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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Spanish moss

Spanish moss is the cool hanging moss found in Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Eastern North Carolina, that you see scattered through fantasy paintings and games such as Skyrim. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_moss

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Repetitive Strain Injury or RSI

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00261 

http://www.wikihow.com/Sit-at-a-Computer

One may feel that proper sitting at a computer is just common sense, however, many of us artists, who work day to day for years develop repetitive strain injuries. These injuries are painful, make working more difficult, and over time can result in surgery.  So, try and nip it in the butt before it becomes a problem by sitting properly, exercising, and stretching because being an artist is already hard enough don't complicate it with pain. 

Friday, August 3, 2012

Anthony Jones Brush set

http://robotpencil.deviantart.com/#/d51wzun

 http://www.robotpencil.org/

Anthony Jones aka Robotpencil has his brushes for download on Deviantart.  Remember that brushes do not make one a better artist, but they are fun to use and can lead to some great happy accidents. Also check out his blog as well.


Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Atomhawk Design



1 Day work 2000 pixels wide
4 Days work 3000 pixels wide
7 Days Work 5000 pixels wide
This is what one should expect when working as a professional artist.  Here is a goal for time management.  Check out Atomhawk Design process for more details in regards to what you need to practice in order to create this caliber of work with these deadlines.

Hawken Story Teaser ITD

I am going to start tagging things on here called ITD which stands for Inspiration To Draw.  I sometimes find things on "the internet" that inspire me. Usually this is because the creators put their heart and sole into it and I think a little bit of it spills over.  Enjoy Hawken from Adhesive Games