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Random faces

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Here's a serious John Coltrane drawn, painted and posted.

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Sketching characters from "The Stench of Honolulu" by Jack Handey. Have you read it yet? I've read or listened to The Stench of Honolulu by Jack Handey  five times in the past couple of weeks.

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Rey Kenobi (or Skywalker or Nunb or whatever) I'm hoping Rey isn't related to anyone else in the Star Wars but as a friend put it, "She is a kenobi bc they always tie it together bc kiddie movies always tie things together."

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Language and Litter (V. 2)

An Uber driver teaches me the meaning of some word that means happiness. (A sketch, v.2)

INT. TOYOTA SEQUOIA – NIGHT A grizzly, older man is driving us to a restaurant. I’m in the passenger seat. Friend Hanna and family sit in the back. GRIZ Miss Hanna, you have positive name. You know what name means? Happy. ME Happy? GRIZ The infinitive form of Hanna is *some word* means happy. Very positive name. ME Happy? GRIZ Happy. H-A-P-P-Y. Like: (smiles at me, toothless) (more…)

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Season's Greetings from all the folks at Eric M. Smith. We wish you a hap-hap-happiest New Year!

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Hemingway said courage is "grace under pressure." Let me tell you about a time when I didn't prove he was right: http://ericmsmith.com/2015/07/01/have-gun-will-tremble/

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Long Forgotten — a wonderful, Haunted Mansion-themed blog –  has put together a piece detailing the many instances where Disney’s Imagineers found inspiration from the work of cartoonist Charles Addams. The Haunted Mansion concept art of Ken Andersen, in particular, borrowed quite liberally (i.e. SWIPED WHOLE) from Addams’ work. As a fan of both The Addams Family and the Haunted Mansion, I found it fascinating. Click here to check it out.

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im gonna cry.

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right in the heart

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I would like to talk briefly about one of my favorite techniques for coloring comics. Textures can add so much depth and energy to a scene, but I have noticed a lot of people (including myself from time to time) who overuse or misuse them.

How To Use Textures

I will give you the simple...

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The Meaty Thor!

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Fun experimenting with the Stumpy Pencil watercolor brush. 

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Street in Kilbirnie, Scotland.

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Lilian Coquillaud

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Memorable and moody. Nice.

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Working out some animal designs.

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However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.” 

― Stanley Kubrick

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StarVeil - Nebula #5! - Dave Rapoza Read it from the start - Click here! If you’d like to help make StarVeil possible please follow this link to help support future installments!