Category Archives: thoughts

Farizka made my day

So, due to several things, I was feeling down about myself as an artist, creative person, etc. Then I got a note from Farizka. She lives in Indonesia. She said she was a fan of my art and sent me a picture of some stuff she’s been drawing. What an honor.

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A few thoughts on digitally painting over photographs

Yep, this looks pretty different than my regular stuff huh? But it’s not that far off from my photography. Hmmm. Well, in order to learn the new bristle brushes in Photoshop CS5 I decided to just try painting over a photograph of my daughter.  As I was painting and experimenting with the brushes I had...

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Thoughts on The Fall

So I finally saw the movie The Fall. And there was much to love (including the interplay of story and imagination between a grown man and a little girl). It has become one of my favorite movies. The imagery was so inspirational that I decided to write down some of my thoughts on the design, composition of shots,...

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