And we hope you are having a Happy Halloween!From all of us here at Muddy Colors.&nb...
Monday, 31 October 2011
The Muddy Colors Crew would like to extend its warmest congratulations to Kinuko Y, Craft upon being presented with the World Fantasy Award for Best Artist at the WFCon in San Diego this past weekend!Here's the complete list of this year's award recipients:Life Achievement: Peter S. Beagle and Angélica GorodischerNovel: Who Fears Death, by Nnedi OkoraforNovella: “The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon,” by Elizabeth HandShort Story: “Fossil—Figures,”...
Sunday, 30 October 2011
ILLUXCON 4 NOVENMBER 3rd - NOVEMBER 6th, 2011ILLUXCON 4 will be taking place this week in Altoona, PA. For those of you not familiar with this event, Illuxcon is the premiere arts gathering that focuses on the art of the genres of Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy and related disciplines. This is a chance to meet fellow artists, collectors, art students and art directors from around the world. There is a student program track,...
Thursday, 27 October 2011
by Eric FortuneToday I thought I'd share a new video. I meant it to be a ten minute video. But it went into a little overtime. Sorry for all the "ums". I'm um gonna work on that. Below is a recent scan of the area I was working on.Hope you find this helpful. As always, if you would like any clarification on anything I'm doing please ask and I'll do my best to answer for y...
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
by DonatoI am waist deep getting paintings ready for IlluxCon next weekend, but thought I'd share some thoughts on painters I have been inspired by as I tackle my tragedies in Middle-Earth.One of the greatest, and somewhat little known, is Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652). His work was heavily inspired by Caravaggio during his lifelong stay in Italy. If I had to live in another past as a painter, I would certainly select the early 17th Century, for...
You guys made some fantastic cakes! It was really hard picking favorites. So, we decided to add a few more prizes so that we could pick a few more cakes. We have added 2 prints by Jesper Ejsing to give away, in addition to our other 9 gifts.The 11 recipients are:If your cake is shown here, email us at: muddycolors@gmail.comSend us your full name, shipping address, and a link to the image above which belongs to you. Also, please list your...
Monday, 24 October 2011
Muddy Colors turns one year old today!Traditionally, first anniversaries are celebrated with 'a gift of paper'. So that's what we intend to do. We are giving a few lucky readers some sweet books and prints. But here's the catch... if want one, you gotta make us a cake! A virtual cake, that is. (Mmm mmm.... Virtual.)Go HERE, and make a cake just for us. Then, post a url link to your cake in the comments section of this post (Do not...
by Arnie FennerYou might think we'd forgotten: we haven't. Dan's post about enrollment opening to the 2012 Illustration Master Class (June 9-15) got your attention: now it's time to turn it up to 11.With the cooperation of the gracious Dean Rebecca Guay, Spectrum Fantastic Art will award a scholarship to an artist—young, old, or in between: age doesn't matter—to attend the IMC.Getting to Amherst, Massachusetts and back home (as well as securing...
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Friday, 21 October 2011
A Dreamby Petar MeseldzijaI don’t know if these words will be for you – the right words, on theright place, at the right time, or the wrong words, on the wrong place, at thewrong time, or any other combination in between these two extremes. You have todecide for yourself.-----Some time ago I had a strange dream. I waswalking along the steep path that led towards the hills and a mountain behindthem, when I came across a man who was descending down...
Heritage Auctions is once again holding it's Illustration Art Signature Auction. As usual, the Heritage site has posted incredible scans of thousands of pieces of art. There are some absolute gems in there, so be sure to check them out as soon as possible. The live auction starts tomorrow, and soon after that, the scans won't be available any more.Here is a little taste of what's in store for y...
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Monster Brains, and art blog specializing in fantasy and horror art, just posted scans of the Official D&D coloring book from 1979. I've already printed these pages out and my kids are coloring the Beholder as we speak!Also, be sure to check out the Monster Brains post from a few weeks ago, where they posted two dozen high resolution scans of classic Hildebrandt paintin...
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Gregory ManchessThe Whydah went down in a storm not far off the coast of Cape Cod in April 1717. Seven survivors were rounded up when they made it to shore. They were held in prison for some time, wearing the same clothes as when they were captured. They got pretty raggedy by trial time.Most of them were hanged. Two were made slaves again. Second from the left is Hendrick Quintor, whose portrait I did for the first post of this series.The title is...
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