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Hello again, friends. Apologies that it has been another long while since you've heard a peep out of me. I have been debating whether I should publish this post after writing it out for about a week now due to the fear that readers may misinterpret some of the content. However, I've decided that it doesn't really matter to me how you interpret it, therefore, here it is. So...in the mood for another long, sappy, soapy blog post for the weekend?...

Hello again, good people of the world wide web. It has been a long while since I have posted a blog entry (or much of anything for that matter), but rest assured — I still exist. :) Spring semester ended about a month ago today at my university, and it became nearly impossible to invest any time into my personal projects (such as this blog) with the so-called schedule, so-called life that I attempted to make work for me. * * *...

Two weeks ago, I wrote about a few great resources for free art tutorials. A lot of what these resources have to offer gravitates towards the realm of digital art, which in turn also gravitated towards the use of proprietary software (such as Adobe Photoshop) that you would need to pay a great deal of money for. But fear not, there are many free and/or open source alternatives to such creative software that are usually (for all practical...

Long ago, in a galaxy far far away...
 Okay, so it wasn't that long ago, but last October I wrote a tremendously long-winded blog post about my thoughts on whether or not an artist should bother going to college. Read that (if you dare) here. In the end, I felt that the short answer was no. 

Again, read the post for all of my thoughts on the matter, but the main reason is the tremendous financial costs and unnecessary amount of time that...

Hello, fine sirs and madams of the internet. 

Long time no-see. For those of you who don't know, this is my first blog post since the end of October. Shame on me, I know. Why did I stop posting all of the sudden for an extensive period of time? Well... * * * Blog has been moved to my website * * * Read full post he...

Last week I had to skip my weekly blog post in favor of completing a rather substantial assignment from my baseline video production class on time. Rather disconcerting, however, was the moment late in the evening of Tuesday when I was putting the finishing touches on my video that would be due in the morning, I received an email from my professor that class is cancelled and the due date would be extended until the next class period five days...

Last week I left off on a [hopefully] provocative note when I made the analogy that "Inspiration is as important to an artist as a car is to a taxi driver. And we need to keep the meter running." This week I hope to elaborate on this point, as I believe that it is vital to understanding the complicated and somewhat whimsical creative process that artists and designers of all sorts have. Creative block. We've all experienced it, artists and non-artists...

Music videos. An incredibly popular form of entertainment, and yet one that I have had almost no desire to consume either growing up or to this day. This may come as a bit odd to others as well as myself knowing that I am part of the cultural stigma known as the "MTV Generation". Generation "C" ? The MTV Generation is widely regarded as people born or growing up in the 80s and 90s because such youth were known to be heavily influenced by music...

After much anticipation, this week saw the emergence of Apple's seventh incarnation of it's iOS platform. One of the most talked-about releases in history, millions of Apple product owners (or soon-to-be owners) all around the world have now experienced the refreshed visual design with new features and core system apps at their fingertips, but has Apple hit a home run or struck-out with their latest software update? There are strong opinions on...

Fan art. This, of all topics, was the furthest one from my guess as to what my natal blog post would be about. To put this into perspective, the piece that I have just finished and am about to write a commentary on is the first serious stab at fan art that I have ever made outside of practice-sketches of famous people or a contest entry. Normally my aspirations call me to design concepts of characters from my imagination, perhaps as an aid to...