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Digital illustration demonstrating pattern usage for new HOW Publishing book : "Drip. Dot. Swirl."

Cowboy Sketch

Cowboy
Originally uploaded by PDXcreative.

Illustration sketch for Von Glitschka's new pattern book called "Art with Heart".

The Orphan Works Bill

The Orphan Works Landscape

by Brad Holland and Cynthia Turner
March 27, 2008

The New “Improved” Orphan Works bill is due out next week. We expect it to be much the same as the last one. Unfortunately, the Orphan Works landscape has changed.

Several groups which opposed the bill last time will not oppose it this time. They’re ready to concede defeat in return for concessions for their groups. They’ve also insisted that no other visual artists speak out against it. They say we must all capitulate in order not to endanger the concessions they want. They say we have to show Congress that artists speak with one voice: theirs. That creates a problem.

Not all visual artists have the same stake in copyright protection. Who owns the copyrights to your high school yearbook photos? Your wedding photos? Bar mitzvah pictures? How often has that ever been an issue?

If you don’t make your living primarily by licensing copyrights, you may not have the same stake in this bill as those of us who do. Moreover, visual arts groups don’t exist by licensing copyrights; artists do. So whatever concessions might be acceptable to an artists group might still harm the careers of artists.

We believe the way to speak with one voice is not to submit to a bill that would:
- Create uncertainty in commercial markets;
- Nullify the exclusive right of copyright and therefore
- Reduce the value of your work;
- Threaten the privacy protection afforded by current copyright law; and
- Invite retaliation from abroad.

Instead, Congress should be lobbied to draft specific, limited exemptions that permit the use of true orphaned work. When we’ve seen the new bill, we’ll provide you with suggested language for writing lawmakers. In the meantime, you can help by continuing to spread these emails to any interested party, both in the US and overseas.

Remember: the US Orphan Works amendment is not an exception to copyright law to permit the archiving and preservation of old, abandoned works. It is a license to infringe contemporary works by living artists worldwide. Its goal is to force these works into private commercial US registries as a condition of protecting copyrights.

Coerced registration violates international copyright law and copyright-related treaties. To concede defeat on it is to knock a hole in copyright law and admit a Trojan horse.

-Brad Holland and Cynthia Turner, for the Board of the Illustrators’ Partnership.

Cover | Non profit fundraiser

Cover | Non profit fundraiser
Originally uploaded by PDXcreative.

Ainsworth Holiday Home Tour 2007 | Portland, Oregon
www.ainsworthholidayhometour.org

Retinal Dope

I was recently named "Retinal Dope" by Von Glitschka on his website, Illustrative designer. When he informed me of it I was caught off guard being called a "dope" by Von. After reading more about it on his website I was yet again amazed by another Vonsterized website. That man is a website addict.
Thanks Von.


Fun, informative and inspiring discussions about illustration, design, creativity and everything in between.

This is an ever growing list of artists that have been featured in the
‘Retinal Dope’ section of the homepage. Visit their sites and enjoy the
wealth of visual inspiration you’ll find. If you’d like to have your
artwork featured on the homepage and archived here, or know of an
artist that might like to be featured just shoot us an email at: podcast@vonster.com

"Crumble. Crackle. Burn" published

HOW Publishing | book illustrations
Originally uploaded by PDXcreative.

HOW Publishing | book illustrations (pages 73 & 109)

Travel art

Travel art
Originally uploaded by PDXcreative.

Travel Smith catalog cover.
Apparel & accessories for the traveler.
Acrylic on board.

Illustration: Estimating

Estimating your product output & profit.

technorati tags:Illustration

Salad Illustration

Salad illustration for resturaunt identity.

technorati tags:salad, food, illustration

Uncle Sam-SFG

Sugar Frosted Goodness
Uncle Sam Cover created for the
Anchorage Daily News "8" Magazine

Smoke - iFriday

Smoke - iFriday

iFriday weekly word: "smoke" (medium: acrylic)

Wind - iFriday

iFriday weekly word: "wind" (medium: ink/digital)

Change - iFriday

iFriday weekly word: "change". (medium: ink)


Politicians are always asking for my change.
Now the voter is asking for change.

Illustratration Friday

iFriday weekly word: "farm". (medium: acrylic)

This was actually done for a story on "big vegetables" grown in Alaska and shown at the Alaska State Fair. The size of the cabbage in comparison to the man is not far off in size according to what was grown except the weight might be a bit more then he could carry.

— Winning Veggies:
— Green cabbage weight: 105.60lbs in 2000
— Pumkin weight: 942lbs in 2005
— Rutabaga weight: 75.75lbs in 1999
— Corn weight: 4.20lbs in 2000
— Watermelon weight: 168.60lbs in 2005

Texture Book

I've been invited to be apart of a very special project published by How Magazine and written and designed by Von Glitschka.

Crumble . Crackle . Burn .
by Von Glitschka
'Crumble, Crackle, Burn - 60 Stunning Textures for Design and Illustration' will be released in June 2007. The book is part resource and part inspiration. Each of the 60 spreads in this hard bound book will showcase a raw b&w texture on the left page captured and prepared by Von Glitschka and then on the right will be artwork utilizing that same exact texture.

Each of the 60 artists Von invited to contribute was assigned a specific texture. This book is just as much an art book as it is a reference book. All textures are real-world surface texture so they will give the user an authentic feel that will add a nice level of organic flair to their artwork and design.

Each texture will come with the following hi-res images:
- Layered Photoshop File
- Bitmap Tiff
- Photoshop Brush Derived from texture

and included on the DVD will be a bonus set of about '25' textures not shown in the book. Many of these will be from Europe.

My contribution

My contribution to...
"Crumble . Crackle . Burn ." partially influenced by my time in Alaska and the many books, art & experiences we collected over that time traveling throughout the state. I pulled the sketch for this illustration from a sketch session during the now defunct Illustrator's Jam.








My second contribution...
A stylized figure drawing previously created for an Anchorage Daily News editorial on breast cancer. The added texture creates a very different feeling.