In the wake of the terrible election results, it felt like a good time to take a long break from Facebook. I couldn’t control the will of the American people, but I could control my social media.
I’ll catch you up with what I’ve been doing.
First, both Benita and I have retired, and we love it. It’s just us and our cat, Annie.
I’ve taken a series of art classes at the Indianapolis Art Center, one on portraiture, and my current one on landscape painting. Both of these are great artistic specialties to learn, and both have also leveled up my acrylic painting game. I’ve also regularly been attending the Indianapolis Figure Drawing group, which meets twice per month, to hone my figurative art skills. I’ve kept meticulous notes on my progress on all fronts, because to write them down is to lodge them in my long-term memory better.
As a fantasy artist, my ultimate goal is to understand acrylics and landscapes well enough to create realistic fantasy work. You know, based on realism, but with swords and dragons and imaginary stuff.
I have not been working on my latest novel, but have devoted the rest of this year to working on Aorlis. The Realms of Aorlis Fantasy Setting is getting closer to publication all the time.
There is more to write about, but I’ll get to it in good time.
Scott
Side Note–This is a cover I did not long ago for the excellent folks who publish Chivalry and Sorcery.
Scott is known for the rich detail, clever storytelling, and organic quality to his art. As a cartoonist, Scott is an all-purpose creator– he writes, pencils, inks, colors, letters and designs. Scott Story has also done advertising art; covers for books, CDs and tabletop games; movie, event and concert posters; interior art for tabletop games; logos and website graphics; and a wide range of other media. Scott was trained in traditional media, such as acrylics and water colors, but now he divides his time between the traditional and digital art worlds. He is in demand for his digital painting skills, used on covers, posters and prints.
As the creative director of Story Studios LLC., he has published two graphic novels, Johnny Saturn: Synns of the Father, and Johnny Saturn: Homeland Insecurity, with two more in the process of being completed. Story Studios has also published seventeen comics, a sketchbook, and a pinup book. He has written articles for Blueline Pro’s Sketch Magazine, and prose stories for print anthologies and the web. His webcomic, Johnny Saturn, is a past winner of the Webcomics Readers Choice Awards, and Scott was a speaker at the prestigious Graphic Engagement academic conference hosted by the Purdue University Comparative Literature Program.
Scott is a member of the Indy Webcomic Group, and he was the creator and a founding member of the highly successful Collective of Heroes, a juried collective of indie superhero webcomics.
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