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Friday, October 17, 2008
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ACM #2 Watercolor
Written by Justin in Art

Friday, October 10, 2008
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ACM #2
Written by Justin in Art

 

“O thou false knight and traitor unto knighthood, who did learn thee to distress ladies and gentlewomen?” When the knight saw Sir Launcelot thus rebuking him he answered not, but drew his sword…

For both of these pieces I wanted to achieve a much more classic feel to the overall atmosphere. The difficulty for illustration, as it relates to stories, is its lack of narrative sequence–it requires compression. In my mind, I tend to see these stories in somewhat epic, idealized terms. This scene, if it were to …

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Monday, October 6, 2008
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Justingerard.com is online again
Written by Justin in News

For the past 2 years, Justingerard.com has been in a miserable state of disrepair. Portland Studios has had a lot of great work with some really great clients in the past year and I have not had any time to look into the state of my old domain.  When I checked it last week, it was completely broken. 404 error. I thought it was all over, soon it would be taken over by ringtone or real estate scammer sites and my name would be a byword for …

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Friday, October 3, 2008
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ACM #1 Watercolor
Written by Justin in Art

Digital Painting offers both versatility and efficiency. The digital tablet allows projects to be finished in a fraction of the time of traditional media. There is no drying. There is no mixing. There is essentially no media preparation, and client corrections are easy to handle. It is one of the best ways to stay competitive in the market. However, the imagery tends to look plastic, worried(?), and disposable.

Traditional materials feel more organic. They feel more human. They are, like humans, finite, inefficient and have a tendency …

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Monday, September 29, 2008
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ACM #1
Written by Justin in Art

ACM no1 thumbnails

“Ah,” said Turquine, “Launcelot, thou art unto me most welcome that ever was knight, for we shall
never depart till the one of us be dead.”

I have always wanted to illustrate scenes from the story of King Arthur. It is a rather ominous undertaking since so many greater artists have already done fantastic work with it. N.C Wyeth and Pyle come immediately to mind. Yet Arthur’s story, like most great mythological classics, can’t help but inspire. Despite the possible unflattering comparisons to the giants of illustration, I found that …

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