As often happens, when I’m in longer meetings where I’m mostly listening to others, I will use “doodling” as a way of helping me stayed engaged and listen “more better”. While it’s in argubly strange to some, doodling indeed allows me to listen better, not worse, than if I just straight-up listened.
Continue reading “Plains Walker, Wind Rider”Author: Ward
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Sky Dragon
The last in the series of dragon concepts I did for C.R. Sandidge wines, I finally spent some time to do a rendering. While a little less painterly, I thought the balance of line and painterly approaches melded well together.
Continue reading “Sky Dragon”Artist Resource no 14: Digitally Painting Light and Color: Amateur to Master
If you recall me talking about Austin Batchelor before, then you are right! I previously featured him here back on Artists Resource no 10. And now I’m back with a more specific review of one his online courses found at Udemy: Digitally Painting Light and Color: Amateur to Master.
Continue reading “Artist Resource no 14: Digitally Painting Light and Color: Amateur to Master”Artist Resource No 13: Color and Light
If you haven’t already, I encourage you read my post on color theory.
If you are not familiar with James Gurney, you are likely familiar with his works as creator of Dinotopia. James is an exceedingly accomplished artist, with a well established reputation for creating exceedingly realistic renderings even when the material is often fantastical in nature.
Continue reading “Artist Resource No 13: Color and Light”Dragons, Dragons and more Dragons!
Awhile back, seemingly almost two years ago, I happened to be sitting at one of my favorite wineries with my iPad in-hand. As I oft due, especially in crowded spaces, I was engrossed in sketching while trying to ignore the cacophony that is, to my ears, humans in a crowded space.
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