…and all Beginnings, Have a STORY. This project is one of the most ambitious of mine. Many of you who read The Signal mostly know my work on The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series of illustrated novels. But what … Continue reading →
The attached photo is of artwork for THE FIRST DRAGON, the seventh and final volume of my biggest creative project to date, The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica. The writing had been finished — save for a few last editing … Continue reading →
To celebrate the completion of my work on the last Imaginarium Geographica book, I’m making available FOUR of the limited edition prints made from art in the first book, HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS, in very limited quantities and at the … Continue reading →
For an individual who makes a living producing creative work, one of the most important concerns should be the building of one’s Tribe. What that means is finding those people whose values, beliefs, and interests resonate with those of one’s … Continue reading →
Thanks to my new friends Larry and Robin at WOCA radio in Ocala, Florida, and their gracious plug for this website (and kind suggestion for listeners to buy Drawing Out The Dragons here instead of from Amazon, which I’m totally … Continue reading →
During a conversation this morning about something in another context entirely, my wife made a comment that was startling to me. She said “These books are going to be very important to a lot of people, maybe important to the … Continue reading →
When I was finishing HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS for Simon & Schuster, everything had been done except the cover. On a trip to New York, delivering the last of the interior art, I stopped in at the Barnes & Noble … Continue reading →
I’ve read a lot of well-meaning posts and essays lately by people trying to point out that not everyone is cut out to be an Artist-Author-Astronaut-Fill-In-The-Blank, and that it would be a kindness, an act of decency, to convince those … Continue reading →
One of the reasons I show people how to draw a Dragon starting with only four lines is because putting four lines in the proper places to start drawing a Dragon is incredibly difficult to do badly. The more slowly … Continue reading →
Every so often, I still get to do some piece of art that isn’t for a book, or a magazine, or a project, but is instead entirely for me. A few years ago I found a tiny vintage photograph of … Continue reading →