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CONTEST
We're getting into the final weeks for submission to the FarMaker Interstellar Speed Sketch contest farmaker2013.tumblr.com/about . It's being done in cooperation with Icarus Interstellar Starship Conference in Dallas www.icarusinterstellar.org/con… , being held in mid-August.
The gist of the contest is this: Imagine a future where Earth achieves its full potential, a craft that reaches across space to discover other worlds and bring these visions to reality in a speed sketch, taking from 5 minutes to a maximum of 1.5 hours. You can work in any medium, including physical media, but in the end you must be able to upload a digital image into the submission form to participate. For this contest, you could work in 3D as well, so long as you take less than 1.5 hours. Deadline for submissions is Thursday August 1st. Limit of four submissions per artist.
Check the website farmaker2013.tumblr.com/about for more details and/or to submit a work. All skill levels are welcome!
E-BOOKS
Onto my second bit of news, I'm slowly getting back to accepting freelance commissions, though I'm keeping a narrow focus on the types of work. I'm primarily looking to pick up e-book cover work in the SF, fantasy, and pulp genres. If your interested in my services, send me a note with as much detail about the job as you can if you're interested in further discussing a job and I can work up a quote. You can see some of my book-cover-formatted works, here arcas-art.deviantart.com/galle… .
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If you're looking for a cover but have a small budget, take a look at my pre-existing pieces here arcas-art.deviantart.com/galle… . These are all available as e-book cover art for $50 and can be reformatted, to varying degrees, to better fit the format.
I'll be expanding the other art services/formats I'm offering in the near future. You can see a gallery of my recent commission work, here arcas-art.deviantart.com/galle… . Keep an eye on the Commissions Info box on my main page for this info as it becomes available. For the time being I'm not accepting "concept art" work.
IF ONLY DAYS WERE 35 HOURS LONG….
On a final note I've tried to be as interactive with my DA viewers (and especially those who comment) as I can. It's lead to some great feedback and conversations, plus it helps my lil' corner of DA feel like a bit of a community unto itself.
I'm grateful for that interaction. But with over 2500 subscribed DA viewers and a gallery of 1100+ works, I simply don't have the time to respond in the comprehensive way I used to… unless I could somehow turn managing my DA page into my "day job". So I'll be replying to comments that seem warrant one (a question asked, an idea suggested, et al), but I'm not going to have time to individually reply to everything. That said, I'll continue to READ them all, so all comments will certainly be taken to heart (and mind), but I just need to reduce the management workload where I can.
And now, great stuff from all around DA. Click to see the biggies!
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We're getting into the final weeks for submission to the FarMaker Interstellar Speed Sketch contest farmaker2013.tumblr.com/about . It's being done in cooperation with Icarus Interstellar Starship Conference in Dallas www.icarusinterstellar.org/con… , being held in mid-August.
The gist of the contest is this: Imagine a future where Earth achieves its full potential, a craft that reaches across space to discover other worlds and bring these visions to reality in a speed sketch, taking from 5 minutes to a maximum of 1.5 hours. You can work in any medium, including physical media, but in the end you must be able to upload a digital image into the submission form to participate. For this contest, you could work in 3D as well, so long as you take less than 1.5 hours. Deadline for submissions is Thursday August 1st. Limit of four submissions per artist.
Check the website farmaker2013.tumblr.com/about for more details and/or to submit a work. All skill levels are welcome!
E-BOOKS
Onto my second bit of news, I'm slowly getting back to accepting freelance commissions, though I'm keeping a narrow focus on the types of work. I'm primarily looking to pick up e-book cover work in the SF, fantasy, and pulp genres. If your interested in my services, send me a note with as much detail about the job as you can if you're interested in further discussing a job and I can work up a quote. You can see some of my book-cover-formatted works, here arcas-art.deviantart.com/galle… .
<da:thumb id="184549772"/>If you're looking for a cover but have a small budget, take a look at my pre-existing pieces here arcas-art.deviantart.com/galle… . These are all available as e-book cover art for $50 and can be reformatted, to varying degrees, to better fit the format.
I'll be expanding the other art services/formats I'm offering in the near future. You can see a gallery of my recent commission work, here arcas-art.deviantart.com/galle… . Keep an eye on the Commissions Info box on my main page for this info as it becomes available. For the time being I'm not accepting "concept art" work.
IF ONLY DAYS WERE 35 HOURS LONG….
On a final note I've tried to be as interactive with my DA viewers (and especially those who comment) as I can. It's lead to some great feedback and conversations, plus it helps my lil' corner of DA feel like a bit of a community unto itself.
I'm grateful for that interaction. But with over 2500 subscribed DA viewers and a gallery of 1100+ works, I simply don't have the time to respond in the comprehensive way I used to… unless I could somehow turn managing my DA page into my "day job". So I'll be replying to comments that seem warrant one (a question asked, an idea suggested, et al), but I'm not going to have time to individually reply to everything. That said, I'll continue to READ them all, so all comments will certainly be taken to heart (and mind), but I just need to reduce the management workload where I can.
And now, great stuff from all around DA. Click to see the biggies!
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Simmering
While I haven’t been leaving much of a visible art foot print, these last few weeks, I haven’t been slacking off. First, I’m working on both building up my digital resources and trying to get my 3D-skills updated after about a three-year absence. There’s quite a few image ideas swimming in my head, I’m just building to the point where I can tackle them in my “new ways”.
Second, I’m taking an online natural illustration course out of Australia so that’s not only going to be taking some of my art time, but also (hopefully) giving me a refresher with my old skills in physical art media. So l
2020: The Year I Make Recontact
Well it’s been only about a month (give or take) since my last blog update so maybe I’m having success in retraining myself back to the DA habit. I’ve made really good progress on migrating my old arting materials to my new machine and getting up to speed with DAZ Studio 4.12. I may have only pumped out three finished pieces, but behind each one is a number of experiments and trials. With each one my “render legs” have regained a bit more strength. It feels kinda nice being back at the digital drawing board… if only to provide some distraction from our nation’s dumpster fire du jour.
I’m also r
From the shadows shuffles the unspeakable horror..
Well hey there! Long time no chat. I’m still alive and kickin’… I’ve just been kickin’ it elsewhere: in my reading nook, on my modeling bench, and in my kayak. So I’ve very much NOT been here… due to the fact I didn’t have much new to show anyone. But that may change in the coming months.
The biggest thing that’d been keeping me away from making art was my aging machine (as I work mostly digital, these days). The ole box just could keep up with the state of the tech. Like a (too) old car, it can still get me from point A to point B – most of the time – but not without great ag
We here I am again… after another loooooooong absence. For whatever reason I just haven’t felt driven to create much art this year, and something in me feels guilty about coming to DA purely as a spectator. All I can say is that I sure hope this lull passes because I’m much happier when I’m creating!
I’d be lying if I said political anxiety here in the U.S. wasn’t part of the problem and with the outcome of the last election I find myself driven to become even more politically engaged to preserve the progress made over the last couple of decades. But I’ll attempt to minimize bringing my political bag
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Hmm. I think Id be willing to give this a try! 
Thanks for the heads up!
Thanks for the heads up!