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My little 11" x 14" lightbox has been a handy part of my sketching process since before college, and I guess I expected it to last forever, but this was not to be. The switch had been aggravating for years. But, more recently to didn't want to stay on. A new bulb gave me another couple weeks of life, but then it refused to turn on at all. It has very few parts, so one would think you could just replace one or two parts and be back in business. My dad helped me diagnose the situation, but Radio Shack didn't have the correct switch, and the wrong one would deliver a continuous current that could cause a massive explosion! Danger! Danger! Radio Shack guy told me he had one that started a fire. Apparently, fluorescents are nothing you want to mess with. The problem also could have been the transformer, and I didn't know where to find the proper one of those.
So, I had to accept that nothing could be salvaged except for the box and the opaque cover, and I removed all the guts.
Sure, I could have bought a new one, but I didn't care to spend $45 - $100+. Instead, I found an Undercabinet light at Meijer for $8.00. I fastened it to the bottom of the box, and it was a beautiful fit. Someday, I might be able to find a way to cut a hole in the metal box to run the plug through, but for now it's ok hanging over the top sandwiched under the cover.
For a skinny little bulb it is surprisingly bright, and as you can see I'm able to see my drawing through the sketch paper perfectly!
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Hi Angela! Good to see another frugal artist out there! I was just wondering how your process of transferring drawings works. Do you make a sketch first, then put it on tracing paper, then on canvas or wood? Or do you draw on the tracing paper first? I'm still trying to figure out the best process for myself without having to draw the same thing over and over....just thought I'd ask! I love your work!
Brown velvet armchair. Cut out and stuck on another page. Glue showing through . Slightly foxed on bottom edge, with a few dabs of watercolour. Pencil 9cm x 10cm. Click to enlarge.
Each year I’m dismayed at the lack of U.S. distribution for several high quality theatrical animated features, out of the dozens of really good ones produced around the world.
However, I recognize that not all non-U.S. features are of the quality of The Secret of Kells, Persepolis, Waltz With Bashir or The Triplettes of Belleville. Here are two examples of recent Euro-features that will probably never see the light of day at an American multi-plex (though I wouldn’t rule them out from the $1 dollar bin at Target):
Look at the new postcard I received from Christa in the Netherlands. This postcard traveled 5,042 miles and took 14 days to get to me. I just love Postcrossing!!
3 Comments on New Postcard From Postcrossing, last added: 2/21/2010
awesome postcard!! i remember your first blog entry about postcrossing, and i told my daughter about it....now she's signed up, too and receiving postcards from people all over the world!! :))
It's lots of fun and a little nerve racking to do illustration presentations! :) Here are a couple events I will be doing presentations at. If you're in Utah, I'd love you to come join me! Click on the pictures and they will take you to the websites for more information.
I will be doing a presentation about children's book illustration at the Ogden Pallet Club. They meet every second Tuesday at the Ogden Chamber of Commerce Building located at 2444 Washington Blvd in Ogden. I will be presenting on March 9, 2010 at 7:00 pm.
At the Forum on Children's Literature which will take place at Utah Valley University on March 15 and 16, I will be participate in an illustrators panel entitled "Breaking and Entering into illustration." This is always a fun conference that I enjoy going to every year.
Class room presentations! Today I did a little presentation on illustration for my daughter's Kindergarten class. In the above picture, please ignore the very unflattering picture of moi and instead turn your gaze to that very eager looking girl wearing a raspberry colored shirt and sticking her head out of the crowd. Yes indeed, that is my sweet daughter, Cassidy. She is a budding artist herself who spends hours each day drawing in her room.
I had tons of fun doing this little presentation. I love seeing the kids reactions. They laughed at every single illustration I showed them, even if it wasn't funny. Cute! I took it as the biggest compliment I could ever get. Because that's who I really do this for- kids!
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...and in other news, I received a copy of a book I finished last October, Goose Fables published by Mantra Lingua, pictured is the cover of the French/English version....
I can't take much credit for this one. This is a celebrity caricature done by my best friend. He loves doing caricatures and has done them at several area art fairs, sporting events and private parties. He asked me to post this here on his behalf.
To see more of his work visit his portfolio site (which I built for him.)
I have been cooking up a lot of new ideas lately. While some ideas work, some just didn't make the cut ... here are some ideas that get "VETO!!*!! LOL
These storyboards are for Vandal Heart Cinematic. I did these at Technicolor ... that's when their animation division was still in business or should I say, in business in US. Now they out source EVERYTHING to India. Everyone in the US lost our jobs *sigh* ... that's after they make us trained and establish the team oversea. Anyhow, the top is the final board for development, below is one based on a rough script. The story changed dramatically in the final version. Storyboards copyrighted by the studios.
As for these set of doodles and drawings. These are ideas, that sound good in my head, when I am dreaming about it ... but they just don't work as hot, when I put it on paper ... There is not enough story and character moment to capture imagination once. So they get toss out the door as well!!
BTW, I add lots of action boards at my web-site, please come and check it out!
Though I am blogging much more these days than I have in the past (New Years resolution) I'm actually too busy to chat. I have a big deadline for two projects that are due at the end of this month. Meanwhile, enjoy these complimentary pieces of artwork I have recently completed for said projects....
So America, while I'm on the subject. I just have one more thing to say on the matter. Then I'll never say another word about it. Ever again. I am only telling you for your own good, but....
Seriously. It means something quite different over here. Quite different indeed. But I don't suggest anyone Googles it. Especially the faint hearted. Ok, that's it. I'm done teaching you guys now. But seriously, if you should visit these shores DON'T use that word.
