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Creating the ink art: The Mouth of Sauron
Ink: The Mouth of Sauron

Creating the ink art: The Mouth of Sauron

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Ink: The Return of Im-Ho-Tep
The Return of Im-Ho-Tep; art of russell dickerson

Ink: The Return of Im-Ho-Tep

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Ink Art: Gravity’s End
Ink: Gravity's End

Ink Art: Gravity’s End

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Designing Foil Stamps for Covers: Maelstrom Set #2

Designing Foil Stamps for Covers: Maelstrom Set #2

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Creating a cover from scratch: Ray Garton’s Vortex

Creating a cover from scratch: Ray Garton’s Vortex

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Leaving Christmas for Dead: Boomer Claus
Boomer

Leaving Christmas for Dead: Boomer Claus

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Foil Design: Multiplex Fandango
Multiplex Fandango: Dark Regions Press

Foil Design: Multiplex Fandango

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Painting: The Fight Was Lost
The Fight Was Lost

Painting: The Fight Was Lost

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The art of catharsis

The art of catharsis

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Inktober 2015: Ink Art
Doctor Zoidberg Holmes

Inktober 2015: Ink Art

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My cover art for S.P. Miskowski’s “In The Light”
In The Light Cover

My cover art for S.P. Miskowski’s “In The Light”

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New Digital Art: Conquered
Conquered

New Digital Art: Conquered

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New Cover Art: Astoria

New Cover Art: Astoria

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Spectrum Art Show Recap Part 2: As an attendee and artist

Spectrum Art Show Recap Part 2: As an attendee and artist

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Spectrum Art Show Recap Part 1: As an Exhibitor

Spectrum Art Show Recap Part 1: As an Exhibitor

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Travels of my first booth part 1: The mess of things

Travels of my first booth part 1: The mess of things

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My New eBook: Life As An Artist In Repose

My New eBook: Life As An Artist In Repose

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The Big Commission Rates Mystery
Eternity in the Old North Hall

The Big Commission Rates Mystery

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The Tools and Materials I Use, Part 2: Painting and other uses

The Tools and Materials I Use, Part 2: Painting and other uses

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The Tools and Materials I Use, Part 1: Stock, ink, pencils

The Tools and Materials I Use, Part 1: Stock, ink, pencils

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Fun with Typography

Fun with Typography

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New Ink Art and working with reference: Cthulhucraft

New Ink Art and working with reference: Cthulhucraft

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The end of the sketchbook

The end of the sketchbook

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The game is afoot: Ebook cover art and design

The game is afoot: Ebook cover art and design

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Digital art and using the right texture

Digital art and using the right texture

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One way to make eyes

One way to make eyes

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To be [social] or not to be [social]

To be [social] or not to be [social]

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Contracts and art: a necessity

Contracts and art: a necessity

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Technology and Art: Google Earth

Technology and Art: Google Earth

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One way to make clouds

One way to make clouds

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Nature and the artist: Rocky Mountain National Park

Nature and the artist: Rocky Mountain National Park

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Social networks and the artist

Social networks and the artist

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Hotlinking – not as nice as it sounds

Hotlinking – not as nice as it sounds

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A fun new idea: artists posting at 10 am every day

A fun new idea: artists posting at 10 am every day

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My art technique and artist bookshelves

My art technique and artist bookshelves

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From start to finish: Christopher

From start to finish: Christopher

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Using the iPad as a portfolio

Using the iPad as a portfolio

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Summer, learning, and children

Summer, learning, and children

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Seeing it in a museum

Seeing it in a museum

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My art on the walls of the local Jerry’s Artarama

My art on the walls of the local Jerry’s Artarama

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World Horror – Catch me in person

World Horror – Catch me in person

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A Momentary Lapse of Reason

A Momentary Lapse of Reason

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Stepping back: comparing the ink project

Stepping back: comparing the ink project

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Of Unusual Things and Monsters

Of Unusual Things and Monsters

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Once more unto the breach

Once more unto the breach

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Second star on the right, and straight on ’til morning

Second star on the right, and straight on ’til morning

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Graphic Design and Art: My cover for A Gathering of Crows

Graphic Design and Art: My cover for A Gathering of Crows

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The Golden Ratio or Fibonacci Spiral

The Golden Ratio or Fibonacci Spiral

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Marketing the authors

Marketing the authors

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Of Caves and Alien Worlds

Of Caves and Alien Worlds

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Infecting the frame around the art

Infecting the frame around the art

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From start to finish: The Cover of Brian Keene’s Scratch

From start to finish: The Cover of Brian Keene’s Scratch

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Approaching art from all angles

Approaching art from all angles

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My current Apex Magazine blogs

My current Apex Magazine blogs

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My art for Brian Keene’s novella Scratch

My art for Brian Keene’s novella Scratch

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New Art: My first acrylic – no giggling

New Art: My first acrylic – no giggling

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Technology can actually be fun sometimes

Technology can actually be fun sometimes

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Dabbling in the land of multimedia

Dabbling in the land of multimedia

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Seeing it in real life: Church’s The Icebergs

Seeing it in real life: Church’s The Icebergs

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Feng shui it’s not

Feng shui it’s not

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A gathering of art blogs: the current index

A gathering of art blogs: the current index

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Russ’ Art Blog: Daguerre’s “Ruined Gothic Colonnade”

Russ’ Art Blog: Daguerre’s “Ruined Gothic Colonnade”

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Russ’ Art Blog: Mount Etna from Taormina

Russ’ Art Blog: Mount Etna from Taormina

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Russ’ Art Blog: The Dream of Ossian

