Constructive criticism is an enormously important part of developing a successful work of art. As a life-long professional artist who has worked in an array of mediums, I have been through my fair share of (sometimes brutal) critique sessions. At times th…
Continue Reading →One of my Patrons, Donna M, recently asked me about my planning process. She said: In watching your videos, on a number of occasions you've said things like, "I knew I wanted his skin to be bumpy so I picked a pretty non-textured fabric. and planned…
Continue Reading →Details sell the believability of a scene. The clutter, debris, stuff, and things that fill an area or adorn an outfit tell a viewer lots of information about a person, place, or thing without any words required. Our lives are filled with embellishments a…
Continue Reading →Sometimes, I use a program called FlowScape to build my imaginary settings. Flowscape is a sandbox-style computer game in which the purpose of "playing" is to build virtual worlds. Users can add foliage, fauna, ground texture, elevation, and hav…
Continue Reading →Several months ago, I was asked, "Kestrel, how do you learn from your failures?" To me, a "failure" would be a project that failed so spectacularly there was no way for it to be saved, so I just threw it in the trash and moved on. I ha…
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