I'm outta here (again)

I set up a new site, the eponymous vinrowe.com, and now my blog is up and running there:
http://www.vinrowe.com/blog/

Hooray! Join me, won't you?

Urg....

I completely messed up my WordPress blog and followed that up by completely ruining my site admin stuff... Urg and double urg...

Illustration Friday: Renewal

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By way of an explanation, nothing says renewal to me like a phoenix being reborn in the raging inferno of the biggest cup of coffee you've ever seen.

As an aside, I've been hitting the decaf for a while now, and that fills me with great joie de vivre even in the absence of the typical psychoactive stimulant.

As a further aside, the city seal of my town (Portland, Maine) sports a phoenix and the motto "Resurgam," Latin for "I will rise again." That on account of being burned down four times, I kid you not.

Stodgy Dude

Ramona

Boatman

Happy Man

Starwarsish Guy

I drew this guy a long time ago and may have even posted him, but this is a new inking and coloring. Some new tools I'm trying out...

Mushy Mummy

I made this one a while ago and meant to post it sooner. It's a little guy sculpted in ZBrush (and showing the composite of the color and shading).

Happity New Year!

Yeah, Happy New Year! I'd like to send a special message to the horrible virus that has been keeping me down for the last two weeks:
Why would you do that, you jerk? What are you, some kind of a jerk?

But I'm finally getting better. I'll be very happy when I can hear again out of both my ears and that ringing goes away, which is my final burden to bear.

Turtle Hoist

Bird

Jumpa

Skinny Elephant Guy

Illustration Friday: Unbalanced

This one's confusing if you don't know who Bill O'Reilly is. It's also confusing if you do know who Bill O'Reilly is but can't tell who this is (I don't think I'd be able to, now that I'm looking at it). And if you don't see that this is for the topic of "unbalanced" you might think I'm some right-wing guy glorifying Bill O'Reilly. And if you do see that the topic is "unbalanced" you might think I'm some left-wing guy accusing him (and perhaps by extension Fox News) of being not entirely "fair and balanced."

That last one is closest to the truth, but in fact, I don't actually spend much time thinking about Bill O'Reilly. Really, I was thinking of people who are psychologically unbalanced, and his was the first face that popped into my mind--go figure!

MI-5 2

I was watching more of MI-5/Spooks and right off the bat I saw another shot I wanted to draw. I made this a little more high key than the actual frame.
Drawing from TV/movies is a quick way to find interesting lighting, poses, etc. This is pretty fun, and I'll probably do more of these little sketches.

Light Study

This little shot caught my eye while I was watching Spooks/MI-5, so I did a quick study from it. Not a great likeness really, but I'm pretty happy with the lighting, which I was more interested in anyway.

Illustration Friday: Blur

Something new I'm trying! My best air time is 14.3 seconds. Seriously killer on the delts, I kid you not.

Outta Yer Chair!

I sit in my chair a lot, to be honest. Too much working, and it's been wrecking my poor defenseless body. I tried a few ergonomics programs, but most really aren't that great, so I made Outta Yer Chair!. It's a very simple application (PC only, sorry) that will remind you when you should stop working and stretch your horribly stressed back, legs, and whatever else.

Professor Hootsy's Guitar Explorer

Professor Hootsy Collins would love to take you on a tour of the jangling six-string in this application called Professor Hootsy's Guitar Explorer. As a guitarist myself, I hope finds favor with my guitar-slinging brethren and sistren. With P.H.G.E. one can explore the whole fretboard (righty and lefty), finding scales and chords, and actually playing the notes as well.