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That’s right, just an hour or two after the posting of yesterday’s.

All ArtRage 3. 20 minutes.

Apparently, Sarah Palin has signed on as a commentator with Fox News (link courtesy of archmage).

I imagine it would go something like this…

Day 1: Take job. Tell people how awesome FOX News is.

Day 2: Anecdote about hunting bear. Talk up husband. More bear. Husband “likes beartrapping”. Talk about new glasses– they’re fancy, after all.

Day 3: Tell people how the how being a commentator is like being a point guard.

Day 4: “Jokingly” tell people that Rupert Murdoch hasn’t reimbursed you for your new wardrobe, with a wink.

Day 5: Call in, but tell them that they can come to you for commentary while you’re out fishing with the family.

(Week 2)

Day 6: “Am I allowed to say that Oprah was mean to me yet…?”

Day 7: Take stance to alienate even more of the mainstream Republican Party.

Day 8: Imply that there was an offer to move you so that you could be on The Real Housewives of Orange County, but that you turned it down.

Day 9: Find out that Bravo is affiliated with NBC, disavow personal implication from the day before.

Day 10: “Jokingly” tell Bill O that he’s to refer to you as Governor Palin. Sans wink.

(Week 3)

Day 11: Harry Potter books are a demon possessing the nation.

Day 12: “Why won’t he defer to me as Governor?!?” email to Rupert leaks.

Day 13: Call in, something about contractual obligations to book tour. Fox News employees are frisked and asked to be patient while standing in line… for book signing in cafeteria.

Day 14: Claim “Governor’s Pick” rule applies to the fresh donuts. Bill O demands to know who took his f**king donut. He demands it live.

Day 15: “Alaska is bigger than Canadia. You know, have I ever told you about the Great Moose Hunt of 2008…?”

Disclaimer: No, I’m not “anti-Republican”, per se (I don’t blindly ascribe to any given political party)– I just don’t care for Sarah Palin. At all. I also know the difference between a democracy and a theocracy– we in the United States live in the former, not in the latter.

Not sure how long this took, probably somewhere around an hour and a half, again playing around with ArtRage 3.

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Just sort of flowed out. I’m sure we all know people like this, and many of us have worked with him…

Quick post today, as I’m heading out the door in about 15 minutes for the holiday.

So, short version: Just got ArtRage 3.0 Studio Pro, and I’m currently getting a feel for it. This is the 3rd piece I’ve done screwing around with it, from yesterday:

Just under 3 hours. All ArtRage 3.0 Studio Pro. The rocks are “stickers” in the program, but in my testing, I’ve found that they can be affected by other brushes/tools as well. Other than those, everything else is from scratch.

Enjoy.

Today’s daily piece, done on and off while I watched a few shows and worked on other crap. I was initially going for something pseudo-Lovecraftian, but didn’t like where it was going, so I decided to do something constructive with it, turning it into an exercise of light and shadow.

Somewhere under 2hrs ArtRage, then a few layers in Photoshop between filtering and shadows/highlights.

Sometimes, as an artist, we do art that we just really don’t care for. Today’s daily practice (12/15) for me is one of those pieces.

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Just shy of an hour. ArtRage, with minor filtering/tweaking in Photoshop. I didn’t like it 15 minutes into it, but rather than succumbing to my urge to scrap it, I brought it to this point. Didn’t even bother thinking about the creature should have to accessorize it other than the minor tattooing. There reason it wasn’t taken further was do to my being done with it.

The dailies from the 4 or so days previous (a couple of which have had WIP versions posted via Twitpic) are all things that I like, which I plan on spending a bit of time finishing. Not this one, though.

Still, I thought I should share, if nothing else than to give others insight to how my brain works at times.