Creativity

The well may seem to run dry at times, but it's never fully dry ...

The Flames of Desire Will Burn Your Soul

Well, scratch one off my Bucket List/ Life List/ To-Do-List. I did my first Fantasy painting and entered it in the Spectrum Fantastic Art Sci-Fi Fantasy Competition. Don't have a chance of winning and getting into the Spectrum 18 book....not competing against artists like David Bowers and Andrea Kowch. But the important thing for me was that I used my imagination and for the first time painted something that I couldn't see with my own two eyes.

I'm afraid that this painting looks a little more like Norman Rockwell's version of Fantasy...rather than something by Boris Vallejo. Guess my Dark Side isn't so dark after all...........

Dawna Boehmer       www.dawnaboehmer.comhttp://dawnaboehmer.com

3 Chairs for Captain Spaulding!

Er...actually, one chair, Harpo. For me.

My office chair, from which I do my art and computer work, needs to be replaced.

I've been looking at prices ranging from $130 to $180, and it has to be available locally. (I've already made the mistake of ordering a chair online, and boy, does my tush hurt.)

Does anyone know any local chair sources, perhaps with a staff member who actually knows something about ergonomics and/or chairs? I know, I always ask the impossible.

Lambton Wyrm almost done...

Pretty darn close.

Looking for a Replacement Restaurant for Kenwood Max and Erma's

Does anyone know what has replaced Max and Erma's in Kenwood? What would be a good restaurant to replace it?

We could start going to the location in Rookwood.

Special Edition Illustrators Lunch: Jerry Dowling's art at Grand Ole Pub

On February 2nd, we will have lunch at Grand Ole Pub in West Chester.

Jerry Dowling did a cool collection of caricatures to decorate the restaurant.

Sneak preview:

See you there!

Habitat Spy Trailer

I finally finished the trailer for Habitat Spy. I feel like I am getting the hang of Adobe Premiere Elements. Since it is not pro software, the editing is a little inelegant and a little like using mallets. Maybe it is not the software's fault...

I love this tune used as the track I bought from a royalty free site. It gets stuck in your head.

Character design and computer animation?

Got this inquiry from a local friend:

Emailing to see if someone you know has skills in computer animation, and/or character development.  I'm looking for someone who can create a character to go along with a computer program we're developing, and then animate it.  The total animation involved will probably be 3-5 minutes in length, but in segments.  I'm not sure how this would then tie in with the programming, but we'd work that out with the programmer.

If anyone here has these skills and is interested, drop me a line at tad@the-nose.com and I'll send contact information.

Thanks!
Tad Barney

Shermin the Vermin - A Day in Good Taste

"Is that all there is?" Rock on with a NEW "Shermin the Vermin" cartoon, posted today.

Still Life in Greenville, SC!

Hey, 'Nattians!
I'm getting really, really clay'd out these days...... so I've set up a painting area in a spare room. I'm soooo rusty with the oils (haven't painted since my college classes! 6+ yrs already? Yikes!) Thought I would warm up with a still life, with items found in my pantry. (All Joe's of course!)


I think this needs about 1 more hour or so--especially the background and that wobble on the olive oil bottle.
Any advice, you painters?

Stay warm up there! ;~)

Mural Survives Fire at Arthur's

In case anybody didn't hear about the fire in Hyde Park at Arthur's, here's the link to the Enquirer story. Mural intact and nobody hurt.

Coffee accesories

  Hello everybody!  Here is a set of coffee related graphics I am working on. I'm gonna try to get into istockphoto.com and sell some stuff that way. I need three pieces to submit. I'd appreciate any critiques or comments.  Sorry I haven't been to another lunch, but capital is slim these days. I also finished my first Flash based animation. If you're interested you can find it on my blog, Flyingtreehousestudio.com!