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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 [...] Day 9 Wordcount: 35 (Glint of an Artifact, Short Story #3) Yes, only 35 measly little words. That’s what happens on a Monday where the wind is blowing causing an allergen alert. Oh and then financial month-end at work coupled with system glitches resulting in a 10-hour workday. I’m hoping for a better day tomorrow. [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] We had quite the storm go over us today, complete with lighting, thunder, winds, rains and the power blinking out. At the end of it came a gorgeous full double rainbow. It was too big to take a picture of with the camera in one single shot, so I put together a composite. The colors [...] |
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