Lately when I load my blog page, it seems that half the time the image header doesn't load. There are also times when some of the images on the right side of the page don't load. Is anyone else having this problem when viewing my blog? If so, please do me a favor and leave a comment saying so. If...
(Click for a larger image.)Last night I took my wife to see Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" performed onstage at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. That makes me sound a lot classier than I am. My wife is the Shakespeare fan, I honestly couldn't tell you half of what was going on in the story. But it was still fun...
Many professional artists use photo reference when drawing, which can be especially helpful when deadlines are tight. In the days before the internet artists would collect a "morgue", or "swipe file", a collection of photos cut from magazines and books and then organized under headings (i.e. "children", "ducks", "trains", etc.). When I was in art school I used to collect...
This is an old drawing I did ten years ago when I was still in art school. At the risk of sounding "preachy", I thought it would be appropriate to post today as Christians pause to remember Jesus' death for our sins. Think about it--he willingly took the punishment that you and I deserve. "But God demonstrates his own love...
Illustrator Tom Richmond has some good thoughts for freelancers on his blog here and here....
I've been dabbling in Flash animation again. This time its a brief internet promo for a forthcoming book by best-selling author John Trent titled "The Skinny Rabbit" (to be published by Thomas Nelson). A couple of months ago I did some character designs and artwork for the book. Then they came to me with the concept for this animated promo.The...
