Color Theory

Color Theory

Art, Musings, Testament

Learning color theory is, of course, a fundamental thing we all are either taught or stumble through as we figure ourselves out as artists. It’s also something that underpins how many humans interact with the world, just subconsciously. All that being said, I don’t think I really appreciated it until I encountered two texts that utilized visual cues in a…

Cold Opens

Cold Opens

Art, Musings, Testament

I love cold opens. I love when a movie, tv show (what is the difference these days?), comic, or book open in the midst of the action. No preamble. No slow motion Snyder-like retelling of a story we all know already. Just someone racing down a highway, or in my favorite case, some crazy ass laughing vikings and sad guy…

A Poem?

A Poem?

Art, Musings, Testament

I figured today I’ll post a bit about “why a poem?” The truth is, I need planned on writing some sort of poem. When I first started writing the then unnamed book, it was all first person prose. A sort of “watcher’s view” of events in a sort of anachronism laden style. It got the idea across, but still felt…

Here It Comes Again

Here It Comes Again

Art, Musings, Testament

Everything old is new again. The last time I scratched this public writing itch, G+ was the place to be, and the various forums I used to haunt had died or begun to die. I wrote reviews and dumped my brain out on the regular, until I got busy and G+ was strangled in the crib. Now with the decay…

Out of Retirement – Page 50

Out of Retirement – Page 50

Art, Webcomic

I can’t let this go…

Out of Retirement – Page 49

Out of Retirement – Page 49

Art, Webcomic

I can’t. I can’t with the lies. I’m not doing this again.

Out of Retirement – Page 48

Out of Retirement – Page 48

Art, Webcomic

I’m going back Mouse. I need to.

Out of Retirement – Page 47

Out of Retirement – Page 47

Art, Webcomic

We had a disagreement…

The Voyage Begins… in 1990

The Voyage Begins… in 1990

Musings

We begin our voyage of reviews of the Voyages of the Princess Ark articles with a first hand look at some problematic tropes that weren’t at the time of publishing.