Google Solution
Perhaps there is a Google god after all. I never use forums. I always get tangled up in them, but given I was desperate, and a reader sent me the link to Google's help forum, I tried. Talk about quick. Instantly I received a quick reply. Isabelle from Weight Shapes has posted an answer to the question "Blogger sometimes freezes and will not allow readers to comment". We've raised this with Google Engineering. Until it is fixed I would suggest settings your comments to either Full-Screen or Pop-Up rather than Embed. The problem does not happen with Google Chrome, so you should switch to using Google Chrome in the meantime. Hopefully Google will announce when the issues are fixed. I'm impressed. I immediately went to settings and changed the comments to pop-up and was able to read your comments. Now about Google Chrome, what is that? Something new for me to learn I suppose. I'm probably the only one in the world not using it. I try to stay on top of all this digital stuff but sometimes you just wear out and need a break. This is what happens when you take a break.
IlluxCon Memories
The educational opportunities abound. The funny thing is that often learn the most when I'm on the panel myself! This year, I spent most of the Live Art Critic in stunned silence as I watched the experts offer up brilliant critiques, technique advice, and some quick paint-overs to make a point. I wish we could have continued for hours. Next time I'll bring a laser pointer so I can talk about composition more, without the "software mastery" envy I had watching folks like Dan Dos Santos, Robh Ruppel, and Patrick Jones as they flew through photoshop. It was also a blast listening to Mark Nelson describe his concepting experiences and walk through his process in the "creature design by committee". I do a lot of concepting, but I learned a ton by being part of his class. There were a tone of other workshops that I would have loved to attend, but I was so busy I had to skip some of the ones I was aching to attend. I need more hours in the day!
Matthew Starbuck
The rendering on this is really strong. It took me a minute to realize that the left front leg was down and the left rear leg was back... the perspective puts that grounded front leg right in line with the right back leg / wing, so it felt very much like the two were intended to be bilaterally symmetrical rear legs. The head reads well, though I’m back and forth on the neck. The surface texture reads beautifully (as it does throughout the piece), but the structure reads like a puffy coat or wingback chair with deep upholstery. It almost feels inflated. If you can reign that puffiness in I think it’ll read better.
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