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New stuff is on the Way

I have actually been sketching prodigiously, and doing some new stuff in 3d that I am excited to show everyone. Currently working on a painting for an online competition and also breaking out my oil paints for a series of traditional work. If it was not for the lack of income, I would be very much enjoying this year.

I have been sorely lacking in the time I have spent both here and on my personal art blog I hope to remedy that in the future by making it part of my day... I expect everyone to hold my feet to the fire when I am remiss.

I was thinking how fun it would be for people to ask for tips, advice etc in regards to their own drawing or art, and then writing out the response here. I do something very similar with another blog that I own, it is a constant stream of interesting topics and adds value to the overall community... Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions in regards to this, I would love to hear them.

Other than that I will be back to adding the results of my nightly sketch session here, starting July 19th.

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July 19th 2010 @ 02:46

Posted By: Mindzle - Category: Category #5 Anything Under the Sun

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Comic Strips

So I have been posting a series of comic strips I created back in 1999 or earlier that I recently stumbled across in an old archive CD-ROM. At the time I had a Strip Called Cold Coffee, which I have not been able to track down, but these paintball comic strips were a side project that only ever existed in the paintball magazines of the day. I thought they had been lost.

It is fun to look back at old strips like this and see all of the changes I have made in my abilities over the years.

I know many people think of cartoons as less refined and needing less talent that traditional painting. I have found it far more difficult to master. These early strips are very crude, but I was starting to figure it out.

Finding these old strips also reinvigorated my interest in creating comics. I have been creating about one a night since.

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June 11th 2010 @ 18:00

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News Etc

My portfolio and sketchbook blog has been added to the Guide to Art School’s list of the 50 Best Cartooning and Animation blogs. I thought that was pretty Neat-O.

I have shifted over my nightly sketch sessions to doing environments rather than creatures, for the time being. I was getting too comfortable in the creature sketches and thought it was time to shake it up... Should be posting some of those sketches in the near future.

Recently started a video blog on Paintball Gear and Guns aka Markers, right now only the initial design is up, and a little about me. For those that don't know, I played semi professionally for roughly 20 years. I know, odd isn't it. But I probably know more about the gear and the industry than anyone alive, as well as tactics and tips, so what the hell...

The Social Networking Site for Game Geeks aka IPlayedThat.com is still in Alpha release, but will be going live VERY soon, so I've been swamped with hammering out the details on that project. It grabs game data from World of Warcraft and other MMORPG servers and has a built in game point system that rewards players for their success in the games and on IPT.

Many other projects always taking my time. I still host the podcast Success U. We have not been creating the podcast twice a week as the schedule of work has radically hindered our ability to do so, but that is changing and we hope to get back to normal scheduling this week... All in all it is an interesting time.

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May 18th 2010 @ 16:09

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Ippy - Slings and Arrows

Ippy here is the mascot for a new web service that will go live later next month. This image was created specifically for any error page that might occur.

Ippy has now been drawn in a wide variety of poses and I rather like this character.

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March 23rd 2010 @ 21:25

Posted By: Mindzle - Category: Category #3 Drawings

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Monster HEADS!

New, quick, sketches. Both of them are just heads… I’m thinking it might be time to do a collage of sorts, with a bunch of creature heads on pikes

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December 11th 2009 @ 19:52

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Comic Femme Fatal

She is an unnamed heroine of my own creation.

Loosely based on Macavite’s character Merideth, I drew her in a series of sketches while Shane Nitzsche was staying with us. Shane did me the honor of inking her.

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November 28th 2009 @ 02:12

Posted By: Mindzle - Category: Category #3 Drawings

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So Sorry! I Suck!

There is quite a bit going on in Casa De Hammer. Rather than go into a rather boring diatribe of whoa and heartache, which benefits no-one, let me instead spread the joy of positive happenings.

Savvy-U.com has made some very large strides forward, and I will likely be working it full time in the near future. We are currently in negotiations with 2 multi-billion dollar companies and a 3rd company that does DOE contract work. Savvy U will provide the training for new staff and professional certification continued education credits. These are all big deals, and can really get the company rolling. If any of them happen I will be 40 hours a week from home on this company, and we will be looking for Multimedia people, animators etc

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November 22nd 2009 @ 20:25

Posted By: Mindzle - Category: Category #5 Anything Under the Sun

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Multicampers Comic Strip

So far it is a work in progress as Soup and I work through the characters, story lines and look of the comic. But there are currently a few strips up at The Funniez.

So out of the gate Multicampers is the adventures of a group of airsoft fanatics in their battle to cope with reality and conquer an imaginary world of camouflage and military simulation. However today we decided that it will pour out into a much broader range of topics including Geocacheing, mountaineering, and general outdoorsy topics

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October 5th 2009 @ 17:59

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Blob, Creature Painting

Another creature painting, this time an angry blobulous monster. I have been quite busy recently with freelance work, but am always looking for more. This particular image is one of several I am creating. It is perhaps less dynamic than it should be, and the camera angle is my typical 6 foot perspective. Regardless I had tons of fun creating this image, and now look forward to the next one, which will be far more dynamic. I already have many ideas to make this image better, and someday hopefully I will have the free time and desire to go back at it. For now it is as it will be.

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September 23rd 2009 @ 22:25

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Goblin Joust Update

All of a sudden I find myself swamped with freelance work. it seems to come in waves like most things. So, rather than go into those boring details... Though they are actually quite exciting, I thought I'd show the updates made to this painting.

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September 15th 2009 @ 17:36

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