Immaculate Deception

Yet another great opening for those of you in the Santa Monica area tonight. Immaculate Deception, exhibited at the Copro Gallery, spotlights the work of two female artists, Genevive Zacconi and Ewelina Koszykowski. The opening starts tonight, July 29th, at 8pm PST. Both women will be in attendance, having made the long trek from...

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INTRODUCTION

-By Justin SweetGlad to be here!Thanks to Dan and the rest of the guys for welcoming me in to this gang of talent. Hopefully I can contribute in a likewise worthy manner.Here's a little background on me. I started in games 17 years ago at Interplay Productions as a concept artist. My first job was illustrating an opening movie for a game...

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Pirate Paintings for National Geographic

Gregory ManchessSometimes, after waiting for the right assignment for many years, it finally shows up, at exactly the wrong time.I’d just finished a job that I swore I wouldn’t repeat: 10 paintings in 5 weeks. Long days of nothing but painting, eating, and sleeping. I hit the deadline and said, ‘never again.’ Two hours after laying down...

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St. George Process: Digital vs. Watercolor & Ink

By Justin GerardLast post I showed the St. George painting executed in watercolor and ink.  Today I am going through the same piece, only this time, working in digital over the original pencil. My initial digital process (in CS5) is almost exactly the same as my traditional process. I use primarily multiply layers to work up the dark...

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ThunderCats Relaunched!

-By Dan dos SantosI have mentioned before my love for 80's cartoons here on Muddy Colors, and if any of you attended the IMC this year, you certainly heard me tout it again. So needless to say, I am pretty excited about Cartoon Network relaunching ThunderCats this Friday, July 29th.I have seen so many movies and comics of late re-vamping...

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Robert Hughes - Slow Art

Sometimes it's just about "Slow Art"....

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Design Assistant job available

Tor Books has posted an available job for the position of Production/Design Assistant. The chosen applicant would be working directly under the award-winning Art Director, Irene Gallo.This is a great opportunity for those who love SFF art, but desire a more stable career than what freelancing can offer. For what it's worth, Irene Gallo herself...

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Almost Done

by Eric FortuneI have two pieces in the upcoming group show at Jonathan LeVine Gallery next month.  And surprise surprise I'm still scrambling to wrap up my second piece.  I've been making good progress and for the last week or so I've been telling myself "ok, should be able to wrap this up in the next day or two".  But this...

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R.I.P. Lucien Freud, 1923-2011

It seems there are just way too many deaths in the art community this year.I am sorry to report that Wednesday night saw the passing of Lucien Freud. After a brief illness, he died in his home at the age of 88. Dubbed "The greatest living realist" by one art critic in the 1980's, Lucien's work was the subject of a large retrospective...

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Blood Divided

-By Dan dos SantosHere's a new cover that just went went public yesterday. The image is for the book 'Blood Divided', by K.J. Breaux, and is the sequel to the book 'Soul Born', for which I also did the cover.For those of you keeping track, this is 'Red Painting #2' that I mentioned earlier this month. Not being completely satisfied with...

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'Savage Beauty' update

-By Dan dos SantosSo I just got back from the Alexander McQueen Retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum, and I must say, it was incredible. Quite possible the most amazing exhibition I've ever seen at the Met... period.I was expecting to see a lot of great work. What I wasn't expecting, was to walk into a custom crafted exhibition hall...

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