Listen here As I work on my Slavic fantasy book series, I’ll be talking about Slavic creatures, history, and gods. Next up, cats and the role they play. (June 2021 Updated) Note: If you enjoy Slavic mythology, check out A
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Everything I’ve been up to!
More Procreate Exploration
I’m still searching for a brush that gets the same look as my brush pens on watercolor paper, but maybe I don’t need to. Procreate might be a good tool for penciling/concepting and possibly digital painting. More playing around, more
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Learning Procreate
With a loaner iPad Air I’ve been working on learning the app that so many of my friends are using for their comics and sketching. And it’s pretty neat! It wasn’t obvious to me how I could adapt the process
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TPD 327 – Food
On my way home from grocery shopping I remembered I had an Art Soundoff to record! https://jdrozd.com/wp-content/audio/TPD327.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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TPD 326 – What am I Learning?
It took a minute to sift through all the things I’ve been learning, but I found the thing with the most energy around it. Here’s a reflection for today’s Art Soundoff prompt. https://jdrozd.com/wp-content/audio/TPD326.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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From Pixelfed: 2023-11-09T02:42:40.000Z
Doctor Baer faces the mysterious liquid spirits in the catacombs of Yonyovid Cove. An art drop at the recent Buckeye Book Fair. #DoctorBaer #Watercolor #Spooky #Comics Follow me on Pixelfed!
TPD 325 – Latest Drawing
Let’s talk about my latest drawing for the next Art Soundoff entry. I mentioned my Fabulous Secrets microcast, with even more behind-the-scenes and personal reflections, which you can find on Patreon! https://jdrozd.com/wp-content/audio/TPD325.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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TPD 324 – Pitching My Latest Product or Service
It’s another Art Soundoff prompt: can I pitch my latest product or service? As Reflector says in Transformers, More than Meets the Eye, pt 1: Let’s find out! Here are the notes I took just before recording: https://jdrozd.com/wp-content/audio/TPD324.mp3Podcast: Play in
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TPD 323 – Influence/Inspiration
Another Art Soundoff entry, this time on how I’m thinking about influences on my work as a teaching artist and cartoonist. Here are the quick notes I took just before recording: https://jdrozd.com/wp-content/audio/TPD323.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Talk & Teach: Dressing Up History: Translating Research and Reference into Narrative Costume
CXC 2023 Talk & Teach with Chris Schweizer Join Chris Schweizer, The Roanoke Colony: America’s First Mystery, The Creeps series, The Crogan Adventures series, for an exploration of strategies for visual historical research and adapting those findings to suit the
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