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Oh where, oh where has my little voice gone?
Submitted by Alice In Paris Loves Art and Tea on 05.18.12 at 6:43am.
Oh my...... I don't know where my blogging muse/mojo/magination is these days. Maybe it has Spring Fever. It will be back soon........in the meantime, I do pop in here frequently.
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Playing With Marrowbones
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 05.17.12 at 6:53am.
I'm just playing with the colour here. I kind of like this look....I somehow fell asleep with my little boy this afternoon and lost a bunch of work time. But I think I needed the time for a bit of a breather. Organize my ideas and projects. Amazing how I need to plan months in advance. On top of ...
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Marrowbones Two Oliver's Tomb
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 05.16.12 at 6:37am.
Just finished the inks on Marrowbones two! Doing the colours right now! Woo!
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Inking Marrowbones
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 05.15.12 at 6:40am.
Here's a look at a partially finished Marrowbones panel, inked on Cintiq with Manga studio. Inkling on a Cintiq is a really fun experience, it's like drawing on glass. If you know anyone with a Cintiq give it a try, it's a great way to draw.
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Mail Art
Submitted by Alice In Paris Loves Art and Tea on 05.14.12 at 6:19am.
Tara Bliven of Ephemera Press (a small letterpress company) has been organizing a fun art letter exchange called The Elevated Envelope. How wonderful to get something like these in your mailbox! Mail art has always been popular but some of these are really lovely! This gorgeous dragon letter wi...
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Riggs The Studio Cat
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 05.14.12 at 6:17am.
The neighbor's cat, Riggs, has decided he loves hanging out in my studio so now I leave the door open so the elderly cat can come and go. I'm loving his surprise visits. I think he likes to watch me draw. Ghouls especially.
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Fresher Flesh
Submitted by Ambera Wellmann's blog on 05.14.12 at 6:16am.
12" x 12" Oil on Wood, 2012
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Rod McKie Picks Over Marrowbones
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 05.9.12 at 6:37am.
Rod McKie is a brilliant cartoonist and astute writer and I'm utterly blown away by this wonderful post he did about Marrowbones.
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Marrowbones Forbidden Planet Review
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 05.8.12 at 6:46am.
Please go check out the wonderful Forbidden Planet International review of Marrowbones. So honored they did this write up!
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Another Amazing TCAF
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 05.7.12 at 6:54am.
TCAF is my favorite comic book event. You can see the best artists and story tellers there. What a remarkable event. Above is me doing an "old lady" voice at the Saturday Morning Webtoons event this afternoon. That group can act! So much fun. There is no crowd as warm and engaged as a TCAF crowd.
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Madame X
Submitted by Crooked House on 05.4.12 at 6:56am.
I just discovered this painting Portrait of Madame X by John Singer Sargent on pinterest, where I pinned it to my board entitled "Noses." (It is a board devoted to attractive people with prominent and/or interesting noses. You'd think I had way too much time on my hands.) Curious about the identi...
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Marrowbones Narrator By Steve Ogden!
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 05.3.12 at 6:54am.
so honored to get this surprise art from brilliant cartoonist Steve Ogden. I LOVE his take on the narrator/librarian of Marrowbones!
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Ollie The Vampire By Gaia Bordicchia
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 05.2.12 at 6:43am.
Look at this!! Another stunning piece of Marrowbones art from another of my favorite artists, Gaia Bordicchia! This time it's Ollie the nervous vampire.
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The three qualities of contemplative photography
Submitted by Lidgard Photography blog on 05.1.12 at 7:28am.
A recent quote by Pema Chödrön summarises very well the key elements of contemplative photography and Miksang.
THREE INNATE QUALITIES
“In meditation and in our daily lives there are three qualities that we can nurture, cultivate, and bring out. We already possess these, but they can be ripened:...
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Kitchen Lich And Dough Zombies By Kelly Williams
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 05.1.12 at 6:52am.
Wow! Check out this amazing picture inspired by Marrowbones by cartoonist/illustrator Kelly Williams. I am really honored to get this, I've been a huge fan of Kelly's for years. Kelly's done work for Alterna Comics and top shelf. Follow him on Twitter, he's great to discuss comics with too. and c...
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The Don't Pick The Flowers Marrowbones Interview
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 04.27.12 at 6:58am.
Please check out the interview I did for the wonderful Don't Pick The Flowers site where I talk about Marrowbones and influences and publishing. You can read it right here.
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Cross Stitch Art
Submitted by Alice In Paris Loves Art and Tea on 04.26.12 at 6:56am.
Woo hoo! Here is an example of one of my images that is now available as a cross-stitch pattern! I have partnered up with GeckoRouge, a cross stitch company in the UK to produce cross stitch kits and patterns. There are 8 to choose from at the moment but more will be rolling out soon! The real...
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Check Out: Hopeless, Maine
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 04.25.12 at 6:50am.
Today's guest post is written by Nimue Brown, who together with Thomas Brown make the wonderful comic Hopeless, Maine, published by Archaia.
