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Keeping inspired is really important for an artist. Although I haven't been posting my Drawing a Day drawings every day, I've been able to make sure to draw every day.Since the purpose of my New Year's Resolution is to keep...[more]
This manga drawing was done on my iPhone, using the Layers app. Although it took me 3 days to do, I consider it to fall within my self-imposed rules for making a Drawing a Day. I definitely drew each day.It also fit within my...[more]
This drawing is posted a day late. I wasn't able to use my computer yesterday but I did create a new painting on my iPhone, in the Layers app. I think it came out pretty good! Drawing on an iPhone takes a different...[more]
One of the big challenges that artists face is to create distinctive characters that are not grossly cartoonish in order to show individual features. It's obvious that Daffy Duck is different than Bugs Bunny. But in manga and...[more]
One of the things I've been rediscovering over and over again in recent years is that there are no easy paths to creating something great. While greatness is an ideal rather than a goal, the primary motivating force behind...[more]
I normally don't draw flowers or other foliage, unless it's in a generic sense as the background for a scene. Before Christmas we got some pretty lavender-colored flowers as a centerpiece for the table. We've been watering...[more]
Because of business and personal stuff happening during the day, I wasn't able to make a drawing on the 4th. So, I made two on the 5th and am posting this a day late. One of my favorite anime is Karin, created from the manga...[more]
Today's drawing was to play around with some of the different boolean functions of VectorDesigner - Unite, Subtract, Intersect & Exclusive Or. These functions determine how two or more paths will be joined together aside from...[more]
Here is today's drawing.For this one, I used VectorDesigner, which I think is a really great program for doing vector illustrations using Mac OSX's built-in rendering capabilities. Usually when I create vector illustrations, I...[more]
Lots of people make New Year's Resolutions. This year I have a few, but the only one which may be interesting to anyone other than myself and my wife is that in order to help push myself creatively, I resolve to complete a...[more]