Pouring One Out for the Rejected
You work in this thing long enough and your rejects pile gets pretty big. Mine is HUGE. In fact I...
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Author: Greg Ruth
ARTISTS SPOTLIGHT: Attack Peter!
I’ve come to know and deeply adore Peter Santa-Maria (Attack Peter), and his work recently...
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Why PLAY is Important to Your WORK
This is a question that holds within it, its own answer. Because PLAY IS IMPORTANT. There....
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Memories of MEMORIES OF MURDER
It is never an uncommon thing to get a follow up gig when things went so well the first go-round,...
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Mari Lwyd, Krampus, Mr. T and all of us at Muddy Colors!
This solstice-y time of year brings a lot of the best and worst of us all, but after a year of us...
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EVERY GIG A OPPORTUNITY Part 1: Young and Restless
It’s super easy to be edgy about the work you do, to look down your snout at some...
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The Value of STUDIES
I’m a fairly impatient artist, and don’t usually go for the classical series of...
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THE FREAK OUT… the confessions of a dingus
Okay, I guess the actual details of the project I’m working on that leads me to write this...
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RUNNING WITH BOTH LEGS
The work we do stands on two essential legs: The craft of our work and the concept behind it....
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Why Horror is Good For You (and Even Better for Your Kids)
One of the core reasons I make books now is because Ray Bradbury scared me so happy, that I am...
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What’s Your Value?
Art is the only job I’m aware of where the worker is more often than not encouraged to...
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Artist Spotlight: ELSA MORA
I was only recently introduced to the stunning work of ELSA MORA thanks to Jen Smith, and have...
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So NOW what?
As we enter deeper into the great and darkly unknown and unknowable, it can be hard to plan...
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ART in the AGE of QUARANTINE
I won’t sugar coat it- these are spooky times. The Covid-19 outbreak has hit everyone across...
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