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More progress on the artwork for Petunia
Posted on July 15, 2012 by admin in PetuniaTime Lapse Video:
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Painting – stop motion video
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Shading: How to get realistic lighting in your paintings
Posted on June 25, 2012 by admin in Articles, RandomWatch out ladies and gentlemen, this post is about physics! Some painters might disagree that you should understand something about optics in order to paint, and if you are painting directly from life, or from a perfect photographic memory maybe I agree. But for painting from your imagination, it is essential to understand how light [...]
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Excellent article on my work in today’s Hippo
Posted on May 24, 2012 by admin in PressThe pop culture section of this week’s Hippo (Manchester, NH) has an excellent article written by Michelle Cerulli. She touches on some really important reasons why digital storytelling has the potential to become an incredibly powerful creative medium (She’s not – nor am I – saying books are dead, or that the technology creates more [...]
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New Review on KidsiPadBooks.com
Posted on May 21, 2012 by admin in Hagar, PressI just discovered this review today! I really enjoyed this part about the vertical scroll: “It has a certain feeling of discovery to it,” and the comments that the characters are more emotionally accessible than in some higher end productions. The lack of music, sound effects, or narration was mentioned again as a drawback and reinforces my plans to [...]
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Work on Petunia continues
Posted on May 11, 2012 by admin in PetuniaA few scenes nearing the finish line! I have approximately two thirds of the artwork for Petunia, and so it’s exciting to finally see some of the scenes near completion. It has been a slow slow process since acrylic painting was – at the start – a new medium to me. Thanks to everyone [...]
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The (often difficult) process of illustrating
Posted on April 23, 2012 by admin in PetuniaI thought I would document the making of a particular scene for my next story: Petunia. Turns out, it’s been a tough one. That’s actually good because now I can show a less glamorous side of the artistic process that is absolutely necessary if you want to create something to match your artistic vision. So, the [...]
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Petunia Progress (UPDATE April 17th)
Posted on March 29, 2012 by admin in PetuniaUPDATE April 17th I’ve been working freelance doing graphic design for a children’s software program, so the art on Petunia has been somewhat neglected lately, but I have made some progress. Apologies for the horrible photo quality as usual. UPDATE April 5th And, from the original post: Studio setup I’ve made some substantial progress on the artwork [...]
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Hagar the Harfowl: 5 stars on Apps4Kids
Posted on March 24, 2012 by admin in Hagar, Press“Why we like it? A simple yet beautiful story app with an interesting structure of different story endings and lovely illustrations. The navigation with no page turns is surely different. Worth the buy!” ~apps4kids.net review here
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Hagar gets 4.0 out of 5 stars on Digital Storytime
Posted on March 20, 2012 by admin in Hagar, Press“…A unique and delightful story to share with a child. The surprise element of telling the story in a different direction (down) adds a unique appeal to this ‘choose your own adventure’ style tale. I’d love to see narration and other sound added to the app in the future, but as is, the storytelling is [...]
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