Life has been rather crazy in the past few months. Approaching the end of my university career, I went into overdrive when it came to writing my first novel. The good news is that I can report that I have completed the first draft of my novel! It is currently in the editing process and I … Continue reading Update! I’m Alive!
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Update and Reflection!
Hello everyone!I must apologize once again, life seems to get in the way far too often. Work piles up, papers and midterms need doing, relationships ending, all the usual time killers. It's become more difficult to consistently write new chapters and, while writing during my commute to school and work provides some writing time, it … Continue reading Update and Reflection!
Darque Legacy Book Cover!
It took me a while, but finally I've done it! Really excited! Might be able to publish the story soon! Thank you all for following me along this adventure - Raphael
Cover Art Progress
Hi Everyone! Its been quite a while, I find myself apologizing once again. These past few weeks have been quite hectic with life throwing all sorts of wrenches in my plans. Luckily things are starting to settle now so I should have time to post something every two weeks! One nice thing about having a … Continue reading Cover Art Progress
Update!
Hi Everyone,Unfortunately I must apologize for not uploading a post last week. I had intended to post up the next tutorial for my Digital Art Tutorial series, but then life seemed to butt in. Started a New Job, Internships Applications, Term Papers, so much craziness. I am still committed to this blog and I do … Continue reading Update!
Simple and Quick Digital Art Hair Tutorial
Continuing the work on my latest piece, here is a tutorial for how to color, shade, and highlight hair. One important consideration to make is that the quality of the shading and highlighting you can achieve will be based on the amount of detail you put into the hair. For this picture, I realized during … Continue reading Simple and Quick Digital Art Hair Tutorial
Judging a Book by its Cover
We all do it.When walking through a bookstore, do we look through the descriptions of all the books we pass by? Of course not, that would take far too much time out of our already increasingly busy lives. The old phrase "Don't Judge a Book by its Cover" works well when talking about people, but … Continue reading Judging a Book by its Cover
Quick Tutorial for Coloring, Shading and Highlighting Eyes!
While working on my latest piece, I thought I would make a tutorial for how to color eyes. To color, I use a drawing tablet with stylus and the PaintSai Program. I find using PaintSai is very forgiving as it is easier to use and allows the user to undo several steps rather than one. … Continue reading Quick Tutorial for Coloring, Shading and Highlighting Eyes!
Cute Concept Art for Story Characters
Just a quick sketch and color of two of the main characters of the story I am writing. I like using an anime style mostly because it was the style I learned growing up, though now I'm trying to learn a somewhat more realistic style that still remains somewhat cartoon-ish. I find that creating concept … Continue reading Cute Concept Art for Story Characters
First Blog Post….Ever
Hello Readers,This is rather new to me, I've never started a blog before and I find that this could be an exciting opportunity. First, I feel I should explain what my Blog is about. MCG, the Modern Creative Geek's Blog, is simply looking at things that would interest a person like me, a "geek". I … Continue reading First Blog Post….Ever
Raph's Cozy Musings 