One Painter

Artistic Esteem

2010-08-16T16:24:00.002-05:00

There is a new non-profit group over at http://artisticesteem.org that is creating scholarships for artist and promoting the work of other artist to help fulfill that goal. With their new web launch, I have the pleasure of being the first Featured Artist in their new venture and wanted to share the link with everyone so you can drop by and support this wonderful new venture in promoting the Arts.

10 TV Teachers We All Wish We Had

2010-07-01T16:23:00.002-05:00

I like to teach others new things when I have the opportunity. I've been influenced by many great teachers and professors along the way. Sometimes even fictional teachers have had an impact and a recent article at onlinecolleges.net touched on this subject, you can enjoy reading it yourself here, 10 TV Teachers We All Wish We HadAre there any teachers you've had that made a difference for you?

Domain Name Change Take Note!

2010-05-17T19:24:00.002-05:00

I just wanted to post a quick update that the domain name I have mentioned in association with this blog has changed. So please check your bookmarks and make sure you use the official blogger.com address- anartistat.blogspot.com The URL anartist.com is no longer in my possession. So I will not be using it any longer.

"How to Manage 70 Online Profiles", is an article I'm featured in at Escape From Illustration Island

2010-03-07T23:17:00.002-06:00

This week my self promotion campaign managed to find a little attention in a new article over at Escape From Illustration Island.A great web site dedicated to the professional illustration community where you will find a great group of folks coming together and sharing their experiences in the illustration field. Not only is there a great site with valuable resources on hand, you can also

The New Directory of Illustration Arrived This Week!

2010-02-12T01:36:00.001-06:00

Directory of Illustration #26 by Glen R. SerbinIt's always an exciting day when the postman brings the new annual copy of The Directory of Illustration. Illustrators pay big bucks for a page of space in this book in hopes of landing new clients. This is a great collection of the current trends in illustration. Very lovely production values on good paper stock and of course, profusely illustrated

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Preview Video

2010-02-10T21:44:00.002-06:00

Adobe Photoshop CS5 is going to have some cool new features here is a preview I found.

Illustation Friday 2-08-10 Subject -'Muddy'

2010-02-08T18:37:00.003-06:00

This is my toon for this weeks Illustation Friday 2-08-10 Subject -'Muddy'I call this one "Muddy Business". I wanted to do a loose cartoony style for this weeks entry which is somewhat different than my usual illustration work. The objective for me was to do this as quickly and spontaneously as possible. I painted this one with Corel Painter and converted the image for the web with Adobe

Illustation Friday 1-29-10 Subject -'Focused'

2010-01-29T12:16:00.004-06:00

This is my piece for Illustation Friday 1-29-10 This weeks Subject is 'Focused'. No one seems more focused than gymnast about to do a dangerous move on the balance beam. This one was created as a mixed-media with the primary application being used, Corel Painter along with some seconday processing in Adobe Photoshop.

New Sketch Blog

2010-01-26T17:48:00.002-06:00

After fighting with tumblr a bit, I've changed my tumblog and am now using it for my New Sketch Blog. And of course my main portfolio of work is still at my main website davidprice.net

Thoughts on Generating New Ideas

2009-12-21T19:52:00.003-06:00

My thoughts on generating good ideas for illustration taken from a recent interview with some follow-up question and answers provided as well.Some people refer to a problem among creative people as 'writer's block' to describe a condition where producing an idea on que is dauntingand can become quiet frustrating if the 'block' continues over a prolonged period of time, especially if a deadline of

Illustration Friday Topic: Crunchy

2009-12-04T20:24:00.004-06:00

This weeks Illustration Friday topic is Crunchy. This is the piece I am publishing for this topic. This one is a digital image I created with Corel Painter. <

Happy Birthday Georges Seurat

2009-12-02T23:43:00.002-06:00

Today is the birthday of French Impressionist George Seurat. If you ever have the chance be sure to view some of his original work. I've always enjoyed the work of Seurat once I discovered it and was wowed when I saw some of the original paintings at Dallas a few years back in a great show that had the work of Seurat and most of his contemporaries. But today is George's birthday and I just wanted

How does the use of color impact the emotional feel of a piece of art?

