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1/20/2015

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First a confession. This piece is all digital from start to finish. My process has had to change this week due to mechanical problems. Mainly my big 12" x 17" scanner is on the fritz. So while I'm seeing if it can be fixed, I have resorted to the Cintiq. It's a really nice Cintiq, ( 24" HD) but it isn't like gouache on paper. That is what I've used for the last 20 years or so. The last five years I've been tweaking things in Photo Shop more and more. The reason for THAT is Strathmore paper got bought by Grumbacher. Their standards are not what Strathmore was and as a result the "Strathmore" Bristol went to shit. I would buy big packs of Bristol because I painted everything on it and I went through quite a lot of it. Then the new stuff made by Grumbacher came out. Well, it should have come on rolls so you can keep it in the bathroom, because it was crap compared to the earlier Bristol. I was and still am very aggravated about this. Initially I had spent about $400 on a pack of this new crap. I didn't know that the change had occurred on a permanent basis, because I struggled through this bad batch of paper. The guy at New York Central Art Supply said I probably got a batch of paper that was at the end of some deteriorating screens they used in the process. So on good faith, I bought a smaller, but still expensive, pack and had the same results.

So there isn't a good quality paper I have found in the last seven or eight years since. I've used some quality hot press watercolor papers, but they aren't as tight and resilient as the old Strathmore. This has caused me to spend a lot more time on a painting than I formally did to get near the same results. The Cintiq has at least helped with some shortcuts but it lacks texture and spontaneity that actual painting naturally gives you. The cintiq is probably good for some people, but personally I'm not really happy with it. Grumbacher is the reason I've become familiar with Photo Shop and thus was prepared to do without my scanner this week. I still hate them.
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Heading to Angouleme

1/19/2015

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I skipped Angouleme last year. It just didn't fit in my schedule, but this year I'm ready. What timing. The murders at Charlie Hebdo just happened a few weeks ago. Every cartoonist I met has expressed sadness at the tragic event as do I. I make fun of political figures all the time in my editorial illustrations. I don't always agree with the person I'm asked to illustrate but it's not physical life and death, it's just art, an opinion expressed right or wrong. Heck, I don't like every artist's work I see in print, but would never think anyone needed to be put to death for it. Clearly the murderers were psychopaths that used religion as an excuse to murder. Like they had to prove how devout they were to what they thought of as religion.

Here's a fairy for peace. I'm naturally a goof ball, this serious "life" stuff can really drag a post down, no?


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Still a fav

1/15/2015

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Promo card.
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Lets keep in touch

1/14/2015

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Behind the scenes... I just did an all-nighter. Maybe not a true all night job, but I didn't get to bed until 6am. The sky was still dark. I was on fumes by then. I didn't drink as much coffee as I usually do. My usual method for these is drink coffee until I get %98 finished and then switch to scotch or bourbon. If it's been a long day, one shot of whiskey does the trick and to sleep I go.
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Keynes for Wall Street Journal. Not the all-nighter I just did. This is my first illustration assignment for 2015.
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Hello!

1/13/2015

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Today is Tuesday, Jan 13th, 2015. Please enjoy the changes I've made to the site. Newer look, Different options, and hopefully we all feel a little more connected. I'd like to single out joining my news letter. I'll be sending it out about every 2 - 3 weeks. Not too many words, but mostly my latest work. But they always say, "a picture is worth a thousand words." Said the lazy writer. Oh yeah, Happy New Year. Well, it's only January, so we have over eleven months to turn things around.
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