein" - Colors<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmc_Yz68K9E0hPpjqNbqwp-J7JQg28_d9ve1yfPSmY_3cDvODS0jlySgYmtPTNbpnAu_GLbcq3MXoqlUNckRbJdPdOgd9uhtWbd6GEpNS8sOwGw4VtObo43_swAMyVIs6lup6MpQWUgA4t/s1600/Stein+Color+Sheet+1.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmc_Yz68K9E0hPpjqNbqwp-J7JQg28_d9ve1yfPSmY_3cDvODS0jlySgYmtPTNbpnAu_GLbcq3MXoqlUNckRbJdPdOgd9uhtWbd6GEpNS8sOwGw4VtObo43_swAMyVIs6lup6MpQWUgA4t/s400/Stein+Color+Sheet+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519139268019259602" border="0" /></a><br />Color variants sheet for a project I'm working on. Reminded me how much fun I have mucking around with colors. Plan to see more related to this project in the coming months.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-81721522919137240022010-09-13T20:09:00.004-04:002010-09-13T20:58:40.553-04:00DragonCon Aftermath vol. 2Finally got a chance to sift through the cards and fliers I got at the Convention. Today we have a list of various artists and related people/studios. Most of the people here got a copy of my portfolio teaser and a business card.<br /><br />If you are one of the people amongst the list, welcome to my little slice of the bloggosphere.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.leendaryleatherworks.com">Legendary Leatherworks</a><br /><a href="http://www.southeasternbrowncoats.com">Southeastern Browncoats</a><br /><a href="http://www.frogpants.com">Frogpants Studios</a><a href="http://katarinanavane.etsy.com"><br />Demon Kitty Designs</a><a href="http://meglyman.com"><br />Meg Lyman Illustration</a> and <a href="http://crashoctopus.com">crashoctopus.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.spookychan.com">Chandra Free</a><br /><a href="http://redstringcomic.com">Gina Biggs</a><br /><a href="http://filthyfigments.com">Filthy Figments</a> (NSFW)<br /><a href="http://thedevilspanties.com/">Jennie Breeden</a><a href="http://stickerlol.com"><br />StickerLOL.com</a><a href="http://richardakirk.com"><br />Richard A. Kirk</a><a href="http://tomtaggart.com"><br />Tom Taggart Art Studio</a><br /><a href="http://derekart.com">Derek</a><a href="http://markdossantos.com"><br />Mark Dos Santos</a><br /><a href="http://erinbelle.buzznet.com">Erin Belle</a><a href="http://idrawmonsters.com"><br />Dave Cook</a><a href="http://urbnpop.com"><br />Chris Hamer</a><br /><a href="http://luna7.com">Luna 7</a><a href="http://fleecsdesign.com"><br />Fleecs Design</a><br /><a href="http://spookyco.com">Eric Morin</a><a href="http://missmindy.com"><br />Miss Mindy</a><a href="http://amandalouise.com"><br />Amanda Louise</a><a href="http://stephainiegladden.com"><br />Stephanie Gladden</a><br /><a href="http://spydacreations.com%5C">Spyda</a><a href="http://tinykittenteth.com"><br />Tiny Kitten Teeth</a><br /><a href="http://tednaifeh.com">Ted Naifeh</a><br /><a href="http://tysonmcadoo.com">Tyson McAdoo</a><a href="http://blank-ees.com"><br />Lauren Pery's Blank-ees</a><br /><a href="http://errantstory.com">Errant Story</a> by Michael Poe<br /><a href="http://jhontylerchristopher.com">John Tyler Christopher</a><br /><a href="http://denisevasquez.com">Denise Vaquez</a><a href="http://boneyardfranky.com"><br />The Horrific Adventures of Franky</a><br /><a href="http://davidmackguide.com">David Mack Guide</a><a href="http://imaginismstudios.com"><br />Imaginism Studios</a><br /><a href="http://artbyalexander.com">R.L. Alexander</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-27025798707813746322010-09-07T16:31:00.002-04:002010-09-07T16:42:18.451-04:00DragonCon Aftermath vol. 1Dragon*Con is over and I am exhausted. I had a fantastic time, but it took a lot out of me. Handed out most of the portfolio teasers in person, left a couple of stacks around various places around the con.