Process GIF: 8 Brass Monkeys
I finished up another page from the 10 Things project: Oooh, shiny monkeys! The pages that are just a single phrase are a tad quicker than the combined pages. The next page, obviously, is going to be: 1 hen, 2 ducks, 3 squawking geese, 4 limerick oysters, 5 corpulent porpoises, 6 pairs of Don Alverso's tweezers, 7 THOUSAND Macedonians dressed in full battle array, and 8 brass monkeys from the ancient sacred crypts of Egypt. These last pages are going to be tough. And nuts. Definitely nuts. But in a good way. I'm holding off posting any more
WIP: 10 Things
Some time last week I finally dusted off the 10 Things file and got working on it again. I'm currently working on page...well, I don't know which number it will be, I haven't been keeping track. But, it has 1 hen, 2 ducks, 3 squawking geese, 4 limerick oysters, 5 corpulent porpoises, 6 pairs of Don Alverso's Tweezers, and 7 THOUSAND Macedonians dressed in full battle array on it: These last pages are getting complicated... I have corner registration marks roughed in on a separate layer still turned on here. They just give me a visual reminder to
GALLERY UPDATE: Shadow of the Flute-The Return of the Cello Flute
Well, here we are, almost two weeks since my previous post. Here I am, still hoping to be more consistent in the studio now that the kids are back in school. Here I am, starring down several more hectic and busy weeks. *Le sigh* (that must be read as Pepe le Pew. If you didn't know to do that already...then either I'm old or you're uncultured). Anywhat, I haven't been completely not in my studio or otherwise making art (though it sure feels like it). On the second day of school, my wife took her last vacation day of the
Experiment…
Well, it's the first full week of school, and with all the after school stuff going on, the start up of Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts looming, family events, and other obligations and projects, I haven't settled into a studio schedule yet. However, I do try to take advantage of whatever un-busy moments I have to read about and learn new things, like this: Testing, testing...is this thing on? I watched a great Phlearn YouTube tutorial recently on how to make GIFs and videos in Photoshop. I decided I'd "quickly" try to throw together a process evolution of
Stuff and Things
Well, this is by far the longest I've gone between site updates since before I started this website (think about that a moment...). Where the heck have I been? What have I been up to? Why is the typical Monday update happening on a Thursday? Why are squids? Please, hold all your questions until the end, but since you asked: It's been summer vacation, which means my studio time has been sporadic to non-existent whilst the kids are home, running amok. I've been being the stay-at-home dad, dealing with fights, bickering, complaints, etc. But we've also manage to have a
Sketchbook: Camp Sketches
The relentlessly hectic pace of summer continues on. I spent last week at Cub Scout camp with my two youngest boys. It was a great week. We had beautiful weather and the boys were all well behaved and had a lot of fun. It was a little bitter-sweet for me, as the week drew to a close, it really started to sink in that this was my middle son's last year of Cub Scout camp. He's been 3 years in a row, and I've attended with him each time. I've watched my shy, introverted son who feared anything new grow
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