Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Refuge




It's not been a slow realization that I haven't truly sat down to do my own work in well over half a year and it's honestly been of great detriment to my life in general. I hope it's all behind me and that you and I will see many more timely updates in the future. Not that I have anything to complain about really.

I'm also doing what I can to be a bit less of a perfectionist, though you wouldn't know it from my sloppy paintings it's a problem that has plagued me from the beginning I suppose. I think even on this painting I agonized over the same square inch of digital canvas for well over an hour just now in an area you will probably never notice. Better to move on to a new painting as I'll forget what it was that bothered me about this one in a day or two.

In the less dramatic and actually rather joyous department:

Gorilla Artfare has released it's first book via CFSL Ink !
GW2 Commmoner's Market and GW2 Risen Cave were both selected to be in the upcoming Spectrum 18 !

Yay !
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18 comments:

  1. UnknownJune 7, 2011 at 2:25 AM

    Yay, congratulations! I love all the crazy patches, edges and textures in this -and omg, you rendered the figure!

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  2. SukhJune 7, 2011 at 3:45 AM

    Glad to see you returning to doing your own stuff, it's good to keep a balance as there's something to learn from being free as well as art done to a spec or brief.

    I have the book, one day I will get it signed by you!

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  3. benandrewsartJune 7, 2011 at 4:06 AM

    Lovely to see an update Tom-im a huge fan of your work. Your blog inspired me to start my own. Keeping up on the personal work is tough-so rewarding though, the temptation to flop on the sofa with a beer in the evening is often too great after a long day on the tablet at work! Keep it up man :)

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  4. HannesJune 7, 2011 at 4:08 AM

    I very much approve of this o_o

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  5. Ben MauroJune 7, 2011 at 4:43 AM

    excellent tom, such a great use of color. Hope all is well up in Seattle!

    -B

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  6. Mihir MalaviaJune 7, 2011 at 9:21 AM

    Awesome work! Great textures and blockey edges. Very painterly. Really dig the overall feel of this. Nice job!

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  7. DanijelCJune 7, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    So sweet -> inspiration folder

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  8. EmmaJune 7, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    Congrats! Great to see you posting again.

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  9. dadu shinJune 7, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    This is so sick!

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  10. Alex KonstadJune 7, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    Great to see a post, looking forward to more beautiful paintings.

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  11. AdamJune 7, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    You sir, are a badass!

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  12. Tiffany protheroJune 7, 2011 at 6:33 PM

    Beautiful love <3

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  13. A. RiabovitchevJune 8, 2011 at 3:05 AM

    Beautiful!:O)

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  14. Adam TempleJune 8, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    Congrats! Glad to see you posting again.

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  15. Aaron WilkersonJune 8, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    Hi Tom,
    It's really great to see you posting again. I remember when you said you wouldn't update the livestream anymore, that was a bit sad for me because I was learning and enjoying it. Are you still working with Guild Wars? You said you haven't had a chance to work on personal stuff, does that mean you contributed to a project we don't know about yet?
    Looking forward to seeing more!

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  16. tony IammarinoJune 11, 2011 at 3:00 PM

    dear tom, you are a math genius.

    Love tony.

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  17. Luke LobertJune 13, 2011 at 1:35 PM

    Interesting shapes and patterns you wouldn't expect in landscape-type painting. Dreamlike..

    Congrats on getting into Spectrum!

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  18. barontieriJune 30, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    greaaat mood!

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