2009-11-28T11:47:00.002-06:00

How does the use of color impact the emotional feel of a piece and can it add significantly to the message of the illustration?Black and white images can have emotional feelings like color images but where color has an advantage is that the range of choices becomes truly vast. One has to be trained in a good foundational understanding of color to be able to have a consistent mastery over their

Illustration Friday Topic: Music

2009-11-26T12:21:00.004-06:00

This weeks Illustration Friday topic is music. I've been listening to lots of blues lately and decided to experiment with some new brushes in Photoshop. So I created this digital painting with Photoshop CS4. This is an image of the birth of the career of Blues Legend, Robert Johnson who has legend has it, wanted to learn to play the blues and went down to the Crossroads and made a deal with the

Does The Use of Clip Art Hurt the Professional Illustrator?

2009-11-21T21:40:00.004-06:00

I see this topic around the internet and the general question is: Desktop publishing and the use of Clip Art has everyone people the ability to add graphic images to documents. Does this spread of clip art pose a threat to the professional illustrator?When I initially read this question, I had to stop and think. The thing that gave me pause was all of the issues that are similar to this and

Color Use in My Work

2009-11-18T21:04:00.002-06:00

This is a recent question I received about color."You have used color extensively in your own work will you share some of your personal preferences?"The ways to add color are many and varied. Some of these methods are able to work together effectively and some are not, primarily due to the nature of the mediums in question. For example you can not add watercolors on top of dried tempera paints as

How important is shading in illustration?

2009-11-13T19:52:00.002-06:00

I work with toned art as in painting as well as straight line drawing in black and white illustration work. One question I hear sometimes is: "How important is shading in illustration?"Line drawings tend to be flat. Depth can be added with different techniques in line work but none are as effective as shading the forms.As in real life we see things not in lines but in shades of color. This is

What is the Difference in Raster and Vector Images?

2009-10-29T19:05:00.003-05:00

Sometimes I get asked this question or a variation of it so I thought I would include a response here on the blog for everyone else who may have wondered about this topic."What is the difference between pixel-based images and vectors? When do you use a vector instead of pixels? Or, when would you use a pixel-based image instead of vectors?"To make things easier in answering this question I will

Test For Title #2

2009-10-27T18:26:00.001-05:00

I'm working through the title posting issues on ping.fm.

2009-10-27T18:23:00.001-05:00

New Changes Today^Today I set up new services to be reached via ping.fm This is a test post to check their status, please ignore.

New Look Blog

2009-10-19T17:43:00.002-05:00

I've been away from the blog for a couple of weeks working on various projects. When I logged into the blog today I realized it had been a year since I changed the look here, so today we are trying a new template from blogger. I'm hoping it is easy on the eyes and makes reading more enjoyable than the previous version.Meanwhile I hope to get back to posting on a regular basis as I have wrapped up

Blog Quest

2009-09-26T01:23:00.002-05:00

I've been on a bit of a quest of late to try all of the various blogging platforms. At least the most accessible ones.After I work with all of these services for a few weeks I will offer my opinion on the different tools available at each site.I started installing Movable Type on one of my domains that are not public yet and found that it is problematic in its installation. It may make up for the

Hi

2009-09-19T16:41:00.001-05:00

I'm just setting up at utterli today.Mobile post sent by onepainter using Utterli. Replies.

I have a new portfolio at qapacity.com

2009-09-18T23:50:00.000-05:00

I just set up a portfolio at qapacity.comDavid Price Design at Qapacity html .qapacity-button-0, html .qapacity-button-0 strong { display: block; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-size: 14px; height: 18px; overflow: hidden; } html .qapacity-button-0:hover { text-decoration: none; } html .qapacity-button-0 { height: 50px; width: 200px; background: transparent url(http://qapacity.com/images/

What types of illustration work is available and where can you find it? What is the cost?

