#888: The Art Teacher's Story
Tuesday • March 8th 2022 • 4:37:32 pm • 5KB
Please understand that Superpowers are... real,but the real ones are a magnitude more profound than the stuff in the comics. Hyperrealism or Fantasy Art is a superpower,and so is selling your art, selling creations that come from your heart. Teaching!...
#887: A Note To Parents On The Subject Of Art And The Future
Monday • March 7th 2022 • 6:15:42 pm • 8KB
All the big changes that take but one step,might have already happened, what humanity needs now requires multiple steps. As I write this,the wold is experiencing a Pandemic, and a renewed threat of Nuclear War. Wold leaders are calling for return to office...
#886: The Ode To My Misshapen Butterfly
Sunday • March 6th 2022 • 8:31:19 pm • 810B
Oh my misshapen butterfly,I am so glad you can still fly. You didn't want to come out right at first,as if I had crooked hands that were also cursed. Everything I did looked flat,like someone took a shoe, and splat! I sat there thinking about you,until I...
#885: The Concept Artist
Sunday • March 6th 2022 • 6:02:15 pm • 2KB
Level Up Your Character Design with Knight Zhang How To Be a Character Designer What Makes A Good Character Design? SO YOU WANT TO BE A CONCEPT ARTIST? Character Designer vs Concept Artist Whats the difference anyway? (Japanese vs. US culture) Illustration...
#884: The Curse Of The Universe: Why We Must End Ineffective Education
Saturday • March 5th 2022 • 8:49:52 pm • 5KB
Unless we actively press for the advancement of Human Kind,we will discover that we are regressing. Like a ball kicked up a hill,we will eventually make make our way back. It takes three decades to catch on,this is longer than most people care to pay...
#883: The Magic Of Painting
Friday • March 4th 2022 • 3:54:27 pm • 3KB
Paintings have a truly unique power,they can and should beautifully present things... That do not normally occur in the real world,that you can't just snap a picture of. I am currently working on a group of silly animals,who are not in proportion to each...
#882: Of Sunflowers And Works Of Art That Do Not Yet Exist
Thursday • March 3rd 2022 • 6:10:19 pm • 2KB
Our greatest inventions,have been nothing short of our most beautiful poetry. And so I dreamed up a museum,and entered to see most magnificent works of art. Each one was priced at,3.5 million dollars which is very little. As these were works of art,that...
#881: You May Be Asking: What Is Image Masking?
Wednesday • March 2nd 2022 • 4:10:56 pm • 2KB
You know how people make collages,by very carefully cutting out pieces of magazines? This allows them to put a house on a woodland background,and then a person wearing a suit in the foreground, and then a face on top of that person, from somewhere else....
#880: Schools Help The World Grow Free
Tuesday • March 1st 2022 • 5:38:38 pm • 2KB
We know schools are such an important thing,that every child in the world goes to school - just like that. We correctly see schools as part of growing up,we see denying schools as a horrible crime. Our vision falters beyond that point,because we don't...
#879: Life Is An Ocean, But So Is Art
Monday • February 28th 2022 • 3:53:53 pm • 894B
Learning life is of utmost weight,we must all learn to navigate. You can do it in real life:by means of strife. Or in the world of art,by slowly rising to become smart. No one will tell you this,but life-advice is hit and miss. And life is far to dear,to...
#878: Internalizing Art
Sunday • February 27th 2022 • 8:53:59 pm • 4KB
Stretching reference images over the entire canvas,making them transparent and using them as shape and color reference is awesome. It is a powerful idea,that can have you selling your paintings in no time. It is a perfect start,of your perfect art. Take a...
#877: The Artist Of The Fantastic
Sunday • February 27th 2022 • 12:09:39 pm • 4KB
My Fantasy Art Career with Fantasy Artist Kiri Leonard Quote by Heather Theurer I research everything.I find reference for everything that I do.I don't do anything just from my head,although that's where it all starts. ❤️ -- Heather Theurer - https://www...
