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New Work in Progress

I have a new digital painting that I am working on. I thought I’d share it with you here and get a little feedback. Keep in mind this is a much smaller version of the full file size. Just enough to show you what I am working with. I don’t usually name works before I finish them, but this one is called "Layers of Abstraction" Post from: Artist Hideout

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Developing your own voice as an artist.

There are different stages most artists go through. This is the one I am at right now and it’s pretty challenging. I won’t say the most challenging, but still it’s pretty difficult. The reason it’s difficult isn’t so much that as an artist you are untalented or unoriginal, it’s the fact that you know you have something unique to offer, but you haven’t quite developed it yet. Everything we try and do leads somewhere unique. We are inspired, and take different things into our ultimate product. In this we find our voice. I’ve been looking at the art of Willie Cole lately. Willie [...]

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Looking forward to snow.

I think lately, I’ve been looking forward to snow again. Anyway, it’s been a theme for me lately. Post from: Artist Hideout

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Should the Artist be concerned about Money?

I’ve dealt with this topic before, but I am always challenged by it. Art is one of those things that requires a certain amount of money to make money in. I, of all people, wish canvases were given away for free down on the street corner. Actually, I think they should be, along with a set of paints and brushes. I think we might live in a happier world if they were. There is such a trend toward expression in our culture, we are seeing more and more ways that people are being creative, but we are still seeing many [...]

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Getting ready for oils.

Over the last few weeks, I have been kinda sparse around here. But it’s not because I completely forgot how to type suddenly. Rather, it’s because I am just doing a lot more artwork, mainly cartooning as evidenced by a cartoon I did (then decided against putting up on my personal site) to the left. I had given thought to doing custom cartoons for people for a base price of $50 (till I got a few clients going). But ever changing as I am, I quickly rethought it and decided I don’t need another set of things to do. [...]

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Coalition Comix – Help Create a Comic Book

MySpace has launched a new project called Coalition Comix, where users determine the storyline. It seems pretty basic but it’s a novel idea on getting people involved in the project. More than a choose your own adventure book, users will apparently impact even the deepest parts of the storyline. Let’s just hope users don’t kill off the main character eh? Anyway, the writer/artist is Mike Carey MIKE CAREY is the critically acclaimed and fan-favorite writer of comics, novels, movies, and TV. After working for several UK and American indie publishers, Mike got his big break in comics with celebrated runs on [...]

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Philip Craig: Time Lapse Large Oil Painting

This video was quite impressive. It would be fun to work on this scale. Imagine the detail you could incorporate into something like this. Post from: Artist Hideout

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How to (try to) understand Abstract Art.

This is a revisited comic based off of one I did last week on my personal (what is becoming my cartoon) site, www.decloned.com Now I am not down on abstract art in any way. Most of mine is abstract too. I just think that as any kind of artist, we must come to the realization that not everyone is going to understand our work, in fact… count on it. Post from: Artist Hideout

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Free: Awesome (Crayon) Drawing Game

I found this via FreewareGenius. Now, if you are looking for a simple interactive drawing game, this is it. Granted, you aren’t drawing anything more than simple shapes, but it’s still pretty fun. Check out the screenshots and download it here on the author’s site. I’ve been playing this yesterday and really, really enjoyed the break it gave me. I hope you enjoy playing it too. Technorati Tags: art , game , fun , play , break , crayon Post from: Artist Hideout

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Art Submission: J.Reinartz

I just received this art submission from J. Reinartz along with this note: Hello, A while ago I was really into digital art. I’m painting in oil pastels at the moment. I did a series of abstracts in addition to some digital art portraits I find the ability to layer images the most satisfying part of digital. I mainly use illustrator and photoshop. I had an old tablet that I never could become one with. I’m sure the newer ones are much better. What do you think? J.Reinartz J, I love the work [...]

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