Art and Cookies » Interview http://daarken.com/blog A place for art, cookies, and info about the art world. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:52:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 interview – hosted by dave rapoza http://daarken.com/blog/2010/03/16/interview-hosted-by-dave-rapoza/ http://daarken.com/blog/2010/03/16/interview-hosted-by-dave-rapoza/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:12:44 +0000 Daarken http://daarken.com/blog/?p=219 Tonight the almighty Dave Rapoza will interview me on his Livestream. Will there be coconut oil involved? I guess you just have to attend to find out. Please come and join in on the fun and ask any questions that have been burning a hole in your brainpan. The interview starts at 6:00pm EST tonight, March 16th, 2010.

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]]> http://daarken.com/blog/2010/03/16/interview-hosted-by-dave-rapoza/feed/ 4 Magical magicness http://daarken.com/blog/2010/03/07/magical-magicness/ http://daarken.com/blog/2010/03/07/magical-magicness/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:46:25 +0000 Daarken http://daarken.com/blog/?p=196 Hey howdy. It has been awhile since I last updated, my apologies. Things have been kinda crazy around here lately…by crazy I mean my normal work schedule. Actually no, so far this year freelance has been pretty slow, which means I can work on more personal stuff. Three weeks ago I launched my first purchasable video tutorial and it has been doing fairly well I suppose. I really feel like I missed the mark a little bit with my debut tutorial because it wasn’t as in depth and “cool” as I would have liked. To remedy that I have been working on a new tutorial. It has multiple figures, it has a background (kinda), it has horses (well only 1), it has armor, and it has fiery magical goodness. I plan on finishing the illustration soon…by the end of this weekend would be ideal. I am still battling with finding the right settings and location for recording the audio, but maybe I am being too picky about the background noise. In any case, the audio should be better this time around.

In other news I am also working on an iPhone art book app with Bobby Chiu (am I allowed to talk about it?). I will say yes, and if not, I blame Dave Rapoza because he mentioned he was doing one before his came out :) . I think I am doing around 12 or so brand new illustrations designed specifically for the app. I am not sure when I will be finished with all of the illustrations since I have to squeeze them in between my full-time job at Mythic and my freelance work for WotC, Blizzard, and Fantasy Flight Games. Soon I hope, soon.

I also just spent the last two days remastering the audio on my YouTube tutorials and I put them up on my store for purchase. They are in HD and come bundled with the custom brush that I made in the custom brush tutorial and the psd file for the Nibru painting. Oh, and they are all bundled together (six video tutorials) for the price of $5. They are also still available for free on my YouTube site, but if you want something in HD and with better audio then please consider picking them up. I am also in the process of remastering the audio for the Liche Priest video, which will be available for free.

Oh, some other exciting news…I am planning on making a limited run art book. If everything goes according to plan, I will have them available at the Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix in May at the Dulles Expo Center. Right now I am still in the planning stage, but I think I will only print 50-100 books (maybe 200). The book will feature work from Magic: The Gathering, World of Warcraft, and some new personal paintings that I haven’t shown yet.

(Dave Rapoza is also interviewing me on March 16th at 6:00pm EST and no, I am not nervous at all…)

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The issue is packed with a ton of great art and some really neat tutorials, so be sure to pick up a copy on the 2DArtist site. You can also download some really cool custom brushes that are featured in the tutorials. Hopefully my ramblings are somewhat coherent and mildly amusing. Thanks Rich for the great interview!

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