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TODAY'S FEATURED POST

Don’t Use Your Imagination

Donato Giancola

[caption id="attachment_71902" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Remembering, 20" x 40", Oil on Panel, 2023[/caption] Far too often I think I can make up what ever content I need in my artworks...work from 'imagination'...when really I cannot, or rather should not. I love reference gathering - researching new ideas, discovering textures, awareness of materials, new gestures and anatomies, etc. I seek not to blatantly copy my references (mostly the photographs I use), but rather seek to educate and…

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YESTERDAY’S POST

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Fischer Paints- Spark Rupture for Magic the Gathering: March of the Machine: Aftermath

Scott Fischer

June 6, 2023 -   Taking a 10 minute deep dive into my latest for Magic The Gathering: Spark Rupture. Sticking with the airbrush underpainting on this one. But more importantly, I feel this one unlocked the dormant Abstract Coolness a lot of my earlier MTG work was known for. Prior to this one I began to feel I was getting a bit literal with everything, and this one brought me back into more ambiguity. My thanks to art director Vic Ochoa, for reminding me how cool this sandbox is to play in. And there are a slew of paintings to come that kept this ball rolling. https://youtu.be/Zkllc9ULavg  

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