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As many of you may have noticed, I haven't been around DA much in the last couple of months. That "real life" thing has been demanding my time - family, business, and whatnot. Darn that whatnot!!! So the way things have gone this is probably my "year end update".
HOSTING MY ART OFF SITE
For those who've been featuring my art off-site at places like Facebook, PLEASE be sure to do the following. First, if you're hosting the art elsewhere be sure to include the full credits list that I've included here. There are a number of talented and generous folks out there sharing their art assets for free. All they ask in exchange is that credit. It's part of my "contract" with them, so please be sure to include any/all relevant credits.
Second, if you'd like to host the work off site, please ask me first. Let me know where you'd like to host it and which pieces. I'm usually fine with folks doing this, but asking permission is both the safest and most courteous option. Thanks for your help on both these points… and thanks for supporting my work!
SEEKERS
I just turned in the cover art for the first two Star Trek: Seekers books. I'm not sure when I can roll out the imagery here? The books will be released next July and August. I'm hoping to be able to display the work in public before that time, but I'll need to double check with the publisher on timing. Meanwhile I can tell you that cover 1 features the USS Sagittarius with modeling support from Mark Azevedo and Fabio Passaro. Cover 2 continues the story with the USS Endeavour and uses model support from Georg Angelakis and David Metlesits. Both books are now available for pre-order in print and Kindle editions from Amazon (sans cover preview at this point):
SEEKERS 1: www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Seeke…
SEEKERS 2: www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Seeke…
I think my next cover job may be for the e-book sequel, of sorts, to "To Kindle the Unknown" (www.amazon.com/Kindle-Denham-B…). Stay tuned for more details as I get 'em. But for now it looks like a clean, fairly stressless slide into the holidays. With luck I'll be here more often in the coming months.
'Til next time, Happy Holidays and I leave you with… well, the true reason that the Internet was created - so that we could all share in videos of a cat in a shark suit riding on Roomba with duckling accessory and dog dressed as hammerhead. In my world that can also double as the true meaning of Christmas: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of2HU3…
HOSTING MY ART OFF SITE
For those who've been featuring my art off-site at places like Facebook, PLEASE be sure to do the following. First, if you're hosting the art elsewhere be sure to include the full credits list that I've included here. There are a number of talented and generous folks out there sharing their art assets for free. All they ask in exchange is that credit. It's part of my "contract" with them, so please be sure to include any/all relevant credits.
Second, if you'd like to host the work off site, please ask me first. Let me know where you'd like to host it and which pieces. I'm usually fine with folks doing this, but asking permission is both the safest and most courteous option. Thanks for your help on both these points… and thanks for supporting my work!
SEEKERS
I just turned in the cover art for the first two Star Trek: Seekers books. I'm not sure when I can roll out the imagery here? The books will be released next July and August. I'm hoping to be able to display the work in public before that time, but I'll need to double check with the publisher on timing. Meanwhile I can tell you that cover 1 features the USS Sagittarius with modeling support from Mark Azevedo and Fabio Passaro. Cover 2 continues the story with the USS Endeavour and uses model support from Georg Angelakis and David Metlesits. Both books are now available for pre-order in print and Kindle editions from Amazon (sans cover preview at this point):
SEEKERS 1: www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Seeke…
SEEKERS 2: www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Seeke…
I think my next cover job may be for the e-book sequel, of sorts, to "To Kindle the Unknown" (www.amazon.com/Kindle-Denham-B…). Stay tuned for more details as I get 'em. But for now it looks like a clean, fairly stressless slide into the holidays. With luck I'll be here more often in the coming months.
'Til next time, Happy Holidays and I leave you with… well, the true reason that the Internet was created - so that we could all share in videos of a cat in a shark suit riding on Roomba with duckling accessory and dog dressed as hammerhead. In my world that can also double as the true meaning of Christmas: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of2HU3…
Simmering
While I haven’t been leaving much of a visible art foot print, these last few weeks, I haven’t been slacking off. First, I’m working on both building up my digital resources and trying to get my 3D-skills updated after about a three-year absence. There’s quite a few image ideas swimming in my head, I’m just building to the point where I can tackle them in my “new ways”.
Second, I’m taking an online natural illustration course out of Australia so that’s not only going to be taking some of my art time, but also (hopefully) giving me a refresher with my old skills in physical art media. So l
2020: The Year I Make Recontact
Well it’s been only about a month (give or take) since my last blog update so maybe I’m having success in retraining myself back to the DA habit. I’ve made really good progress on migrating my old arting materials to my new machine and getting up to speed with DAZ Studio 4.12. I may have only pumped out three finished pieces, but behind each one is a number of experiments and trials. With each one my “render legs” have regained a bit more strength. It feels kinda nice being back at the digital drawing board… if only to provide some distraction from our nation’s dumpster fire du jour.
I’m also r
From the shadows shuffles the unspeakable horror..
Well hey there! Long time no chat. I’m still alive and kickin’… I’ve just been kickin’ it elsewhere: in my reading nook, on my modeling bench, and in my kayak. So I’ve very much NOT been here… due to the fact I didn’t have much new to show anyone. But that may change in the coming months.
The biggest thing that’d been keeping me away from making art was my aging machine (as I work mostly digital, these days). The ole box just could keep up with the state of the tech. Like a (too) old car, it can still get me from point A to point B – most of the time – but not without great ag
We here I am again… after another loooooooong absence. For whatever reason I just haven’t felt driven to create much art this year, and something in me feels guilty about coming to DA purely as a spectator. All I can say is that I sure hope this lull passes because I’m much happier when I’m creating!
I’d be lying if I said political anxiety here in the U.S. wasn’t part of the problem and with the outcome of the last election I find myself driven to become even more politically engaged to preserve the progress made over the last couple of decades. But I’ll attempt to minimize bringing my political bag
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All the best in 2014
Thanks for sharing your work with us, shame UK Amazon doesnt show the art work!!
Im staying tuned to your channel 