wintery (27)in #art • 7 years ago • NoneThe Poe Project: "The Sleeper," illustration #2The tranquility of "conscious slumber" is what I aimed for in this illustration, with nature moving in slow motion…wintery (27)in #art • 7 years ago • NoneThe Poe Project: The mystic moon of "The Sleeper"I've never read more evocative lines, and I'm pleased with the fidelity I brought to the condensing, dripping moon…wintery (27)in #art • 7 years ago • NoneThe Poe Project: The next poem is "The Sleeper"For my second set of illustrations I've chosen "The Sleeper" which, like Poe himself, I prefer to "The Raven." Over…wintery (27)in #art • 7 years ago • NoneThe Poe Project: "Annabel Lee" is finished!I let the poem "tell" me how many illustrations it required and the answer was eight. So far I haven't seen a…wintery (27)in #art • 7 years ago • NoneThe Poe Project: Of Annabel Lee and typosHard to believe but I read the poem on this page 10 times and missed that I'd spelled "dissevered" wrong - didn't…wintery (27)in #art • 7 years ago • NoneThe Sunday original: "Street Flowers"In order to experiment and try new techniques, once a week I take a break from my illustration work and do whatever…wintery (27)in #art • 7 years ago • NoneThe Poe Project: How Annabel Lee met her endSince the poem doubles back to the killing wind, I did too - Annabel Lee goes wandering or sleepwalking and ends up on…wintery (27)in #music • 7 years ago • NoneThe indomitable fighter, Ireland versus RussiaIt's 38 rounds (!) of bare-knuckle, knock down, drag out personal combat between the Irish favorite Morrissey and a…wintery (27)in #art • 7 years ago • NoneThe Poe Project: Annabel Lee "goes west"The trees in this illustration are perfection, providing a barren and slightly menacing frame for the departing…wintery (27)in #art • 7 years ago • NoneThe Poe Project: A killing wind"Annabel Lee" was published posthumously, Poe's last completed poem, and it feels like the work of a young and…wintery (27)in #art • 7 years ago • NoneThe Poe Project: Annabel Lee and devotionI pictured a 4- to 5-year age difference between Annabel Lee and her beloved, with him as an angsty teenager, already…wintery (27)in #music • 7 years ago • NoneFeed your soul: Viking rune musicEarly music and period instruments are a love of mine, so here's 13 minutes from a Norwegian concert of 2016. I am in…wintery (27)in #art • 7 years ago • NoneThe Poe Project: Annabel herselfI decided to make Annabel young ("I was a child and she was a child"); I've seen illustrations where she looks 25, but…wintery (27)in #art • 7 years ago • NoneThe Poe ProjectHow would you illustrate Edgar Allan Poe? If you are at all familiar with his work, doubtless some images popped up in…wintery (27)in #art • 7 years ago • NoneWhat is digital compositing?Digital compositing is creating a new image by assembling various disparate pictures into an organic-looking whole. I…wintery (27)in #introduceyourself • 7 years ago • NoneInstant recluse -- just add waterImagine this: You live in northern Minnesota in a ramshackle house with 7 cats and more than 5000 books. Electricity…