<br /><br />If you are visiting from a business card or a booklet that you got while at the Convention, welcome. I'm going to be making a list of all the people I got cards or fliers once I get home and sort through it all. Pictures will be up on Flickr about the same time.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;">In other news, car's in the shop. Transmission was rattling, next the battery's acting up and power steering is gone. Then the engine starts over heating.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;">Turns out that the problem was a worn belt and busted tensioner. Should be fixed up sometime today or early tomorrow. I ought to be on the way back to NJ in the next day or two.<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-49792418933933201082010-08-31T17:04:00.003-04:002010-08-31T18:32:52.045-04:00DragonCon Preperations, vol. 2Ok, teasers are done, getting clothing pulled together and packed.<br /><br />Excited to be heading off to Dragon*Con, first big convention since 2006 when I went to Otakon and MomoCon in Atlanta '08 (good thing about MomoCon was that it was free. Bad news, it was free).<br /><br />Got a Flickr stream going, going to be uploading pictures from Dragon*Con <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12038814@N07/">there</a>.<br /><br />Will see what I can do about keeping you guys up-to date while I'm at the con. At the very least I'll have a post after the con. that's all for now.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-90349364236664065212010-08-26T17:45:00.004-04:002010-08-26T21:00:54.710-04:00DragonCon Preperations<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiiEEYIxi3fDFuy3JYnuHCvVRgD3my3BBzgbwP-dhaGErGmLR7q_Hw9tYvqL9f2BOzX6hGE1Y_0vZfnp-C9TAsif4mclIv3Qh7gtTSRztrmGjGwTEwsGwKX5uVjkKlxvRYTKiul9RKRXo/s1600/0825101516.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiiEEYIxi3fDFuy3JYnuHCvVRgD3my3BBzgbwP-dhaGErGmLR7q_Hw9tYvqL9f2BOzX6hGE1Y_0vZfnp-C9TAsif4mclIv3Qh7gtTSRztrmGjGwTEwsGwKX5uVjkKlxvRYTKiul9RKRXo/s320/0825101516.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509838998850604498" border="0" /></a>Huzah! Got my business cards in the mail yesterday. They turned out really nice and defiantly going to use the company again. <a href="http://gotprint.net/g/welcome.do">GotPrint.net</a> printed them with a 2 day turnaround and 3 day delivery for about $30.<br /><br />Now just need to get the portfolio booklets printed up and I'll be ready for DragonCon next week.<br /><br />Wow... I'm starting to feel like a professional.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-63339678867133646702010-08-24T17:24:00.004-04:002010-08-24T17:36:44.255-04:00Concept Vehicles Speedpaint<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ysBfM1cSg20ta3lb-9eekKiKQlSElwBpgBpOFYpGPjYtpaAXH_JMywzfUbhfJ8c4ApOiNBk4kp8V0d1-aPFzDAc44D59ljMFiaGoBufYDRWT2VCjWOozyR3jHo3LSl-SuURDrXTGzrJS/s1600/Spartan-2800cc-V6.