Say hello to Tony Holmsten , a good friend i used to work with who has just joined DA go check out his work, you wont be dissapointed









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I've seen my stuff used without my permission hundreds of time and usually the art thief doesn't even use it for a good cause or a product that is even relevant to the image, that's the main reason i don't like art theft... it just makes my work look bad. But once in a while i see something that i actually kinda like and don't particularly mind the illegal aspect so much.

this is one such case, a clearly bootlegged version of stand alone complex with some official art and my own merged together...it actually works really well!

check it out here [link]

if only more art thieves had good photoshop skills



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Noticed my journal was WAY out of date so i browsed around to spotlight some fun artwork, ill try to update this every week to keep things moving.

Anyway this week my spotlight found Mikaël Aguirre and in particular his reworking of some of my old favourite games. go check him out and say hi









Oh and in other news i somehow managed to get some artwork on the cover of the new Corel Painter 11 box [link]





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Hey everyone, i've recently recorded myself painting an image by capturing a lot of screenshots, but right now im not entirely sure as to how to put them together into a video and upload them onto youtube at the best quality possible. so if there are any iMovie or adobe premier experts out there who would like to help me out leave a message after the beeb



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I check this page a couple of time every day to read comments etc but not much changes really, however today is slightly different...

I'M NOW DEVIOUS!

thanks to all those that recommended me for this and a bigger thankyou for the DA community as a whole!





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Yes its been a while since i added anything of worth to my gallery but its been even longer since ive actually added a new print..so much so i had to learn how to use the new system

Anyway my latest image is up now so stop noting me about it (you know who you all are)



p.s. noticed im getting scarily close to the big 1, 000, 000 page view !!!!




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I was looking at my print stats the other day and realised quite a few of them must be hanging on peoples walls, it got me thinking as to where in the world they might be hanging so why not ask

If you have a print of mine could you snap a picture of it with yourself next to it if possible, if i can get enough photographs together i would like to make a montage image with a list of all the locations etc.

you can upload your image here www.imageshack.us

but make sure its a nice clear image and also not too big, then post them here.

This is just one of my random mini projects i do from time to time so join in if you want





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Been forced by family and friends to get some online photo gallery so that they can keep track of my travels while im in Stockholm, so i decided to get a Flickr page

ive uploaded a whole bunch of my photography for people to check out and comment on here [link]

if you have a flickr account also you can add me as a "friend" and ill do the same!

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decided to start doing my spotlight segments again and showcasing some random talent from around DA no matter what medium its in, if i like it, ill post it

this week is some spiffy digital art by artbytheo ... that sounded odd hes clearly a big fan of a certain other digital artist.

anyway check out his gallery and leave some nice comments on his page here









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Ive had my work ripped off countless times over the years and never actually recieved an apology from anyone, even when its REALLY obviouse.

take this image for example [link]

My original is on the left and is on the right

According to the artist its a total fluke that the ended up looking nearly identical, so much so the folds in the cloth are the same too, what are the chances of that!

she cant convince me although she certainly has tried, maybe you will be more convinced.... and of course she "didnt use any photoreferences" which is nice to know.

p.s. i got an apology!!!!!!!!!



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Well its time once again to move onto greener pastures

I quit my job at Splash Damage since it isn't really a company for artists or creativity in general, and thats just the tip of the iceburg. Anyway myself and a few other former SD artists are moving to Stockholm to work with another games company by the name of GRIN on some really cool next gen (does that term even apply these days ) games, we are all looking forward to it since at this company we will actually be able to freely creat artwork to make the game look as good as it can The company was actually founded by artists and so visual quality is a big thing...and even bigger for the publisher who i cant name

im also trying to learn a little bit of swedish here and there, but thankfully the company has language classes so i think i shall attend a few

If anyone is from Stockholm could you perhaps recommend some cool places for nights out etc or just interesting places to visit?

Hej då!




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Hey guys, i decided to actually get a subscription last night and then realised it was kinda pointless unless i could actually do something cool with it. So after looking at a few custom journals such as [link] and [link] i thought it would be good to jump on the bandwagon..only thing is im not sure how
So i was hoping someone knew of a bunch of templates that would allow me to place my own images and text etc.
Personally i dont think being able to customise a journal is enough, if i pay money for a subscription i should be able to customise my entire page and really make it mine. i've been on this site for like 5 years now and quite frankly im bored of my pale and sick looking green backdrop. If DA really want to get people subscribing then this is the best way forward, at the moment i can barely tell who is subscribed and who isnt...if my idea was implemented that wouldnt be and issue and seeing really cool custom pages would be the best form of advertising for the subscription scheme.

Anyway back to my original topic, anyone know CSS and want to help me out???




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Just a random journal to say im in the mood for chatting

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Just a random journal to say im in the mood for chatting



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Yep my favourite program has just had a nice juicey upgrade

Corel contacted me a fair while ago and got me involved with the BETA program so id been using it a month or so until i eventually got my hands on one of the gold master disks to try to final product.

They also added me to the Corel "Painter Masters" list.... which was nice

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and btw the "hobbies" section on there is WAY off... ive never done any gardening in my life! haha

If your wanting to check out Painter 10 you can download the free trial here >>> [link] you should see Painter X half way down that trial software page.