Paul von

     After the valiant struggle to recover the artwork from a hard drive that died quickly... resulted in some good lessons.  The back up files were corrupt. The time machine and pseudo raid array were recording folder locations that no longer were vital. Even the hard...

  I was asked if I could help make sheep for a Nativity play this year. The next day I was given a few sheets of cardboard... So I went into the planning phase. After looking through dozens of sheep images and practicing their anatomy and proportions some rough drawing...

       Since the last post I finally did a copyright for a character. Using an application called LINE I made a sticker series to sell from their marketplace.  To make chat conversations more diverse than reading text and the latest MEME, stickers c...

Last month I was on call for jury duty for the whole month. Twice I served and the third time I was not selected. Each visit gave an opportunity to work on rapid visualization. A side benefit was also a raised focus and attention to the proceedings. The memory and avid...

Some of the best things to draw are all around you. If you already draw and want to improve read this for some reminders. If you say you cannot draw and want to change that read on!

Someone saw my sketchbook open and asked if i could teach them to draw like me. My reply...

Learning foundations taught me the value of drawing and creating from observation. This helps break the restrictions of line and will make your work awesome without imposed borders.

It has been awhile since I posted. Every now and then I pull out the easel and do charco...

Siggraph was a really big event as usual. My main goal was accomplished. I wanted facetime and feedback from hiring managers at some of the companies it would be great to work with. What I got out of all that was some very specific feedback that will impact every part...

Going out to Siggraph and then through San Diego. Didn't get a chance to upload some new works yet. Stay tuned. There is some good things on the way!! If you are at the conference maybe I will see you there.

Yes it has been awhile. This time I feel like I was much more productive between posts. I learned new techniques, technologies, and have done thousands of drawings over these past several weeks. Sometimes when we learn a new thing we do it wrong and maybe the hard way...