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The Danger of the Single Story
I watched a video yesterday with which I identified deeply. The link for it is below, but I want to set it up for you first. Perhaps personalize it a little ( Read more... ) -
Sexism and the Small Press Expo
SPX was great fun and, as usual, I've found some neat new comics to follow up with.
There was one mini-comic that ladyaelfwynn picked up Saturday, however, that she found offensive. I took a look at it and can certainly see the point. At SPX you see lots of mini-comics of all kinds of quality. A fair number are nothing more than a few pages of quick ( Read more... ) -
Art Analysis #6: England Expects
It's up over at Deviant Art: http://sequentialscott.deviantart.com/journal/27122266/
It's a portrait of the Millwall Bushwackers and has great characterizations. Not exactly your classic seated portrait. :)
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Art Analysis #4: Couple Descending Staircase
I've posted a new Art Analysis over on Deviant Art.
http://sequentialscott.deviantart.com/journal/26833479/
This time it's a 1932 painting by J.C. Leyendecker used as an ad for Arrow Collars and Shirts. -
The Art Take-Apart
This is the first in a series of analyses of various illustrations. I want to look at the nuts and bolts of these pictures to see what makes them work. It's not enough to vaguely talk about "bold linework" or "lush textures"? Why is the linework bold? What do the lush textures accomplish?
So, to begin:
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My Web 2.0
I just moved the second version of my web site online after a few weeks of work and retooling. If you have a few minutes, would you mind taking a look to see if anything looks wonky or seems broken? Or is just plain hard to figure out ( Read more... ) -
The Utopia Project
Roger Ebert has an interesting blog entry that begins:
It's all coming to pieces, isn't it -- the world we live in, the continuity we thought we could count on, the climate, the economy, the fragile peace. The 20th century was called "the American Century," with some reason. I do not believe the 21st century will belong to anybody, and it may not ( Read more... ) -
Good sayings
My last illustration assignment is to pick a quote, song lyric, part of a poem, saying, etc. and do an illustration to accompany it. I'm still considering options, but these are the ones on the list for consideration. Pick the ones you like, or add one of your own. :)
(Translations for the Spanish ones appear below.)
Poll Profound (or not) SayingsLos bienes y las glorias ( Read more... ) -
Old book geekiness
The last week or so has seen me more alert and aware than I've been in months. I'll go into details of that in another post, maybe ( Read more... ) -
My friends, resistance is futile
Here's the most recent assignment for illustration class, which I'll be turning in in a couple of hours. I'm not happy with the likeness, but it was good for an experiment and for practice with digital painting.
( McCain of Borg )
