Reiraku

Rampant piracy of commercial work hurts amateur artists.  Amateur artists who create original work and wish to have an audience should take a stand against piracy. Let me explain. Commercial art is made by people with money. The money to hire artists, marketers and distributors.  These are all very clear, very expensive advantages over amateur artists, who often work alone and have to fit art in between other obligations. The big thing that levels the playing field is that commercial art costs money. You have to pay for it in order to enjoy it. If not literally, then by viewing ads, or some other such method. Amateur art may not be up to

Term's over, and I very briefly have some time in which to catch up on lapsed projects.  So, both as a 'to-do' list for myself and as proof of continued heartbeat... 1. Writing: Re-do Blue Countess daughter story for R. Strict word count, everything must lead to ending. 2. Writing: Re-do fairy captive story for R. Strict word count, pseudo oral trad format.  Everything must lead to point.  Do not stray from the path for J. or associated areas. 3. Poetry: Goblin/ghost as songless ballad for K. 4. Writing: Next chapter at least on D of F. Fangirls have sharp teeth. 5. Painting: Jabberwock, BECAUSE YOU HAVE OWED THIS GIFT ART FOR OVER A YEA

Holy crud, these are awesome. I ordered the drawing manual and drawing on location guide after reading Karen K.'s post discussing good resources for figure drawing. (I've been away from my pencils for a few years and thought I could use some guidance in getting back to them.) The price and exorbitant shipping fees to Canada made me a little wary, but now that they've arrived, they were worth every penny. And more. The author is an extraordinary, patient teacher, with a gift for explaining things on paper and illustrating his points in several different ways. Already, in just a few minutes of skimming through the sketching on location boo