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ysBfM1cSg20ta3lb-9eekKiKQlSElwBpgBpOFYpGPjYtpaAXH_JMywzfUbhfJ8c4ApOiNBk4kp8V0d1-aPFzDAc44D59ljMFiaGoBufYDRWT2VCjWOozyR3jHo3LSl-SuURDrXTGzrJS/s320/Spartan-2800cc-V6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509092069558511874" border="0" /></a>Spartan 2800cc v6 motorcycle<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zI0fTwK9JI9u8dZPggfJhM8ULXaYZlitTmmqOp2LdS_iNppGdBcXcV9FfzacUnQDG2iVpVudvUUyWa81FYTaqmfw8rhsrJSjAPdWwjZ6BO-6kxHUi0HnRuR8sQrAGWlpz5axCXss6QGv/s1600/Spartan-2800cc-V6-color.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zI0fTwK9JI9u8dZPggfJhM8ULXaYZlitTmmqOp2LdS_iNppGdBcXcV9FfzacUnQDG2iVpVudvUUyWa81FYTaqmfw8rhsrJSjAPdWwjZ6BO-6kxHUi0HnRuR8sQrAGWlpz5axCXss6QGv/s320/Spartan-2800cc-V6-color.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509092067284609314" border="0" /></a>Spartan - sample colors<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_WKXOWjxddxgHlUxNFQWnvxYTQ0VqyYDUM-xIQesMuhMggdf5ruxfWar10TDE4DDVV84Y5qXuDveibA9aHcmQIcKW9WZL00OZs3TulEafAcJQFkOG5pZ_ruK7ahgrC-pAtobd2iUTrpY/s1600/sphere_cycle.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ_WKXOWjxddxgHlUxNFQWnvxYTQ0VqyYDUM-xIQesMuhMggdf5ruxfWar10TDE4DDVV84Y5qXuDveibA9aHcmQIcKW9WZL00OZs3TulEafAcJQFkOG5pZ_ruK7ahgrC-pAtobd2iUTrpY/s320/sphere_cycle.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509092055638732770" border="0" /></a>SphereCycle, built on the same propulsion concepts as the SecDroidUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-20849012597961041172010-08-23T15:22:00.004-04:002010-08-23T15:59:16.620-04:00Sketch Dump 2Trying my hand at some concept art, pleased with how they turned out.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzQIvO52jNeO8wIa34kNiwS8fX1Pik0vKDYNLuIkX0q5Ma26AebfYXwJ3GlNqye0IfZgCdJmMIOwyqj-kVVU42U4hLQ7EAGjHiWsg4317j1Osr1yVENdgM4TCrw97Xgp0pci3bPjR8VR1/s1600/Desert-Dreams-Ruins.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzQIvO52jNeO8wIa34kNiwS8fX1Pik0vKDYNLuIkX0q5Ma26AebfYXwJ3GlNqye0IfZgCdJmMIOwyqj-kVVU42U4hLQ7EAGjHiWsg4317j1Osr1yVENdgM4TCrw97Xgp0pci3bPjR8VR1/s320/Desert-Dreams-Ruins.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508688144780144834" border="0" /></a>Playing around with some ideas for an environment that will likely appear in the D&D game that I will be running soon. Lost track of how long I spent on this, maybe 3 hours or so?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVx9sn4p2ZKl0fwlYy3QnTK0NprxxE1CK7P0gLEPlKDi01fBC1WoJl8i8Na0UP303X0shiXZzhWx3rTJUFVcBjBJmK9D_pq2F-Qjdr0ZrTRClw05jgRjKNigmssrnuVhfYf4dHAMySa5V/s1600/ballSecDroid.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVx9sn4p2ZKl0fwlYy3QnTK0NprxxE1CK7P0gLEPlKDi01fBC1WoJl8i8Na0UP303X0shiXZzhWx3rTJUFVcBjBJmK9D_pq2F-Qjdr0ZrTRClw05jgRjKNigmssrnuVhfYf4dHAMySa5V/s320/ballSecDroid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508688139221819634" border="0" /></a>Hour speed paint that was inspired by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI06lujiD7E">this video</a>.<br /><br /><br />And preparations for DragonCon are starting to come together. My business cards have shipped today. I should be getting them by Wednesday or so.<br /><br />The portfolio teasers are almost ready for printing, just need to work out the cover. Plan is to have some friends over to help put them together next Monday. Gotta love what promises of beer and pizza can do for acquiring some extra manpower.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-26647264355446533522010-08-21T19:37:00.005-04:002010-08-21T22:05:09.977-04:00Bloody Blue Screens and Bad-Ass Blogs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3PsDKYJry_gTa0XL7HpEd5eZMo0NpzU5d6Z5rJBlHHDYmD6Bb9cfA4n9l_pqBU-5XMvdU6ZinMMEMoXD7fn40fH09dDz6HTMtrBaMia57WfYDGukt7tclHk735PzIJDXRDkfftrxUEFl/s1600/IMG_6296.