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Fawnya… Part 8…

Well, our step by step alien creation came out rather nicely. She looked good in grayscale, and she was very cheerful in purple. But what about a little bit more color? What if we try green with some yellow highlights? I … Continue reading

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Fawnya… Part 7…

Yay. We done made us an alien! Here is our more or less finished character, Fawnya… If you followed along step by step, you should have been able to do this all on your own… as long as you wrote … Continue reading

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Fawnya… Part 6…

It’s alive! I feel like Dr. Frankenstein. My alien is now starting to breathe. Here is the last version I did in the post before this one… She still looks a little flat… oh come on… you know what I … Continue reading

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Fawnya… Part 5…

Oh yeah, we are makin’ an alien. Here is where I let off… I love the way a little bit of shading makes something start to pop and lift out into the real world. Fawnya is just a bit player in the … Continue reading

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Fawnya… Part 4…

Oh yeah, we are making an alien now! Photo manipulation in Photoshop is fun, but this is creating art with little dots of light. This is creating life out of nothing. We started with a simple… in fact it was quite bad… … Continue reading

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Fawnya… Part 3…

My alien friend is coming along bit by bit. Through the magic of Photoshop, she is evolving form a rough sketch into a living, breathing being. Here is where I finished in the last post… And here is the next step… … Continue reading

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Fawnya… part 1…

I have a crazy idea… hey… stop laughing… So I thought it might be fun to do a series of posts showing how I can take a simple sketch of an alien and turn it, step by step, into a … Continue reading

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A little peek inside my head…

I suppose I could have called this post an exploration into my writing process, but I like that title better. If it doesn’t make you a little nervous, you haven’t gotten to know me very well. But worry not, brave explorers! … Continue reading

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Alien rock band…

Ever since my band played its first gig the other night, I have been wondering what it would look like if some of the characters from my book started a band… Rock on, you crazy aliens…

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I admit it…

I am reduced to begging… Please buy my book. I don’t even care if you read it. If you get the paperback copy, you can use it to even up a short table leg, or as a ruler. You can … Continue reading

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