Russ’ Art Blog: The Dream of Ossian

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Russ’ Art Blog: The Young Lady with the Shiner

Russ’ Art Blog: The Young Lady with the Shiner

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Sketchy McSketch Sketch: November and Moleskines

Sketchy McSketch Sketch: November and Moleskines

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Russ’ Art Blog: The Apotheosis of War

Russ’ Art Blog: The Apotheosis of War

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The big trip: Hartford and New York City

The big trip: Hartford and New York City

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Russ’ Art Blog: Found Drowned

Russ’ Art Blog: Found Drowned

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Sketchy McSketch Sketch: Sept/Oct

Sketchy McSketch Sketch: Sept/Oct

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More Fun With Photoshop: Scratches

More Fun With Photoshop: Scratches

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Russ’s Art Blog: A Wolf Had Not Been Seen in Salem for Thirty Years

Russ’s Art Blog: A Wolf Had Not Been Seen in Salem for Thirty Years

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Russ’ Art Blog: The Plague of Rome

Russ’ Art Blog: The Plague of Rome

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Russ’ Art Blog: Death on a Pale Horse

Russ’ Art Blog: Death on a Pale Horse

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Music and the artist Part 1: Soundtracks

Music and the artist Part 1: Soundtracks

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Russ’s Art Blog: “Pushkin’s Farewell to the Sea”

Russ’s Art Blog: “Pushkin’s Farewell to the Sea”

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Fun with Textures

Fun with Textures

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Russ’s Art Blog: Achenbach – “Caught In A Squall”

Russ’s Art Blog: Achenbach – “Caught In A Squall”

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Russ’s Art Blog: Vedder – The Questioner of the Sphinx

Russ’s Art Blog: Vedder – The Questioner of the Sphinx

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Russ’s Art Blog: Bierstadt, and seeing it in person

Russ’s Art Blog: Bierstadt, and seeing it in person

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Russ’s Art Blog: Resistance, or The Black Idol

Russ’s Art Blog: Resistance, or The Black Idol

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Russ’s Art Blog: And the sea gave up the dead

Russ’s Art Blog: And the sea gave up the dead

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Russ’s Art Blog: N.C. Wyeth, Gunfight

Russ’s Art Blog: N.C. Wyeth, Gunfight

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Cheap lamp + skull = anatomy reference

Cheap lamp + skull = anatomy reference

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Russ’s Art Blog: Frederic Edwin Church, The Icebergs

Russ’s Art Blog: Frederic Edwin Church, The Icebergs

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Russ’s Art Blog: Edd Cartier, Unknown Fantasy Fiction

Russ’s Art Blog: Edd Cartier, Unknown Fantasy Fiction

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Russ’ art blog: Ivan Shishkin’s Rain in the Oak Grove

Russ’ art blog: Ivan Shishkin’s Rain in the Oak Grove

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Russ’ first new art blog of 2009: The Captive

Russ’ first new art blog of 2009: The Captive

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Art technique books I have

Art technique books I have

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Photoshop: fun with warping

Photoshop: fun with warping

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Russ’s Art Blog: Seeing it in real life – Pollice Verso

Russ’s Art Blog: Seeing it in real life – Pollice Verso

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Russ’s Art Blog: The Blind Girl

Russ’s Art Blog: The Blind Girl

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Russ’s Art Blog: Artist Gregory Manchess

Russ’s Art Blog: Artist Gregory Manchess

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Russ’s Art Blog: Trompe l’oeil

Russ’s Art Blog: Trompe l’oeil

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Russ’s Art Blog: Artist Michael Deas

Russ’s Art Blog: Artist Michael Deas

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The New Art Blog: Assault on Belleau Wood

The New Art Blog: Assault on Belleau Wood

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This Week’s Art: Sin

This Week’s Art: Sin

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This Week’s Art: Ivan the Terrible

This Week’s Art: Ivan the Terrible

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This Week’s Art: The Lovers

This Week’s Art: The Lovers

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This Week’s Art: The Premature Burial

This Week’s Art: The Premature Burial

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This Week’s Art: The Duel After the Masquerade

This Week’s Art: The Duel After the Masquerade

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This Week’s Art: Rising of the Bones

This Week’s Art: Rising of the Bones

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This Week’s Art: The Dead Stretcher Bearer

This Week’s Art: The Dead Stretcher Bearer

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This Week’s Art: Wanderer Above a Sea of Mist

This Week’s Art: Wanderer Above a Sea of Mist

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This Week’s Art: Club Night

This Week’s Art: Club Night

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This Week’s Art: Expulsion – Moon and Firelight

This Week’s Art: Expulsion – Moon and Firelight

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This Week’s Art: Remington’s Moonlight, Wolf

This Week’s Art: Remington’s Moonlight, Wolf

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This Week’s Art: Poynter’s Faithful unto death

This Week’s Art: Poynter’s Faithful unto death

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This Week’s Art: Still Waters

This Week’s Art: Still Waters

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This Week’s Art: Skeletons Warming Themselves

This Week’s Art: Skeletons Warming Themselves

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This Week’s Art: Schinkel-Medieval

This Week’s Art: Schinkel-Medieval

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This Week’s Art: Pulp Artist H.J. Ward

This Week’s Art: Pulp Artist H.J. Ward

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This week’s art: Death

This week’s art: Death

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This Week’s Art: Arnold Böcklin

This Week’s Art: Arnold Böcklin

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The Return of This Week’s Art

The Return of This Week’s Art

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The light at the end of the tunnel

The light at the end of the tunnel

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