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Wizard magic… part 4…

Posted on September 10, 2015 by pouringmyartout

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

Posted on September 9, 2015 by pouringmyartout

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?’

Posted on September 8, 2015 by pouringmyartout

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…

Posted on September 7, 2015 by pouringmyartout

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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The third book…

Posted on September 6, 2015 by pouringmyartout

The third book in my action/humor science fiction series should be available within the next day or two… My daughter and I have finished the back and forth of the process to fix the few little glitches that always seem to show … Continue reading →

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It’s not that simple…

Posted on September 4, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Remember my post the other day… the shameless one… no… the other shameless one… yes… the one where I suggested that if you all bought a few of my books… available as links if you click the pictures of the … Continue reading →

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It’s like Crowdfunding… only you actually get something in return… (or); This might well be my most shameless post yet, and when I say that, you know it means something…

Posted on September 2, 2015 by pouringmyartout

So it occurred to me that instead of trying to switch my blog over to a paid- advertising-infested hell hole, we could try something else instead… something simple… and shameless… at least on my part… in order to make it so … Continue reading →

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Some of the finished artwork from my new children’s book…

Posted on September 2, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Just thought I would share a few of the pictures with you that I have been working on. Sort of give you an idea what the finished book will look like. Of course, there will be funny words on all … 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…

Posted on September 1, 2015 by pouringmyartout

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…

Posted on August 31, 2015 by pouringmyartout

——————————- 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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