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3PsDKYJry_gTa0XL7HpEd5eZMo0NpzU5d6Z5rJBlHHDYmD6Bb9cfA4n9l_pqBU-5XMvdU6ZinMMEMoXD7fn40fH09dDz6HTMtrBaMia57WfYDGukt7tclHk735PzIJDXRDkfftrxUEFl/s320/IMG_6296.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508048796592448338" border="0" /></a><br />Well, crap.<br /><br />When trying to scan the pics from Dr Sketchy's on Thursday, my work rig blue-screen'd on me. I've had it happen every once in a while so this doesn't bode particularly well.<br /><br />Good news is that a friend of a friend is brilliant with building computers. Plan on talking to him when upgrading my systems so that I can customize it to what I'm going to need; High processor speed, lots of ram, high end graphics card are what I'm thinking. Going to talk to some people to get suggestions.<br /><br />So, since there's no dawing from Dr Sketchy's for the moment, here's cool stuff from the wilds of the Internet.<br /><ul><li><a href="http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/">Gurney Journey</a>, the blog of Dinotopia creator James Gurney. Fantastic for picking through the mind of a fantastic "Imaginative Realist".</li><li><a href="http://bennewmanart.blogspot.com/">Newman's Art Blog</a>, "<span>naughty art, filthy fairytales and other perverted nonsense" by Ben Newman. NSFW at times, so be warned.<br /></span></li><li><span><a href="http://dresdencodak.tumblr.com/">Indistinguishable From Magic</a>, by </span>Aaron Diaz; <span>the artist and author of <a href="http://dresdencodak.com/">Dresden Codak</a>, which is an amazing comic which if you haven't heard of, for shame. If you haven't read it you should go do so, now. No seriously, go read it.</span></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-31670939724274457472010-08-20T10:25:00.002-04:002010-08-20T10:29:30.911-04:00Dr. Sketchy'sWent to the North Jersey Dr Sketchy's last night. Small but had a good vibe to it. Definitely will be going back and will post some of the sketches up here when I can.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-2855061740873301962010-08-13T16:14:00.002-04:002010-08-13T16:18:36.942-04:00Bast Sketch Color<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8FQLi3h-rjYFolRgxWdzyFVcXZ2XCgKtpcJYdlH6pll3L09HlvUYGwPOlmBA3XOUV6mrk4EU2Gro9PsLWL49LdfAto-Gji-670TgL6ARF6MDpcijiy2QjBqaoqza2MOJnckkmEBLlRRF/s1600/Bastcolor.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8FQLi3h-rjYFolRgxWdzyFVcXZ2XCgKtpcJYdlH6pll3L09HlvUYGwPOlmBA3XOUV6mrk4EU2Gro9PsLWL49LdfAto-Gji-670TgL6ARF6MDpcijiy2QjBqaoqza2MOJnckkmEBLlRRF/s320/Bastcolor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504990726208478274" border="0" /></a><br />As the title says, colored the lineart from the last post, that is all.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-79418066865638060132010-08-13T13:15:00.005-04:002010-08-13T13:44:14.156-04:00[insert witty title here]Well it's been interesting this past week.<br /><br />Had fun at the Tuxedo Renfaire last weekend with friends, pretty ladies and baudy performers, then yesterday I got hit with my third kindey-stone in the past two years, second in the past six months. Not fun, not fun at all.<br /><br />Couldn't sleep last night so I got some sketching done, enjoy the fruits of my pains and insomnia.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0cN99urJzsaf8KGeZhr4xvTWgf9kgxNY_tyRKeqrTNZFKtHc0Aj02kxD4UOvyaXnA4IuWYYrL8H67GJb4WtqbrohjNTayDPNv4_gA_AFi9BH1L6C7s81Dx95ZGHNOvz4yvXAWbu0zu8l/s1600/Bast.