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Steven M Scotten

Raising the Bottom Bar

An installation of Kevin Burkhalter’s Journal Comic from the end of last year provides an interesting twist on the idea that constant practice is more important than any other aspect of creative work: http://kevinsjournalcomic.com/comic12-4-2008.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20130221140129/http://kevinsjournalcomic.com:80/comic12-4-2008.

Looking Back: Who Did I Copy?

I’m listening to The Art & Story podcast, Episode 004 «The Big Style» [http://www.cvcomics.com/artandstory/?p=11]. Mark Rudolph and Jerzy Drozd are reaching back into their early comic influences. Comic artists are absolutely the first illustrators that inspired me to copy them and do what

You May Be Right, I May Be Crazy

You May Be Right, I May Be Crazy

Last night I stayed in the studio until after midnight when I realized I was parked in a streetcleaning zone and was risking a $35 ticket. I worked on a few drafts of the background of this Rotring ArtPen and Visconti ink bottle and didn’t come upon a solution,

Celebrating Independence From Clutter

Celebrating Independence From Clutter

(Also see: The Ad Hoc To-Do-List [https://splicer.com/2009/06/06/ad-hoc-do-list] for comparison.) How am I spending my Independence Day? I’m cleaning and organizing. Mostly cleaning. As you can see in the picture, my inbox is piled with paper in a stack three times higher than the

The Landscape Expands

The Landscape Expands

I wasn’t able to spend much time in the studio today, but I’m forcing myself to keep adding to this, even if it’s a small portion at a time and the drawing really isn’t yet taking shape in my head. I can’t afford to sit

More Ink on Paper

More Ink on Paper

I don’t know where this is heading. I’m running right up against the limits of my rendering vocabulary here and I feel like I’m fumbling around in the dark. I’m finding myself wishing I was working larger so that I’d have more room. At this

Careerbuilder.com: Spam King of the Recession Age?

Like many Americans these days, I’m hunting for positive cashflow and investigating ways in which I can trade my time and effort for paper I can turn around and trade for food and lodging and art supplies. And in this day and age, the way to do that is