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76Why Do We Create Art?
There have been many folks on web sites, blogs, or Facebook pages that display artwork along with personal photos, including myself. I studied art at the University of Kansas, and have used art to progress various business concepts--usually to fuel...
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71Using a Creativity Journal
On Christmas Day I received a small book from a friend as a gift. I tore the shiny wrapping paper from my package to see what kind of book I was given, and was delighted to discover it was a journal. This wasn’t an ordinary journal, but rather a...
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70Marvel's Jack Kirby versus DC's Curt Swan--Who was the better artist?
I got my indoctrination into the world of comics in the 1960’s and never looked back. I was a fan of the superhero comics, and found both Marvel and their Distinguished Competition (as Marvel frequently called DC) compelling. I discovered...
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74Basic Elements of Cartooning
Cartooning encompasses many essential elements of successful drawings, but is typically employed in an overly simplified manner. Some of the simplest, most effective drawings we see or make are done by...
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82Art Trading Cards (ATC): the Latest Trend in Art
It started in Switzerland in 1997 and took several years to reach the United States, but Art Trading Cards (ATC) has become a part of the fine arts landscape. These small cards are intended to be traded rather than sold, and represent a unique way...
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62An Artistic Retrospective with Comic Heroes, TV Characters, Portraits, Landscapes and More
As a writer and artist, there are few topics I enjoy writing about more than art. It is exciting to look back on work I’ve created over the years and examine what I like or dislike—or ponder what I...
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70Neal Adams versus Barry Windsor-Smith--who was the superior comic book artist?
Barry Windsor-Smith and Neal Adams were two young men who reached the heights of their fame as comic book artists in the early ‘70s. Both changed the way comics looked as perhaps no one before them...
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