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Tools of the trade
Marker week continues into marker two weeks (if only it were that simple to expand shark week) with this still life from my desk. The nice thing about markers, and colored pencils is that I can grab them and take … Continue reading
Render unto Markers
Last week I started playing with my markers and highlighters again. It has been fun and Friday I started a practice of doing a drawing in the morning before work. All the renderings this week were drawn first with a … Continue reading
A Cephalopod by any other name
Today’s artwork is not what I had planned to show you originally (you may see that later), but it suits this blog well because it started out as a doodle. I was trying to draw a more realistic octopus that … Continue reading
Go, Ready, Set
Today’s post is about an artist that has been very inspirational to me- Doug TenNapel. Several years ago I found a book called Creature Tech at the Library. The cover caught my eye and the low risk of the library … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian witness, Doodlehoose, Doug TenNapel, inspiration, Robert Hoose
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And now for something completely different
Today’s blog is different in two significant ways- 1. The artwork was not created digitally and 2. It’s not about something fun. Anyone who knows me personally knows that I am a Christian and that part of me plays a … Continue reading
A Wonder Woman
This blog was born of my desire to become a better artist, and to be a part of an artistic community. I’ve already told you that the deadline for the blog was taken from, “some day I’ll make a blog” … Continue reading
True Grit
My wife and I just finished reading the classic novel True Grit, and then we watched the John Wayne version of the movie. Well that inspired me to draw Rooster Cogburn’s charge toward Lucky Ned Pepper and his gang. If … Continue reading
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Tagged Doodlehoose, Fill your fists you sons of ..., Guns a blazin, Rooster Cogburn, True Grit
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The Imperfect Perfectionist
Perfectionism is a horrible tyrant especially if you aren’t perfect. And in the interest of full disclosure, I am not. I’ve heard it said- but I can’t quote you the source- that the makers of fine handmade Turkish rugs intentionally … Continue reading
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Tagged Doodlehoose, Perfectionism, Robert Hoose, Starting Over
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And now for the art…
The last straw This weekend I had an opportunity to meet a really cool artist in person. I have been following Katie Cook on the internet at katiecandraw.com for a little over two years now. I found her website after … Continue reading
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Tagged Doodlehoose, Gronk, Katie Cook, Strong Museum of Play
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Procastination Meet Your Doom
This blog represents the wooden stake that I intend to drive into the heart of the vampire of procrastination. I’ve finally acknowledged that you can’t move towards your goal without moving. The first series of comics are going to be … Continue reading