[button link=”http://spudart.deviantart.com/art/Science-fiction-is-totally-cool-589672191?purchase=print” size=”large” color=”orange”]» Art prints and canvas available[/button] Giant alien robots invade Chicago! Death rays shoot out of their eyes. The campy setup makes for a great B-movie sci-fi thriller poster. What could be more fun? Swap out the killer robot from Venus; and put in a giant mole with death rays shooting …
[button link=”http://spudart.deviantart.com/art/Science-fiction-is-Knowledge-invention-589673191?purchase=print” size=”large” color=”orange”]» Art prints and canvas available[/button] A worm dressed in an astronaut uniform watches a rocket blast off into outer space. Totally crazy. This is the final poster in this series of three illustrating the etymology of science fiction (view webcomic). The Worm character needed to be the main character for this …
[button link=”http://spudart.deviantart.com/art/Science-fiction-is-Knowledge-fiction-589672726?purchase=print” size=”large” color=”orange”]» Art prints and canvas available[/button] Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy is always one of the top results when googling for vintage sci-fi posters. The design of this poster fit exactly what I needed for my second poster in a series of three illustrating the etymology of science fiction (view webcomic). …
Time is short. People are watching you. Will you have the guts to draw something fun on a foggy window on the bus or train? These questions faced me this morning as with below zero degree temperatures in Chicago. Commuters pack the train on their first day back to work after the Christmas holiday. All …
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Four hours and 33 minutes of a realistic drawing is condensed down to 3 minutes 42 seconds in this youtube video: The artist Marcello Barenghi does have some mad skills. But you can also make a drawing like this with a few interesting tricks on how this photorealisitc drawing is done: Gray paper The gray …
In the past week the Spudart Facebook Page had 28 posts. Here are the top three that got the most clicks. Seriously? There’s a Kickapoo State Park in Texas? 29 clicks. This also got 418 views! The other posts on the Spudart Facebook Page that week got between 20 to 50 views. But 418? For …
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Yesterday I tweeted, “One day is 0.00273972603th of a year.” A couple people retweeted it, so that made me think of how to visualize this. I did the first illustration above. And then I thought a pie graph would make it more dramatic. Although I like how the squares form a sort of skyscraper. Get …
Last week I ordered this INCREDIBLE illustration on a yellow/orange tshirt.
For my encaustic painting class we are going to learn image transfer. We were told to bring patterns of just b&w–no gray. This is what I’m bringing. Starting with the Gummi bear and moving clockwise: — Gummi bear drawing — Photoshop 3 toolbox — 365 diagram — Vintage CTA map — 30,000 days diagram — …
I started a new pinboard of artwork I own. One of the first things I pinned on this board is a wonderful piece by Todd Webb (one of my top five favorite artists from 2010). Todd writes and draws one of the world’s most wonderful comics. I HIGHLY recommend one of his books, “Casual Poet: …
Finland’s stamps feature the cutest illustrations and photos. Cartoon hippos camping, animals dancing around a Christmas tree, funky shaped stamps, raspberry delights, snow dogs. C’mon you can’t beat that. This is going to make me a collector of Finnish stamps. A great big thanks to Greatscott66 for posting these. He posts fun stamps that he …
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