"Hopeless, as a small, fictional island off the coast of Maine, has
been around for some time. It evolved from a peninsula, as islands are
wont to do, ai...
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Fresh Flesh
Submitted by Ambera Wellmann's blog on 04.25.12 at 6:48am.
12" x 12" Oil on Wood, 2012
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An evolution in photography – Chapter Four – Here I Am
Submitted by Lidgard Photography blog on 04.24.12 at 7:47am.
This entry is part of the series “An evolution in photography” that describes how my photography has evolved since I bought my first camera. Chapter One described my early approach to capturing images as naive, aggressive, slapstick and documentary. At that stage, often what I saw did not end up ...
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Portraits of some artists..
Submitted by Alice In Paris Loves Art and Tea on 04.24.12 at 6:58am.
I came across a treasure trove of images the other day....the Life image archives hosted by Google. Warning, it is really interesting, you can search for anything. I just wrote artist into the box and these are just a smidgeon of what's available.
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Marrowbones Guest Essay On SUVUDU
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 04.24.12 at 6:55am.
In this very brief essay I talk about self publishing Marrowbones and how DIY fits into traditional publishing.
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Inspired
Submitted by Inspired by Gladys on 04.23.12 at 8:05am.
Inspiration for me comes from many places. As the title of my blog suggests, my mother Gladys has been a big part of my adult life even though she was never physically a part of it. She was a beautiful caring person, that tried to do the best she could for the children and youth she worked with.
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Marrowbones Review In Kleefeld On Comics
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 04.23.12 at 6:27am.
A great review of Marrowbones by Sean Kleefeld. Sean points out some weaknesses in Marrowbones one that I fully agree with. One great thing about reviews is that if you're brave enough and with the right combination of humility and tenacity you can learn very important lessons from the insights o...
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Getting Your Digital Comic To Readers
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 04.19.12 at 6:32am.
To answer some questions I've been getting about the nuts and bolts of self publishing a digital comic I'm doing a small post on how I distributed Marrowbones. I'd love to see more people doing this. I feel like there is the drive and the technology to have a constant stream of great comics to re...
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Marrowbones Fan Page
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 04.18.12 at 6:49am.
Here's a sketch I did in sketchbook Pro for the cover of Marrowbones issue one. Nora with her epee.
First day of sales for Marrowbones have been fantastic! Thanks so much everyone! This has been really exciting. I wanted to clarify my reasons for self publishing this book, while money factors in...
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An evolution in photography – Chapter Three – The camera arrives
Submitted by Lidgard Photography blog on 04.17.12 at 7:58am.
This entry is part of the series “An evolution in photography” that describes how my photography has evolved since I bought my first camera. It is a continuation of Chapter Three which describes the contemplative approach I use to capture images on film; this approach is called Miksang.
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Rite of Spring: Mayflowers
Submitted by Crooked House on 04.17.12 at 7:06am.
Nicholas Roerich, Kiss to the Earth.
On Sunday we went looking for mayflowers. They're called mayflowers but they come out in April here in Nova Scotia, at the tail end of winter. Their tiny pink and white blossoms, so delicate in comparison to the thick hairy brown stems and broad rusty leaves ...
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And The Winners Are!!!
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 04.17.12 at 6:57am.
Georgia Beaverson
Dylan Edwards
Tence1
Steve "Something Wicked This Way Comes"
Lady3Jane
and
Kurt Mitchell
Congratulations all! It took me a bit to do the draw because I got a lot more entries than I had anticipated.
I've decided to change things a bit, since most people on this list alre...
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Marrowbones Is Now Available!
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 04.16.12 at 6:30am.
Marrowbones Issue One is now available for purchase!
You can pay using Paypal or credit card, just press this button:
Thanks so much for all your support!
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Street photography: week fourty-seven
Submitted by Lidgard Photography blog on 04.13.12 at 7:06am.
This is the forty-seventh ‘Instruction’ for the Street Photography Now Project, written to inspire fresh ways of looking at and documenting the world we all live in.
“The real subject is yourself facing the world.” – Thierry Girard
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An evolution in photography – Chapter Three – Defining the boundary
Submitted by Lidgard Photography blog on 04.12.12 at 7:10am.
The next stage in Miksang, after the unconditional perception, is the most tricky. As we stand on the spot, engaging with the perception in front of us, halting the habitual dialogue in our minds that leads to labelling, judging, etc, we need to define the boundary of the perception.
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WHOLE
Submitted by Ambera Wellmann's blog on 04.12.12 at 6:30am.
Whole 22" x 17" Oil on Wood, 2012
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A Map of Marrowbones
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 04.12.12 at 6:26am.
Nothing gets my imagination rolling like a good map, and I'm pretty happy with this one. This is a pretty basic map of Marrowbones Swamp. Every issue I'll elaborate the world a little more, zeroing in on a certain area. The main action happens at Ravensbeard Inn, near the center but there will be...
