Sketching Jimothy
How I draw the viral raccoon.
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Regular servings of inspiration for visual artists from the bestselling author of Dinotopia, Color & Light, and Imaginative Realism.
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Light: Hard and Soft
Same subject, two different kinds of light
Analog Animated Graphics
How I built the moving-logos for my YouTube videos
My Days Doing Box Art for Video Games
Should box art develop the fantasy? At what point does "truth in advertising" matter?
Obstacles to Making Art (and How to Overcome them)
Surprisingly practical advice from someone who has been doing this 45 years.
Tools and Techniques of Show Card Writing
Show-card writing, which I introduced a couple days ago, was done mainly with the pen and brush.
Show Card Writing
A Nearly Forgotten Art Form
My Dad Did Rocket Science
He shot a seismograph at the moon.
I Paint an American Flag
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What Sargent Learned from Velázquez
Why did so many French-trained artists make the pilgrimage to Madrid to study the work of a painter from two centuries earlier?
Atmospheric Value and Distance
Is it linear, geometric, or logorhythmic?