September 2008
68 posts
Saltwater Witch update →
Still working on this one, still not certain where it’s going. I like what’s happening though. .
Seascapes →
Playing with washes, free strokes, new brushes, and doing some very loose almost abstract seascapes. Click the pics for the large view. Atlantic Winter
Sailor take…
Negative kelp →
Playing with some of my favorite colors. and another…
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Some watercolors →
Painted these tonight while waiting my turn to play Spore. My son Christopher and I traded time with the game tonight. Really fun btw. Click any of these to view the full sized images: This…
IF: packed →
A doodle from my Moleskine notebook, ink and watercolors, for Illustration Friday topic: packed. Started out goofing with the idea of a suitcase leaking water and went from there to here, surf…
Copyright is a funny thing →
Funny as in tricky and interesting to think about. It’s also something I think all of us should be thinking about more. A friend of mine sent me a link to this article about Carl…
Making waiting even cooler →
Just found this Googling. Haven’t you always wanted to have a cool wait animated gif?
Something cute from my sketchbook →
Actually, this got me thinking…whatever happened to Beavis? Yup, he’s a zombie—and still totally into Metallica—Ozzy’s a close second. Which reminds of a really weird lunch I had the other…
42Blips.com →
I saw this on Tobias’ blog, and just signed up. 42Blips.com is Digg for science fiction. It’s in beta, it’s an interesting idea. Go check it out. .
Gmail, you creep me out sometimes →
Ad link across the top of my Gmail screen:
Do I look like I need another hammer? .
Seaborn contest followup →
Just a quick post to ask everyone who won something in the last two contests if you received your stuff. Everything went out weeks ago, and should have reached you. If by chance—or my mistake,…
Point Lobos photostream →
Just posted a bunch of my shots from Point Lobos on Flickr. If you’re ever out in coastal California, you must spend the 10 bucks to hike around some of the most beautiful rocky shoreline on…
Point Lobos [Flickr] →
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San Francisco City Hall →
SF City Hall at night, lit up, with Sutro Tower Sticking up through the fog.
San Francisco City Hall at night [Flickr] →
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SF City Hall, lit up, with Sutro Tower sticking up out of the fog.
Stuff from my notebook →
Posting a few quick pencil sketches from my notebook, one of Michael Henderson, the former science teacher from Seaborn, an angry Nicole, and the surf. Click the pics for the larger view.
A Tangle of Macrocystis →
I just uploaded a set of wallpaper images for your Mac, PC, iPhone, and anything that allows you to stick an image on the desktop background. I created a variety of sizes, 1600 x 1200, 1400 x…
Fake trees →
I took a couple shots of one of those fake tree cell towers, this one south of Gilroy, California along 101. Click the pics for the larger view:
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Out in SF →
I’m out in the Bay Area on business, talking to Creative Commons and a couple other companies and orgs about commercial licensing of blogs, images, video, etc. I love San Francisco. Checked into…
Deadbeat author →
I’ve been busy. Alice and the kids told me last week that Seaborn was on the “New Fantasy / SF” shelf at Barnes & Noble (It’s on the regular shelves, too, next to Madeline Howard and Robert E….
Big Picture WIP →
Continuing the watercolor from Friday, still a work in progress, still a lot to think about. Picture an army of the dead at her feet, something like that. And right now, the city looks like…
Watercolor idea →
I painted this tonight, the start of something big—all underwater. This is an idea sketch and watercolor, Kassandra in the foreground, the city and fortifications in the background.
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Concord Festival of Authors - update →
Here’s the latest. Mark your calendars for October 30, 7:30 PM We May Be On to Something Here (Science Fiction in the 21st Century) A panel discussion.
WHO: Jeffrey A. Carver,