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Six Days To Marrowbones
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 04.11.12 at 6:41am.
Six more days! I hope... I'm lettering it now and had a sudden change of heart as far as lettering goes so there's some extra work happening. But that's fine. I ended up going with a lettering which is hand written over a font, like this:
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RAY
Submitted by Ambera Wellmann's blog on 04.11.12 at 6:37am.
“He felt his body divide itself into a hotness and a coldness, a softness and a hardness, a trembling and a not trembling, the two halves grinding one upon the other.”
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
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Broke & Peanut
Submitted by Alice In Paris Loves Art and Tea on 04.10.12 at 6:39am.
So.....I was on my way to the afternoon tea last week when I came across what I thought was an interesting new shop! It was dark inside so I put my face to the window and peered inside. It looked a bit bare but there were two smiling girls inside who waved at me to come in!
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One Week To Marrowbones!
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 04.10.12 at 6:37am.
All finished the very first issue of Marrowbones! Just a few more tweaks and it's ready to go. I'l be selling it from here for now, at 2 dollars a download.
Marrowbones is the story of Nora, a young girl who gets a job working at her werewolf uncle's inn in a haunted swamp.
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CENTRIFUGE
Submitted by Ambera Wellmann's blog on 04.10.12 at 6:30am.
“The comfortable people want only wax moon faces, poreless, hairless, expressionless. We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of growing on good rain and black loam. Even fireworks, for all their prettiness, come from the chemistry of the earth.
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Countdown To Marrowbones
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 04.5.12 at 6:53am.
A panel from page one of Kitchen Lich.
I'm doing the last three drawings for Marrowbones right now. After that it's the lettering, last minute edits and then creating the files for sale. What kind of file would you prefer; PDF or ePub?
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An evolution in photography – Chapter Three – The unconditional perception
Submitted by Lidgard Photography blog on 04.4.12 at 7:30am.
By no means is every image I take truly Miksang, but the majority of images are influenced to some degree by it and my strongest images have Miksang at the core. Thus, I would like to expand more on the technique. Perhaps the most important aspect of Miksang is the first step: the unconditional p...
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Marrowbones Troll
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 04.4.12 at 6:48am.
A character sketch for Marrowbones, which will be done this week! I'll be posting more work from the book this week. Marrowbones will only be available from here as a download for the time being, I'm thinking two dollars, which I think is pretty good for a book nearly fifty pages long.
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Veruca The Werewolf From Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 04.3.12 at 7:00am.
A sketch of the character Veruca from Buffy the Vampire slayer. She wasn't in it a lot but I thought she was a really interesting character. check out the episode Wild At Heart from season 4.
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Travel Unravels
Submitted by Ambera Wellmann's blog on 04.3.12 at 6:51am.
I’m sitting in Toronto’s Pearson airport wolfing down chicken fingers. Earlier this morning, I left Halifax for Korea, ready for smooth sailing and adventure. Upon arriving in Toronto, I checked the departure board to find a daunting 6 hour delay between me and my flight to Seoul.
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March sale
Submitted by Alice In Paris Loves Art and Tea on 03.29.12 at 7:05am.
Hiya! I'm having a March Madness sale and giveaway to end the month with a bang! All prints are 50% off (now $10 each) and when you buy, you will be entered into a draw to win three more prints and some extra goodies!
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Whistling In The Graveyard
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 03.28.12 at 7:00am.
Almost done the second Marrowbones story, The road To Marrowbones (or The Way To Marrowbones) From there I'm doing character drawings and maps and it's ready to go! Here's a coloured panel.
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2nd Twitter Art Exhibit - Moss Norway
Submitted by Inspired by Gladys on 03.27.12 at 8:08am.
I am excited to be able to participate in the 2nd Twitter Art Exhibit in Moss, Norway. Last year, when I initially started painting I participated in the first Twitter Art Exhibit. It was a great experience and I met many talented artists online.
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Tag you're it!
Submitted by Alice In Paris Loves Art and Tea on 03.26.12 at 7:08am.
Hiya! Remember the photoshoot I did? Here is the photo that was taken of me holding Geordan's photo.....as promised:) I tagged the photographer Paul Blaite, and this is his self portrait holding me with his partner Emma in the background.
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Your Humble Narrator.....
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 03.23.12 at 6:34am.
A panel from Marrowbones, all finished! This is the narrator, who is the Marrowbones librarian. He doesn't have a name quite yet. The library itself is this creepy old building sinking into the swamp.
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Mrs Strumm
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 03.21.12 at 6:50am.
One day Mrs Strumm wandered into the place called Marrowbones, she settled in the hotel and has lived there since. She doesn't really have a room of her own, if she does no one's found it.
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Marrowbones News
Submitted by Eric Orchard Illustration on 03.19.12 at 6:26am.
Here's a panel from my new comic The Kitchen Lich, it's almost done! It's a twenty page story taking place in the world of Marrowbones. I'll explain more about Marrowbones soon, but it's basically a little patch of haunted land bordered by mystical fog.
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