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The Art of Dima Kashtalyan – Interview with the Artist
Interview with Dima Kashtalyan - Illustrator, fine artist and muralist 1. Where do you find your inspiration? The answer to this question is too big. I will try to answer shortly. I can find an inspiration everywhere and it can happen at any time. What can affect my inspiration is mental stress. I try to devote time to reading books, listening to lectures on various topics, watching films and listening to music. I try to communicate with interesting people with whom I can discuss and in the process learn something new and enrich my inner world. I can be inspired [...]
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The Happy Bullets comic book
Not too long ago I had the pleasure of working with the awesome comic book writer David Hopkins on this really fun project for the equally awesome local band The [...]
What Price Cosmo?
Barbara and I have for months been talking about figuring out how much, exactly, we’re spending on cosmos. A few weeks ago I did some quick calculations in my head [...]
How We Spent Our Summer Vacations
We're back. As you can see from Barbara's illustration, it was an eventful summer. (Barbara can actually do a forearm stand, whereas I am still working on learning how to [...]
Likeness Cover
Lately, I have focused on creating a few book covers. This piece is a cover image for the Likeness by Tana French. The drawing began as a study in an [...]
Sketchbook Project!
Man, can't believe it's been over a month since my last post, sheesh! Been working on a ton of different projects, including this one! This sketchbook, along with thousands of [...]
Oprah Final
Completing this piece has been my main focus lately. The final is mixed media--colored pencil, acrylic and wax. Yes, wax. By spreading thin layers of wax over sections of the [...]
iPhone 4 Case
Like many Apple and technology enthusiasts, my boyfriend, Chris, bought an iPhone 4 in June. While learning about the iPhone Chris discovered Grove, a small Portland-based company creating bamboo iPhone [...]
Sketchbook Travels
My boyfriend and I just returned from six weeks on the road; a majority of that was spent exploring Europe. Here are a few new pages from the sketchbook created [...]
submission for illustration Friday , caged theme
Here is my submission for the Illustration Friday theme of caged. I recently took my cat abroad and he had to sit in a cage for a long time, poor [...]
new pics
A new picture I wanted to share. Belly ache is part of a short story I am in the middle of illustrating. Any comments on it, positive and negative would [...]
Seduction of the Idiots!
And now for something really cool! My pal and fellow Heeby Jeeby artist Bob Flynn and myself are curating a cartoon and comic art exhibition at the Canteen Art Shop [...]
Warriors
Even though I've been on vacation the past week I still can't seem to find the time to get any doodling done, so just for grins here's a watercolor I [...]
some more images.
Back on the blog.
The Joy of Toil
This is my entry to the shirt.woot.com Devo contest. If you like it, and you have a woot.com account, then by all means go vote for it. Duty now for [...]
Comic Book Project Thumbnails
Here are my two best thumbnails for a comic cover assignment. I chose the Sandman issue that introduces Death, one of my favorite comic characters. I love the use of [...]
New Project
This is the progress for an illustration inspired by an article from the New York Times about Oprah's influence on women in the Middle East --particularly Saudi Arabia. The drawing [...]
Turks & Cosmos
Just back from Point Grace, a Turks & Caicos resort where rum cocktails were poured freely, and by freely I mean I didn’t have to pay for them, yet I [...]
Barbara Thinks She’s So Clever.
Barbara did a drawing of what she imagines I must look like sitting around the pool in Turks & Caicos in my full SPF 50 regalia. Is it me, or [...]
Pencil roughs for the book cover…
Pencil roughs for the book cover "The Pole"
coin designs
Coin design for the 14 karat, $100.00 gold coin for The Royal Canadian Mint.The coin commemorates the 400th anniversary of the discovery of Hudsons Bay.Three preliminary designs as well.http://www.mint.ca/store/coin/14karat-gold-coin-400th-anniversary-of-the-discovery-of-hudsons-bay-2010-prod740005
sketch madness
Sheesh, has it really been over a month since I posted anything? Well, time to remedy that, here's a truckload of new doodles from my sketchbook. Hurray!Bonus points to anyone [...]