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The Life of Chuck

Gregory Manchess

Lately I’ve been illustrating classic novels for special handmade editions. One publishing house I’ve worked with is Arete Editions in the UK. I’ve worked with the publisher, Marcelo Anciano, for twenty years and we love to discuss books and publishing and writing when working together. It’s from one of those conversations that he offered me the chance to illustrate Stephen King’s mild ghost story, The Life of Chuck. Marcelo also works on books and interior…

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20 Prompts for Sketch Variations

Winona Nelson

April 7, 2025 - Do you struggle to come up with composition ideas after one or two? Here’s a bunch of prompts that might inspire something unexpected. If you’ve got a D20 on hand, roll for a random idea! Low, or high camera angle Detail or very close shot Try the moment before, or after the action Compose with triangles, spirals, or rectangles Compose with parallel lines, or radial lines Crop the main figure Focus on designing the negative space Flatten the perspective Put all the action at the top, or the bottom Put all the action in a narrow strip, or a bold graphic shape Spot a bright color, or highest or lowest value, in specific places Invert the positive and negative shapes Repeat elements in a pattern, then break it Try a visual frame story (a painting…

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