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3 Ways to Escape Your Creative Comfort Zone
Image source: Taramullarkey.com Your comfort zone sucks. Yeah, I realize that it’s comfortable — that’s what makes it a comfort zone. The problem with being in your comfort zone, however, is that you...
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How to Get Inspiration from Your Personal Art Studio
Image source: Ifanboy.com “It’s the best job… if you told me when I was a kid that I would have a job where we come to work and throw rocks into frosting to see how it moves, I woulda kissed you.”...
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Behind the Scenes: Pixar’s “The Blue Umbrella”
Image source: 3dworldmag.com A few weeks ago we talked about Pixar’s short film “The Blue Umbrella” in order to highlight the recent rise of the animated short film. As the title suggests, the short...
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What Art Lessons Can You Learn from Guillermo del Toro?
Image source: 3dworldmag.com Today we’re taking a look at the creative process behind one of the biggest movies of 2013: Pacific Rim. Yeah, I know that I’ve already mentioned Pacific Rim a few times...
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Behind the Scenes: Disney’s “Paperman”
Image source: Blogspot.com Earlier this week we took a look behind the scenes of Pixar’s “The Blue Umbrella.” The animated short is pretty entertaining, but it will have a hard time ousting Disney’s...
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The Top 4 Reasons to Attend Art Conferences
Image source: Indiecade.com I love artistic conferences! They provide artists from all over the world an opportunity gather under one roof and rub shoulders with some of the greatest and most...
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5 Games that Prove that Art Style Trumps Graphics
Image source: Gamespot.com What to gamers want? They want flawless graphics that are so absurdly realistic that most people can’t tell the difference between the video game and real life. Actually,...
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Looking Behind the Scenes at Skyfall’s Komodo Dragon
Image source: Billdesowitz.com James Bond is a modern-day super hero. Instead of riding into battle on a white steed he uses sexy sports cars. Instead of using a gleaming broadsword that goes...
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Before and After: The Creative Process Behind Monsters University
Image source: Pixar.com How does a digital art heavyweight like Pixar start with nothing and end up with a summer blockbuster? Luckily, we can take a close-up look at their creative process with...
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Studio Plastic Wax Explains How to Make Zombie Dragons
Image source: 3dworldmag.com Many visual effects artists get started in the field with the dream that they’ll spend their lives working on awesome projects that involve alien spaceships or...
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Bringing Back Vintage Art in Modern Video Games
Image source: Lifehacker.com.au Vintage art is really popular right now. I’m honestly not sure why. Maybe the hipsters brought it back. Maybe people are so overwhelmed with absurdly complicated...
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3D Scanners, Lots of Zombies, and World War Z
Image source: Theverge.com Creating compelling artwork of humans has always been a tough challenge. Artists have to deftly leap over the uncanny valley, and it can be tricky using an art program to...
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How to Be a Better Digital Artist With These Time Management Techniques
Image source: Thepinstripedsuit.com Just yesterday, we made a post on our sister blog about becoming a freelance digital effects artist. The article got me thinking about time — specifically, how...
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3 Clever Ways to Discover Artistic Inspiration!
Image source: Fanpop.com Are you suffering from a nagging case of writer’s block? Well, I suppose it would be appropriate to call it “artist’s block” considering the nature of this blog. Well, don’t...
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The Hallmarks of a Great Artist, Part 1
Image source: Viztv.vizfact.com What are the hallmarks of a great artist? What separates the great creative minds of our generations from the wannabes and pretenders? It’s hard to nail it down. In...
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The Hallmarks of a Great Artist, Part 2
Image source: Telegraph.co.uk Without further ado, let’s dive into part two of our ongoing series about the core qualities of the world’s best artists. 1. Finding the Balance Between Order and Chaos...
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The Hallmarks of a Great Artist, Part 3
Image source: Telegraph.co.uk Our ongoing series brings us to part 3! Be sure to check out parts 1 and 2 for an in-depth look at the qualities of truly great artists. 1. They’re Art Experts This one...
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4 Reasons to Participate in Gnomon’s Image Contest
Image source: Thegnomonworkshop.com Here’s an interesting little fact about the Gnomon School website that you may not already know: the site holds monthly community art contests for both 2D and 3D...
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Vivian Maier’s Photography and the Tragedy of Hidden Art
Image source: Chicagonow.com Today we’re going to look at the story of Vivian Maier, a story that is both tragic and uplifting. You have probably heard about her at some point in the news. Maier was an...
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4 Ways to Become a Better Artistic Storyteller
Image source: Drawbridgepuppets.com You can’t simply be a good artist and expect to get ahead in the world of visual effects. You also have to be a great storyteller. After all, your artwork will fit...
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