“Believe me, you can get all the tubes of Windsor & Newton paint you want in Cincinnati, but the artists keep migrating to New York all the same.” -Tom Wolfe, The Painted Word It’s always been tricky for artists to make a living strictly at their craft. Sell your paintings (good luck) or find…
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Bob Ross and Ben Stahl Everyone knows the calming voice and happy little trees of Bob Ross. Every once in a while Ross would bring in a guest painter to do an episode. I recently stumbled across this fantastic episode featuring painter Ben Stahl. It doesn’t take long to realize that Stahl is a…
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How to Draw Comics 101: One Tip to Create Depth in your Inks Here’s a quick video I did in my How to Draw Comics series to show how to create depth in your inks.
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Years ago I attempted a webcomic here that fell by the wayside. I’ve re-imagined it a bit and am now producing it as a Patreon-only comic. Those who support me via Patreon can access the comic. The Trials of Murdock Madstone: A mad scientist bent on world domination is reverted back to childhood when his…
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I’ve started doing live streaming over at twitch. I’ll do warm up drawing in Manga Studio as often as I can (and try to keep them 15 minutes or less so they won’t be divided into 2 parts.) Here’s today’s.
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I’m making this t-shirt available for sale for the next 4 days. Click the link for more info!
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“Modern Art has become completely literary: the paintings and other works exist only to illustrate the text.” – Tom Wolfe, The Painted Word About 10 years ago I was sitting in a coffee shop with a friend when the conversation turned to the art hanging on the walls. I can’t remember the entire context, but…
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Painting in Progress In my spare moments I’m trying to do a little more painting. I’ve managed over the Christmas madness to work a bit on this one. It’s based on a sketch I did a few months ago when just unwinding in the evening. That’s one of the values of…
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Girl Sketch I’ve got a deadline this week wrapping up GI Joe #237. Here’s a sketch, unrelated to GI Joe, that I did last night. Incidentally, if you’re getting update via email, I’m not sure if the image I set as the main image for a post is coming across. I’ll look into that when…
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What is it about looking at the work spaces and studios of other artists? I guess it’s a fascination with the creative process of others, especially when you’re familiar with their work. Maybe getting ideas for your own studio space? Whatever it is, I love looking at how other people set up. I’m not really…
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