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0cN99urJzsaf8KGeZhr4xvTWgf9kgxNY_tyRKeqrTNZFKtHc0Aj02kxD4UOvyaXnA4IuWYYrL8H67GJb4WtqbrohjNTayDPNv4_gA_AFi9BH1L6C7s81Dx95ZGHNOvz4yvXAWbu0zu8l/s320/Bast.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504945624842522866" border="0" /></a><br />The Egyptian goddess Bast, in her aspect as a goddess of perfumes. Rather pleased with the lineart, planing to color this up at some point later.<br /><br />Took a look through some of my old sketchbooks, and yea gods I've gotten better in the past decade. Even just four years ago, I'm impressed at the progress that I've made. Here's to the improvement so far, and to the improvement I'll be making in the future.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-81845921844162323132010-08-05T13:23:00.006-04:002010-08-05T22:49:51.187-04:00Sketch Dump<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Hey all, getting some more art up here since this is supposed to be an art blog.<br /><br />Managed to get some very nice sketches and watercolors done while I was at the beach last month. Very happy with how some of the later pieces turned out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSN6Mpq6lcDT3bTVkzOZQLCbid2yxCrnEkNf5HbfBYjCkOeFJ9H4MbOUYhzibJPkbSkZhSHNq4Fb9mrIXRILwtudbbGPy3Fc8hfXUAzM_wuIQZQpWAjCkeUR1vZSIjn4CHnEmj3wsHzm_Z/s1600/aloha-Muse.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSN6Mpq6lcDT3bTVkzOZQLCbid2yxCrnEkNf5HbfBYjCkOeFJ9H4MbOUYhzibJPkbSkZhSHNq4Fb9mrIXRILwtudbbGPy3Fc8hfXUAzM_wuIQZQpWAjCkeUR1vZSIjn4CHnEmj3wsHzm_Z/s320/aloha-Muse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501979116266598082" border="0" /></a>Muse enjoying the island beverages and decor.<br /></div>The house were renting had a poster with a hula girl and I thought muse would look good in the lei.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KqJoMjb6bsNAXrvWI45VqgHqD8tBDiG7CdD8cz_A66-dKAiZEItFw3x6nbeVZJn4sEuRhZPNACxY69NHFiYmo2dmZGqQ_Jg4vLdpHcX9ixMpPOFgCejH0CqKl_ccS4v7dvY0WfHkIRir/s1600/rayne-beach.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KqJoMjb6bsNAXrvWI45VqgHqD8tBDiG7CdD8cz_A66-dKAiZEItFw3x6nbeVZJn4sEuRhZPNACxY69NHFiYmo2dmZGqQ_Jg4vLdpHcX9ixMpPOFgCejH0CqKl_ccS4v7dvY0WfHkIRir/s320/rayne-beach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501979112640613026" border="0" /></a>Rayne relaxing on the beach.<br />Luckily the arm's brass or the salt water would be a nightmare. As it is she's gonna be spending hours cleaning the sand out.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtTsLhWBWUfb_nzoiVSTDvyrmBZWiVSCYA01zOrlLvrtyj4-5-8Zi61YcpSWeoZCNDqit9Hjq4mI-5Jo6YsLEyQYuWEwU7cIBwtiAh4-tGziz5GLr21pg8FdwFTGfwI204LjSeb7hxn_M/s1600/blonde.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtTsLhWBWUfb_nzoiVSTDvyrmBZWiVSCYA01zOrlLvrtyj4-5-8Zi61YcpSWeoZCNDqit9Hjq4mI-5Jo6YsLEyQYuWEwU7cIBwtiAh4-tGziz5GLr21pg8FdwFTGfwI204LjSeb7hxn_M/s320/blonde.