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...
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,...
Yesterday in the wee hours of the morning a nasty storm ripped through our neighborhood. My neighbor on the left had a tree fall into her back yard, my neighbor kitty corner from me also had a tree knocked over, and the neighbor on my right had a giant branch take out his telephone and TV cable lines before smashing...
Advertising is everywhere. You can't escape it...
Today's word over at IllustrationFriday.com is "Captain". It's been a long time since I was able to take part, so I'm going to throw this against the wall and see if it sticks. Here's some early concept sketches I did for a publisher a while back. The project eventually evolved into something else and the character changed, so these sketches...
As I mentioned last week, I'm taking a character design class online from Stephen Silver at Schoolism.com. Last week's lesson was on silhouettes. A strong character design will have a clear silhouette that is visually interesting, making the character instantly recognizable. To illustrate, I've taken Jafar from Aladdin and shaded him in. Notice how clearly everything reads: Our assignment was to...
