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Wizard magic… part 5… (or); Recycling the wizard!

So how… and why… did I change this… To this… The why is easy. I needed one more picture of Gadzookes, my little wizard from the new children’s book I am working on, and that wizard right up there is … Continue reading

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You don’t have to get dressed up to visit my blog…

You can even show up naked… trust me… you wouldn’t be the first… Trent… I’m looking at you…

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Wizard magic… part 4…

One more page of the children’s book is done… except for the text… and then formatting it and sending it to the publisher without the usual help from my daughter… and then ordering the first copy… and waiting to get … Continue reading

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I think this pretty much says it all…

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Wizard magic… part 3… (or);Six hours of work in Photoshop, but hey, it’s for the children!

Well, there it is. Page 20 of my new children’s book about a cute little wizard who is just looking for a friend. The thing is… and this ‘thing’ is mostly just because I like to try to add at … Continue reading

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Wizard magic… part 2… (or); did you know that Photoshop actually has a tool called ‘the Magic Wand?’

I am still working on the artwork for my new Children’s book about the cute little wizard named Gadzookes.  I have now gotten to the part where I am zooming in to look at individual pixels and do some cleaning … Continue reading

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Wizard magic… part 1… (or); Photoshop, it is about as close to magic as we are likely to get in real life…

So, as long as I am working on my new children’s book, I thought it might be fun to sort of show you what exactly it is I am doing to turn an old comic strip I drew way back … Continue reading

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A children’s book is born… (or); A look inside the mind at the creative process of an artist and writer… who also happens to have crack squirrels living in his cranium…

Well, there it all is, the original, amusing little comic strip that I drew when I was a teenager so many years ago… with all its ‘making fun of creation myth’ overtones… along with one of the watercolors… ( the … Continue reading

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Uh… just read the cute little story… complete with pictures… that I drew… back when I was about 17-years-old… and I will try to explain what I am doing with it at the end…

——————————- Okay, where should I start? As I mentioned, this is something I did way back in the day. Obviously it is nothing more or less than a creation myth story that pokes fun a religion in a gentle way. … Continue reading

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Debatable… part 3…

Okay, that one actually made me feel better…

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