Wylie Beckert

From the Archives: Pan

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, June 13th, 2022

Since most of what I’ve been busy with lately is either under NDA (awesome secrets!) or...

The Best Pencils Ever (Are Going Away)

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, May 16th, 2022

Let me tell you about my favorite pencil… now that it’s almost too late for you to get...

Tiny Art Intermission

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, April 18th, 2022

Attempts to collect the latest Muddy Colors post from Wylie Beckert — or indeed, locate her person...

Own It

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, March 21st, 2022

Regular Muddy Colors readers may recall that, a few months ago, I did an illustration for a major...

The Power of Hindsight

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, February 21st, 2022

If you’ve been following my art for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed that...

A quick trick for scanning textured surfaces

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, January 24th, 2022

One of the things I love about traditional media is its built-in texture. While digital artists...

Fill your eyes with beauty

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, December 27th, 2021

I’m a believer in stepping away from the flat world of screens and easels as...

GI JOE: Snake Eyes

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, November 1st, 2021

And now, for something completely different: I created this image of Snake Eyes and Timber for GI...

Perseverance

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, October 4th, 2021

“In my vision, I stood with my companion on a terrace overhanging the great falls that form...

The Art of the Do-Over

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, August 9th, 2021

Follow my work long enough, and you’ll start to notice something: I like to revisit my old...

Piranesi

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, July 12th, 2021

Here’s some new personal work: a mock book cover illustration for a recent favorite,...

The Idea Map

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, June 14th, 2021

The prevailing wisdom is that a painting starts with a sketch. My own methods are a little less...

A Traditional Artist’s Approach to Digital Color

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, May 17th, 2021

This past winter, I got the chance to illustrate the variant cover for Young Hellboy #3 for Dark...

Annie Without Crow

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, April 19th, 2021

I always look forward to the weird and wonderful illustrations that accompany the fiction...

The Art of the Self-Directed Project

Posted by Wylie Beckert | Monday, March 22nd, 2021

When I was starting out as an illustrator, my art was hard for art directors to place –...

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Author: Wylie Beckert

From the Archives: Pan

The Best Pencils Ever (Are Going Away)

Tiny Art Intermission

Own It

The Power of Hindsight

A quick trick for scanning textured surfaces

Fill your eyes with beauty

GI JOE: Snake Eyes

Perseverance

The Art of the Do-Over

Piranesi

The Idea Map

A Traditional Artist’s Approach to Digital Color

Annie Without Crow

The Art of the Self-Directed Project

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