<img src="http://xmages.net/out.php/i353116_009.jpg" /> Woo! rayfrenden on Xbox Live. 2009-11-03T20:32:51-05:00 35 2009-10-20T16:38:50-04:00 90241 false false 25661 5738 1 2009-11-08T06:33:34-05:00 810 <strong>Review traditional art supplies and places to order them. Talk about traditional techniques. Revel in a life not spent tethered to a computer.</strong> I just bought a bunch of Kolinsky Sables from <a href="http://www.rosemaryandco.com/">Rosemary & Co</a>. A friend of mine, <a href="http://westival.livejournal.com/">Kiel West</a>, introduced me to Rosemary's brushes. She's a woman in England who hand-makes all her brushes at a fraction of the cost of other manufacturers. Manufacturers who seem to have an inverse quality to price ratio of late - I'm looking at you, Windsor & Newton. This will be my first order. I can't recommend them from personal experience yet. She comes so highly recommended, and with prices so affordable, it's hard not to get excited. Just look at how much brush I got for so little dough: <code> 1 x Series 22. Pure Kolinsky Designer. Size: 1 = $6.41 3 x Series 22. Pure Kolinsky Designer. Size: 2 = $20.91 3 x Series 22. Pure Kolinsky Designer. Size: 3 = $25.28 1 x Series 22. Pure Kolinsky Designer. Size: 4 = $9.80 1 x Series 33. Pure Kolinsky Sable. Size: 1 = $4.58 3 x Series 33. Pure Kolinsky Sable. Size: 2 = $14.14 3 x Series 33. Pure Kolinsky Sable. Size: 3 = $15.87 1 x Series 33. Pure Kolinsky Sable. Size: 4 = $5.82 1 x Bamboo Brush Roll. = $7.36 Sub-Total: $110.17 Shipping to the USA: $8.48 Total: $118.65 </code> $118 for 16 Kolinsky brushes with shipping. Wowee. Unless these are the single most atypically useless Kolinsky Sable brushes ever made, that's a miniscule amount of money. 2009-10-03T20:38:15-04:00 14 2009-10-03T17:47:01-04:00 84651 false false 2712 5738 1 2009-11-06T12:17:39-05:00 361 Motherland, the swell group of folks who animated and put together my paper dolls, released the Black Tide viral videos I worked on. I haven't had a chance to upload them myself, so here's their Vimeo offering: <object width="720" height="405"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757029&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757029&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="720" height="405"></embed></object> <a href="http://vimeo.com/2757029">Black Tide "Warriors of Time" 01</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/motherlandus">Motherland</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>. <object width="720" height="405"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757211&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757211&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="720" height="405"></embed></object> <a href="http://vimeo.com/2757211">Black Tide "Warriors of Time" 02</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/motherlandus">Motherland</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>. <object width="720" height="405"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757518&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757518&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="720" height="405"></embed></object> <a href="http://vimeo.com/2757518">Black Tide "Warriors of Time" 03</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/motherlandus">Motherland</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>. <object width="720" height="405"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757544&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2757544&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="720" height="405"></embed></object> <a href="http://vimeo.com/2757544">Black Tide "Warriors of Time" 04</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/motherlandus">Motherland</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>. <object width="720" height="405"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2760589&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2760589&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=0090b0&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="720" height="405"></embed></object> <a href="http://vimeo.com/2760589">Black Tide "Warriors of Time" 05</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/motherlandus">Motherland</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>. 2009-10-01T12:50:58-04:00 30 2009-01-09T11:46:04-05:00 12670 false false 2961 5738 2 2009-11-02T23:58:54-05:00 536 <img src="http://frenden.com/downloads/priate.gif" /> How is your day going? 2009-09-30T12:11:40-04:00 14 2009-02-13T17:41:39-05:00 14277 false false 7419 5738 1 2009-11-07T20:41:08-05:00 593 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rayfrenden/3882053180/" title="Crappy Pic for... by Ray Frenden, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3427/3882053180_21a5783f71.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Crappy Pic for..." /></a> For a poster that features all the members of a forum I frequent. I will be illustrating us all. I figured I better take a photo of myself for it 'cause I don't have many photos of me. I'm not a very volunteery for photos kinda guy. 2009-09-27T18:52:19-04:00 177 2009-09-02T13:33:17-04:00 72771 false false 7419 5738 1 2009-11-07T16:25:59-05:00 3411 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBzKro5SbEo 2009-09-24T18:19:08-04:00 7 2009-09-24T15:26:09-04:00 80881 false false 28701 5738 1 2009-11-02T18:23:19-05:00 281 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfHfTt2-3pI http://www.americanastronaut.com/home.shtml http://www.stingraysam.com/ 2009-09-24T13:57:38-04:00 7 2009-09-24T11:44:17-04:00 80801 false false 8948 5738 1 2009-11-06T17:05:49-05:00 287 "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT..." is a question I'll be asking you more often. This time, I'm asking it about Manga Studio. I plan on restarting my video tutorial series with a better eye on production values and