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501979107150344434" border="0" /></a>Random blonde girl looking coy, used a photo reference for the pose. Scanner did horrible things to the delicate tonal variations on the violet around her. >_<<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73_VVJkAXuijC3r77FZNG5QGRAHpfahv0UQGKqXITL4edF-Pu-XFw_kRYdnPc-OW6hSR-qxa-Ybhg48Kukv9dD2e86RjGyMuntJ0ExgptfZ-d56QU1Hdltemu450eCONHnBADbmcDaNGS/s1600/demonessv2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73_VVJkAXuijC3r77FZNG5QGRAHpfahv0UQGKqXITL4edF-Pu-XFw_kRYdnPc-OW6hSR-qxa-Ybhg48Kukv9dD2e86RjGyMuntJ0ExgptfZ-d56QU1Hdltemu450eCONHnBADbmcDaNGS/s320/demonessv2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501979101372139554" border="0" /></a>Demoness. By far my favorite lineart of the lot, colored this one digitally because I didn't want to mess up the pencils and most of the colors in the ones above were pretty much off the cuff. Plan to do a full digipaint of this at some point to practice colors.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOhH2d18FPy959g3fZ6NHoqcB2niO6eLJHi-7XLYNS25irKHx1spomt8nVX_GA9X_-DGHdMm6XITh5ZnDFNEVWCEmom-dQ_N1X3MVoMnYXKcRj0RApqOS9WVwIkvK5YsFb1q1uxPQAtvY/s1600/demonessv1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOhH2d18FPy959g3fZ6NHoqcB2niO6eLJHi-7XLYNS25irKHx1spomt8nVX_GA9X_-DGHdMm6XITh5ZnDFNEVWCEmom-dQ_N1X3MVoMnYXKcRj0RApqOS9WVwIkvK5YsFb1q1uxPQAtvY/s320/demonessv1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501979097335419762" border="0" /></a>Alternate colors of the Demoness lineart. I like this color set better than the other, but need to play around with it a bit more I think.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-88480232790382583092010-08-02T21:35:00.004-04:002010-08-02T21:52:37.213-04:00Dream WorldsOk, the scanner's on the fritz, so no watercolors yet. Will get that fixed as soon as I can.<br /><br />Tomorrow's going to be a cleaning day, organizing all the stuff that got moved into my studio while I was cleaning my room after moving back home from college. With any luck I'll have space to actually work and more incentive to actually do so.<br /><br />In other news, I saw <span style="font-style: italic;">Inception</span> last night. Was a mind-trip. The dream-within-dream element alone was enough to mess with me; then add in the issues of what happens when you loose track of what is a dream and whether or not the world we live in is a dream and we just don't realize it (overlapping with concepts of Objective/Subjective/Consensus Reality, similar ideas that are presented in "eastern"/"Hindu" religion and in <span style="font-style: italic;">the Matrix</span>).<br /><br />Long story short, I thoroughly enjoyed it and summarily spent an hour after the movie discussing it with the friend I saw it with.<br /><br />And speaking of crafting dreams, I'm working on building a D&D campaign that I plan to run, as soon as I can find players. Basically it's sort of a Wild West meets 1001 Arabian Nights. With dinosaurs, because dinosaurs are awesome. Will post the synopsis once things solidify more.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5225817657163849201.post-63760484270649527902010-07-28T15:24:00.005-04:002010-07-28T15:33:00.875-04:00Where the Land meets the Sea and the SkyWas down at the shore last weekend, was nice to get away for a bit. Finally had opportunity to make use of the watercolor kit that I put together and got some nice drawings/paintings done. Will get those scanned up tonight to show you guys.<br /><br />In other news, been reading "Kushiel's Dart". Great book and need to go borrow the next one in the series from the library once I finish this one. Nice to find a new series to read.<br /><br />Got some plans to head out to the Tuxedo Renfaire weekend after next. Going to bring a sketchbook or camera and keep an eye out for inspiration for illustrations.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0