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Sorry folks. I didn't plan to take a DA hiatus, it's just turned out that way thanks to a very busy Summer, so far. So my apologies for falling behind on "all things DA". I'll try to get caught up as time allows. One of the things that's been keeping me busy is promotional activities around the release of the Star Trek Seeker's book series, debuting next month. I've got two con events lined up. First is the coming weekend:
"STAR TREK SEEKERS: FROM ART TO WORDS"
PI-CON, ENFIELD, CONN. (pi-con.org/)
2pm SATURDAY, JUNE 28
Jumping off from the USA TODAY headline "Rob Caswell Goes Where No Fan Has Gone Before", this visual presentation will follow the development of my SF art… from it's earliest scrawling to how it inspired a sequel to the Vanguard book series. Hopefully it'll be an intimate and entertaining look at my art… but it could just be like my inflicting you with my own home movies. I'm hoping for the former.
And then, kicking off Seekers 1's release:
SHORE LEAVE, HUNT VALLEY, MARYLAND (www.shore-leave.com)
FRIDAY AUG.1 - SUNDAY AUG. 3
EVENTS NOT YET FINALIZED
I'll be at Shore Leave along with all the Seeker's authors to help celebrate the lunch of the series. I know I'm at least on a panel with the four of us. I've also done the cover for the con's program book and will have pieces for sale in the art show.
I hope to see some of you at these two happenings. If you can, please stop by, introduce yourself, and say hi! It's always nice to put faces to names. When the books roll out I'll be adding some "Seekers Development Extras" to my DA gallery, so stay tuned! Once I have these two events out of the way, I should be back to a more dedicated schedule of keeping up with DA and all your inspiring works. 'Til then I hope you're all having a great Summer…. or Winter, for my Southern Hemisphere chums.
"STAR TREK SEEKERS: FROM ART TO WORDS"
PI-CON, ENFIELD, CONN. (pi-con.org/)
2pm SATURDAY, JUNE 28
Jumping off from the USA TODAY headline "Rob Caswell Goes Where No Fan Has Gone Before", this visual presentation will follow the development of my SF art… from it's earliest scrawling to how it inspired a sequel to the Vanguard book series. Hopefully it'll be an intimate and entertaining look at my art… but it could just be like my inflicting you with my own home movies. I'm hoping for the former.
And then, kicking off Seekers 1's release:
SHORE LEAVE, HUNT VALLEY, MARYLAND (www.shore-leave.com)
FRIDAY AUG.1 - SUNDAY AUG. 3
EVENTS NOT YET FINALIZED
I'll be at Shore Leave along with all the Seeker's authors to help celebrate the lunch of the series. I know I'm at least on a panel with the four of us. I've also done the cover for the con's program book and will have pieces for sale in the art show.
I hope to see some of you at these two happenings. If you can, please stop by, introduce yourself, and say hi! It's always nice to put faces to names. When the books roll out I'll be adding some "Seekers Development Extras" to my DA gallery, so stay tuned! Once I have these two events out of the way, I should be back to a more dedicated schedule of keeping up with DA and all your inspiring works. 'Til then I hope you're all having a great Summer…. or Winter, for my Southern Hemisphere chums.
Simmering
While I haven’t been leaving much of a visible art foot print, these last few weeks, I haven’t been slacking off. First, I’m working on both building up my digital resources and trying to get my 3D-skills updated after about a three-year absence. There’s quite a few image ideas swimming in my head, I’m just building to the point where I can tackle them in my “new ways”.
Second, I’m taking an online natural illustration course out of Australia so that’s not only going to be taking some of my art time, but also (hopefully) giving me a refresher with my old skills in physical art media. So l
2020: The Year I Make Recontact
Well it’s been only about a month (give or take) since my last blog update so maybe I’m having success in retraining myself back to the DA habit. I’ve made really good progress on migrating my old arting materials to my new machine and getting up to speed with DAZ Studio 4.12. I may have only pumped out three finished pieces, but behind each one is a number of experiments and trials. With each one my “render legs” have regained a bit more strength. It feels kinda nice being back at the digital drawing board… if only to provide some distraction from our nation’s dumpster fire du jour.
I’m also r
From the shadows shuffles the unspeakable horror..
Well hey there! Long time no chat. I’m still alive and kickin’… I’ve just been kickin’ it elsewhere: in my reading nook, on my modeling bench, and in my kayak. So I’ve very much NOT been here… due to the fact I didn’t have much new to show anyone. But that may change in the coming months.
The biggest thing that’d been keeping me away from making art was my aging machine (as I work mostly digital, these days). The ole box just could keep up with the state of the tech. Like a (too) old car, it can still get me from point A to point B – most of the time – but not without great ag
We here I am again… after another loooooooong absence. For whatever reason I just haven’t felt driven to create much art this year, and something in me feels guilty about coming to DA purely as a spectator. All I can say is that I sure hope this lull passes because I’m much happier when I’m creating!
I’d be lying if I said political anxiety here in the U.S. wasn’t part of the problem and with the outcome of the last election I find myself driven to become even more politically engaged to preserve the progress made over the last couple of decades. But I’ll attempt to minimize bringing my political bag
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Congrats! Nice to see you have a lot on your plate. We're still waiting for your promised Expanse art though