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 l have been working on a class on svslearn.com with Will Terry. His explanation and demo were great Can you see the additions I made on each image?

There's a class on svslearn.com by Will Terry where he demonstrates drawing 50 items in a single image. He recommended it as a way to create a compelling portfolio piece that helps illustrate how you can tackle complex drawings. This is my first attempt at a drawing with such a large scope. I feel like the demonstration by Mr. Terry really opened my capacity a great deal. Finished piece. Expanded thumbnail. Early stage line drawing

This column was published in The Times-News probably in 2002 Roads less traveled Christijan Draper Winter’s gift to men  I earned my first ice-covered beard over Christmas. I spent much of my youth pouring over climbing and outdoor magazines, seeing pictures of rugged men with full, ice-caked beards. My dad also kept old slides of his climbing excursions with his buddies. I loved looking at their misty breath frozen in the air. I loved the ice caves. The images stirred me: wool balaclavas, crampons, sunglasses, ice axes. But most intriguing and wonderful was the full crust of ice on hairy faces. That was the image of a perfect man. I love winter. I enjoy camping in the snow. I love the crispness you feel when you step out from a warm house into a sub-freezing day. One winter while camping in the White Mountains of northern Arizona, my dad and I hopped on some c ross-country skis and skated into the woods at midnight. The moon was full and glowed against the snow...

When one of the co-founders at Qualtrics, Stuart Orgill, was choosing his major at BYU he selected accounting. I asked him why and he said, “Because I’m not good at it.”  While others selected what they were good at and what they thought was a good fit, he selected an area where he was weakest and dominated it. That’s the way that we feel. See full article here .

Milton Glaser as quoted in "Imagine: How Creativity Works" by Jonah Lehrer I think people need to be reminded that creativity is a verb, a very time-consuming verb. It's about taking an idea in your head, and transforming that idea into something real. And that's always going to be a long and difficult process.  If you're doing it right, it's going to feel like work. (p. 69) The book isn't great, but I like the quote.

On Quora -- a really nice summary of color theory: http://www.quora.com/Design/Is-there-a-science-to-picking-the-colors-that-work-well-together-in-a-design-or-is-it-just-subjective/answer/Colm-Tuite