more specific content targeted towards learning. I have an obligation to make a Manga Studio video for a certain site that a lot of y'all frequent, so, I thought I'd ask. What questions do you have about Manga Studio? I've been using it for four years and am still learning stuff every day... 2009-09-22T03:48:37-04:00 26 2009-08-25T20:43:01-04:00 69631 false false 2985 5738 1 2009-11-06T11:51:08-05:00 745 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU9W7Qo1T6M 2009-09-05T03:55:31-04:00 18 2009-09-04T12:00:44-04:00 73601 false false 3501 5738 1 2009-11-05T19:57:10-05:00 474 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rayfrenden/3753118380/" title="Ten Second Self Portrait by Ray Frenden, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3509/3753118380_49a66d9b17_o.png" width="111" height="139" alt="Ten Second Self Portrait" /></a> Draw a the quickest self portrait you can! <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/10secondselfportrait/">Add it to the group!</a> The exact time isn't important, but a short time limit constrains you to selecting only the most obvious and essential features on yer mug! Get to it! 2009-09-02T14:15:05-04:00 35 2009-07-24T14:59:12-04:00 56401 false false 26051 5738 1 2009-10-23T09:57:18-04:00 1175 <img src="http://kingstrike.com/images/about.gif?1236740844"/> <strong><a href="http://kingstrike.com"/>Kingstrike</a> launched today.</strong> Kingstrike seems a godsend for clients and designers alike. <strong>They list art for sale.</strong> There are plenty of sites which do that, but the site is structured in a unique way. <strong>Clients see prices.</strong> Transparency allows for ease of buying the art. <strong>Purchased shirts are immediately downloadable by clients.</strong> The designer uploads the high res file when submitting the design. This allows a client to be confident that a purchase made is an easily, instantly printable piece of art. I really think such a site could be grand for the community. I've been toying with designing more in advance of being requested for art; Kingstrike looks like a great way to test those waters. 2009-08-17T20:45:48-04:00 214 2009-03-12T11:04:45-04:00 15452 false false 11188 5738 1 2009-11-08T03:32:03-05:00 4368 CREEPY IS BACK! I'd kill to be in Creepy. I don't think I'm good enough, but I will practice my ass off in the meantime. I would literally kill, dismember, and eat someone to get in Creepy. <img src="http://images.darkhorse.com/covers/400/16/16503.jpg" alt="" /> The fact that Creepy exists again is probably the biggest motivator to draw/get better I've ever had. So much love for Creepy. SWOON. SWOON, MOTHERFUCKER. I SAID SWOON. 2009-08-10T21:26:01-04:00 67 2009-07-11T09:32:26-04:00 51001 false false 1567 5738 1 2009-11-07T23:48:38-05:00 1526 <img src="http://www.grabup.com/uploads/6eb4ee0937ff96fd152ebee411babb2d.png?direct" /> 2009-08-06T17:42:40-04:00 20 2009-08-06T15:16:31-04:00 62151 false false 997 5738 1 2009-11-06T18:23:33-05:00 501 Well, maybe not sleeps. <a href="http://www.shirtfight.com/shop/product/angry_fishman_will_eat_your_face/">Cavorts. At least cavorts.</a> The fishman tee design that garnered a lot of interest is for sale at ShirtFight starting right now. Wee! (Images courtesy Shirt Fight.) <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rayfrenden/3750819943/" title="Fishface design now for sale. by Ray Frenden, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/3750819943_120f268984_o.png" width="467" height="606" alt="Fishface design now for sale." /></a> 2009-08-01T12:24:48-04:00 64 2009-07-24T01:26:19-04:00 56161 false false 17051 5738 2 2009-11-07T17:54:00-05:00 892 If, after the death of print, rise of stock, and proliferation of crowd-sourcing sites, one still needed proof that illustration and design is undervalued and under-appreciated, look at all these assholes tripping over themselves for $100 logo work. http://www.fisie.com/jobs/12 Shoot. Me. Now. 2009-07-30T18:08:09-04:00 37 2009-07-30T15:21:51-04:00 58951 false false 7336 5738 1 2009-11-06T02:17:24-05:00 733 <strong>Which SF character do you most resemble?</strong> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rayfrenden/3766343882/" title="Zangeif by Ray Frenden, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3486/3766343882_f5df0144cf_o.jpg" width="450" height="239" alt="Zangeif" /></a> Little me would have never thought I'd grow up to be Zangeif. 2009-07-28T17:42:12-04:00 15 2009-07-28T12:50:57-04:00 57951 false false 1541 5738 1 2009-11-07T16:45:42-05:00 581 ...this is what the youth of today look like. <img src="http://www.frankfitzner.de/uploads/blog_grafiken/tokio-hotel.jpg"/> 2009-07-26T10:05:45-04:00 42 2009-07-25T14:24:23-04:00 56831 false false 7093 5738 1 2009-11-02T11:13:16-05:00 616 Can we close/delete warez requests? They're a) tiring to sort through and b) really unprofessional. 2009-07-25T22:35:03-04:00 14 2009-07-25T17:11:43-04:00 56881 false false 10250 5738 1 2009-11-06T19:21:47-05:00 477 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rayfrenden/3726168595/" title="Eat the Rich by Ray Frenden, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2593/3726168595_2bf34e7155.jpg" width="500" height="465" alt="Eat the Rich" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rayfrenden/3726483771/" title="Panthera by Ray Frenden, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3422/3726483771_2361443384.jpg" width="500" height="465" alt="Panthera" /></a> Holy shit. They're super-keen. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rayfrenden/sets/72157621426669939/">Glad I got my hands on them.</a> 2009-07-17T17:58:51-04:00 29 2009-07-17T13:43:21-04:00 53621 false false 42101 5738 1 2009-11-07T12:48:59-05:00 584 <a href="http://www.tilteed.com/submit/detail/you_can_call_me_rex/">...been killing it.</a> That is all. 2009-07-14T12:57:06-04:00 13 2009-07-13T16:12:40-04:00 51811 false false 8092 5738 1 2009-11-06T19:47:46-05:00 538