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Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:45:25 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Bone Mage:
McLean said, "So, he's like a mage. But with bones."
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 12:19:00 AM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Council of Spiders for D&D:
McLean said, "Hey all, its been a while! Here's a new cover I did for Dungeons and Dragons. I've been eager to show this one, thanks for looking!"
Sunday, March 18, 2012 5:01:08 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Running Man redesign project:
McLean said, "Recently at school we wrapped up our concept design project with Kemp Remillard. The project was to update the 80's action/sci-fi classic The Running Man for a new generation. It was a balance of keeping the spirit of the original movie while..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 11:07:07 AM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Sweet Tooth:
McLean said, "One time I turned in a piece to a client with a strong hit of the color pink in it, and they asked me to change it because it wasn't appropriate for their audience. A very reasonable request, though with the unexpected side-effect of me wanting to..." more
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 4:23:39 AM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled A Year of Head-Paintings - 2011:
McLean said, "Every Tuesday night we have portrait-painting class with Coro. Its a single 3-hour session with oil paint. What follows are most of the paintings I did in 2011.I did some oil painting back in college, but when I started these paintings I literally..." more
Monday, July 4, 2011 12:00:29 AM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Vampires vs. Werewolves, Pandora's Vase:
McLean said, "I did these covers for Capstone Press last year. I only just noticed them on Capstone's site, I have no idea how long they've been public.Below are some larger versions without the type.Being children's books I definitely was pushing the cartoon..." more
Friday, June 24, 2011 9:14:23 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Big Ol Monsters:
McLean said, "You guys like monsters, right?I was thinking of these as card illustrations, I wanted to have some fun with simple straightforward images.Please excuse my compositional redundancy, I'll try harder to prove I'm not a one-trick-pony next time! I did..." more
Friday, May 27, 2011 12:28:19 AM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Cast Drawings:
McLean said, "To be honest, I didn't know what to think about cast drawing before I started.I soon found that a main goal of cast drawing is not just to render something immaculately, but to internalize the relationship between form and light. It's obvious in..." more
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 2:00:30 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Safehouse Atelier & Massive Black concept project:
McLean said, "So I've been hanging out at the Safehouse Atelier in San Francisco since January 2011, and now I've got a couple of things to share. If you're not familiar with Safehouse, it is the new incarnation of the old NextGen Conceptart Atelier, headed..." more
Saturday, February 26, 2011 11:15:44 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Studies:
McLean said, "Long time no post! I'm still super busy, but I thought I'd share some studies from the last few months. You may have already seen these if you've got me on facebook, so for that I apologize. Thanks for looking!"
Monday, November 1, 2010 2:28:17 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Happy Halloween!:
McLean said, "A day late, but whatever!"
Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:13:52 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Parade: Finished!:
McLean said, "Ah, finally done. Taking a break to work on those other pieces really helped me come back to this one and wrap it up. In my defense, I have been working on this piece for maybe an hour or two at a time, intermittently. Glad to be done with it..." more
Monday, October 11, 2010 3:11:04 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Mister Monday:
McLean said, "Here's another piece in my effort to round out my Middle Grade portfolio component. This image is based on the Garth Nix book Mister Monday.I proceeded on this one a bit more cautiously than the Canopy piece. That one practically fell together, as..." more
Thursday, October 7, 2010 6:00:06 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Cthulhutech - Ancient Enemies:
McLean said, "Hey guys, looks like Cthulhutech: Ancient Enemies came out recently, which means I'm good to share the image below. I've worked on Cthulhutech before, and again had the pleasure of working with Mike Vaillancourt. I did this image almost two years..." more
Sunday, September 26, 2010 3:34:05 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Canopy III:
McLean said, "So, this might look sorta familiar.I got so attached to that first color sketch that I had to finish it up! And I did so pretty quickly too. I am continuing to try and cover more YA ground in my portfolio, in addition to the more standard fantasy..." more
Sunday, September 26, 2010 3:34:05 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Canopy III:
McLean said, "So, this might look sorta familiar.I got so attached to that first color sketch that I had to finish it up! And I did so pretty quickly too. I am continuing to try and cover more YA ground in my portfolio, in addition to the more standard fantasy..." more
Monday, September 20, 2010 10:44:50 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Color and Composition Practice 1:
McLean said, "It always seems like when I'm in the middle of a lot of work, I always get ideas for images that I don't have time to create. I always tell myself I will eventually make that image, but I rarely do. The paying jobs always seem to come first. Lately..." more
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:13:23 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Portrait Drawin' 2:
McLean said, "Hey people, here's a new portrait. Instead of using a spotlight I used the ambient day-light from the glass doors of our patio. The result was a more gentile modelling of the forms, instead of the harsh contrast of a spotlight.Thanks for looking!"
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 5:35:50 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Influence Map:
McLean said, "Well, there's a new meme making the rounds in art forums and sites like Deviantart. I decided to sit down and do one too.Most of this is either stuff that I think is apparent in my work, or stuff that I'm trying to incorporate into my work. If you..." more
Sunday, August 22, 2010 8:07:19 AM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled On the Digital Easel: Parade Progress:
McLean said, "I've been working on this image on and off for the last few months. I've been so slammed with work that I've not been able to give this piece much attention. Normally I wouldn't post something that's so half-baked, but its progress has just been..." more
Monday, July 26, 2010 10:25:19 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Kingdoms of Alamur: Reckoning:
McLean said, "A.K.A. The game I've been working on for the past half year! This is way exciting to be able to share. The Armor is about %60 my design, and the hammer and swords are more like 70%-%80 my design. Fun times, friends.Also, it looks like my blog is..." more
Sunday, June 27, 2010 5:19:54 AM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Portrait Drawin':
McLean said, "Had a local Santa Fean come to the apartment and sit for a portrait. My roomie and I were the only ones drawing. It was the most chill figure drawing session I've done in a while (ever?). Thanks for lookin'!"
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 9:20:01 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Dragons VS Dinos!!!:
McLean said, "We were all kids once. When was a kid, I apparently thought that there was nothing cooler than dinosaurs playing dragons in a game of basketball. I've never even liked sports. Here are a couple studies I did from other people's photos. You know, to..." more
Monday, March 22, 2010 10:46:11 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Spectrum 17 - How'd that happen?:
McLean said, "I just found out last night that I was selected for inclusion into Spectrum 17, and I'm pleasantly surprised. I don't know yet which piece got in, but I'll find out soon.Congrats to all my friends who battled their way into this edition of Spectrum..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 11:02:25 PM
McLean - wrote a blog post titled Random Art Dump!