2009-09-18T22:28:00.005-05:00

Answering some questions from recent readers questions is the focus of this post. I've had these questions asked several times in different ways so I thought I would answer them here in the blog so others could share in this information.What are the various types of "illustrative artwork" available. Where can you find them, and what do they cost? There is a large variety of illustrative artwork

Find me on bebo.com

2009-09-17T23:15:00.000-05:00

David Pricehttp://www.bebo.com/DavidP40803

Hey I'm at coroflot.com too!

2009-09-17T21:00:00.002-05:00

Meanwhile...While you anxiously await the new web site launch, here is one of the recent portfolio additions I have added to recently.view my portfolio:coroflot.com/onepainter

Don't get to wound up but big news is afoot.....

2009-09-17T20:58:00.002-05:00

We are just hours away from the new web site launch!So reserve your weekends activities to join in the festivities. I'll keep you posted as the final phase of back-end tweaking is now underway....

Disney Buys Marvel Comics!

2009-08-31T23:53:00.001-05:00

Disney Buys Marvel Comics!WOW!This is a huge shift in the comics market. It boggles the mind at the possibilities here. Will there now be a Marvel them park coming to Orlando? Micky Mouse and Moon Knight teaming up? Goofy and the Beast? Marvel shows on the Disney Channel....or...a Marvel Channel?

Harding University Bison Win Season Opener!

2009-08-29T23:02:00.004-05:00

Congratulations are in order to the Harding University Bison's coming in as the underdogs and beating the nationally ranked MSSU Lions in the 2009 Season Opener.It was a nail biter of a game with the Bison defense stepping up the action this year and causing at least 7 fumbles during the game along with some great defense on the line and in the backfield. The offense started slow but built

Attention Artist: Join Pal!

2009-08-15T11:40:00.002-05:00

There are plenty of artist groups to join, GAG, AIGA, CAG, Society of Illustrators, etc. Now there is a new organization for professional artist and unlike the others the membership is free. The group is new and still growing but worth checking out. I'm a member, come join us.

Which Comics Do You Read?

2009-08-05T18:20:00.001-05:00

What do you like to read? A question you may have been asked before. How did you answer it? Novels, technical manuals, catalogs, auto biographies, magazines, newspapers or maybe comics? Comics, its a term we hear tossed around a lot to describe more than one thing. What do you think about when someone replies to that question? Depending on how old you are or where you live you might be thinking

Water Based Paints: Gouache & Watercolor

2009-08-04T22:02:00.001-05:00

The earliest paints used by man were water based paints. From pigments found on cave walls to hieroglyphics found inside the tombs we know as the Egyptian pyramids. Water based paints were the paints used for illuminating manuscripts in early books compiled by scribes before the invention of the printing press. Today they are still in use in various forms for differing reasons. The two dominant

So You Want to Sell Stuff on Ebay?

2009-08-03T15:46:00.001-05:00

You were thinking about surfing over to ebay to see what was selling. Maybe you had a few items laying around your house that looked like they still had a little life left in them. What would it hurt to see how much money you might make just sitting in front of your computer screen? Then you realized that even though you really need to earn some quick cash to help pay down that student loan, you

Designer Wanted No Pay But Great Experience

2009-08-02T20:54:00.000-05:00

One of the first things a new graphic design graduate experiences is the quest for employment. Today the internet is one of the places you will most likely find job listings related to your field of study and that is the area where many would-be designers start their job quest. Reading through the list of available jobs can sometimes be very quick. Either the jobs that suit your skills just

Historic Reprint Exclusive!

2009-07-26T22:30:00.004-05:00

When the World Wide Web was new and still waiting for broadband to appear; people connected on slow dial-up connections via services like America Online.In those dark days of the internet, AOL hosted a message board in it's forums for comics (then one of the largest gathering places of comic fans on the web)buried inside the Independent Comics section there lurked a forum dedicated to my comic

2009-06-25T22:27:00.001-05:00

When I first attended art school in the '70s, one of the hottest books to own among artist was a book collecting images from a group of artists known as "The Studio". (I wish I still had my copy that was stolen.)The four artist that made up this group were: Jeffrey Jones, Bernie Wrightson, Barry Windsor-Smith and Michael Kaluta, whose Art Nouveau influences are the topic of this weeks items in my

