PDX CreativeMornings lecture with Nelson Lowory
This past Friday I attended my first CreativeMornings lecture here in Portland, Oregon at the Portland Art Museum. CreativeMornings is a free monthly lecture series for creative people. Oh by the way, they serve free breakfast, donuts! Here is a link to the lecture http://vimeo.com/44747795 The lecture I attended was by Nelson Lowory who was the […]
Schoolism.com – Character Design: My thoughts
First off what is Schoolism? Schoolism is an online school that teaches classes for artists. The classes are taught by working professionals through out the 9 to 14 weeks course (depending on the classes). They offer a self taught version for around 500 dollars and a critiqued session course for 1000 dollars. The classes are […]
Book Report – Avatar: The Last Airbender (The Art of the Animated Series)
One of the first things you learn about me when you walk into my office is that I have a problem… A big problem. I love art books. So I thought it would be nice to share my thoughts on a few of my favorite books that always seem to end up on my desk […]
Drawing apps for iPad part one – Sketchbook pro for iPad
Autodesk brings their amazing desktop drawing software to the iPad with the obviously named Autodesk SketchBook Pro for iPad. Sketchbook Pro is a powerful tool for doing exactly what you think, sketching. The star of this app is the robust brush tool with all the amenities that most desktop drawing applications have. Tap with […]
Sketchbook Pro – Review
My best new thing in the world is Sketchbook Pro. SketchBook Pro by Autodesk feels like actually drawing on paper. It takes a little time to get used to it if you’re coming from PhotoShop because the UI doesn’t work like Adobe has trained us it should. Once you get passed that, I’ve found that […]