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August 30th, 2007

Ujwala Prabhu shares…

I received this pre-move and am just now getting around to posting it. Ujwala Prabhu shares this portrait she did. You can read the back story of it on her blog, here.

UPDATED: 8/30/07
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August 29th, 2007

Moving Time… waiting on internet

Hey all, sorry to be slow on responding to comments lately. I think I got everything approved for the contest, but just letting you all know what’s up.
We are in the process of moving and unpacking… for the next week or two, I think I am going to be visiting the local library […]

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August 27th, 2007

JD Hillberry: Monochromatic Renderings

J.D. Hillberry submitted some of his renderings to me last week. These are pretty impressive to say the least, but to get a fuller picture of the scope of his work, check out www.jdhillberry.com
J.D. also has quite a few tutorials on his site on How to Draw that I’d highly recommend.
Artist’s Statement:

“Like most […]

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August 27th, 2007

A Failed video podcast.

I spent a few minutes putting this video podcast together and failed to recognize that the audio didn’t quite encode correctly, so here is my failed attempt at a video podcast. I only realized this error after it was uploaded and ready to post.

Since we are getting ready to move, it might be a […]

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August 27th, 2007

Dan from Empty Easel: What art means to me.

Dan, from EmptyEasel submitted his take on what Art means to him. Check it out below, and check out Empty Easeltoo.

Art is hard work.
Unlike some, I can’t relax when I’m painting. It’s too difficult, and to be completely honest, I don’t always enjoy it. The real reason I create art—the one thing that makes […]

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August 27th, 2007

Ken Walters: What art Means to Me

Ken Walters submitted this entry for the What art means to me competition.

In my art I try to bring together my experiences, skills and emotions. I draw on my experiences, filtered through my emotions and moods and use my skills to ‘paint’ with light on my pc. I use my own software to translate what […]

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August 22nd, 2007

Kate Baggott: What Art Means to Me

Kate Baggott from Babylune shares what art means to her as part of the Guest post contest here at Artist Hideout:

A character in a story I once wrote, says, “The world is not a beautiful place, you have to work to be beautiful in it.”
The character lives on the same planet as the rest of […]

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August 21st, 2007

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August 21st, 2007

Lately… a different kind of painting.

We’ve been repainting a few of the sunday school rooms at the church lately, and it came to me that so much of the time we take certain things for granted.
How a room is painted, the detail given to painting around all the trim work, etc.
Now we didn’t do anything fancy with murals or […]

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August 17th, 2007

Ah the beauty of MS Paint.

Found this via Total Disgrace, watch for a good laugh.

I look forward to the two erasers! lol
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