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Wild Abandon by ~nuformz at DeviantArt This is a remake of an image this same artist did before. I like the double light-sources in the image, one blue and one yellow ochre. The composition is simple, but that’s one of the things that makes it so dramatic. The only thing that I found myself wishing was [...] Another pice of very nice space art. This piece is titled “Icarus” and is a collaboration between sir-charles and leigh-thebault at DeviantArt. The yellow used as a base color is a nice alternative to what is usually seen in spacescapes. It’s also nice to see a bit of land and the water reflecting the colors of the sky. [...] In my ‘other life’ I’m an artist, as evidenced by my covers. Yes, I do all of them myself. Some are oil paintings, some start as drawings, others are digital paintings. I love color and shapes. And so I find myself inspired also by artwork by other artists. I thought it would be fun to [...] As an artist, I work in several mediums. Pencil, Oils, Genesis Oil Paints, and Digital. Pencils wouldn’t give me the sharp colors I wanted, much less the translucence of the aurora or the color sharpness for the cover in general. I would need to use a glazing technique and oils would dry too slow to [...] Oh goodie, art! The actual designing of the cover started with quick sketches on paper to work through possibilities. This helped me define, eliminate, and refine the various ideas and flashes running through my head. Some worked, some didn’t. “A cleaer and striking image” caused me problems. There are two main things this cover has [...] A cover is one of the most important marketing tools for a book. Humans are visual creatures. We love color, movement, action, mood, shadows, and shape. Each of us is personally drawn to a different combination of the above. But for book covers certain aspects seem to work more consistently. Hehe, for the most part. [...] Many years ago I had an inspiration for a funny, family, science fiction adventure. As I had for years dreamed of doing a comic of my own, it turned into a web comic. The entire story was plotted out, the first few chapters written. Started up the webpage and started publishing it as a [...] The spreadsheet tracks hours for “National Novel Editing Month”, where the goal is to revise/edit for 50 hours in 31 days. It can be adapted and used for other months, as well, for anyone who wants to use it. I used as a base the spreadsheet that was offered last year, I rearranged and added [...] |
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