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Painting The Sun Also Rises

Gregory Manchess

I was familiar with the novel, The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, through reviews and movies and discussions about him as an author and the importance of what he brought to the novel as a technique of writing. But I’d never read it. I knew it was valuable in the literary world, so when I was asked by Easton Press to illustrate a special edition, I was eager to discover it in my own…

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The Blanc We Begin With

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More Character Designs for FANSTRATICS

Justin Gerard

October 3, 2023 - Today I'd like to share a few more drawings of characters made for the FANSTRATICS game.   The first is the "Dwarven Alchemist." I started with 4 designs ideas and worked with the client to find which best fit the idea for the character.  Ultimately they chose C, and threw in a few odds and ends in from the others for good measure.   In general I have found that these quick sketches are great for capturing the shape and energy of a character, but they are never quite enough to really dive into a drawing. My brain is 95% cookie dough at this point, (and because I have kids the meager remaining 5% is never seems to be all there anymore,) so I need one more extra step to get a design I am…

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