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Russ’s Art Blog: Resistance, or The Black Idol
This is Frantisek Kupka’s Resistance, or The Black Idol, which despite it’s fairly simplistic idea is still a striking piece.
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Russ’s Art Blog: And the sea gave up the dead
This is Lord Frederick Leighton’s “And the sea gave up the dead which were in it”, a piece that caught my eye when I was looking for something else (which is often the case).
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Post-Apocalyptic Survival Bunny
In trying out new ideas, the topic a few weeks ago was “Post-Apocalyptic Survival Bunny”, which I thought sounded like a lot of fun.
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Russ’s Art Blog: N.C. Wyeth, Gunfight
This is N.C. Wyeth’s Gunfight (1916. Oil on canvas, 34″ x 25″), a piece that really caught my eye when we were going through the museum.
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Cheap lamp + skull = anatomy reference
With a little wiring around certain parts, and a cheap lamp, BANG! Anatomical skull reference
Artwork
Sketchy McSketch-Sketch
I’ve been trying to sketch quite a bit more lately, I agree with the mantra “Draw! Draw! Draw!”. It’s been difficult in the past to make time for sketching, especially when I have other (paying) projects going on. I think it’s an important step to learning though, and I want to be a far better artist so it’s time to practice more. The image above is a sampling of some of the sketches I’ve done. Read more…
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Russ’s Art Blog: Frederic Edwin Church, The Icebergs
This is Frederic Edwin Church’s The Icebergs, and you may be reminded of Dan Simmon’s recent book The Terror.
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New Wallpapers from my photos
For my day job, we’ve used a number of my photos for computer wallpapers.
Design
Russ’s Art Blog: Edd Cartier, Unknown Fantasy Fiction
This is Edd Cartier’s cover for Unknown Fantasy Fiction, December 1939, and is a striking piece in both execution and in idea.
Artwork
New wallpapers of my work
Just in case anyone out there wants them (I’ve had a question here and there on it), I saved a number of my art pieces as computer downloads.
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Russ’ art blog: Ivan Shishkin’s Rain in the Oak Grove
I was actually doing some searching for a few pieces by Vasily Vereshchagin, and I decided to look around a bit at some of the other Russian artists.
Artwork
Reworked for Deviant Art
I decided to update my Deviant Art page (at audentiori.deviantart.com), and I thought I’d post the revised art here as well.
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Russ’ first new art blog of 2009: The Captive
It’s been awhile since I’ve written an art blog, which I’ve done off and on for a few years. I usually discuss a piece of art, almost always one that I like myself, and give the world my thoughts on it.
Photography
New photos posted
These photos are both from Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, near Springfield, Missouri.
Artwork
The Wednesday Sketch
I should probably call this the Thursday sketch, since I’m only posting it now and it wasn’t finished until 2 in the morning.
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The Wednesday Sketch: Change in the house of the dead
I’m trying to be better about getting new pieces every week, whether it’s a full piece or just a sketch.
General
Photos from the trip
This is sort of an entry about the trip I just went on to Texas, and sort of showing off a bit of photography, so bear with me.
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More macro shots
Since the graphic design/logo blog went over like a lead balloon, and I wanted to try the new camera out some more, here are a few closeups of an old sculpture that I did years ago. Maybe it will help me get cracking on that next sculpture too…
Design
Graphic design: my red-headed step child
Most people that know me outside of family (both of you, you know who you are) know me as an artist. But by day, and sometimes even at night, I am also a graphic designer. Sometimes that means signs, or books, or even logos, which is the topic for today. I created a logo for a client last night, and interestingly she asked what the ideas were behind the logo. To be fair, the client Read more…
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Geeking out on the new Canon
It’s just a point-and-shoot Canon 880, but it’s a far more advanced camera than my 4 1/2 year old Kodak. It takes some pretty decent shots, and I think it’ll be a good camera overall. A few shots… This one shows off the macro ability, which the Kodak never had a chance of doing. The Marvel Zombie statue is maybe 8″ high, and check out the cobweb on the left. I also tried the “color Read more…