#876: Fantastic Realism: Towards Seductive Vampires, Mighty Werewolves, Beautiful Elves, And Mighty Legendary Warriors
Saturday • February 26th 2022 • 12:48:45 pm • 6KB
Fantasy worlds create beautiful,sometimes scary stories. But there is more to it,because as you find comfort in creation of realistic portraits. You will surely ponder a new direction,search for things that can enhance your art. Adventures into the worlds...
#875: Who The Heck Are The Pixels?
Friday • February 25th 2022 • 8:38:19 pm • 1KB
Pixels are simple little transparent creatures,and they don't really have many features. For one, they have no hair,and are totally square. They sure love a good meal,and it is always a big deal. For, they eat color to survive,and usually live in a huge...
#874: Your Art Portfolio Tells Your Story
Thursday • February 24th 2022 • 8:53:59 pm • 3KB
Photo Realism pays the bills,practice and repetition help you master painting. But your portfolio,quietly tells your story. Photo realism is a good start,but you are infinitely more. You tower over Leonardo,look at Mona Lisa after you finish one of your...
#873: Beyond The Photo
Wednesday • February 23rd 2022 • 8:30:44 pm • 3KB
I think the first step should always be an Art Portfolio,because businesses that sell art online for you, will ask to see it. And I think it should be consistent in some way,it should say: "This is what you can expect from me." You should start simple,but...
#872: 25 Days Until Spring
Tuesday • February 22nd 2022 • 10:26:00 pm • 1KB
I am sitting at home,waiting for Spring to come. Not sure what I will do on the first day,but I hope it arrives without delay. Though I know a year is born on new year's day,I think of first day of Spring a the true birthday. It is tough to wait for the...
#871: A Programmer's Poem: ORM, REST, OPSEC, MOO, And A Scary Smelly Grue
Monday • February 21st 2022 • 4:00:23 pm • 16KB
You know how down at the CPU level,you have talk in ones and zeros, XOR and AND. We created a nicer languages above that,like C, where you can nest functions. You can have an UPSERT function,that contains INSERT or UPDATE functions. If data in whatever the...
#870: The Hyperrealist
Sunday • February 20th 2022 • 4:12:00 pm • 4KB
Watch the Popovy Sisters create their intricate dolls by hand // INFRINGE Magazine Miniature HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE made from scratch // Ghibli Crafts Making the sad version of Howl's Moving Castle // Ghibli Crafts Artist Transforms Your Favorite Cartoons...
#869: And What If My Art, Does Not Sell?
Sunday • February 20th 2022 • 11:15:59 am • 4KB
It is one of the best things that can happen to you,because then you are stuck with your beautiful art portfolio. Even if you deleted your art portfolio,you can't wash away the fact, that you are an artist, now. You have your portfolio,and a dream of a...
#868: Artistic Realism Kind Of Pays The Bills
Saturday • February 19th 2022 • 4:34:16 pm • 4KB
Realistically speaking,abstract art will not sell as well as realism. Your customers are going to be newly wed couples,lonesome strangers with unspeakably magnificent taste... And fur kids,or rather, fancy pet owners. I hate to say it, but if you just...
#867: Talent Integration: The Online Academy Of Art
Friday • February 18th 2022 • 6:24:02 pm • 4KB
Once you see that Artistic Realism is within reach,that it is a system of things not a talent. You can get together with your schoolmates,and begin building an Art Academy. Be careful not to charge students up-front tuition,a real school teaches for free....
#866: True Colors
Thursday • February 17th 2022 • 9:07:56 pm • 2KB
While colors can be stylized,and in some ways made better. It is best to start with true colors,and add the enhancements later. The enhanced color palette,can rest on a separate layer. Thus allowing for multiple color themes,to exist in one file. At some...
#865: How To Become An Artist And Enjoy Every Step
Wednesday • February 16th 2022 • 10:10:35 pm • 4KB
Art has finally forced me to rest a little while,I still did a quarter of a realistic painting today. A realistic continuation of the Lady and Her Dog,but at a much slower pace. Using Reference Images Tool,as a tracing and color guide. By stretching it...