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10 Things… Generating Ideas

by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, December 8th, 2021

Everyone at one point or another has been worried about getting a good idea. No creative person is immune to the work of generating ideas. No one. We all share a common misconception: that ideas pop into mind fully formed by themselves, fresh, new, and creative. It feels like it should be that way. We constantly hear about how this artist or that writer sat down and let it happen on the page. After all,…

12 Reasons Why Bob Ross is a Better Artist than You Are

by Dan dos Santos | Wednesday, September 15th, 2021

A lot of people will say they love Bob Ross, and though they may enjoy watching him paint, more...

Dark Vision

by Chris Beatrice | Thursday, August 19th, 2021

“The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.” -Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West What exactly is meant by this word, “shadow”? An area of darkness, of less light, perhaps? The very concept of shadow is an artificial convention, which can lead to limiting mischaracterizations of the underlying reality. For instance: Everything in shadow is not darker than everything in…

Comfort in Dying

by Eric Fortune | Wednesday, August 18th, 2021

This piece was done a while back for Copro Gallery’s “Espionage Miami” show. It...

10 Things About CONTRAST

by Gregory Manchess | Wednesday, July 14th, 2021

When my students get into trouble with a painting and it looks flat and dull, even if the...

Why All Storytellers Should Tell Children’s Stories

by Greg Ruth | Friday, July 9th, 2021

“Kids are much braver than adults, sometimes, and so much less easily disturbed. Kids...

Drawing from Instinct

by Stephan Martiniere | Wednesday, June 16th, 2021

When I went to conventions and comic shows as a teenager in France, each artists almost always did...

Duotone Illustrations

by Dan dos Santos | Thursday, May 27th, 2021

Maed Schaeffer using only Viridian Green, Black and White. Duotone is a printing process by which...

Why Everyone Should Make Comics…

by Greg Ruth | Friday, May 14th, 2021

… But Not Everyone Should Make a Career of Them. Comics have more to teach us than simply...

Orphans & Reservoirs

by John Jude Palencar | Monday, May 10th, 2021

There are several initial steps to create successful images for cover assignments. Some...

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