February 2012
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Anonymous asked: I'm starting to venture in to the large and scary world of digital art - got myself a cheapy graphics tablet and some free software. Any advice for someone new to the world of digital art production?
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eldiabloargentino asked: Hey I've been watching your time lapse videos of you making portraits, how to you suddenly color them in? There's a point in your videos where suddenly you've transformed your piece from black and white to color. What tool are you using to do that on photoshop?
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January 2012
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MIA
I’m going to be disappearing largely for about 7-10 days to work on a very involved super secret client project that will have me sleeping very little and consuming mass quantities of red bull and sour patch kids. I had this looming on the horizon, so I wanted to be sure to get out a couple pieces (Inspector Spacetime and Misfits) for you guys and gals in the new year before I bunker up in...
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Anyone watch Misfits?
There may or may not be an illustration incoming today…
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Musings: On Artistic "Style"
In art—consistency is your gimmick. It’s simultaneously the thing that unifies everything that you create and the thing that inhibits you most from exploring your creativity because people start buying your brand—not your art. Leave yourself the freedom to create what drives you and stop searching for a “style” that defines you.
December 2011
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Anonymous asked: Sam I'm in need of guidance! I'm trapped with family and I have to explain dubstep to them. HELP
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Anonymous asked: Do you think it is worth paying for an Art education when there are almost limitless resources on the internet? The college I want to attend costs approx $17k a term, 3-4 terms a year.
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Anonymous asked: I realize this is a lame question but you always give these big long amazing posts giving advice to people and I'm wondering, if you had only one sentence (OK MAYBE TWO IF YOU HAVE TO) what piece of advice would you give to aspiring artists?
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weareyoung-golden asked: Ok, so I read that you like Calvin and Hobbes and I was wondering if you have seen the very last comic. I teared up a little when i saw it. Just search for it in google and it will be the first image. If you have not seen it before, um... I'm really sorry.
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Anonymous asked: do you play around a lot with the initial sketch to get the image you want? As when working In a photo-realism style, I get told all the time, why not just take a photo? What do you do to give your pieces that "UMPH" that differentiates it as an art piece rather than a photo-esque piece?
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