Gnaws

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Monday, January 13, 2014

Painting Dragons

THIS guy is amazing enough! But then he shows you how to make BADASS custom PSD brushes!!!?!!

Friday, January 10, 2014

DAZ

granted....initial tests are crude - only because of me. But my first test with Daz3D will become a blossoming relationship.

Tuesday, January 07, 2014

Fire Circle

Made with flame brushes from Deviant Art. Had to dork around A LOT with layer settings.

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Friday, December 27, 2013

PT Barnum

Again, just dorking around with a sketch I've had lying around for years. Do I dare (gasp) try "painting" on Ol' PT?

Traditional 2D Animation Is Thriving In Europe

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Sean Galloway - in 3D

THIS is the 3D style that I like!! Sean Galloway is a FANTASTIC illustrator, character designer, comix guy, etc. He kills.

EDIT: Looks like this is the image the model is based upon.

the feet are a bit different

Maneki-neko can be found with either the right or left paw raised (and sometimes both). The significance of the right and left raised paw differs with time and place. A common belief is that the left paw raised brings in customers, while a right paw brings good luck and wealth, although some believe the opposite, or that one paw is for luck and the other for wealth. Another interpretation says that a raised left paw attracts money, while a raised right paw protects it. Still others say that a left paw raised is best for drinking establishments, the right paw for other stores (those who hold their liquor well are called "left-handed" (hidari-kiki) in Japanese). Yet another interpretation is that right is for home and left for business.

It is commonly believed the higher the raised paw, the greater the luck. Consequently, over the years maneki-neko's paw has tended to appear ever higher. Some use the paw height as a crude method of gauging the relative age of a figure. Another common belief is that the higher the paw, the greater the distance good fortune will come from.

Yogi's First Xmas

"Yogi's First Christmas"

"The artwork is by Sylvia and Burnett Mattinson and the story by Stuart Quentin Hyatt. There was a Burnett Mattinson who played with the American Institute Symphony in the mid-20s and drummed in the Horace Heidt band in the ‘40s. He was found dead, under suspicious circumstances, in his Sherman Oaks, California home in 1970. "

Monday, December 23, 2013

Prison Guard Mustache Club

Anomasa, Iowa State Prison guards, 1903

The guy in the far upper-right looks like he has the least to lose.

Saturday, December 21, 2013

P.M.

Best stage name EVAR!!

Feel the excitement of SLOT PLAY!!!!!!

Like Bill Webber here of Casselberry, FL!! Rock on, Bill!! YEAAAAHH!!

Friday, December 20, 2013

Children's book material?

"Rizzolo is about to face a civil Attempted Murder lawsuit that was filed against him personally -- a suit resulting from a 2001 beating by his employees that rendered a Kansas tourist a quadriplegic."

http://www.americanmafia.com/inside_vegas/1-26-04_Inside_Vegas.html