2009-06-24T13:11:00.001-05:00

When asked about my influences in my creative work I have to do a mental sorting of a long list of people who's work has played a roll in my development as a visual artist. I last wrote about influences from the graphic design field and told you about design legend, Paul Rand. Another of my design influences is also a legendary designer, Milton Glaser.To understand Glaser's work you have to

2009-06-22T22:09:00.001-05:00

Some people ask me who my influences are. So I thought I would start by sharing a few of them every so often. Since I have been dealing a lot with graphic design, I'll start with one of my chief influences in that area.The late Paul Rand (1914-1996) is chief among the giants of the design field and is still a big influence on my thinking when dealing with design.Paul Rand is one of those guys

I love Amazon.com

2009-06-16T22:15:00.004-05:00

I've found some great art books on amazon.com and have been reading them every chance I get. I'll highlight some of them in future posts here so that I can share what I have found.I have also been trying to post a search link for amazon.com on the blog but have not decided which of the many looks I like so I am going to post one of the simple search boxes in this post just to help me get a

2009-05-11T15:48:00.001-05:00

One of my greyhounds just brought me a gift she found. In her mouth to my surprise was a good sized tortoise. After showing me her new prize she set it at my feet and went on her way, the tortoise was set free in a safe location, startled but unharmed.

2009-05-11T01:30:00.001-05:00

Up late finishing design for the web site. Now I'm ahead of schedule. More to come...

2009-04-28T17:22:00.001-05:00

Someone blinded my computer. For some reason it can't see the DVD drive anymore? Gotta love technology.

Mowing is Like Art

2009-04-27T00:30:00.001-05:00

When I was young and had to mow the yard I tended to avoid it as best I could. It was always more fun to go hang out with my friends than doing yard work around the house. My father always made sure I took care of the responsibility though.Now as an adult I find yardwork, especially mowing to be a lot more enjoyable. It is not because of the tools. I still use a good old push mower. The part I

2009-04-27T00:21:00.001-05:00

If you see some double posts it is because i am adjusting the settings for ping.fm, tumblr, blogger, twitter, etc. I hope to get all of this running smoothly.

2009-04-25T03:55:00.001-05:00

ping.fm ranks as the coolest site I visited today.

blogcatalog.com

2009-04-25T01:38:00.001-05:00

I've just added some tools from blogcatalog.com. This seems like a great site for those taking an interest in blogging. There are some great blogs listed in the directory there as well.

Time for a twitter?

2009-04-23T02:32:00.002-05:00

Have an odd desire to follow me around? You can do so now at twitter.com. You'll find me there as onepainter.So what are you waiting for? Start tweetin'

New Deviations

2008-07-19T23:56:00.003-05:00

I've just posted some new visual images at deviant art. You can have framed prints of these made for your home or business. This posting includes "Last tools in Rush", a photo still life of relics from a ghost town in Arkansas I recently explored.Also there is a new digital painting I call "Mimosa Morning". A colorful vibrant image that started my day each morning over several days as I walked

Who's Who of American Comic Book Artist

2008-07-07T12:46:00.005-05:00

Dr. Jerry Bails, a legend in the comic book industry assembled a massive research project before he died recently. The Who's Who of American Comic Book Artist.Having spent many years working on comics I have generated a body of work that caught Dr. Bails attention, leading him to list me among this august body of American artist. You can check out my listing here. Note that a couple of credits of

Fine Art Registry

2008-07-07T12:31:00.002-05:00

One new service I have adopted is listing with the Fine Art Registry. I recommend this service to all serious artist who sell their work to collectors and investors.

anartistat.blogspot.com

2008-07-06T21:43:00.000-05:00

Welcome to One Painter, located at anartistat.blogspot.comFor more than a decade I have been working with art websites and one thing they all have in common is that they get out dated very quickly due to technological advances in web presentation.Now that Web 2.0 is well underway I find that it is time to revamp all of my existing sites and create new avenues for my work to be seen.This blog will