Radio Silence
November 3rd, 2012
Sorry for the long bout of not updating here. So much work done. And nothing I can show off just yet!
Consider this a post that isn’t a post.
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Art Mission 4/30
May 3rd, 2012
This is the piece I recently donated to the Art Auction done to help raise money to help one of my former professors a super talented illustrator and great guy, Kerry Talbot . (Click the link kids! There’s good stuff to see over there.)
Kerry was diagnosed with Brain Cancer on Christmas 2010. And has been fighting the good fight since. Not only against cancer but also having to land work while going through treatment. As fate would have it just prior to his diagnosis his staff position of over 20 years at the Richmond Times Dispatch (the city’s local newspaper) had been dissolved during reductions. Taking his health insurance with it. Which as you can imagine has left him in a position of having some serious bills.
This fund raiser and call to action was spearheaded by Patrick Godfrey. A really swell guy, and owner of one of the better comic shops I’ve ever walked in Velocity Comics.
And the equally awesome Ghostprint Gallery opened their doors for the event to take place in.
This past Monday all of Pat’s hard work bore fruit as a ton of folks came out in support. And from the sounds of it the auction was a definite success!
From what I understand it appears Kerry has his condition beat these days. And while I’m sure there’s a whole lot of fighting for him still as he works back to level footing. I sincerely hope what was raised will at least go some way towards making the climb a little less steep.
So long story short. Keep fighting Kerry!
Every now and again something comes along and reminds me that no matter how cynical I may be, people can be pretty amazing.
Awesome things in my backyard!
October 16th, 2010
I’m lucky enough to live about five minutes drive from one of The Art Department PODS. I’m also lucky in the fact they have an open figure drawing session more or less every Thursday night. This is awesome for so many reasons. Not the least of which being I can get a little peek into the energy and creativity coming out of this program. These guys have the goods, and I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a bit envious that they are in a position to work together in such an immersive environment. These guys are all rock stars, you should check them out… Here’s a link.
Anyway I’m glad to be able to say not only are they all incredibly talented, they are all really friendly and generously helpful folks as well. Each one of them has already caused my brain to spin in a million new directions.
Anyway when I found out about the Open sessions I pretty much knew I needed to become a regular face there. If for no reason than I hadn’t done live figure drawing in YEARS. I’m still pretty rusty and my drawings coming out of the sessions are fairly rough and ready. The last session (10/7/10 or 7th of October for those that do the dates the other way) I decided to experiment with Nupastels. Not exactly an earth shattering thing for most. But I’d never used them before. It’s a completely different part of the brain working like this. The chalk is big and clunky and makes a mess, but it’s a lot of fun… Now just to get competent at it!
I think these were 15 minute poses from the last session.
Sketch Card Study
March 19th, 2010
R.I.P. Bernie Fuchs
September 19th, 2009
I popped onto the most excellent blog Drawn.ca just now to find this at the top of the page.
This guy was a giant in the field. The world is a richer place for having had Mr. Fuchs in it.
It lives!
September 15th, 2009
So over the weekend, I more or less was able to get things up and running here. Which pleases me greatly. More soon!
Edit to add. A special thanks go out to Jason van Gumster and Roberto Rubet, both of whom have been entirely too patient when it came to my stupid coding questions. Without their help, I wouldn’t have stood a chance.
Hello world! or keeping the standard wordpress greeting
June 15th, 2009
This is the obligatory first post. In fact it is so obligatory it’s going to have a posted date of prior to the site coming online. Meaning that while the first post in a blog always feels like giving a speech to an empty room, in this case for the time being the room is empty.
Provided you’ve just read the last sentence that means in relation to when this was written it is now the future. So denizens of the near future, thanks for stopping by and checking out the corner of the web I’m currently occupying. I hope to in the coming days, months, and years (fingers crossed there) to use this space as a means to show my process. Stay tuned.
