Yesterday Steve Jobs announced new changes to the iPod line and a new price for the iPhone. The iPod nano is now short and wide with a bigger screen; the regular iPod (now called "iPod classic") now holds up to 160GB of media; and, in preperation for the Christmas shopping season, iPhones are now $200 cheaper coming in at $399. (UPDATE:...
Like many people, I find there never seems to be enough hours in the day to get everything done. Being busy all the time can be more than a little stressful. The pace of modern life can leave you downright frazzled. This past weekend I happened to catch a radio broadcast from Focus on the Family. A guy named Richard Swensen...
I've created a new category for my posts called "Character Design". It's more specific and than just "Artwork" or "Illustration". This category is for resources, articles, and artwork that was created specifically in the process of designing a character, either for myself or for a client. Hopefully this will make navigating my blog a little easier. I never used the categories...
This should be good. If you are familiar at all with the work of Ken Burns, you know that he is a master of the historical documentary. His greatest and most well-known film is an award-winning series on the Civil War. You can wait for the 9-episode series to pop up on PBS, which it does from time to time,...
As I mentioned yesterday, I've been taking a character design class online from Stephen Silver at Schoolism.com. Part 2 of this week's assignment was to continue exploring possible designs for the story of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde. This was a crazy busy week for me deadline-wise. I burned a lot of midnight oil, and having a storm knock out...
As I've mentioned before, I'm taking a character design class online from Stephen Silver at Schoolism.com. This week's assignment was another two-parter. Part 1 was to sketch a page of hands. Next to the face, the hands are the most expressive part of the body, and therefore one of the most important features in any drawing. Its easy to get lazy...
