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Category Archives: Illustration
Back to the Chalkboard
After two years of the previous design, returned to the Adobe chalkboard for another non-computer project. For a first project of the year, it made for a lovely full-day start to finish just illuminating a basic design in black and … Continue reading
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Mormon Messages Illustrations
Last August kicked work into high gear, fortunately, and has been stacked since. So, though my site hasn’t changed much, apart from some fidgeting around with blog themes, I’m starting to get some of the finished projects at least mentioned. … Continue reading
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Brom
Attended a really interesting presentation last week by Brom. Speakers like these always want me to get involved with illustration again, good reminder to make a more concentrated effort to be sketching. Working in sci-fi and fantasy illustration, he cited … Continue reading
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This month’s issue of Inc. Magazine features the CEO of Omniture, Josh James, now Senior VP with the Adobe acquisition. It’s such a minor thing, but still a bit of fun that the article portrait uses the little chalkboard drawing … Continue reading
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New plans
New year and going out for some new things. On the smaller side is a portrait/portfolio contest by Artists Wanted. It’s one that I don’t really think I’m going to fit too well, but I figure there’s a better chance … Continue reading
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Omniture and Adobe in chalk
The common area at Omniture, known as the Living Room, has a wall-sized chalkboard, which needed some new embellishment last summer. It made for an exellently intense, full day of work away from the computer and a lot of dust … Continue reading
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Scott Gustafson
UVU hosted the second illustrator program I was able to attend this week. Scott Gustafson, children’s illustrator, presented a contrasting style to Jon Foster from the other night. These oil or acrylic pieces and series involve weeks and months of … Continue reading
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Jon Foster
This evening, I went to a program hosted by the Illustration Department at BYU by fantasy/sci-fi illustrator Jon Foster. It was fascinating that although highly proficient with computer software for his work, he doesn’t seem set on any one medium, process, … Continue reading
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Does working at night make me a vampire?
Ah yes, it’s Halloween season and a couple weeks ago during another moonlit working session, I altered the backgrounds and colors of my website on a whim for the season. Traditionally, I think of oranges for Halloween, or fearful greens, … Continue reading
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Random thoughts at the start of Autumn.
Yes, it’s been two months since my last blog. Although there has been plenty of work going on, there’s much that’s still in process and accordingly I’m not able to blog about those project, fun as they are. I did … Continue reading
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Communication Arts Illustration Annual
I’ve been checking out the Communication Arts Illustration Annual and discussing it friends and associates. As I was relating to a friend this evening, I’m particularly noticing techniques involving stylized realism. My buddy Brad was pointing out Jim Salvati as … Continue reading
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Second month at Omniture
It’s been a busy month. Work at Omniture has been centered on Summit, a fairly intense time for them. Frequently, people have been out of the office for Summit. It was an odd feeling going in to Omniture and being … Continue reading
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