Prissy Little Chloe

Sketched on Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch Textured With Wacom Intuos Pro When I decided to upgrade my pen tablet I had my doubts. Would I notice a difference, worth $350? I skimmed over the specifications. Double the pen pressure?! My digital paintings can have even more detail and I'd never have to restock on paints again! I've had my Wacom Bamboo tablet for nearly five years now. It still works... This was an investment, unlike casually upgrading my phone every year. I do a lot of research. This seemed competitive in giving a user an edge on Deviant Art. Enter Intuos Pro. Just looking at the pictures, I found my silver bamboo with that nice white LED strip to be better-looking than the Intuos Pro. Not that looks matter much anyway, when it comes to securing a job in concept art. After all I'm moving from an entry-level tablet to the staple Deviant Art standard. So I...

What's a Pen Tablet? In simple terms, it will be your third arm; your go-to solution for getting your art to show up on screen. Ok, it's really just like your pencil. And your pen. And your brush. And your marker. With digital art, any shape of brush and its physical effect can be simulated, beyond what's possible with the canvas. Here's how you start creating your own magical digital art! What you need First off, if you're just getting started, you really don't need a $1300 Cintiq or even an $800 iPad Pro. If you have one, start use it properly! You don't need me to tell you how. If you don't know what a Cintiq is, bear with me. That's a Pen Tablet   You know you plug it into your computer and it's got a little stylus you can use to write on it with? If this is your first tablet, an Intuos or Bamboo could be a great entry-level tablet. Later you can consider the Cintiq tablet PC. But come on, I've been draw...

A good idea starts as a random thought You don't have to be an actor or poker champion to improvise. You don't have to have "talent" and it doesn't have to come "naturally." Improvising is just a game. A game you play everyday, at that. The game of life . Not the board game. Impro-what? Improvisation is about communicating ideas without a script. Life doesn't come with a script . ...And life is a game! So, you can now hopefully see what I meant earlier. Improvisation feels natural, because it is! It's how you go about everything you do. So why take a class, if yourself everyday? Improv gives you a fresh, new take on your surroundings, as you play with what's around you It's not only creative, but you genuinely notice things about what's around you, you didn't before and how they connect and relate to one another--so it's intellectual, too This is good for doing anything, not just allowing ...

I now have a cartoon book series! Last year I got the amazing opportunity to actually call myself an author when I published my first book. It's kind of like calling myself an actor , even though I've only recorded an audiobook and taken one improv class. Anyway, I published Prissy Little Chloe: Time of the Year --a cartoon novel about my rambunctious puppy Chloe and all the insane trouble she gets herself into. At first it may sound like a kids book. It's a cartoon book. Adults like Spongebob, right? As I say in my description: In a clever way, this cartoon novel  teaches  kids (and their parents!) to set out after what they  want  and become  determined  to  never  give up on what you dream about; for if you want something  badly  enough,  no matter the scope  and do  everything  you can to  make it happen , it  will .  And in my NEW description for Prissy Little Chloe: Terrier ...

What to Watch Out For We all know of these scam school horror stories.  They can generally be some sort of how to obtain a useless diploma in five days or less. But, if you ask yourself these questions, you can find that there are some genuinely fantastic programs offered for game development out there! Not necessarily the ones online though. Linda.com and YouTube are great complementary resources, but it will take A LOT of personal commitment and accountability to break into the game industry in that way. Don't get me wrong, there are some great indie success stories--but success is just that and I'm going to use that cliche "when preparation meets opportunity." You need to know how you work. If you do well teaching yourself code you autodidact you, then by all means go for it! But if you feel that for a job like in game art and design, it's better to collaborate with other artists, then I suggest going to art school. If you're in the mi...