Posted by: keegan (155 posts)
August 29, 200712:00 AM

A pretty simple Illo for Publisher's Weekly. A writer (Pete Croatto) working at a bookstore tells how he found peace in the simple job of selling books:

"I’ve been snapped at, lectured to and dismissed, all of which could happen in an hour".

Even after being threatened with violence, and talked down to, he found helping readers rewarding.

I am doing more opaque color on my digital paintings now. I used to give color a much more watercolor type treatment, but I am feeling nostalgic for the satisfying opacity of oils. Time to go back into the lab with my neglected copy of Painter and see what develops.

You can see more of my work for Publisher's Weekly here.

Posted by: jamie (116 posts)
August 26, 200711:04 PM

The baiji, a freshwater dolphin known as the "goddess of the Yangtze" is extinct, scientists said this week. The latest search of the river produced no sightings of the species, which lived in the Yangtze for 20 million years. The demise is blamed on overfishing, and the construction of the Three Rivers Dam, the largest hydroelectric river dam in the world, and 5 times the size of the Hoover.

Posted by: keegan (155 posts)
3:03 AM

Seafaring geezer seen aboard the S.S. John W. Brown in Boston. There was also a dogfight.

Posted by: eric (24 posts)
August 22, 2007 9:04 PM

This was taken while flying at about 5000 feet over Denver Glacier in Skagway, Alaska, on the way to a dog sled camp. I'm not a huge fan of planes. And, unfortunately, while we were winding down our time in Alaska we heard about a number of local disasters. But, flying in a helicopter is like riding in an elevator. Definitely, the best experience of my whole trip.

We had 10 straight days of perfect weather. Which is why we had a viewing distance from this helicopter of approximately 100 miles. Unheard of in Alaska, where the locals in Ketchikan measure their annual rainfall in feet (13 on average!) instead of inches.

Posted by: pa (190 posts)
August 21, 2007 9:12 PM

This is an illustration for the Riverfront Times in St. Louis which highlights three upcoming events: a viewing of Troll 2 (rated worst movie ever by IMDB), a charity foodball game and a sumo and sake event. Click image for a larger version.

Posted by: sara (25 posts)
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Posted by: kerry (81 posts)
August 20, 200712:00 AM

Two watercolor sketches done recently. The first is from Watch Hill and the second from Pimlico Pond in Sandwich, MA. Click on either image for larger versions of each.

Posted by: keegan (155 posts)
August 19, 200712:00 PM

Posted by: keegan (155 posts)
August 17, 200712:00 AM

I spent last week up in Bluff Point, NY on Keuka Lake in the magnificent Finger Lakes region. I am always amazed at the amount of amazing geography in New York State. The Finger Lakes region is a particularly stunning area, with it's incredible gorges, and steep bluffs nestled between the majestic lakes.

This is a small gouache sketch I did looking east across the vineyards on John Hall Road, just off Skyline Drive.

Click on the above image for a larger version.

Posted by: bz (54 posts)
August 16, 2007 9:15 AM

recently, i finished making 120 (phew!) custom mini-calendars for a california wedding. thanks invisibleman! (as i was found through here to get this fun project) and contratulations to the bride and groom. : )

Posted by: eric (24 posts)
August 13, 2007 1:00 AM

Apparently, all I have to do is show up in California and the pictures just line up to be taken. I got lucky and snapped this one in Ocean Beach, San Diego, a few days ago.

I'm on my way to Alaska now. I hope to soon have more nature for you all.

Posted by: pa (190 posts)
August 12, 2007 1:08 PM

A drawing from the sketchbook. Further analysis can be found here.

Posted by: pa (190 posts)
August 11, 200711:52 AM

Lately my thoughts and daydreams have been dominated by snowy hillsides and sliding down them on a snowboard. This has been a bit excruciating since we're here in dog days of summer. I took these photos above while riding at Montana's Big Mountain with my pal Paul Clark (aka Blixie). I hope it snows soon.

Posted by: keegan (155 posts)
1:00 AM

Working to generate thumbnails of all the posts...this is a screengrab of the first experimental batch out of the script...Looking forward to playing with these...

Posted by: sara (25 posts)
August 9, 2007 9:00 AM

Doodling in notorious cursed sketchbook I only ever use at work...

Posted by: kerry (81 posts)
August 8, 200712:00 AM

Several recent photographs in the New York Times truly entranced me. For some time now I have been thinking about creating some paintings that are more pattern oriented than usual. Something similar to the White Mountain Blues painting but perhaps even more abstract. These small casein sketches are my first step in that direction. Thanks to Kevin Moloney for the inspirational photographs.

Posted by: keegan (155 posts)
August 7, 2007 1:00 AM

Here are some images from when Paul, Kerry and I camped out at Watch Hill on the Fire Island National Seashore a few weeks ago. It's an incredible stretch of nature, and refreshingly isolated from the more popular beaches on the western end of the island. There were close encounters with a huge snake (a Black Racer), countless nocturnal toads, rabbits and of course, the voracious mosquitoes. We managed to beat the odds on the gloomy weather forecast, and were able to do some painting (see my landscape above), drawing and night photography.

See more pictures on Flickr here and here

Posted by: pa (190 posts)
August 4, 2007 9:58 PM

Astro-Gato and Sharky McBeast are two of the six characters I drew for the rad folks at Anteism and their iMyGrate project. For this project Ryan Thompson and friends put out a call for character submissions and are now in the midst of a roadtrip from the Pacific to the Atlantic dispursing these characters along the way. They're going to track the character's destinations and are hoping some will migrate their ways back to their home base of Pender Island B.C. Good luck Astro-Gato and Sharky McBeast, I hope you make some friends along the way.

Posted by: pa (190 posts)
August 1, 2007 9:31 PM

Some of the lakes and mountains of southern Chile sketched from Google Earth.

Posted by: eric (24 posts)
8:47 AM

I hope this isn't the best picture I will ever take, but it very well might be. This almost feels like cheating. Nothing I could make on my own will ever top the grandeur of nature.

Oh, and I'd like to be invited to the Siren Festival next year. I can take a mean picture too. :)