Today I’d like to mention a severely goofy animal. I became acquainted with said animal and its goofiness a few days ago when I did this colored pencil drawing from a photo reference. You thought meerkats looked pretty darn silly, right? Examine if you will the gerenuk. According to its wikipedia entry, Litocranius walleri, or [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Gere(whatthe)nuk
Posted in drawing, MGC, tagged animal, gazelle, gerenuk, goofy, ridiculous, ungulate on 14 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Plywood Elephant
Posted in PPW, PWD, tagged elephant, plywood, sculpture, shellac on 13 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For almost a week now my plywood sculpture has been “done,” that is, finalized in its shape and appearance. In the past, when (if) my projects reached this stage, I tended to smile at them approvingly, put them in a corner, and forget about them. I’ve never been good at the proper “follow-through:” presenting them [...]
Artist: Shaun Tan
Posted in Artist, Link, MIA, tagged illustrator, picture books, shaun tan on 10 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’d like to mention a guy who makes cool things. Shaun Tan is an Australian artist who writes and illustrates children’s books, paints, makes films and plays, and who knows what else. He’s been doing this since at least the nineties, but I only found out about him last summer, when I was given one [...]
Sketch: Dogs
Posted in drawing, MGC, tagged dog, drawing, husky, predatory, shark, wolf on 10 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I’d like to talk about a cool-looking dog: the Siberian Husky. I’ve been looking at and drawing animals recently, intending to accumulate images and techniques for MGC. Yesterday I tried to draw wolves, but I made them look like dogs instead. So then I drew dogs, trying to determine how to render them visually [...]
Artist: “cly5m”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autofish, clysm, drawing, dreams, game maker, pixel on 8 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since I just talked about Seiklus, I should more explicitly mention its creator, “clysm” (actual name unknown). This fellow is an artist interested in drawing, painting, video games, photography, and dreams. He seems most involved in photography lately, as far as I know. He seems like the stealthy sort of artist: I don’t know quite [...]
Game: Seiklus
Posted in IGM, Video Game, tagged clysm, game, pixel, seiklus on 8 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I’m going to talk about a video game: Seiklus. This game is an old favorite of mine (even 2003 is old in digital terms) so I’m very partial to it. My main goal here, though, isn’t to say “this game is cool and you should try it,” even though it is and you should. [...]
Artist: Anna Anthropy
Posted in Artist, IGM, Link, tagged Anna Anthropy, games on 5 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anna Anthropy a.k.a. auntie pixelante a.k.a. dessgeega Anna Anthropy is a smart lady who likes to talk about videogames, digital art, and – occasionally – lesbian bondage. More relevantly, she has decided on a career of, pretty much, making homemade videogames in her bedroom. That’s a pretty awesome job, and one that’s tough to establish. [...]
