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The Ghetty

The proportions of any head-to-toe figure study I do, esp. with the brush pens, tends to suck. Yesterday at the Getty things went a little better than ever before, and I am grateful.

These are sketched from some of their smaller bronzes. The figure above is a wonderfully Mannerist piece by Adrien de Vries--he's working a bellows with one foot while playing the cymbals, (I know, "Duh...").

Wouldn't it be fun to have a TAG group museum visit? I hear LACMA has re-hung their collection and it's worth a look. In August the Getty is having a Bernini exhibit that will be a must-see. Are they ready to play...TAG?

p.s. I am trying to be a better Blog citizen. Sorry I missed yesterday's get together.

SOE Trip to ImageWorks

Hey Jeff,
I just talked to Joe about our trip up to Imageworks tomorrow. The event lasts from 4:00 to 8:00, and dinner is going to be provided for us. Joe says to come see us in during the dinner break around 6:00 or 6:30 in the training room. Would Ellis and Marty be able to get in too? Love to see all you guys.

Blendy

A doodle I used The photoshop blend brush with. Works pretty well. Thanks for the link Rick.

You know the technique of taking a top level and having the smear tool set to "sample all levels." ???


It's my favorite digital painting trick.

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Heres a link I found to a tutorial blog with more FREE PS brushes.

http://tutorialblog.org/free-photoshop-brushes/

PS Blender brush

Click on the headline to go to a website with a free Photoshop blender brush. Save it here:
Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Presets\Brushes
Then, in Photoshop click on your Smudge tool and then select the last brush in the brush palette... when you use this brush for your Smudge tool it blends the colors you pass it over rather that just pushing the colors around. I haven't had much time to play with it, but it's pretty nifty.

Top 10 Giant Monsters of all time.

This is a riot.

Trying out Grand Central

I'm trying out this new feature on Blogger called Grand Central. If you click the button on the upper right you can call me for free from your computer. Actually I'm having all messages sent to voicemail and screening them. Yes Scott that means YOU. So why use this?? I dunno. Making free phone calls I guess. Another feature is that you can post a voicemail. Just click on the player below to hear my golden tones. Gotta work on my announcer voice. Let me know what you think. Weird or what?




Here's Ellis' reply!


Don't know why there's so much dead air after the message.