Artist Hideout

David Hayward has some great advice for anyone who might be wanting to get into watercolor painting.  But rather than have me tell you about, check out his post here. 

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Okay, I’ve been playing Halo3 for the last hour or so and am stunned by the graphics.  They even outdid Oblivion’s graphics.  And so at this point I am resisting the urge that I am sure many other bloggers are writing about, the game art, the graphics, the real time physics implementation, etc. 
Let’s suffice to say that they are great, but someday my kids will look at me and wonder why I played such a boring game….lol  
I’ll look at them, smile, and say something to the effect that "Back then those graphics were top-of-the-line.  Now, you can’t go …read more

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Okay, so you are an artist and you have a blog.  Great. 
I recently read an article that references blogs as a great way to maximize the exposure of your artwork.  While this is true, there are several very different ideologies about art blogs that must be considered before you embark on your own little foray into the art blogging world.
Artist Blog – This type of blog is the most prevalent.  This is artists who blog about their own artwork, show it on their blog and rarely talk about anything else.  These are great blogs and there are a lot …read more

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I’ve always been one of those people who take great pride in the company or place where I work.  b5 happens to be a great company to work for, and a great way for any blogger to grow.  Anyway, Awhile back Shai Coggins asked around b5 if anyone had any ideas for shirts, etc…
I didn’t think too much of it then, but a few months later now, I am now thinking about it a little more. 
So here is my unofficial shirt, sticker idea for b5media…

maybe, I’ll set up my own shop on cafepress and see if I get any …read more

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I’ve been working all day with the Intuos3 Wacom tablet and it’s starting to grow on me.  I did a portrait on my other blog of Darren Rowse as part of a project that I took up today there. 
But this is my first true digital painting.

Not bad for a first day with a tablet if I do say so myself.  My wife likes daisies, so this is for her.
Technorati Tags: art , drawing , painting , artists , artist , digital painting , wacom , intuos3

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I might be getting the hang of drawing with this thing – maybe

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ok, so I am writing this using my new tablet the first thing I notice is that it handles just bit differently than I imagined.  Getting character recognition to work correctly was fun.  I hear it is much easier in vista, but I am using XP – oh the joy!
Okay, back to typing.  The sketch at the left was created in about 30 seconds, so all is not lost.  Created in Paint Shop Pro.
I am going to have to play with a few programs to find what works for me though.  SmoothDraw3 seems to be great little program for …read more

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I’ve determined that I need to learn a lot more about layers in digital painting if I am going to really do much with it as an art form relating to web comics.
Below was an idea I had for a (funky) Christmas card derived from me playing with layers in paint shop pro.

My apologies to anyone who I may have freaked out with the thought of Christmas being only 4 months away.
Technorati Tags: Christmas , card , illustration , digital

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