A bird… eating a bird…

Posted on February 26, 2018 by pouringmyartout

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Still in Arizona, visiting my daughter, and I spotted this Peregrine falcon from her balcony.

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It is like my mom always says.

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Nature in the wild is seldom mild.

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It is a bird eat bird world out there.

 

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Animating an illustration from one of my children’s books… part 3…

Posted on February 26, 2018 by pouringmyartout

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Seriously,  does the groovy rainbow animation filter ever get old?

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Animating an illustration from one of my children’s books… part 2…

Posted on February 25, 2018 by pouringmyartout

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Yeah, I got that from this…

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Animating an illustration from one of my children’s books… part 1…

Posted on February 25, 2018 by pouringmyartout

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Why? Because I can… and I am busy today.

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I am back in the land of the big cacti… part 2…

Posted on February 24, 2018 by pouringmyartout

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So, I went out walking in the Arizona desert, just to prove that I really am here. There are no wild flowers or cactus flowers or any kind of flowers blooming.

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But there is still a kind of majestic beauty to be found.

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And there are millions of these Saguaro cacti… which, ironically, are considered a threatened species.

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A Saguaro skeleton. I think what happened is that landscapers dug up so many of these to put in gardens and other places, that it tipped some sort of environmental balance.

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And of course they take the healthiest ones.

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The little Cholla cacti are doing fine, if you were wondering.

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I am back in the land of the big cacti…

Posted on February 24, 2018 by pouringmyartout

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Yes, I know, that isn’t a picture of a big cactus… or big cacti. It is a picture of some cool rocks in the mountain range I had to cross to get from San Diego to Scottsdale, Arizona.

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I got to my daughter and son-in-law’s house late last night. I am going to learn how to compile and format my own books to send to the self-publishers… did that make sense?

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I took these photos on the way here. I will try to get out into the desert and get some sunrise or sunset shots… and some cacti.

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I did some more work on my newest book cover…

Posted on February 23, 2018 by pouringmyartout

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This is just a mock-up. The text will not be exactly like that. And I think I will add more ships to show how huge the Black Fleet is. Remember, this will wrap around the book, so the left side will be on the back cover. I will put some more words there. Is it too cluttered?

Maybe I will put the text on the back in a white box, or a white cloud. I have had fun with the ships. They are all just the same ship, but I altered each one a little, with markings and other little changes. I also changed the propulsion flames.

Bonus points if you noticed that the moon in the lower left is one of my photos of that super blood moon that came out so poorly. I think it works here.

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And if we arm the teachers, maybe the kids will be more inclined to do their homework…

Posted on February 23, 2018 by pouringmyartout

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Sure, why not arm teachers, what could possibly go wrong?

Posted on February 23, 2018 by pouringmyartout

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I am working on the cover art for the fourth book in my action/humor science fiction series…

Posted on February 22, 2018 by pouringmyartout

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Don’t worry, there will be words on it. And this is in the very early stages. You may remember that when I went to visit my mom in the Bay Area not too long ago, I was doing the final editing on this book. It is finished. I am driving to Arizona to visit my daughter tomorrow, and she is going to try to teach me how to compile and format my books without her help. Wish her luck.

I am going to add a lot more of those space ships, because it is supposed to be the Black Fleet, invading one dimension from another. It is manned by the Keelar… those little aliens that I just did a picture of for you. This picture will wrap around the book, covering both front and back.

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The thing is… (hey, thing, what’s up?)… that I stole the ship design from that cool ship that my son-in-law did for me when he designed the cover for the second book in the series. I altered the ship, and am going to make thousands of them. I will do more posts as the work progresses. I have to change each ship a little, and make the cool propulsion flames a little different. But I do know how to do the covers myself now.

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