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Russell Dickerson

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Ink: The Mouth Of Sauron

The Mouth of Sauron;

Ink, color ink wash on 140 lb. Cold Press, 9″ x 12″; based on the character from the film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King;

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By Russell Dickerson, 14 yearsSep. 4, 2011 ago
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The Tools and Materials I Use, Part 2: Painting and other uses

In the first part of the article yesterday (here!), I talked about the pens, pencils, and different paper stocks that I use as an artist. Today I’m going to discuss the other things that I do, including acrylic painting, matting, and so on. First off, the easy stuff. Painting with Acrylics Read more…

By Russell Dickerson, 14 years ago
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The Tools and Materials I Use, Part 1: Stock, ink, pencils

Whenever I’m on Twitter (and, to a lesser extent, Facebook and Google +), there always seems to be these great discussions about the type of materials and tools that artists use in their art. Often there are similarities, and quite often too there are new and cool things that I Read more…

By Russell Dickerson, 14 years ago
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Fun with Typography

In starting up my new online stores, I decided that it might not be a bad idea to have a few items that weren’t as much about my art as much as just “cool”. Being that, without a day job, I don’t get to play with graphic design as much Read more…

By Russell Dickerson, 14 years ago
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New Acrylic Painting: Ravenesque

While working on a far larger painting, one that’s taking much longer, I decided to do a smaller painting. I had to wait for the larger one to dry anyway, so slipping in a small one was something I could work out. I’ve been thinking of doing continual, small paintings Read more…

By Russell Dickerson, 14 years ago
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New Ink Art and working with reference: Cthulhucraft

I’ve been itching to do more ink work lately, and I decided over the weekend that H.P. Lovecraft’s birthday was a great chance to work something in. The trick, of course, in doing art of a recognizable character (or person) is that you just have to get it right. Sure, Read more…

By Russell Dickerson, 14 years ago
Artwork

Ink: Cthulhucraft

 

Cthulhucraft;

Ink on 140 lb. Cold Press, 5″ x 7″; (more…)

By Russell Dickerson, 14 yearsAug. 20, 2011 ago
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Digital/Published: Eternity in the Old North Hall

Eternity in the Old North Hall

Digital; cover of the ebook Knock Knock by author S.P. Miskowski (2011)

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By Russell Dickerson, 14 yearsAug. 19, 2011 ago
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The end of the sketchbook

In the last few years, I’ve done something regularly that I hadn’t in the previous years. I’ve started to complete full sketchbooks, with some kind of art on every page. I’ve noticed that it’s a good time to go back and look through it, to see how things went over Read more…

By Russell Dickerson, 14 years ago
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The art of catharsis

Sure, most of the time I’m a happy-go-lucky person with a cherub-like demeanor. But once in awhile I let the world get to me, as I’ve mentioned plenty of times on the site here. I’ve found one thing, that I love to do anyway, that gets rid of the depression Read more…

By Russell Dickerson, 14 years ago
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Digital/Published: All Smiles and Work

All Smiles and Work;

Digital; published by Thunderstorm Books, 2012 (more…)

By Russell Dickerson, 14 yearsAug. 11, 2011 ago
Artwork Design Russ's Art Blog

Designing Foil Stamps for Covers: Maelstrom Set #2

Previously on my site here (well, here), I talked about foil stamp designs. I posted examples of designs from one of the books by Brian Keene, A Gathering of Crows. Earlier this summer I had the opportunity to create the foil stamp designs for the second Maelstrom set of books Read more…

By Russell Dickerson, 14 years ago
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The game is afoot: Ebook cover art and design

Recently, I’ve had a couple of commissions to do ebook covers. Which is great, because I really am a starving artist (unemployed and all), so commissions help me survive. But that’s only part of why we’re here, the other side of it (and the point of this article) is designing Read more…

By Russell Dickerson, 14 years ago
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Digital art and using the right texture

One of the great things that I like about digital art is the ability for programs (I use Photoshop) to let different layers of art interact. For example, I can have a painting of a character on one layer, with all the shadowing, anatomy, and so on, and on a Read more…

By Russell Dickerson, 14 years ago
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One way to make eyes

Ok, this is tutorial isn’t about making eyes at someone else, or processing new eyeballs to replace the ones your T-800 lost. It’s just a quick tutorial on one way to create eyes in Photoshop. More specifically, this is about the iris and pupil. There are many ways to do Read more…

By Russell Dickerson, 14 years ago

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