While I was at the con, I was able to complete one ink card and two ink sketches. It was very interesting, working on art in front of people. I don’t get to do that very often, and it was interesting to see how people reacted while I was creating the works.

The first one is an inked card, like the others I’ve been doing (5″ x 7″, 140 lb. Cold Press). This one I’d been waiting to attempt for some time, it’s the faun from the film Pan’s Labyrinth. It’s one of my personal favorite films, and I only hope that I did the character justice.

The next two were for sketchbooks, both owned by folks that were running the con. In both cases, I had a bit of nervousness, being that other artists would be (or had by that point) sketching in them as well. I can only hope that I lived up to the other works in there, and in the case of the second one that the book is getting started off on a good note.

The first is of Lon Chaney Sr.’s Phantom of the Opera, and the second one is a borg. They were fun to do, and in both cases, being sketchbooks, I wanted to leave them a bit unfinished on purpose. That way they’d match others either in the books or to come.

Overall, it was fun to do work in front of other folks. I think it really helped bring people over to the table. Some wanted to talk about the process, or what the art was I was creating. Some just wanted to see what was going on, to watch the process. A scant few just stood there (or sat, in a few cases) and watched me do my thing, and always flashed a smile when I asked them what I thought.


Russell Dickerson

Russell Dickerson has been a lot of things over many years. Author, artist, designer, winner of awards and recognition, pursuer of the truth, leader of the earth after armageddon.

4 Comments

Glendon Mellow · February 23, 2011 at 9:22 am

Oooo, I love the texture on Pan. The folds and wrinkles come out really well.

PaMdora · February 23, 2011 at 11:15 am

Russel, we enjoyed meeting you and seeing you work at vision con. Great website and blog you have here. I have been reading up on QR codes since you got me interested in the topic. Thanks!

admin · February 23, 2011 at 11:17 am

Thanks! The folds and the texture were the fun part, though I’m a little off on the chin. I took some leeway from the photo I was working off of, the mouth was open in the pic and it didn’t have quite the contrast.

admin · February 23, 2011 at 1:42 pm

Thank you, and it was great meeting you too! The codes are definitely interesting, and a very useful technology to be sure.

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