Ha, I had a British friend in Belgium who set me straight very quickly when I referred to someone's "fanny pack!" And she did tell me, with relish I must add, exactly what the "f" word was referring to---I think I'm still blushing! Love the drawing, by the way ; ).
I remember laughing at Enid Blyton's "Aunt Fanny"... there was a lot of confusion at school as to what part of the anatomy a fanny was... American or English... LOL
Great sketch,brilliant, I was wondering if you would get round to that one.....living in HK we have a weird combination of the various spoken english. Maybe you could go for the pants/trousers or thong/thongs next.
I googled... and learned something! In french Fanny is a nickname for "Françoise" and in the south, "une fanny" is when you lose a game zero to something - and in the old days the loser had to kiss the winner's bum! And your drawing is awesome, as usual : ) !
You're so cute! I lived in the UK for a while and in Canada for a while, and I came across these things .. plus we have a few of this word situations happening around the Arab world, too!! lol Great drawing. Hugs x
I really needed the laugh today. I had an instructor is art school that was critiquing a drawing of a nude I had done for his class. He looked at it for the longest time and I was getting a bit nervous because I thought I had done a great job on it. Finally, he took a deep breath and said, That's a great ass! That was the best compliment I've ever had! lol! As always, great sketch!
I'm an ex-Pat living in the States. This is *brilliant*. I am going to share it on my Facebook page - it will crack up all my friends, British *and* American! (It really should be a poster!)
How in the world can we have made the same word the total opposite of you Brits?! I also had to look it up (even after watching the "educational" video - I still don't know what that last word was...) and I love the definition I found "a woman's front bits". Front bits - I love it!!! You are so funny!
yes i'm laughing! but i love the drawing! haven't used the term "bleep" pack in a long time, next time i hear it i'll probably crack up lauhging. it is always so much visiting your site!
Though I am blogging much more these days than I have in the past (New Years resolution) I'm actually too busy to chat. I have a big deadline for two projects that are due at the end of this month. Meanwhile, enjoy these complimentary pieces of artwork I have recently completed for said projects....
Sorry I've completely disappeared lately, but we moved and have no internet, tv, or phone. Thank you AT&T! You're so not cutting it these days.
We're enjoying our new home, mess and all. I'm slowly digging us out from under all the boxes. It may be June before I get through it all. Loving my new kitchen, but it's a challenge to downsize to about half of what I had. It's cozy, though.
My youngest is home sick with bronchitis. Poor guy. I had it a little, too. Being sick is bad enough, but without tv and internet it just plain SUCKS! We're at Starbucks checking email. I miss my Tweeps and blogs.
The weather has been beautiful! 70 degrees and sunny. Blossoms on the trees. It looking a lot like spring.
I hoped to back soon. Maybe if I call AT&T everyday to complain, they'll get their act together.
1 Comments on We're completely cut off from the world!, last added: 2/19/2010
sorry to hear it :( but you get spend quality time together, right? :) we haven't seen your place with the new carpets and kitchen colors! when can we come over?
This is the second time I've worked in this style. I'm fairly new to the illustrating world and I'm still trying to find my own personal style, so I'm trying a few different things.
A look at the content, the creators and the marketplace…Hi Guys,
When I first decided to write this particular series of three Blogs, I was thinking of various conversations I have had in the past thirty years, during which time the situation has seen an ongoing growth in the ever increasing divide between the visual and narrative content, in both qualitative and quantitive terms, with both my fellow professionals, editors, publishers, students and fans.
There have been some major changes in comics, over this period, but the main ones for me have been:
The systematic dumbing down of content here in the UK, both in the visual and the narrative
The growing of the content with the age of the readership in the US comics and 2000AD here in the UK
The shift from fun light-hearted stories to grim, gritty, depressing ones
The shift in storytelling styles from different approaches to the single decompressed technique
The systematic breaking down of the ideology, ethics and morality of what makes a hero
The advent of the anti-hero
The convoluted continuities within the US comic books
The Geek element within comics both pro and fan alike
The creation of creators rights in the USA, due to pros like Jack Kirby, Neal Adams and Steve Gerber
The massive increase in costs when purchasing comics
The fall in the number of male readers
The growth of Manga
The growth of the female reader due to Manga
The Death of the Newsstand
The Birth of the Direct Market
Comics Conventions
The growth of the Internet – which could be the saviour for the future for this kind of storytelling
Internet Piracy – the new threat and scourge to publishing
And this, which is to me the worst change we have seen:
The loss of children from comics reading and collecting due to the lack of vision and thus content from the publishers
I am going to look at all the above in a little detail and put my slant on how I think the market looks now and has changed over the years in question, looking at the approaches of different publishers, creators, fans and collectors.
I plan on looking at all the many positives, as well as all the many negatives and look forward to hearing what your views are towards the situation we find ourselves now in.
The Blogs may not follow the exact order of the list here and will at times meander backwards and forwards and revisit themes from time to time, but rest assured I intend to try to cover all the bases as in depth as I can.
I have decided to run with the loss of children, dumbing down of content and growth of the content in line with the rea
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So, I had to accept that nothing could be salvaged except for the box and the opaque cover, and I removed all the guts.
For a skinny little bulb it is surprisingly bright, and as you can see I'm able to see my drawing through the sketch paper perfectly!
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Hi Angela! Good to see another frugal artist out there! I was just wondering how your process of transferring drawings works. Do you make a sketch first, then put it on tracing paper, then on canvas or wood? Or do you draw on the tracing paper first? I'm still trying to figure out the best process for myself without having to draw the same thing over and over....just thought I'd ask! I love your work!
Evil Transformer! Those Decepticons are always trying to ruin everyone's fun. Glad you got it to work. Goonies never say die!