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The ABC’s of improving your photographic technique

ABC’s are a way overdone format for how-to articles, I know. It kind of happened by accident when I was writing up some photo tips and realized that the three most important elements of basic photography could be boiled down to: A: Available Light B: Background C: Composition If it sounds too easy, it kind […]

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Etsy Store Grand Opening! + Bonus Marker Fox

I’ve finally gotten around to officially selling my prints online. Click the banner above to enter my new Etsy shop or just go to http://www.etsy.com/shop/AnsateJones/. On a trial run right now to see if there’s interest, but more to come! And just to celebrate, have a fox I drew with markers last night:

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Digital paint portrait of my other kitty, Fiona

I’m doing a series of all my sweeties because they deserve it, but also to brush up on my pet portraiture. So here’s Fiona, my other living kitty, in a rare moment of repose.

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Portrait of the Actor as a Young Moriarty

Andrew Scott from BBC’s Sherlock, digital painting :3

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Su-su-‘sune

I painted the Most Interesting Cat In The World, my Kitsune!

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ARE YA READY FOR SOME NIN PICTURES from… like… 3 1/2 years ago?

Yeah, so I went to what ended up being one of the last NIN tours ever: The Lights in the Sky show in Sacramento, December 2008. Trent had intimated he’d never come back to Sac after the With Teeth fiasco last time, so I wasn’t gonna miss this. I was not disappointed. As a plus, […]

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Tori Amos portrait

Here’s another digital portrait for your viewing pleasurrrrre. This time, Tori Amos as Pip from the American Doll Posse tour.

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You Don’t Need Another Thom Yorke Portrait

But here you go anyway.

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