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Archive for February 2007

February 9th, 2007

Disney Sharpens it’s Pencils

o you remember what a pencil is Disney? Apparently, they do.
I am a fan of the new computer driven animation market, I’ve even tried my hand at it (very little). But there is something to be said for the good ol’ fashioned pencil-drawn animation of days gone by. Sure, there’s been tons of innovation in […]

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February 9th, 2007

Things I’ve been working on lately.

I’ve been kinda busy lately. I think it is just the nature of the beast. You get ideas and you try to implement them all at once. So I thought I would give a quick run-down of some of the projects I’ve been working on and just a little idea of my […]

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February 8th, 2007

Finished.

This painting is finished. It took me awhile to get a decent shot of it. Using glossy enamel makes this a very hard painting to get a good image of.

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February 8th, 2007

b5media Artists Showcase is today

Noreen over at Hankering for Yarn is hosting this this month. Check out all the showcase entries.

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February 7th, 2007

still untitled painting in progress

There is something about a blank canvas that is daunting. You’ve purchased it brought it home, unwrapped it, and set it up. Now you are ready to paint………………………..yeah, you know what I am talking about. That pause. Where you look at the unsoiled canvas and think to yourself “I sure hope what […]

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February 6th, 2007

Frustrated Artists - the plight of the 2.0 artist

I have been hearing from the grapevine (the blogosphere) that there are some frustrated artists out there. Artists, wanting a place where artists could unite together and display their work all in one place. I know that there are services out there that do this. But no one site has really pulled […]

By William Lehman -- 6 comments

February 5th, 2007

Sure, but what’s it say?

There are many different philosophies about art and experiencing art. What’s it mean? What’s it say? How does it affect our sociological stereotypes?
Rubbish!
I’ve come to a conclusion. I don’t have a political agenda. I don’t have a big hoopla of remarks about society to try to portray with my artwork. If anything, I think I […]

By William Lehman -- 4 comments

February 5th, 2007

Cheryl Pass - Life, be still

I count it as a great privilege to be in contact with so many very talented artists every day here on Artist Hideout. So first of all, thanks for helping build this great community.
Cheryl Pass submitted two of her pieces yesterday for inclusion in Artist Hideout. After reading some of her blog I […]

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February 4th, 2007

Photo Restoration as an Art

Though this was done completely digital in Paint Shop Pro, I thought I’d share it.
This is an image of my grandfather when he was in the second world war. There is some serious distortion of the image from folding over the years.

Using cloning techniques and some elements of art (face of the other guy, […]

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February 3rd, 2007

How is Art affected by Drugs? Lessons from a spider.

Tris today posted about our webs on caffeine over at Homely Scientist and it reminded me of this video I found awhile back on www.youtube.com
I will warn you there is a little language in this, but it’s still pretty funny.

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